Adobe InDesign CC Introduction 2 Days - Birmingham
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Intermediate
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£495 + vat
Learn the fundamentals of InDesign as we guide you through this comprehensive introduction to the leading desktop-publishing program. We will show you how to create and export attractive, simple documents. This is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in digital publishing.
After we give you a complete tour of the InDesign environment, we will show you how to combine text and graphics to produce output that is ready to use straight away. We will help you add consistency through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will grasp how quick and easy it is to create documents for the web and for print, including how to produce professional PDF files.
Learn the fundamentals of InDesign as we guide you through this comprehensive introduction to the leading desktop-publishing program. We will show you how to create and export attractive, simple documents. This is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in digital publishing.
After we give you a complete tour of the InDesign environment, we will show you how to combine text and graphics to produce output that is ready to use straight away. We will help you add consistency through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will grasp how quick and easy it is to create documents for the web and for print, including how to produce professional PDF files.
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InDesign Introduction 2 Days
Course Details
This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe InDesign CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes desktop publishing and design to a new level, and combines production power and creative freedom with tight integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat software. You will learn to create attractive, simple documents and prepare them for the web and for print. We will guide you in learning the work area, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector-based graphics, and the basics of design. You will also learn how to apply consistency to your text through the use of paragraph and character styles.
Creative professionals appreciate the freedom and productivity gains made possible through the use of Adobe InDesign. We will show you how to improve your workflow by harnessing InDesign's integration with other popular Adobe programs.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the InDesign environment
- Design documents and save them as Acrobat PDF files
- Add effects to objects
- Apply paragraph and character styles
- Use colours, swatches, and gradients
- Manage transparency and use tables
- Prepare for hand-off to a service provider
Our goal is for you to be able to create simple but professional documents that are ready to use for the web and for print.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. -
Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Getting started in InDesign- Customise Your Workspace
- Workspace and Window arrangement
- Create a New Document
- Zooming in and out
- Moving around your document
- Using Control panel options
- Previewing your document
- Add Text
- Edit Text using Story Editor
- Spell Check Text
- Find/ Change
- Character formatting options
- Paragraph formatting options
- The Glyphs panel
- Showing Hidden Characters
- Threading Text
- Adding images
- Cropping images
- Resizing images
- Adding Text Wrap
- Understanding different image file types
- Using the Links panel
- Understanding and checking resolution
- Adding colour to Fill/Stroke
- Adding Swatches
- Understanding the difference between CMYK, RGB, Pantone colours
- Creating tint swatches
- Creating Gradients
- Stroke settings
Objects- Creating different shapes
- Arranging, Aligning and Distributing
- Transforming Objects
- Duplicating
- Layers
- Object Styles
- Applying Effects
- Shape and corner options
- Setting up Paragraph Styles
- Setting up Character Styles
- Changing Paragraph & Character styles
- Setting up Parent pages
- Applying a Parent page
- Using Parent pages with facing pages
- Adding page numbers
- Overriding Parent page items
- Using Preflight for basic checks
- Print a Document
- Packaging Files
- Exporting to PDF
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Location Details
This course is provided at the Birmingham training centre located at:
Groundworks Building
5 Scotland Street
Birmingham
B1 2RR
The training centre is conveniently located a short walk from Central Birmingham and Birmingham New Street Station and is located near the Barclaycard Arena with excellent links to public transport.
Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.
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InDesign Introduction 2 Days - Upcoming Birmingham Course Dates
12 May - 13 May £495 + vat 18 Jun - 19 Jun £495 + vat 07 Jul - 08 Jul £495 + vat -
Client Reviews
"Our tutor was very knowledgeable and very patient whilst training. He answered all questions no matter how small. Not only did he show us the Adobe way but also faster shortcuts to ensure workflow on the system is better. I would recommend this training to anyone remotely interested in print or digital design. "
Marie Kinvig, Heron & Brearley, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"It was an informative two days I now feel confident enough to design and create my own brochures and have picked up some handy short cuts."
Lauren Partakis, Fairhome Group, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"An outstanding training course led by a very knowledgeable and insightful tutor. Thoroughly enjoyed my time and will take forward all new knowledge to my workplace and personal life too. Really enjoyed this, thanks very much!"
Emma McLean, University of Strathclyde, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"The training content was set at just the right pace. Full of content that we were all able to 'get to grips with' and the trainer was very helpful."
Helen Seddon, ENEHL, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"For such a brief time frame an awful lot is covered. The walk-throughs via projection were excellent and instruction/explanation was excellent. He is clearly a very knowledgeable professional!"
Angelo Christodoulou, Queen Mary University, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Excellent, answered all of my questions, now familiar with all of the shortcuts and tools I hoped to be familiar with. A great introduction that will save me a lot of time."
Robyn Wyatt, NHS Christie, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke
"Got everything out the course I wanted to. The trainer was great, really knew his stuff and helped to cover the areas we would be using in our jobs. Fantastic!"
Chad Doyle, Stockport Council, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
"The trainer was excellent - she explained everything in depth and gave me enough time to keep up. The content was very useful and I know feel a lot more confident to use InDesign. "
Sian Hughes, UKTI, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"I really enjoyed the course and the content/pace was easy to follow and gave us opportunities to play around and test what we had learnt. "
Ashleigh Toll, NSPCC, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke
"We had an excellent instructor for the InDesign course - as someone who had no prior knowledge, he explained everything thoroughly and enthusiastically. I will definitely be back if my training requirements change!"
Francesca D’Alessio, Rider Levett Bucknall, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction