Adobe InDesign CC Introduction 2 Days - Bristol

InDesign Introduction 2 Days Overview

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.

InDesign CC Introduction 2 Days 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.

• Preferences
• Customise your workspace
• Manage document presets
• Workspace and window arrangement

• Create a new document
• Alter a document’s layout
• Develop Master Pages
• Develop Layers

• Add text
• Edit text
• Thread text
• Change text threads
• Placing a text document
• Placing a Word document

• Format paragraphs with styles
• Manage styles
• Based-on styles
• Exchanging styles
• Quick Apply
• Text wrap
• Rules

• Arranging, aligning and distributing
• Transforming Objects
• Duplicating
• Rotating
• Object Styles
• InDesign snippets
• Links panel

• Inner shadow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow

• Using InDesign libraries

• Utilise colour
• Utilise swatches
• Create a custom swatch
• Apply swatches
• Exchange swatches

• Apply transparency

• File types
• Importing options
• Scale an image
• Crop an image
• Select inside a frame
• Target graphic inside frame
• Checking image resolution
• Understanding actual against effective
• The links panel
• Downsampling images for Adobe PDF

• Inner Shadow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Feather
• Basic Feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow
• Removing transparency

• Prepare PDF files for web distribution
• Export PDF files for printing
• PDF/X-1a for global distribution
• Understanding the trim, art and bleed boxes

• Creating online content for desktop, phone and tablet
• Publish preferences
• Publish to HTML

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-8 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe InDesign CC course:

Training Location

This course is provided at the Bristol training centre located at:

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

Scheduled Course Enquiry

If you are considering this InDesign CC Introduction 2 Days Course but would like further information simply send us your query quickly & easily with the form below. Whether you would like to check date availability, pricing, course suitability or just need further information about a course send us your query and we will get you a swift reply, usually within 2 business hours!

If you would prefer to check course details by phone please call us on 0345 363 1130.

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Testimonials

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 was excellent, well paced and all of our questions were answered. There was time at the end to put into practice what had been learnt and ask further questions or queries. Prepared handouts were are clear and useful for future reference.

Kerry Willis, Paignton Zoo, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction

I found the course very enjoyable. After using InDesign for a year just teaching myself how to do things, it is good to now know how to do them properly! Thank you very much.

Justine Rich, Capita, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction

Great trainer who gave a fantastic insight in a short period of time. I'm looking forward to doing the advanced session!

Nader Morsy, New College Manchester, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days

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

I was very happy with the way the course was ran and felt everything I wanted to learn was covered. Our tutor was very helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend to a colleague or friend.

Jade Barnes, ANS Group, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction

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

A thoroughly enjoyable course, very useful and brilliantly tailored to our requirements. Have completed two other introductory InDesign courses and this has been the best by far. Would definitely recommend to others.

Juliet McEwan, University of Glasgow, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke Introduction

The trainer was great. I have had many of my questions about Adobe InDesign answered. Thank you for the opportunity to improve my knowledge and make it also an adventage in my professional work for my company.

Marta Jadowska, UBT, InDesign 1 Day Intermediate with ePub

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