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.

Managing the InDesign Environment

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

Designing Documents

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

Managing and Formatting Text

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

Format Characters

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

Working with Objects

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

Special Effects

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

Libraries

• Using InDesign libraries

Colours and Swatches

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

Managing Transparency

• Apply transparency

Graphics

• 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

Applying Effects

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

Creating Adobe PDF Files

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

Publishing Online

• 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:

Adobe Certified InDesign Instructor

We are an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and our trainers are Adobe Certified Instructors with years of experience teaching InDesign. Get the layout skills you need with our experienced InDesign professionals.

Quality training manual

Included with our InDesign courses is the Brilliant InDesign book provided for free to use as a post course reference resource. This is a full 300+ page manual to supplement the content covered during the course.

6 months support

Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.

Adobe Authorised Certificate

After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified InDesign course.

Lunch & refreshments

Delegates attending scheduled or bespoke courses at our training centres will receive lunch and plentiful refreshments including tea, coffee and hot chocolate for each day of the course.

Training Location

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

Broad Quay House
Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4DJ

The training centre is conveniently located in central Bristol in the popular Waterfront area of the city and is easily accessible from Bristol Temple Meads.

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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