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Adobe InDesign CC Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Glasgow
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Advanced
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£895 + vat
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading desktop-publishing program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an InDesign power user. Impress your clients as you build interactive PDFs, eBooks, and more.
We will guide you on everything from getting started with a simple document and controlling the InDesign environment all the way up to using complex styling and creating rich, interactive files. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to produce great results for the web and for print.
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading desktop-publishing program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an InDesign power user. Impress your clients as you build interactive PDFs, eBooks, and more.
We will guide you on everything from getting started with a simple document and controlling the InDesign environment all the way up to using complex styling and creating rich, interactive files. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to produce great results for the web and for print.
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InDesign Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available for power users of 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. Once you grasp the basics of the program, we will show you how to take your understanding to the next level. We will cover advanced topics such as creating eBooks, generating indexes, and automating workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the InDesign environment
- Design simple and complex documents, including interactive PDFs and eBooks
- 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
- Use advanced tools and palettes
- Re-use data via libraries and snippets
- Generate tables of contents and indexes
- Store PDF presets
- Develop Bézier paths
- Work with XML
- Automate your workflow with other Creative Cloud programs
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 2-day block (Advanced) taken at a later date.
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.
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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
- 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
- Organising Your Panels
- Advanced Zooming and Navigation
- Advanced View Options
Advanced Typography- Typographical preferences
- Advanced Character formatting options
- Advanced Paragraph formatting options
- Review of setting up Style Sheets
- Advanced Style Sheet Tips
- Nested Styles
- Using ‘Based on’, ‘Next Style’ and Quick Apply
- Review of setting up Parent Pages
- Parent & Child masters
- Overriding Parent Page items
- Using ‘Shuffle’ options
- Best practice with Parent pages
- Numbering and Section options
- Advanced Align options
- Using keyboard shortcuts for align and distribute
- Using the Gap tool
- Using Autofit for images
- Review of setting up Object Styles
- Setting up a Baseline Grid
- Review of Swatches – managing colours and gradients
- Creating Mixed Inks
- Using the Ink Manager
- Sharing Swatches between documents and with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Using Libraries and Snippets
- Creating Templates
- Creating and using Find/Change queries
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Using an InDesign ‘Book’ to collate documents
- Setting up Indexes
- Setting up Tables
- Importing Excel & Word tables
- Creating Table and Cell styles
- Adding Hyperlinks, Buttons, Movies and Sounds
- Setting up Page Transitions
- Exporting an Interactive PDF
- Understanding what an e-book is
- Overview of preparing a file to become an e-book
- Overview of Export options
- Understanding InDesign preferences
- Changing document preferences
- Changing application preferences
- Using the Overprint Preview and the Separations Preview panel
- Defining the Transparency Flattener settings
- Using Preflight
- Understanding an RGB workflow
- Creating PDF presets
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Location Details
This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:
Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DXThe Glasgow training centre is located on Queen Street in the heart of Glasgow close to Central Station, Queen Street Station and Argyle Street Station.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm 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.
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InDesign Masterclass 4 Days - Upcoming Glasgow Course Dates
02 Jun - 05 Jun £895 + vat 14 Jul - 17 Jul £895 + vat 01 Sep - 04 Sep £895 + vat InDesign Masterclass 4 Days - Split Date Options
InDesign Introduction
2 Jun - 3 Jun
14 Jul - 15 Jul
1 Sep - 2 Sep
InDesign Advanced
16 Jul - 17 Jul
3 Sep - 4 Sep
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Client Reviews
"A thoroughly fun and enjoyable course delivered by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tutor - can't wait to get back into the office environment and put it all into practice!"
Katrina Gillespie, Vinci Academy, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"It was good fun, informative and I feel like I learnt a lot. It has also made me want to do more courses."
Stephanie Razis, Salamanca, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"Very organized training course covered all the basics needed and ran efficiently and in a nice relaxed and amenable environment."
Amaya Climent, The Crown Estate, InDesign - 1 Day Essentials
"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
"It was brilliant. I feel like I have learnt so much in 2 days. Our trainer was fantastic and I would love to come back and learn more."
Alex East, ISG, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"Excellent course, excellent trainer. Learnt so much. We covered lots of things I had tried to do before with much difficulty. The training made things simple, I will be much more efficient now! "
Laura Millar, FCA, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"I have studied a course with XChange Training before and it is extremely well organised, friendly staff and has a good work environment."
Victoria Hassett, ETM Group, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Always a great course and a brilliant instructor. Thank you once again for all the training that I've done these past few months. An extremely valuable experience. "
Margaret Nolan-Meddings, Miller Insurance Services LLP, InDesign - Print Production
"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 course was thorough and well explained. The friendly approach made it all easy to understand and follow and all questions were dealt with straight away. Thank you!"
Jade Hindley, Inspire, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
£895 + vat
Next Dates:
02 Jun - 05 Jun
14 Jul - 17 Jul
01 Sep - 04 Sep
Split Course Date Options:
InDesign Introduction
2 Jun - 3 Jun
14 Jul - 15 Jul
1 Sep - 2 Sep
InDesign Advanced
16 Jul - 17 Jul
3 Sep - 4 Sep
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe InDesign training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Great course which gave a thorough understanding of InDesign. Well-paced and I really enjoyed it!
28/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The course was very insightful, and tailored to what me and my colleague need for our day-to-day work. The pace of the day was kept in-line with the skills we already had/what we needed to learn and overall was extremely helpful in improving our workflow.
11/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The course really helped to expand my knowledge on InDesign with loads of really useful fundamentals to help me with my design work. Phil was extremely helpful and answered every question I asked, and more, and made sure to offer his assistance with any queries after the day.
11/04/2025
5/5 Stars
Hi, I really enjoyed this two day course. The instructor was very friendly and attentive.
10/04/2025
5/5 Stars
easy to follow the tutorials
08/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The overall course was really fantastic. Being able to learn both the theory and practical aspects really should helped grow my understanding of InDesign and I am excited to continue learning and using the program.
08/04/2025
4/5 Stars
The course was run well, one bit of feedback that could be helpful in the future is to have a document explaining what we will cover during the course so we can follow along as the time progresses, alongside knowing what to expect.
08/04/2025
4/5 Stars
Very helpful introduction into InDesign
24/02/2025
5/5 Stars
Good course, covers the basics and provides a grounding knowledge base.
24/02/2025
5/5 Stars
very easy to follow and great knowledge from instructor
24/02/2025
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Glasgow Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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