Adobe InDesign CC Training Course (Fundamentals)
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2 days
This 2 day Adobe InDesign CC training course will give you a good understanding of how to use InDesign using the latest CC version. If you are completely new to designing, this class also covers some fundamental concepts of design to get you up to speed with that aspect of things too.
Course Description:
This course will give you a good understanding of how to use InDesign with the most up to date CC (Creative Cloud) version. If you are completely new to designing, this course also covers some fundamental concepts of design to get you up to speed with this aspect of things too.
Included:
- Course Material
- Training Media
Who Should Attend?
If you are completely new to designing, this course also covers some fundamental concepts of design to get you up to speed with this aspect of things too.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Certification
Certificate completion awarded once training complete.
Adobe InDesign CC (Fundamentals) Course Outline
| Lesson 1 | |
| Introduction to InDesign | |
| Lesson 2 | |
| Managing the Adobe InDesign Environment | Customise Your Workspace, Set General Preferences, Manage Document Presets, Workspace and Window arrangement |
| Lesson 3 | |
| Designing Documents | Create a New Document, Alter a Document’s Layout, Create the Structure of a Document, Develop Master Pages, Manage Text and Graphic Placement Develop Layers |
| Lesson 4 | |
| Managing and Formatting Text | Edit Text |
| Lesson 5 | |
| Graphics | File Types, Importing options,Fitting images |
| Lesson 6 | |
| Spell Check Text | Thread Text, Find/ Change, Change Text Threads, Format Characters & Paragraphs, Numbering paragraphs, Text variables, Manage Styles, Style Groups, Quick Apply, Text Wrap, Text on a path, Rules, The Glyphs panel |
| Lesson 7 | |
| Objects | Arranging, Aligning and Distributing, Transforming, duplicating, rotating, scaling, skewing & mirroring The Transform Again commands, Object Styles, InDesign Snippets, Links Panel |
| Lesson 8 | |
| Utilising Colours | Swatches, Gradients, Utilise Colour & Swatches, Apply Fills and Strokes |
| Lesson 9 | |
| Managing Transparency | Apply Transparency |
| Lesson 10 | |
| Control Palette and shortcuts | |
| Lesson 11 | |
| Using the effects to enhance the look of things | |
| Lesson 12 | |
| Tabs and Tables | |
| Lesson 13 | |
| Interactive elements | Creating QR Codes |
| Lesson 14 | |
| Creating Acrobat PDF Files | Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution, Manage PDF Presets, Export PDF Files for Printing, Interactive and mobile device documents |
| Lesson 15 | |
| Preferences | |
Adobe InDesign CC Training Course(Intermediate)
2 days
A step up from the basics of using InDesign in order to work faster and smarter. This 2 day intermediate Adobe InDesign CC class is suitable for those who want to know how to get more out of the software.
Course Description:
A step up from the basics of using InDesign in order to work faster and smarter. This course uses the most up to date CC (Creative Cloud) version of InDesign and is therefore also suitable as an introduction to the changes in the latest version, as well as in how to get more out of the software for those who already know a little bit about it.
Included:
- Course Manual
- Training Media
Who Should Attend?
Anyone looking for suitable introduction to the changes in the latest version, as well as in how to get more out of the software for those who already know a little bit about it.
Prerequisites
Some knowledge of InDesign, preferably you have taken one of our Adobe InDesign Fundamentals courses.
Certification
Certificate completion awarded once training complete.
Adobe InDesign CC (Intermediate) Course Outline
| Lesson 1 | |
| Customising Workspaces | Customising Menus, Customising Shortcuts, Multiple Document Windows, Alternate layouts |
| Lesson 2 | |
| Advanced object creation | Working with Graphics, Content collection and linking options, Using Adobe Bridge, Using Mini Bridge, Customising the Links Panel to display additional attributes, Photoshop Files: Layers; Layer Comps, Illustrator Files: Layers; Layer Comps |
| Lesson 3 | |
| Working with Colour | Profiles and working spaces, Mixed Colour Swatches, Colourising Images |
| Lesson 4 | |
| Working with Text | Styling text, Text Wraps, Targeting Layers, Paragraph Rules, Drop Caps and Nested Styles, Breaks, Special Characters, More with Tables |
| Lesson 5 | |
| Frames and Objects | Pathfinder, Converting Shapes, Working with Groups, Transforming objects, Special Effects, Interaction and animation |
| Lesson 6 | |
| Working with Longer Documents | Creating spread documents, Smart Text Reflow, Templates, Creating pages with different sizes, Master Pages, Based-on Masters, Loading & managing styles, Sections, Numbering, Table of Contents, Creating an Index, Libraries & Snippets, Books |
| Lesson 7 | |
| Output | Pre Flight, Print Presets, Export to PDF, Export to eBooks and mobile devices |
| Lesson 8 | |
| Getting more advanced | A taster demonstration of the even more powerful features of InDesign such as data merging, covered in the Advanced course. |
Adobe InDesign CC Training Course (Advanced)
2 days
An advanced Adobe InDesign CC course for users who want to know everything about what InDesign is capable of and how to get the best out of that capability.
Course Description:
An advanced course for users who want to know everything about what InDesign is capable of and how to get the best out of that capability. This course uses the CC (Creative Cloud) version of InDesign, and so it also serves as a good introduction to the changes in the latest version of the software and how they can help you work smarter and faster.
Included:
- Course Manual
- Training Media
Prerequisites
A reasonably good knowledge of InDesign, preferably you have taken our Adobe InDesign intermediate or Fundamentals course.
Certification
Certificate completion awarded once training complete.
Adobe InDesign CC Advanced Course Outline
| Lesson 1 | |
| Interactive Functions | Create and export interactive mouse-driven documents. Create and export animations. Create and export interactive web pages. Create interactive PDF forms. Create QR codes. Create mobile device content. Update InDesign to be mobile content ready |
| Lesson 2 | |
| Layers | Layers Panel. Create layered multi-lingual documents with selective output. Create or import cutter formes using layers. Moving across layers. Advanced layer options |
| Lesson 3 | |
| Managing Syles | Manage Style Overrides. Base One Style on Another. GREP and Nested Styles. Import Styles. Redefine Styles. Advanced find and replace searches |
| Lesson 4 | |
| Long Documents | Page Palette and working with pages. Text Flow and Links.Multiple Master Pages. Numbering Pages and Sections. Making, Synchronising & Packaging Books. Creating tables of Contents. Indexes. Off-page control features |
| Lesson 5 | |
| Handling Page Elements | Place Inline Graphics. Handle Text Layout. Create Duplicate Items. Create Anchored Objects |
| Lesson 6 | |
| Advanced Graphics | File Types. Multiple image placement. Importing options. Create custom gatefold documents. Adobe Photoshop support. Adobe PDF layer support. Selectively display layers and layer comps. Image Frames simple. Compound & custom. Fitting images. Control Palette and shortcuts. Custom uses for Anchored Objects. Clipping Paths. Alpha channels. Importing InDesign and Quark XPress documents |
| Lesson 7 | |
| Developing Complex Paths | Create Bezier Paths. Create Compound Paths. Create Clipping Paths. Create Type Outlines |
| Lesson 8 | |
| Administering External Files | Locate Assets Using Adobe Bridge. Merge Data. Import Layered Files. Export PDF Files. Export XHTML Files. Advanced print, export and output options. Animation and web page creation. Nesting animations in PDFs |