For bookings from established businesses, we do not require payment at the point of booking.
We will send you an invoice which you can submit to your accounts payable system.
Purchase Orders
If your employer uses a purchase order (P.O.) system to manage supplier invoices that is no problem.
If you already have a P.O. number when booking add it to the PO number box on the booking form, and we will include it on your invoice.
If you need an invoice to generate a P.O. number in your accounts system, please book the course as normal and add a note in the PO number box – to be provided
We will send you an invoice (without a P.O.) which you can use to generate a P.O..
We will then re-issue your invoice with your P.O. included when you provide us with it
PAYMENT METHODS:
You are not able to pay directly online at the time of booking, we issue an invoice for all bookings.
We accept payment either via direct bank transfer or card
Our invoices contain our bank details if you would like to pay by bank transfer and there is also information on how to pay by card.
Please note, if you are using a business card there is a surcharge of 2% to cover the payment processing charges.
Master the basics of Adobe InDesign the easy way on our Introduction to InDesign training course.
Learn all of the key skills that you need to start using InDesign to accelerate your day-to-day workflow.
Our friendly, experienced Adobe trainers will quickly get you using InDesign confidently and share lots of tricks that they’ve learned over the years.
This is a hands-on course. It includes lots of time to practise and try things out for yourself.
By the time you finish, you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of InDesign’s features.
✔ A complete beginners’ course that covers all of the basics. ✔ Plenty of one-to-one attention and time to ask questions. ✔ Friendly, expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn. ✔ All the materials and extras that you’ll ever need. ✔ Ongoing support and help with issues you have after the course.
The Trainer
One of our regular trainers for this course is Paul. He has been training people to use layout and graphic design packages for over 30 years.
He started his career working as a graphic designer. Then in 1989 he was asked to help train people use Aldus Pagemaker and CorelDraw and the rest is history.
He has focused on training Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator for the last 15 years.
What Will I Learn?
This course will get you comfortable and working independently in InDesign as quickly as possible.
With plenty of practice to consolidate what you learn, you’ll be up to speed in no time.
You’ll learn about:
Saving time with features like Master Pages, paragraph styles and object styles.
Creating bright, engaging documents with images and other graphics tools like layers, gradients and tints.
Presenting your work perfectly using borders, tabs kerning and tracking.
Perfectly preparing your document for printing by adjusting overprint and trap settings.
Watch Paul give a taster of what you cover on this course:
Am I Ready For This Course?
You don’t need any previous experience with InDesign, as this is a complete beginners’ course.
So long as you have a basic understanding of computers (including the ability to work with multiple windows and navigate the desktop) and an understanding of computer file storage (i.e. drives, files and folders) you’ll be absolutely fine.
Click below to see full details of this course’s syllabus.
The publishing workflow
The InDesign Interface
Zooming and moving
Navigating through a document
Changing views
Customising the workspace
Editing preferences
Starting a new document
Defining columns
Bleed and slug settings
Facing vs single pages Rulers and Guides
Creating a text frame
Using placeholder text
Editing character properties
Editing paragraph properties
Editing text frame properties
Text threading between frames
Showing text threads
Creating a graphic frame
Changing frame content
Placing and fitting images
Vector v. bitmap images
Linking vs embedding images
Using live corners
Understanding Image resolution
Transforming graphic content
Adjusting transparency
Adding effects
Understanding blending modes
Adding feathering
Wrapping text around images
Choosing wrapping options
Editing the wrapping path
Automatic edge detection
Inline graphics
Colour spaces RGB vs CMYK
Creating colours and tints
Creating swatches
Applying colours to objects
Applying colour to text
Setting up parent pages
Page numbering
Applying parents to pages
Re-arranging pages
Overriding parent-page items
Creating and re-arranging layers
Placing objects on layers
Moving objects between layers
Hiding and locking layers
Importing and flowing text
Creating Paragraph styles
Creating style shortcuts
Editing imported styles
Creating Characters Styles
Using Nested styles
Line and GREP styles
Building a Table of Contents
Editing a ToC
Creating ToC styles
Updating ToCs
Using image captions
Defining object styles
Using object styles
Updating object styles
Effects and transparency
Creating libraries
Adding objects to libraries
Using library items
Libraries and other applications
Using the Creative Cloud app
Creating Tables Importing tables
Formatting tables
The Table Setup dialogue
Cell and Table Styles
Sharing and collaborating
Exporting to PDF
Interactive vs Print PDF
Bleed and slug
Printer marks
Understanding CMYK output
The Day
You don’t need to bring anything with you. We provide everything you need for 2 really fun, productive days of InDesign training.
Our courses run from 9.30 am to roughly 4.30 pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for lunch.
We offer a relaxed, supportive learning environment and comfortable, fully air-conditioned facilities. We also have some of the nicest instructors on the planet.
Also, you’ll receive:
✔ A full-colour manual which covers everything in the course. ✔ Your course exercises so that you can practice at home. ✔ A Certificate of Attendance.
Online Training Requirements
To attend this InDesign course online, you will need:
✔ InDesign on your Windows PC with a camera, speakers & microphone ✔ A stable internet connection capable of running Zoom ✔ To be a confident computer user and able to use Zoom
If you have access to a second screen, we would encourage you to use it as it improves the experience.
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