Advanced InDesign Training Course | Guildford, Surrey Or At Your Office

This Authorised Adobe InDesign Advanced 1 day training course is suitable for users familiar with the basics of InDesign who wish to refine their DTP skills by learning how to add more sophisticated page layouts and add eye-catching special effects to their documents.

This is a hands-on training course which involves working on multiple exercises to ensure that you return to work as a faster, more capable InDesign user. Your trainer will be with you while you work on the exercises to answer any questions or queries you may have.

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Objectives

This course aims to take less experienced users of InDesign and show them how to make the most of InDesign’s power. It is instructor led and involves working on a number of practical, hands on examples and exercises. Led by highly experienced Adobe InDesign trainers with many years of experience our hands-on courses mean that you will leave with lots of practical experience as well as useful tips and tricks.

Prerequisites

This advanced Adobe InDesign training course is designed for delegates who have attended our Introductory Adobe InDesign training course, or who have an equivalent working knowledge of the package.

What Is Included?

Our courses run from 9.30 am to approximately 4.30 pm. While you are with us we are focused on offering you a relaxed and productive learning environment. There is no dress code so please wear whatever you are most comfortable in.

When you book a course with us you get the following:

Soft copy of the official Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a book.
The exercises that you have worked on during your course to allow you to practice afterwards.
USB stick to take the exercises away.
A freshly prepared lunch
Refreshments though out the day.
Training in fully air conditioned facilities from an experienced InDesign instructor.
A certificate of attendance

Course details

Document Setup

Using Master Text Frames
Using Facing Pages
Understanding Bleed and Slug

Image Control

Anchored Images
Clipping Paths
Embedding
Placing Multiple Images
Audio Fit
Feather Effect
Transparency

Text Control

Advanced Typography
Using Glyphs
Tabulated Text
Paragraph Rules
Setting Default Paragraph Styles
Custom Bullet Text
Vertical Alignment
Inset Spacing
Nested Styles
Creating a Table of Contents
Using the Baseline Grid
Working with Columns
Column Breaks
AutoCorrect
Find and Replace
Typography Preferences
Linking to Text Files
Ignoring Text Wrap

Page Control

Using the Page Tool
Rotating Pages
Multiple Master Pages
Section Breaks
Copying Pages across Docs
Shuffle Pages

Working with Shapes

Basic Shapes
Using Pathfinder
Drawing Multiple Frames
Outlining Text
Text Along Paths
Setting Default Colours
Using Gradients
Using Libraries
Object Styles
Layers

Tips and Tricks

The final section of this course allows the trainer to explain a few tips and tricks that they have picked up over their years of graphic design work.

Adobe InDesign Training – Advanced