InDesign introduction

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Course dates

Remote

  • 31 March–01 April 2025
  • 12–13 May 2025
  • 09–10 June 2025
  • 14–15 July 2025
  • 18–19 August 2025
  • 22–23 September 2025
  • 27–28 October 2025
  • 01–02 December 2025

Course dates

Remote

  • 31 March–01 April 2025
  • 12–13 May 2025
  • 09–10 June 2025
  • 14–15 July 2025
  • 18–19 August 2025
  • 22–23 September 2025
  • 27–28 October 2025
  • 01–02 December 2025

We are not currently offering this course as classroom training

Overview

This InDesign training course is for those new to InDesign or with some experience but need professional guidance.

Our focus is not on what you learn – but how you remember. Our accelerated learning format allows you to digest more information by making it more memorable by emphasising how the brain works.

Over the two days, you'll get up to speed with the InDesign interface before learning how to design documents, how to create PDF files, working with object styles, layers and paragraph styles, and more.

What to expect from this course

This two-day InDesign training course is tailored for newcomers. You'll begin by understanding the InDesign interface before learning to design various documents, format with paragraph styles, work with layers, and use object styles. 

You’ll leave the training course with the skills to design various print, mobile and web materials.

Target audience

This course is for designers, marketers, developers, and anyone who wants to learn how to design various materials using Adobe InDesign, the leading layout and page design software.

Upon completion, you'll be able to:

  • Navigate the InDesign interface and understand the core features
  • Design a variety of marketing materials for print, web and mobile
  • Use layers, paragraph styles, frames, and more will become second nature
  • Take advantage of the core features that enhance productivity, manage data and more

Prerequisites

You must already possess basic computer skills, such as knowing how to open and save files onto a computer.

Accelerated learning

Our Accelerated learning approach at Certitec is unique within the Adobe training industry. Our focus is not on what you learn, but how you learn. Referred to as ‘Accelerated Learning’, this process allows you to digest a significant amount of information more quickly, and more easily than through other methods.

Accelerated learning

  • Establish a firm understanding on the learning process before embarking
  • Overcoming any learned helplessness by reframing what will be learnt upon completion
  • Sessions no longer than 60 minutes each to maximise how we learn 
  • The use of course workbooks to strengthen memory retention (classroom)
  • Finding a balance between new and recap learning
  • Kinaesthetic (‘hands-on’) techniques
  • Video of entire course upon completion (remote)

Find out more about our Accelerated learning process.

Outline

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Day one – Laying down a firm InDesign foundation

Introduction to the workspace

  • Main menu bar
  • Workspaces 
  • Control panel
  • Tool panel 
  • Panels - pages, layers and links
  • Strokes and swatches
  • Document status
  • Page navigation, preflight profile and preflight menu

Designing documents

  • Creating a new document
  • Print, mobile or web
  • Number of pages
  • Facing pages
  • Columns
  • Margins
  • Bleed and slug
  • What type of document - intent
  • Setting up for print
  • Setting for web 
  • Setting for mobile
  • Adding colours
  • Rgb and cmyk

Working with frames

  • What are frames?
  • The types of frames - text, graphic and unassigned
  • Creating text frames
  • Creating graphic frames
  • Creating unassigned frames
  • Working with frames
  • Creating text wrap

Using type and styles

  • Selecting type
  • Creating type frames
  • Selecting type
  • Insert place holder
  • Placeholder text
  • Formatting type
  • Paragraph styles
  • Character styles
  • Import styles from another InDesign document
  • Working with CC libraries

Working with graphics

  • Placing graphics into InDesign
  • Basic placement methods
  • Raster images (pixel based)
  • Vector images (mathamatically based)
  • Linked graphics
  • Embed graphics
  • Images for print 
  • Images for screen/web 
  • Positioning and resizing
  • Autofit graphics into an existing frame
  • Change size and position within a frame
  • Changing frame sizes
  • Transparency

Day two – Building on that foundation

Creating a multi page document

  • Create a new document
  • Margins and columns
  • For printed output
  • For PDF production
  • For delivery on the web or mobile devices
  • Page sizes
  • Orientation - landscape or portrait
  • Page format
  • Facing or non-facing
  • Bleed and slug
  • Master pages
  • Repeating content
  • Automatic page numbering

Working with layers

  • Why use layers
  • Locking layers
  • Creating layers
  • Layers panel
  • Moving content to different layers
  • Hide layer 
  • Lock layers

Working with threaded text

  • Importing text
  • Formats of text
  • Copy and paste text
  • Import Microsoft Word text without style sheets
  • Import Microsoft Word text with style sheets 
  • Placeholder text
  • Overset text
  • Threading text
  • Threading options

Links and output

  • Linking graphics
  • re-linking graphics
  • Links panel
  • Preflight panel
  • PDF for email and web
  • PDF/X-1a
  • PDF for print 
  • Create profiles for different printers

Classroom trainint

Advantages of classroom training

Classroom training has many advantages over other formats of training since in-person interaction and communication plays an extremely important part to absorbing information. 

Classroom training allows you to get trained in a safe, quiet, clean environment, away from the noise and pressures of the office or home. The classroom environment provides the important “human touch,” which is often missing in technology-based training. 

You can’t beat real life interaction when asking important questions and receiving immediate feedback. 

Other benefits of classroom training include:

  • Group interaction. People learn from one another as well as from the trainer
  • Training groups can be large or small
  • Classroom training also teaches us how to interact with one another in a professional, productive, cooperative way, which is something that other forms of training often don’t provide

Remote training

Remote training

Remote professional Adobe training allows high-quality training to be delivered anywhere globally.

In addition to the positive aspect of no travel, our remote training courses also allow you to interact with the trainer and ask questions just like you were right in front of them.

Our remote training courses include videos, which makes them extremely valuable when you wish to review some or all of the courses you just completed to keep things fresh and thus increase memory retention.

FAQs

Is the training just 'watching', or is it interactive?

The training is interactive, just like in the training room with the trainer. You will download the training files and work with your experienced instructor through modular exercises.

Is there any pre or post-study required before undertaking any course?

No, there is none. - If you have booked an 'Adobe certified' course with us, you can view some sample documents we send before your exam. However, this might only affect your scoring by a couple of percent.

What if I am unwell on the morning of my course?

This is just fine from a course perspective since you can re-arrange it again (according to our course schedule) for no fee.

What are the training times?

We start at 9.30 am and finish at 4.30 pm with plenty of breaks and 40 minutes for lunch.

Can I jump immediately to an advanced course?

Delegates attending an Advanced course must already possess at least 85% of the knowledge of the (previous) Introduction course. This is so you are not out of your depth in the Advanced course, and other delegates might not be affected.

Can I work on my agenda during the training?

Our courses are scheduled and run with the same outline and objectives. While our trainers can answer some ad hoc questions, we cannot provide specific information on your project.

Do I receive a video after my course is completed?

You will receive a video of the applicable course for future playback when you complete your course.

Is there any technical support afterwards?

We don’t leave you high and dry after your course. Our technical support is provided for a lifetime.

Will I get a certificate for attending?

Yes - your certificate of attendance will be emailed after completing your training course.

How do I obtain the Adobe Creative Cloud software?

Adobe offers a free trial for each application if you wish to try before subscribing.

What is Adobe certification?

Become an Adobe certified professional, build a unique portfolio, and gain a professional certification communicating your advanced Adobe knowledge. That’s what becoming Adobe certified is about.

What if I fail my Adobe certification exam?

Should you not pass the first time, you can retake the exam (up to 2 separate free attempts are allowed) for no charge when the course runs again in our schedule.

I become Adobe certified a couple of years ago. Does this mean I'm still Adobe certified?

When you pass an Adobe certified professional (or the retired Adobe certified associate) exam, you will always be approved in the specific version of the exam you undertook.

For example, if you become Adobe certified in Premiere Pro CC2022, you will always possess this accreditation.

However, as time passes, Adobe will release more recent versions of the exams (e.g. CC2025, etc). Therefore, you must pass the latest Adobe certified professional exam version to remain current.

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Use our simple form below to send a message directly to our consultant trainers. We value great customer service and will endeavour to get back to you within the hour inside normal business hours.

If you require an immediate response then please do not hesitate to call 0800 112 5432.




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