InDesign Certification Bootcamp

Course Dates

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RRP: £950.00
Web Special: £895.00

Maximum Class Size

In order to ensure every student gets the most out of the course we have a maximum class size of:

London

8 Delegates

York

5 Delegates

InDesign Certification Bootcamp is a combination of the Getting Started, Intermediate and Advanced Techniques courses, offering you a complete blended learning solution that gets you from beginner to advanced user in one simple process.

About this InDesign Training Course

InDesign Certification Bootcamp is targeted at those who are new to the InDesign package and wanting to learn InDesign inside out. From correcting and retouching images right through to advanced filter techniques, or painting effects this course covers the lot.

The course is made up of 4 days of classroom based InDesign training which can be completed at our London or York centres or through our live online classes. This is then supported and extended by 12 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, exercises, sample files and instructor led support forums.

The Instructors

Our InDesign trainers all have extensive experience working with the product in a professional capacity and they have all gained the ACE and ACI professional accreditations.  As contributors to the Adobe beta programs they also have more than 6 months experience of using the product prior to it's general release.

The Audience 

This InDesign course is suitable for those who wants to learn to use InDesign but have no previous experience. If you already have experience using InDesign than you might want to consider our Advanced InDesign Training Course instead.

If you are unsure which InDesign courses are most suitable then why not try our free InDesign Skills Test to help you test your current skills.

The Prerequisites

This course is a beginners InDesign course. You should however be comfortable using a computer to perform functions such as copy and paste, and opening applications and files. You should also be comfortable using the internet, for example for browsing and interacting with websites.

InDesign Bootcamp Course - Topics

The following modules are covered in this course:

Stage One - 2 days

Introduction

  • Page layout
  • Using the Pages panel
  • Document setup
  • Intents and document presets
  • Tools overview
  • Organising your assets
  • Linked content
  • using the Content Collector

Frames and shapes

  • Creating frames
  • Moving frames
  • Aligning frames
  • Sizing and positioning frames
  • Creating round corners
  • Anchoring frames

Text

  • Creating text frames
  • Formatting text
  • Typography and your text
  • Basic tables

Stories

  • What is a story
  • Threading text frames
  • Un-threading frames
  • Viewing threads
  • Story Editor
  • Tracking changes
  • Spell-checking

Layout

  • Creating layouts
  • Margins and Columns
  • Guides and Smart guides
  • Live distribute
  • The gap tool
  • Liquid layout
  • Alternate layout
  • Using the page tool

Masters

  • Creating masters
  • Applying masters
  • Master options
  • Importing masters
  • Headers & footers
  • Page numbering

Colours

  • Creating colours
  • Saving your colours as swatches
  • Exporting and importing your colours
  • Applying your colours to strokes and fills
  • Gradients
  • Tints

Images

  • File formats
  • Placing images
  • Placing multiple images
  • Resizing images
  • Using the Links panel
  • Run-around
  • Fitting

Preflighting

  • using the Preflight Panel
  • Setting up your profile
  • Activating your preflight profile
  • Profile options
  • Checking your images

 

Stage Two - 2 days

Using Stylesheets

  • Setting up paragraph and character styles
  • Styling bullets
  • Using next paragraph style
  • Advanced nested styles

Object Styles

  • What are object styles
  • Creating an object style
  • Applying paragraph styles within an object
  • Using quick apply
  • Setting a default object style

Styling Tables

  • Table styles
  • Cell styles
  • Paragraph styles in cells
  • Cell styles in tables
  • Creating table styles
  • Applying table styles

Page Numbering

  • Automated Table of Contents
  • Formatting the TOC
  • Updating TOC
  • Styling Table of Contents
  • Dynamic story jumps

Advanced Layout Options

  • Gridify
  • Live Distribute
  • Liquid layout
  • Liquid Page Rules
  • Alternate Layout
  • Alignment tips

Pen Tool, Paths & Pathfinder

  • Creating paths
  • Creating custom frames
  • Combining different shapes
  • Type on a path
  • Formatting type on a path
  • Placing text in a custom frame
  • Merging frames
  • Compound frames

Interactivity

  • Export to interactive pdf
  • Buttons
  • Hyperlinks
  • Transitions
  • Animation
  • Video
  • Interactive page curls

Forms

  • Overview of pdf forms
  • Text and signature fields
  • List and combo boxes
  • Checkboxes and radio buttons
  • Setting tab order for pdf forms
  • Submit, print and clear actions
  • Outputting a form
  • Testing in Acrobat

Adobe Bridge

  • Bridge Workspaces
  • Working with Mini Bridge
  • Image Metadata in Bridge
  • Metadata Templates
  • Live image captions

Working with Images*

  • Using PSD files in InDesign
  • Using Illustrator files
  • Embedding images
  • Preflighting and Images
  • Images and transparency

Color and Kuler*

  • Mixed ink colours and groups
  • Seperations preview panel
  • The ink manager
  • What is Kuler
  • Creating a Kuler theme
  • Managing Kuler themes
  • Using .ASE files

Importing*

  • Word and Excel content
  • Import options
  • Importing styles
  • Handling style conflicts
  • Import Presets
  • Importing text

Exporting*

  • Export Interactive PDF
  • Export as HTML5
  • Export for Kindle
  • Export as SWF
  • Export as ePub etc....

Working with Text*

  • Using conditional text
  • Convert text to frames
  • Tracking text changes
  • Custom autocorrect
  • Custom spell check
  • Link content between documents

GREP*

  • What is Grep
  • Find and replace with GREP
  • Using GREP Styles

Snippets

  • Saving as snippets
  • Showing snippets in mini bridge
  • Reuse snippets on document from bridge

Libraries

  • Libraries v Snippets
  • Creating a library
  • The library panel
  • Adding items to a library

Data Merge

  • How to setup a merge source
  • Add merge fields
  • Styling
  • Output

Previous Feedback From Our InDesign Courses

We thought you might like to know what some past delegates thought of our InDesign courses:

"Good communication, the instructor made it a relaxing learning environment, and you felt you can ask a question at anytime."
Graphic Designer, Serious Fraud Office

"Very friendly and personable. The course was very good in general."
Head of Design, Play.com

"Good intro - I feel confident going back to the office and using this software now. The instructor was very good - enthusiastic, and went at just the right pace."
Communications Officer, Houses of Parliament

"The content was good and having a whole morning on the second day for practical work was invaluable. The instructor was clear in his presentation; patient with lack of comprehension and, thorough in covering the subject. The pace was fast enough to maintain interest while not too quick to lose you."
Production Manager, OFSTED

If you are looking for a complete InDesign training package that covers the lot, call us on 0800 156 0777.