InDesign Training by Highlander Training

Highlander Training Ltd provides professional Adobe InDesign training for individuals, teams, and organisations across the UK.

Highlander specialises in practical, workflow-focused InDesign training for people who need to create, edit, and maintain professional documents with confidence. Training is delivered by an experienced Adobe specialist with over 25 years’ experience in commercial design and technical training, a formal teaching qualification (PGCE), and over a decade as a former Adobe Certified Instructor.

InDesign training is available at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and can be delivered as:

  • Live online training
  • In-house team training
  • Recorded, on-demand courses

Courses are designed for professional users in organisations where Adobe InDesign is used to produce and maintain high-quality documents, including marketing and communications teams, in-house designers, and bid or report production teams. Training focuses on real-world document workflows, best practice techniques, and long-term maintainability, with shortcuts taught where they genuinely improve speed and consistency rather than as isolated tricks.

Highlander’s InDesign training is delivered by Andy Gardiner, Managing Director of Highlander Training Ltd and author of Designing the Adobe InDesign Way, published by Packt Publishing. The training draws directly on the workflows, techniques, and best practices documented in the book.

How can I learn InDesign

Closed InDesign Courses

Book a closed InDesign course for your team, tailored to your documents, workflows, and goals. Delivered at your offices or live online on dates that suit, with hands-on exercises and plenty of Q&A.

LIVE ONLINE COURSES

Attend a LIVE online course from your own desk using your own system, delivered by Andy Gardiner, author of Designing the Adobe InDesign Way (Packt), and a former Adobe Certified Instructor for over a decade.

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Pre-Recorded

Learn InDesign with structured, self-paced pre-recorded courses you can rewatch to reinforce key techniques. Follow along step by step and revisit key workflows whenever you need a refresher.

Our InDesign Training Courses

Aimed at those who are completely new to InDesign, the beginners InDesign course starts out by explaining core concepts such as bleed, margins and columns before moving on to the InDesign software itself. You will learn how to work with text in your documents, place images, work with tables, apply effects such as drop shadows, make use of transparency and more. You will then learn how to apply styles and work with masters before learning about pre-flighting and options for outputting a document. By the end of this InDesign training course you will be able to start creating and editing your own documents, including flyers, brochures, magazines, reports, adverts and lots more.

The Advanced InDesign course is aimed at those who have either completed the beginners InDesign training or have equivalent experience. This InDesign course covers a wide range of topics such as object styles, table styles and grep styles. You will learn how to work with conditional text, make use of the data merge capabilities and work with metadata and multiple layers within images all from within Adobe InDesign. You will find out about the interactive capabilities found in InDesign including features such as animation, video and transitions. You will also learn a variety of Adobe recommended techniques to speed up your workflow and reuse content from snippets and libraries through to importing styles or masters.

This one day InDesign training is aimed at those who already use InDesign, and are wanting to ensure they create standard compliant, fully accessible, PDF files which can be read by the widest possible audience. Covering a wide range of InDesign features, the course also looks at how you can use Acrobat DC to identify accessibility problems in PDF files, fix issues, and read your pdf aloud to experience issues first hand.

This is a one day training course for those who have completed the InDesign Getting Started course and want to better understand the option for creating digital publications with Adobe InDesign. The course covers a variety of topics including not only creating interactive pdfs, but also the powerful range of features offered by the In5 plugin for InDesign which is produced by Ajar Production. Taught by Andy Gardiner, an Adobe Certified Instructor and In5 Certified Professional with over 20 years industry experience.

Adobe InDesign Training FAQs

Are these Adobe InDesign courses suitable for beginners?

Yes. We offer Adobe InDesign training for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users. If you are new to InDesign, we can recommend a beginner course to help you build solid foundations before progressing further.

Are the Adobe InDesign courses delivered live or on-demand?

Our scheduled Adobe InDesign courses are delivered live by an experienced instructor, either as live online sessions or as in-house training for teams and organisations. We also offer pre-recorded on-demand options for those who prefer self-paced learning.

Do you offer Adobe InDesign training for teams or organisations?

Yes. We regularly deliver private Adobe InDesign training for teams, including marketing, communications, design, and bids and tender departments. Courses can be tailored to your organisation’s documents, workflows, and skill levels.

What versions of Adobe InDesign are covered?

Our Adobe InDesign courses use the current version of Adobe InDesign. The skills taught are transferable to recent previous versions, and we highlight any differences where relevant.

Do your Adobe InDesign courses cover accessible PDF creation?

Yes. We offer specialist Adobe InDesign training that covers creating accessible, compliant PDFs, including topics such as correct use of tags, setting reading order, managing images, tables, and export settings.

How long are the Adobe InDesign courses?

Course lengths vary depending on level and format, ranging from one-day courses to longer structured programmes. We can advise on the most suitable option based on your requirements.

Are your Adobe InDesign courses accredited?

Our Adobe InDesign courses focus on practical, professional skills rather than formal certification. Training is delivered by a qualified teacher and a former Adobe Certified Instructor with over a decade of experience delivering Adobe-authorised training when the Adobe Authorised Training Programme was active.

Is the instructor qualified?

Yes. Courses are taught by Andy Gardiner, a PGCE (Level 7) qualified teacher and CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer, with over 20 years’ experience teaching Adobe Creative Cloud, including over a decade as an Adobe Certified Instructor.