Adobe Indesign Courses (Basic Notions)

Private course to develop good practices with indesign. Learn how to use the professional tool and improve the quality of your projects, both for the web and for commercial printing. 

We will adapt the learning exercises according to your needs. What are your projects?
Annual report, newspaper, newsletter, catalog, magazine, advertisements, brochure, leaflet, bookmark, manual, PDF documents, PDF forms, etc.

InDesign course content

• These themes are presented for informational purposes only.
• You will have the opportunity to approve a tailor-made lesson plan.
• Important  : each topic will be presented in relation to your particular context.

Module 1

• Understand and manage the workspace.
• Open and position your tools and windows for greater efficiency.

Module 2

• Create a new document.
• Understand technical vocabulary.
• Plan a document for the printer or the web.
• Edit the settings of an existing document.
• Organize software preferences.

Module 3

• Working with the tools.
• Add text to a document.
• Create texts followed or not.
• Draw shapes.
• Write inside shapes and manage padding and spacing.

Module 4

• Understanding the essential windows.
• Manage pages.
• Produce templates to save time.
• Standardize headers and footers.
• Use character, paragraph, table and object styles to reduce document production and maintenance time.
• Manage colors.
• Working with layers.
• Manage transparencies.
• Use special effects to add punch to documents.

Module 5

• Import items.
• Working with images.
• Import texts from Word easily and quickly.
• Automate certain import tasks.
• Know the compatible formats for all your imports.

Module 6

• Include tables.
• Add a table.
• Know how to enable board management options.
• Know the tips for being in control of the boards.

Module 7

• Automate a table of contents.
• Know the steps to follow.
• Produce a table of contents.

Unit 8

• Create PDF documents.
• Plan a PDF for the printer by understanding prepress.
• Create a PDF for the web.

What do you want to learn?

• Since this is a private course, you can choose the topics that will be covered. Exercises will be created taking into account your immediate needs.
• Creation of brochures, leaflets, bookmarks, business cards, etc.
• Design of annual reports, catalogs, magazines, etc.

Adobe Photoshop

• It is strongly recommended that you prepare your images using Adobe Photoshop software . This way, you ensure better visual quality. If you already have Photoshop, this could be covered during your training at no additional cost.

Benefits

• Tailor-made private lesson.
• Increase your autonomy.
• Reduce your reliance on outsourcing.
• Get productive quickly.
• Flexible hours.
• Lots of practice.
• Concrete projects.
• Skills-based approach.
• Learning at your own pace.