Indesign Beginner Course

The Indesign Beginner is an instructor-led, hands-on training course. This Adobe InDesign training course enables candidates to design a variety of layouts for both print and digital publications. Candidates learn, step-by-step, the basics of the software so they can create their own print and digital materials. 

Course Outline

• Starting with Adobe InDesign

• Understanding the application

• Starting the application

• The welcome experience

• The workspace

• Understanding workspaces

• Opening an existing document

• Closing a document

• Exiting

• Setting up a document

• Understanding document presets

• Adjusting the units of measure

• Creating a document preset

• Creating a new document

• Using new document preview

• Saving a new document

• Working with a workspace

• The tools panel

• Using selection tools

• Displaying and hiding rulers

• Working with workspaces

• Creating a custom workspace

• Understanding panels

• Displaying and hiding panels

• Floating and docking panels

• Working with the status bar

• Navigating

• Understanding screen views

• Changing screen views

• Using the hand and zoom tools

• Using shortcut menus

• Using keyboard shortcuts

• Working with tabbed documents

• Arranging multiple documents

• Working with pages

• Inserting pages

• Navigating pages

• Understanding master pages

• Creating master pages

• Creating ruler guides

• Locking, unlocking and clearing guides

• Viewing and hiding the grid

• Adjusting column guides

• Setting document bleed and slug

• Inserting auto page numbering

• Applying a master page

• Deleting pages

• Layers

• Understanding layers

• Creating a new layer

• Naming layers and assigning colours

• Assigning objects to layers

• Reordering layers

• Hiding and viewing layers

• Working with colour

• Understanding colour

• Stroke and fill

• Understanding the colour panel

• Applying a fill colour

• Applying a stroke colour

• Selecting colours using the eyedropper

• Selecting colours using the swatches panel

• Adding colours to the swatches panel

• Creating a gradient

• Creating a colour group

• Creating a colour theme

• Removing colour

• Frames and shapes

• Understanding frames

• Creating frames and shapes

• Transforming shapes

• Merging shapes using pathfinder

• Duplicating objects

• Arranging objects

• Aligning and distributing objects

• Grouping objects

• Creating an outline

• Placing graphics in an outline

• Working with graphics

• Understanding graphic file formats

• Placing graphics in a document

• Positioning graphics within a frame

• Fitting graphics

• Understanding linked graphics

• Navigating the links panel

• Linking and embedding files

• Placing inline graphics

• Creating a clipping path

• Applying text wrap

• Creating a caption

• Changing display performance

• Working with text

• Understanding text

• Applying type style

• Changing font size and leading

• Changing the vertical text alignment

• Threading text frames

• Importing text from Microsoft Word

• Adjusting kerning

• Adjusting tracking

• Editing text in place

• Editing text with the story editor

• Preparing for printing

• Running preflight check

• Printing a document

• Defining a print preset

• Understanding ink handling terms

• Creating a postscript file

• Exporting to PDF

• Soft proofing

• Packaging a document

• Getting help

• Understanding the help menu

• Using help

• Searching for online help