Adobe InDesign CS5 Training Course

As the premier document production tool on the market, getting the most of it can be achieved by attending an Adobe InDesign Training Course.

Unlike training companies offering scheduled courses, we offer the alternative of your Adobe InDesign Training Course delivered in central London on a date of your choice, either onsite or at our offices near Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Bank. We offer courses for Introduction or Beginners to Advanced.

In addition we also run custom InDesign CS5 courses tailored to your exact requirement. You select required topics to build your own bespoke Adobe InDesign training course. Whether you need a consultative 1 to 1 Adobe InDesign training session using your examples or group training, our trainers can deliver a highly professional service.

Adobe InDesign Training Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

Select a Indesign Training Course level below to view all the information you need about the course, including the cost of the course, the available training formats and much more.

Introduction
Advanced

InDesign CS5 Introduction Training Course

This course is designed for new users of InDesign, or those that have been self taught.

Duration

This is a 1 day InDesign Introduction Course. The course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our London training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Day 1

Getting Started
Lesson 1 - Introducing the Workspace
Lesson 2 - Getting to Know InDesign
Lesson 3 - Setting up a Document and Working with Pages
Lesson 4 - Working with Objects
Lesson 5 - Flowing Text
Lesson 6 - Editing Text
Lesson 7 - Working with Typography
Lesson 8 - Working with Colour

Day 2

Lesson 9 - Working with Styles
Lesson 10 - Importing and Modifying Graphics
Lesson 11 - Creating Tables
Lesson 12 - Working with Transparency
Lesson 13 - Out putting and exporting
Lesson 14 - Creating Rich interactive documents
Lesson 15 - Working with Long Documents
Appendix: Colour Management

InDesign Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Basics

Creating and saving a document
The InDesign approach to page -layout
Overview of features
InDesign compared to QuarkXPress
Exploring the interface
Overview of tools
Overview of palettes
Navigating through documents
Zooming in and out
Print Preview and Print

Working with text

Text frames
Importing text
Character formatting
Paragraph formatting
Indentation of text
Working with tabs
Find and replace and Spell-checker
Running text around an image
Creating threads

Master pages

How master pages work
Creating master pages
Applying master pages
Setting page numbering
Using hierarchical master pages

Styles

Benefits of using styles
Creating character styles
Creating paragraph styles
Setting parent and child styles
Applying styles
Importing styles
Document and default styles

Working with graphics

Graphic frames
Overview of graphic formats
Importing graphics
Resizing graphics
Cropping graphics
Using the Links palette
Using in-line graphics
Wrapping text around graphics
Using clipping paths

Longer documents

Creating a table of contents
Creating an index
Using the Book palette
Creating a book list
Synchronising styles and colours
Printing a book list
Exporting a book list as PDF
Page numbering across books
Creating libraries
Adding and using library elements
Searching libraries

Special effects

Placing text on a path
Creating drop shadows
Working with transparency
Exporting transparency
Blend modes
Feathering
Corner effects
Creating multi-colour gradients
Converting text to paths

Tables

Creating tables
Formatting tables
Imported tab delimited text
Importing Word tables
Importing Excel tables
Filling alternating rows or columns

Page layout

Setting margins
Using a layout grid
Creating custom guides
Multi-columns layouts
Using frame-based columns
Using page-based columns

Interactivity

Automatically generating links
Generating bookmarks
Using the button tool
Button options
Choosing events
Creating web links
Embedding Flash video
Exporting interactive PDFs

Typography

Typographic shortcuts
Using the Single Line Composer
Using the Paragraph Composer
Highlighting composition problems
Creating hanging punctuation
Manual kerning
Using optical kerning
Inserting special characters
Creating drop caps
Hyphenation and justification

Adobe InDesign CS5 Advanced Course

This course is aimed at more experienced users of Indesign

Course Duration

This is a 1 day InDesign Advanced . Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Course training Centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

InDesign Advanced Training Course Contents

Master Pages