Adobe InDesign Course for beginners

This Adobe InDesign beginners course in will teach you the basics of desktop publishing and design and how to use Adobe InDesign to create simple documents like posters, small adverts, leaflets, etc.

Adobe InDesign courses available in Birmingham and Midlands and around the UK.

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Adobe InDesign course for beginners summary

Beginners Adobe InDesign course duration: 1 day.
Level:  beginners introduction
Software version:  Adobe InDesign CS5, InDesign CS4, InDesign CS3, InDesign CS2
Numbers: One to one or small groups of up to 4 trainees
Trainees in a group should have the same skill level and the same requirements.
Locations:
At client's office or home in Birmingham, Midlands and around the UK.

Beginners Adobe InDesign course requirements:
You should have good computer skills. Some previous knowledge of design software will be helpful, particularly Adobe Photoshop for image resizing and colour correction.

 

Adobe InDesign course for beginners - 1 day course outline

Introduction to Adobe InDesign and desktop publishing.

 

1) Getting Started and creating a new InDesign Document

Starting a new document, setting documents size and margins, columns and other options
Using guidelines to help control layout
Modifying document properties
Saving a document and organising files

Moving around the document
Zooming in and out
Zoom tool, keyboard shortcuts, menus
Overview of the main tools and palettes in InDesign
Setting Preferences

2) Shapes and Selected Objects

Shape tools & Frame tools
Line Tools
Selection Tools
Setting precise dimensions or position for an object

Duplicating selected objects
Grouping objects
Locking objects
Align & Distribute
Create multiple copies with equal spacing using Step & Repeat

3) Images

Adding an image to a page
(Discussion of correct file types, image resolution and image size)
Resizing the image
Changing image position within the frame
Putting a border around an image

4) Colours

Set fill colour and stroke colour
Choosing RGB, CMYK or Pantone Spot colours
Gradient & Tints
Create a new colour and save in the Swatches palette
Editing and deleting swatches

5) Text & Type

Text Tools
Inputting and editing type
Importing a text document
Setting Text Frame Options
Set type colour
Paragraph and Character formatting
Basic typography settings (Leading, Kerning, Tracking, Indents, Hyphenation, etc.)
Checking spelling

6) Pages

Adding new pages, organising pages, deleting pages
Basic overview of how a master page works and adding content to the master page

 

Create a small document

Create a small simple document such as a single page newsletter, with text and images. This could be a simple document of your own, e.g. a poster, leaflet, postcard, magazine advert, simple newsletter or other small document.

 

 

 

This course is also available as a 2 day beginners and intermediate InDesign course

Adobe InDesign Training Courses

 

 

Adobe InDesign course is available on-site (at your home or office) in Birmingham and Midlands areas and around the UK, including Redditch, Bromsgrove, Worcester and Solihull, Derby, Leicester, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester and other areas around the UK.

 

 

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