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.