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Book this course and claim 1 day free training with the Flexideal^®

 

This course can be taken as one continuous block or broken down into smaller segments, namely InDesign Introduction - 2 day, InDesign Advanced - 2 day. There is no extra charge to split your course and some people prefer to learn over a longer period.

 

About this course

Imagine going from Adobe InDesign Zero to Hero in just 4-days of Adobe Authorised Training!

Who is this course for?

This class provides the user with all the training required to be confident using Adobe InDesign for designing newsletters, brochures, flyers and presentations.

Assumed knowledge

You do not require any previous InDesign skills.

What you will learn

• Layout text and graphics in a document
• Share formatting and appearance attributes with Styles 
• Manage linked files and missing fonts
• Automate the workflow with Master pages 
• Define colours in CMYK
• Tints and gradients using the Swatches panel 
• Formatting shortcuts
• Treating items as objects globally
• Advanced layer control
• Managing long documents
• Next and nested styles
• Frame Fitting options
• In-line graphics
• Anchored Objects
• Preflight control and profiles
• PDF/X-1a ISO and PDF/X-4
• Advanced search and replace
• Overview of GREP
• Adding a Table of Contents
• Table and Cell Styles
• Advanced text flow

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Training Book

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Course outline

Managing the InDesign environment

• Preferences
• Customise your workspace
• Manage document presets
• Workspace and window arrangement

Designing documents

• Create a new document
• Alter a document’s layout
• Develop Master pages
• Develop Layers

Managing and formatting text

• Add text
• Edit text
• Thread text
• Change text threads

Format characters

• Format paragraphs
• Manage Styles
• Quick Apply
• Text wrap
• Rules

Objects

• Arranging, aligning and distributing
• Transforming objects
• Duplicating
• Rotating
• Object Styles
• InDesign Snippets
• Links panel

Special effects

• Inner Shadow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Libraries

• Using InDesign libraries

Utilising colours and swatches

• Utilise colour
• Utilise swatches

Managing transparency

• Apply transparency

Graphics

• File types
• Importing options
• Fitting images, control palette and shortcuts

Effects

• Inner Shadow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Creating Adobe PDF files

• Prepare PDF files for web distribution
• Export PDF files for printing

Managing your workspace

Advanced zooming and navigation

• Advanced view options
• Advanced navigation options
• Focus selection for formatting
• Changing tools (without changing)

Type

• Advanced style sheet tips
• Managing long documents
• Hyphenation and justification
• Tracking and kerning

Layers

• Paster remembers layers
• Multi-lingual export options
• Locking layers
• Duplicating layers

Drawing

• Shapes with the frame tools
• Elipses and polygons
• Strokes and configurations
• Accessing stroke easter eggs 

Where text meets graphics

• Inline graphics
• Anchored objects
• Creating type outline
• Using transparency

Print production

• Checking object resolution and colour
• Configuring the Links panel
• Quick-edit of links content
• Advanced preview

Importing and exporting

• Adding Excel or Word Tables
• Import text options
• Import graphic options

Long documents

• Using table of contents
• Creating a table of contents style
• Editing a table of contents
• Creating hyperlinks from a table of contents

Colour

• Using the eyedropper
• Create new pantone swatches
• Spot or process considerations
• Creating multi-ink group
• Editing a multi-ink group

Live Preflight

• Live preflight
• Defining profiles
• Importing and exporting
• Embedding profiles
• Package and new font options

PDF export engine

• PDF/X ISO standards
• Colour transformations
• Registration marks
• Trim and bleed geometry
• Configure Adobe Acrobat
• Display trim and bleed marks

Tables

• Importing data
• Creating a table
• Modifying a table
• Navigating a table
• Formatting a table

Table and Cell styles

• Creating cell styles
• Creating table styles
• Applying table styles
• Style tips and tricks

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Training Book

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Offers

The FlexiDeal^® - free training

Our courses come with free training at London Covent Garden and Cardiff!

It's very simple: just book a day of private training or one of our 3-day, 4-day or 5-day scheduled courses (or any combination days) and you'll qualify for additional free scheduled training at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres – that's the FlexiDeal^®.

 

If you are self-funding your training then for special scheduled training pricing click here.

 

And as long as you take these additional courses within 6 months of your first qualifying booking, you can even accumulate your FlexiDeal®.

Collecting FlexiDeals^®

• Book a 1-day private course – get 1 day free
• Book a 3-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 4-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 5-day scheduled course – get 2 days free
  
  

See below for courses you can claim for free in the FlexiDeal^®

Acrobat

• Acrobat Essentials (1 day)
• Acrobat Introduction (2 day)
  
• Acrobat Forms (1 day)

After Effects

• After Effects Introduction (2 day)
• After Effects Advanced (3 day)
• After Effects Masterclass (5 day)

Digital Publishing Suite (InDesign to Tablet)

• DPS Essentials (1 day) £70 + VAT extra charge
• DPS Full Solution (2 days) £100 + VAT extra charge

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Web Building Introduction (3 day)
• Dreamweaver Web Building Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Dreamweaver ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)

Edge

• Edge Essentials (1 day)

Illustrator

• Illustrator Introduction (1 day)
• Illustrator Introduction (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced Power User
• Illustrator Masterclass (4 day)

InDesign

• InDesign Introduction (1 day)
• InDesign Introduction (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced PowerUser (2 day)
• InDesign Masterclass (4 day)
• InDesign Interactive (1 day)
• InDesign Print Production (1 day)
• InDesign ePub (1 day)
• InDesign iPad+Android (1 day)
• InDesign ACE (2 day)

MUSE

• MUSE Essentials (1 day)

Photoshop

• Photoshop Introduction (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced Power User (2 day)
• Photoshop Masterclass (4 days)
• Photoshop Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Photoshop ACE (2 day)

Premiere Pro

• Premiere Pro Introduction (3 day)

• Premiere Pro Intermediate + Certification (2 day)
• Premiere Pro Masterclass + Certification (5 day)

How to book

Just email us confirmation of your valid booking(s) that qualified for the FlexiDeal^®.

FlexiDeal+ (plus)

If you wish to keep onto your FlexiDeal credits for longer than 6 months (no expiry) then it's only £50 + VAT for this option - please mention when booking.

Terms and conditions

• FlexiDeal^® is applicable only if the full RRP is paid for your course(s). Any discounting invalidates the FlexiDeal^®. If discounting has been applied you can pay back the difference in order to qualify for the offer
• The FlexiDeal^® offer lasts for 6 months from the first date of your qualifying bookings
• The FlexiDeal^® is not available to funded individuals although we might apply at our descretion depending upon the number of training days booked under the particular scheme

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Training dates

London Covent Garden Add dates to your calendar

24 - 27 June 2013

19 - 22 August 2013

14 - 17 October 2013

9 - 12 December 2013

 

Cardiff Add dates to your calendar

22 - 25 July 2013

30 September - 3 October 2013

9 - 12 December 2013

 

Bristol Add dates to your calendar

22 - 25 July 2013

30 September - 3 October 2013

9 - 12 December 2013

 

This course can also be taken as split courses

 

InDesign Introduction - 2 day

 

London Covent Garden

30 - 31 May 2013

13 - 14 June 2013

24 - 25 June 2013

24 - 25 July 2013

19 - 20 August 2013

18 - 19 September 2013

14 - 15 October 2013

13 - 14 November 2013

9 - 10 December 2013

 

Cardiff

17 - 18 June 2013

22 - 23 July 2013

19 - 20 August 2013

30 September - 1 October 2013

4 - 5 November 2013

9 - 10 December 2013

 

Bristol

17 - 18 June 2013

22 - 23 July 2013

19 - 20 August 2013

30 September - 1 October 2013

4 - 5 November 2013

9 - 10 December 2013

 

Manchester

17 - 18 June 2013

9 - 10 September 2013

18 - 19 November 2013

 

InDesign Advanced - 2 day

 

London Covent Garden

26 - 27 June 2013

21 - 22 August 2013

16 - 17 October 2013

11 - 12 December 2013

 

Cardiff

24 - 25 July 2013

2 - 3 October 2013

11 - 12 December 2013

 

Bristol

24 - 25 July 2013

2 - 3 October 2013

11 - 12 December 2013

 

If you don't see any suitable dates here, it might be more economical to deliver a private training course for you

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Further information

Our guarantee of training satisfaction

No questions, no quibbles, no problem! Should you ever need to take your course again, just let us know. Find out more…

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Windows or Macintosh.
• Understand how to launch an application and save files.
• For web courses you will need to have knowledge of web browsers.

General information

• Courses start at 10am and finish at 5pm. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the course on the first day.
• We operate a casual dress code.
• We supply all computers, software and courseware, pads, pens, lunch and refreshments.
• We have both Apple OSX Lion and Windows 7 systems.
• Bring along a USB/Flash drive so you can take away your course files.
• Following your course, we will email you an Adobe Authorised Course Completion Certificate.
• Each course comes with either on-line assets (electronic book/PDF or movies) to download or a high-quality Visual Quickstart 500-page training book. We are migrating most course assets to on-line downloads during 2012.
• Access to a secure section of our site that offers useful tips and tricks.

Lunch

We provide flexible lunch vouchers which can be redeemed at outlets nearby such as Bella Italia, Burger King, Boots, Co-operative, Eat, Greggs, McDonalds, Nandos, Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Sainsbury's and Tesco to name but a few.

Support

We supply 6-months rock-solid support via email on the subject matter covered during the course. Find out more…

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You can use the form below to make a course reservation with Certitec. We are an established company with over 15 years experience training Adobe products and have a high regard in the industry. Alternatively just call us on 0800 0789 462.

 

If the course is available we will send you confirmation with joining instructions and invoice over email - this is your ePaperwork so keep it in a safe place. Reminders are sent 8 days prior to your course. If the course is not available we will email you alternative courses/dates. Typically we have availability up to 2 weeks before each course.

 

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