InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

This course is guaranteed to be delivered by an Adobe Certified Instructor from Certitec - our pledge of excellence.

 

OFFER - If you book this course you are entitled to 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.

 

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 
• Advanced layer control
• Managing long documents
• Next and nested styles
• Variable data
• Print production techniques
• Preflight control and profiles
• PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4
• Advanced search and replace
• GREP
• Adding a Table of Contents
• Adding scripts
• Advanced text flow
• Export to PDF

 

Related Courses

Photoshop Masterclass + Adobe Certified - 5 day

Illustrator Masterclass - 4 day

 

Training Dates

London Covent Garden

27 February - 1 March 2012

16 - 19 April 2012

…more dates

 

Cardiff

13 - 16 February 2012

10 - 13 April 2012

…more dates

 

Bristol

13 - 16 February 2012

10 - 13 April 2012

…more dates

 

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• 6 months support
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• Lunch and refreshments
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InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

Managing the Adobe InDesign environment

• Preferences
• Customize 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

Pen and Bézier tools

• Path tools in InDesign

Special effects

• Inner shadow
• Bevel and emboss
• Gradient feather
• Inner Glow and Outer Glow

Tabs and tables

• Create a table
• Modify a table
• Format a table
• Table styles

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
• Power zoom
• Advanced view options
• Advanced navigation options
• Focus selection

Page layout

• Master page tips and tricks
• Based on masters
• Using facing pages
• Allowing pages to shuffle

Type

• Advanced style sheet tips
• Managing long document
• Table of Contents
• Hyphenation and justification
• Tracking and kerning

Layers

• Paster remembers
• Multi-lingual export options

Drawing

• Mastering the Pen Tool
• Pen Tool shortcuts
• Strokes
• Custom stroke configurations
• Accessing stroke Easter eggs

Text variables

• Defaulting
• Create custom variables
• Implementing into your workflow

Where text meets graphics

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

Print production

• Checking object resolution and colour
• Overprinting
• Advanced preview

Importing and exporting

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

Long documents

• Using table of contents
• Numbering and section options

Colour

• Using the eyedropper
• Create new swatches
• Spot or process
• Creating multi-inks

Printing

• Using printer styles
• Colour separations
• Understanding the Print menu
• Live preflight
• Defining profiles
• Importing and exporting
• Embedding profiles
• Package and new font options

PDF export engine

• PDF export styles
• PDF/X ISO standards
• Colour mapping and options for CMYK

Scripting

• Using the script palette
• Text cleanup and multi-page PDF import

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InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

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 and you'll qualify for additional free training at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres – that's the FlexiDeal®.

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 Advanced (2 day)
  
• Acrobat Forms (1 day)
• Acrobat ACE (2 day)

After Effects

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

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Web Building Introduction (3 day)
• Dreamweaver Web Building Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Dreamweaver ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)
• Dreamweaver ACE (2 day)

Flash

• Flash Introduction (2 day)
• Flash Intermediate + Certification (3 day)
• Flash Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Flash ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)
• Flash ACE (2 day)

Illustrator

• Illustrator Introduction (1 day)
• Illustrator Introduction (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced (2 day)
• Illustrator Masterclass (4 day)
• Illustrator ACE (2 day)

InDesign

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

Photoshop

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

Premiere Pro (Cardiff only)

• 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®.

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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InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

London Covent Garden

27 February - 1 March 2012

16 - 19 April 2012

21 - 24 May 2012

2 - 5 July 2012

13 - 16 August 2012

1 - 4 October 2012

5 - 8 November 2012

 

Cardiff

13 - 16 February 2012

10 - 13 April 2012

11 - 14 June 2012

30 July - 2 August 2012

24 - 27 September 2012

19 - 22 November 2012

 

Bristol

13 - 16 February 2012

10 - 13 April 2012

11 - 14 June 2012

30 July - 2 August 2012

24 - 27 September 2012

19 - 22 November 2012

 

 

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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InDesign Masterclass - 4 day

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

London Covent Garden - Flexible lunch vouchers are used and redeemable at outlets nearby such as Bella Italia, Eat, Nandos, Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Sainsbury's and Tesco to name but a few.

Bristol and Cardiff - Look out for our designer cold buffet lunch.

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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