Adobe InDesign Essentials

4.3
2 reviews
  • The training was remarkable. It truly was full of useful content and develops my confidence. When I came back home I created a new email access and user account. Amazing! I’ll follow another course soon!
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  • Thank you for this amazing course, I’m currently working in Abu Dhabi, so, I’ll be in touch with you later.
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Short course

Blended learning in Hildenborough

£ 450 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Hildenborough

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Adobe InDesign is a robust and easy to use design layout application, which can be used to create visually stunning newsletters, brochures, mailers, advertisement or any other kind of document. It works seamlessly with Photoshop and Illustrator, providing an integrated design environment. It can also open files previously created in QuarkXPress and PageMaker* files.

At the end of the course you will return to your workplace with the confidence and skills needed to create eye catching material for the web or print. With hints and tips from design practitioners, you will have discovered how to use this robust layout application to best effect, in order to create the type of documents you need in the workplace.

This introductory course is suitable for beginners with little or no previous experience of using InDesign.

A detailed course outline is available on request - please contact us on 01732 833004 for further information and advice.

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Important information

Documents

  • Adobe InDesign Essentials

Facilities

Location

Start date

Hildenborough (Kent)
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Oak Trees, Watts Cross Road, TN11 8NE

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

It is recommended that participants have already had a course on or are familiar with Windows or Apple Mac.

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Reviews

4.3
  • The training was remarkable. It truly was full of useful content and develops my confidence. When I came back home I created a new email access and user account. Amazing! I’ll follow another course soon!
    |
  • Thank you for this amazing course, I’m currently working in Abu Dhabi, so, I’ll be in touch with you later.
    |
100%
4.8
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Martin

4.0
31/01/2017
What I would highlight: The training was remarkable. It truly was full of useful content and develops my confidence. When I came back home I created a new email access and user account. Amazing! I’ll follow another course soon!
What could be improved: No complaints.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Ruth Huppach

4.5
29/01/2017
What I would highlight: Thank you for this amazing course, I’m currently working in Abu Dhabi, so, I’ll be in touch with you later.
What could be improved: Everything good.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2017

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 15 years

Subjects

  • Creative Suite
  • Creative skills
  • Graphics
  • Graphic design
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Design
  • Business Marketing
  • Document design
  • Magazine design
  • E-commerce
  • E-marketing
  • E-business
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Desktop publishing software

Teachers and trainers (2)

Greg Dunn

Greg Dunn

Production

Greg worked for a number of years within the print industry as a typesetter, eventually owning and running a printing firm. With his vast experience he is able to pass on his working knowledge from both sides - the graphic and print industries and is uniquely placed to train anyone wanting to learn these skills and become an industry professional. He specialises in Adobe InDesign, Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Lightroom and Final Cut.

Tina Rowe-Dunn

Tina Rowe-Dunn

Training Director

Tina was formally trained as a Graphic Designer. In 1982 she set up her own design and advertising business and in 1992 she shifted her focus of attention to providing multi-media training across a range of software applications on both Apple Macs and Windows, whilst at the same time continuing to practice on a day-to-day basis as a marketing and design consultant, diversifying and combining traditional marketing with the web-based e-marketing and in particular search engine optimisation. Today, she divides her time between running the business, training and her first love – design.

Course programme

Course outline:

In this two day Adobe InDesign Introduction training course you will use InDesign to import, copy and combine text and graphics as you create layouts for the type of document you need.

Examples of the topics covered include:

  • Introduction, Basic Documents & Master Pages
  • Working with Text, Colours, and Swatches
  • Formatting Type, Graphics, and Layout
  • Preparing for Print
  • Transparency & Using Tables
  • Text Manipulation & Flow Control
  • Page Elements & Graphics
  • Exporting & Print Settings
  • Fixing Fonts & Image Links
  • Working with Layers, Stacking Order & Transparency
Please contact us by phone on 01732 833004 for further information and to speak with a course tutor.

Additional information

Our short training courses are delivered by a practicing industry expert  - a max of 4 people.  We actively encourage the attendees to bring with them examples of the type of work they need to produce, therefore making the course more cost-effective.

Shortcuts, hints, and tips all help to ensure maximum productivity as soon as you get back to work. Your time is money and these workshop-style courses can really help you save time! We also include unlimited post-training support, so you will always have access to an industry expert to answer any question you may have.

As this is an Introduction level training course, no previous design experience is required and it is ideal for business and marketing professionals looking to take their first steps in designing and producing professional quality leaflets, brochures, or other documents for either print, electronic distribution, or the web.

Adobe InDesign Essentials

£ 450 + VAT