InDesign CC Advanced

Highlander Ltd

Short course

Online

£ 495 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Personal tutor

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

InDesign Advanced is a 2 day live online course, taught by one of the UK's leading Adobe Certified Instructors with over 20 years experience working with the Adobe design tools including InDesign.

About this course

Over two days you will learn more advanced techniques allowing you to get more from InDesign and make your work more efficient. You will master more advanced styles such as Object and Table styles, learn how to generate an automated table of contents, create custom shaped frames, as well as include a wide range of interactive features in your documents. Additionally you will learn more advanced techniques for working with images in InDesign, advanced features for importing content from Word and Excel, how to apply GREP styles, work with CC libraries, and merge content from data files.

Existing InDesign users who wish to take their skills to the next level and learn more advanced techniques.

You should be computer literate, and comfortable with standard operating system functionality such as copy and paste or opening new files. As the course is a live online course, you will need a machine with InDesign installed, and a stable internet connection. For the best experience we also recommend a headset and a second monitor, although the course can be completed without these.

In addition you should already be comfortable working with the basics of InDesign, laying out pages with text and images and using the InDesign interface.

This course is taught on the latest version of InDesign by Andy Gardiner, an Adobe Certified Instructor with over 20 years experience. In addition to holding Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor status on InDesign, Andy is also an Adobe Certified Design Master and a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer as well as being an In5 Certified Professional.

Upon receiving your request you will be contact by one of our training advisors, who will be able to answer any questions you have. They will advise on upcoming course dates, as well as other options such as private team training if appropriate.

The course runs as a regular scheduled live online course, meaning you can attend from your own desk, whilst getting a fully interactive experience in which you can chat with the instructor. It can also be delivered as a private course for groups, either online or face to face.

Yes, we offer private courses either face to face or live online. These are popular for small teams of between 3 and 10 people.

Yes, you will receive a certificate of completion to confirm you have undertaken the course.

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Subjects

  • Adobe
  • InDesign
  • Advanced Indesign
  • Advanced desktop publishing
  • Advanced design

Teachers and trainers (1)

Andy Gardiner

Andy Gardiner

Adobe Certified Instructor and MD

Andy has run Highlander for over 25 years and is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Certified Design Master, CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer and In5 Certified Professional. He specialises in delivering courses at all levels on tools including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects. In recent years Andy has delivered courses for staff from organisations including Burberry, Manchester City FC, Joe Browns, Mishcon de Reya, Bank of England, Aviva, Lloyds Banking Group, LNER, Eversheds, Interflora and a range of NHS, Police and Government organisations.

Course programme

The course typically covers the following topics:
Using Stylesheets
  • Setting up character and paragraph styles
  • Style override highlighter
  • Adding styles to CC libraries
  • Styling bullets
  • Using next paragraph style
  • Advanced nested styles
Object Styles
  • What are object styles
  • Creating an object style
  • Applying paragraph styles within an object style
  • Setting default object styles
  • Reusing object styles
  • Using quick apply
Styling Tables
  • Table styles
  • Cell styles
  • Paragraph styles in cells
  • Cell styles in tables
  • Creating table styles
  • Applying table styles
  • When table styles can be used
Page Numbering
  • Automated table of contents
  • Formatting the TOC
  • Updating the TOC
  • Styling table of contents
  • Interactive links
  • Dynamic story jumps
Advanced Layout Options
  • Gridify
  • Live distribute
  • Liquid layout
  • Liquid page rules
  • Alternate layout
  • Alignment tips
Pen tool, Paths and Pathfinder
  • Creating paths
  • Creating custom frames
  • Combining different shapes
  • Type on a path
  • Formatting type on a path
  • Placing text in a custom frame
  • Merging frames
  • Compound frames
Working with Objects
  • Grouping and ungrouping
  • Change object shape
  • Rotating a spread
  • Arranging objects
  • Layers Panel
Interactivity
  • Export to interactive pdf
  • Buttons
  • Hyperlinks
  • Transitions
  • Animation
  • Video
  • Overview of other document formats
Forms
  • Overview of pdf forms
  • Text and signature fields
  • List and combo boxes
  • Checkboxes and radio buttons
  • Setting tab order for pdf forms
  • Submit, print and clear actions
  • Outputting a form
  • Testing in Acrobat
Adobe Bridge
  • Bridge Workspaces
  • Image Metadata in Bridge
  • Metadata Templates
  • Live image captions
  • Colour Management via Bridge
Working with images
  • Using PDF files in InDesign
  • Using Illustrator files
  • Embedding images
  • Using alpha channels and clipping paths for text wrap
  • Image layers within InDesign
  • Preflighting and images
Colour and Colour themes
  • Mixed ink colours and groups
  • Separations preview panel
  • The ink manager
  • Adobe colour themes
  • Creating a colour theme
  • Managing colour themes
  • Using .ASE files
  • Setting default colours in InDesign
Importing
  • Word and Excel content
  • Import options
  • Importing styles
  • Handling style conflicts
  • Import presets
  • Importing text
  • Handling threading
Exporting
  • Export interactive PDFs
  • Export as HTML5 with in5
  • Export as ePub 3
  • Using Adobe Publish Online
Working with text
  • Using conditional text
  • Convert text to frames
  • Tracking text changes
  • Custom autocorrect
  • Custom spell check
  • Link content between documents
GREP
  • What is GREP
  • Find and replace with GREP
  • Using GREP styles
  • Some sample GREP styles
Snippets
  • Saving as snippets
  • Previewing snippets in Bridge
  • Reuse snippets on document
CC Libraries
  • The CC libraries panel
  • What can be saved in CC libraries
  • Which Adobe apps use libraries
  • Adding items to a library
  • Sharing CC library items
  • Collaborating on CC library items
Data Merge
  • How to setup a merge source
  • Add merge fields
  • Styling
  • Output
Highlander reserves the right to adjust the topics covered in order to ensure all delegates get the maximum benefit.

Additional information

The course is backed by extensive post course support including access to extensive video content designed specifically for this course by the instructor.

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