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Learn InDesign: Five options for learning InDesign

Learn InDesign: Five options for learning InDesign

9 Best InDesign Courses for 2023

  • Published on January 18, 2023
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9 Best InDesign Courses for 2023

Our team of InDesign experts has assembled a list of the Best InDesign Courses for 2023. This includes both online InDesign courses that you can access from anywhere, as well as in-person classes available in a classroom, as well as free InDesign tutorials. The list includes introduction, intermediate, and advanced classes to cover the needs of beginner through advanced learners. Our expert instructors who are the authors of multiple books on graphic design and InDesign assembled this list of the best ways for you to learn InDesign and provided information about each InDesign course, class, and tutorial. This has been updated for 2023.

Best InDesign Courses and Classes

  • InDesign Bootcamp

  • Introductory InDesign Training Class

  • Intermediate InDesign Training Class

  • Advanced InDesign Training Class

  • InDesign Digital Publishing Training

  • InDesign Class for QuarkXPress Users

  • InDesign XML Training Class

  • InCopy Training Class

  • InDesign Tutorial to Check Spelling in InDesign

9 Best InDesign Courses and Classes for 2023

InDesign Bootcamp

This InDesign class is for those interested in learning essential skills and advanced techniques in a short period of time. The InDesign bootcamp is a four-day intensive course where participants learn basic through advanced skills. Attendees learn to create master pages, work with text and type, and create styles. Advanced features—adding interactivity, creating digital documents, exporting—are covered after basic skills have been mastered.

Benefits of the InDesign Bootcamp:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Build InDesign documents with master pages

  • Create and use InDesign tables

  • Explore packaging options

  • Review essential skills

  • Learn advanced features, tables, and styles

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

Student review: “I went from knowing nothing about InDesign to mastering the program after this intense class. Had a great experience with Greg and the office staff. ” -Trish D.

Introductory InDesign Training Class

The American Graphics Institute created this course to get InDesign novices up and running in just two days. Participants learn how to create master pages, work with text and type, create styles, and use graphics. The instructors of this introductory course are Adobe Certified Experts and wrote Adobe’s official training books for InDesign.

Benefits of the Introductory InDesign Training Class:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Create and save color swatches

  • Learn to use the Glyphs panel

  • Define and apply various styles

  • Import layered Photoshop files

  • Work with text and type

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

Student review: “Very good course. I gained quite a bit of knowledge and I feel much more comfortable using InDesign! I am anxious to apply what I’ve learned to my daily work and gain more real-life experience.” -Chris M.

Intermediate InDesign Training Class

This two-day InDesign course is designed for individuals who already understand the fundamentals of InDesign and want to work more efficiently using layout options that also enhance consistency. Topics covered in the intermediate InDesign course include styles, text formatting, graphic controls, and output for both print and digital formats.

Benefits of the Intermediate InDesign Training Class:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Reviews essential InDesign skills

  • Learn to use, link, and redefine styles

  • Create digital documents using advanced features

  • Edit text using the Story Editor

  • Create and apply cell and table styles

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

Student review: “I feel so comfortable with using In Design after this class. Sean is a great teacher and a credit to your organization.” -Mike B.

Advanced InDesign Training Class

If you are looking to master InDesign, learn new skills, and increase your efficiency, this advanced InDesign course is for you. Participants learn to master text-handling capabilities of InDesign, document features, XML capabilities, and more advanced functionality.

Benefits of the Advanced InDesign Training Class:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Share documents using Adobe Publish Online

  • Build your own templates

  • Learn to utilize color and transparency

  • Create advanced interactive designs

  • Harness XML capabilities

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

Student review: “Greg was an engaging and extremely personable InDesign teacher, providing crystal-clear instructions every stop of the way. I learned so many time-saving tips with InDesign that will increase my job productivity. I am looking forward to taking another class with him in the near future." - Sharon S.

InDesign Digital Publishing Training

The InDesign digital publishing course is for those looking to add interactivity, animation, and online publishing to their portfolio. This InDesign course teaches how to create digital documents like books, magazines, newsletters, and presentations. Like the Advanced InDesign Training Class, this course is for advanced users who have already mastered the foundation skills of InDesign.

Benefits of the InDesign Digital Publishing Training:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Learn how to cross-reference and create buttons

  • Add movies and sound to InDesign documents

  • Build and organize animations like type, slideshows, color transitions, and scrolling text

  • Publish documents online and view analytics

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

InDesign Class for QuarkXPress Users

If you are already familiar with QuarkXPress, a desktop publishing app for creating and editing page layouts, this course will get you quickly acclimated with Adobe InDesign by using your existing skills. This class can be completed as a one-day custom class and includes a copy of AGI's own InDesign Digital Classroom book.

Benefits of InDesign Class for QuarkXPress Users:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Walk through navigation of grids, guides, panels, and toolbars

  • Convert QuarkXPress and PageMaker files in InDesign

  • Import and work with layered graphic files and layer comps

  • Create tables of content, indexes, and book files

  • Package files for output

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

 

InDesign XML Training Class

This InDesign XML course teaches content distribution across print and online channels, including combining content from data sources with layouts created with InDesign. Participants learn the foundation necessary for working with XML and then explore specific capabilities for working with XML in InDesign. While no previous XML experience is necessary, an understanding of basic InDesign skills is required for this course. This InDesign course and its content is also available to be customized for organizations or businesses to relate to a specific XML workflow.

Benefits of the InDesign XML Training Class:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Work with XSL upon import

  • Manually import and update XML content

  • Navigate the Structure pane

  • Learn to use XML for repurposing content

  • Understand how to use elements, attributes, and comments within a DTD

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

InCopy - InDesign Training Class

This training class enables participants to utilize the collaborative editorial workflow between Adobe InCopy and Adobe InDesign. With an emphasis on how to properly fit copy and reduce revisions, this class helps boost the efficiency and quality of the content creation process.

Benefits of the InCopy Training Class:

  • Live instructor-led class

  • Customize preferences and defaults of Adobe InCopy

  • Learn to use frames, grids, rulers, and guides

  • Work with assignment packages and managed files

  • Learn an effective InDesign - InCopy workflow

  • Understand text composition in InCopy

Format: Live class meets at scheduled times either online or in person

Course details and dates

Student review: "As an educator and public-speaker myself, I was very impressed with [the instructor’s] presentation of information, his ability to quickly adapt to our specific situation, and his ethos." -Arica D

InDesign Tutorial: Checking and Correcting Spelling

This free tutorial teaches how to use the essential spell checking components of InDesign and is one of the many free InDesign tutorials that provide foundational through advanced skills. Learn the process for how to check for spelling errors as you type, or check spelling after the fact. Discover how to spell check in multiple languages as well

Benefits of the InDesign Tutorial for spell checking:

  • Written by expert instructors who teach InDesign classes

  • Learn to check spelling as you type in InDesign

  • Discover how to check spelling in different languages using InDesign

  • Find out how to check text after it has been entered

  • Tutorial is free and available to all at no cost

  • Discover tips to work efficiently

Format: Self-paced tutorial available anytime online at no cost

Course details and dates

Student review: "Great tutorial. Shared it with my class." -Greg H

How we determined the best InDesign Classes

We evaluated many InDesign courses through personal experience, sitting through classes, and reviewing curriculum. We reviewed introduction, intermediate, and advanced classes to cover the needs of beginner through advanced learners. The list includes classes that we investigated personally, and have tried. The list was assembled, reviewed, and then edited by expert InDesign instructors after carefully reviewing the classes personally. The evaluation was conducted by experts who have deep understanding of InDesign. The list was developed to provide readers with expert insight into the best options for learning InDesign, and provides information about each InDesign course, class, and tutorial. This has been updated for classes we have tried for 2023.

Which InDesign version should you learn

The best InDesign classes include courses teaching the most current version Creative Cloud versions of InDesign. The free trial version of InDesign can be used for the first week of classes. For classes that last longer than a week, a subscription to InDesign is required. Both the free and trial version of InDesign are available from Adobe here: https://www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html 

Beyond this list you can also find a range of InDesign courses near you for additional learning options, and you can learn more about InDesign.

About the author

Christopher Smith is president of American Graphics Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the publisher and editor of the Digital Classroom book series, which have sold more than one million copies. At American Graphics Institute, he provides strategic technology consulting to marketing professionals, publishers and to large technology companies including Google, Apple, Microsoft, and HP. An expert on web analytics and digital marketing, he delivers Google Analytics classes along with workshops on digital marketing topics. He is also the author of more than 10 books on electronic publishing tools and technologies, including the Adobe Creative Cloud for Dummies. Christopher did his undergraduate studies the at the University of Minnesota, and then worked for Quark, Inc. prior to joining American Graphics Institute where he has worked for 20 years.

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