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InDesign Class - Introduction
InDesign Class - Introduction
Adobe InDesign Class - Introduction
This in-depth Adobe InDesign course will get you up-and-running in just two days. This is the entry level course of all our InDesign classes, and you'll learn how to use InDesign to create master pages, work with text and type, create styles, and use graphics in this training class. AGI's InDesign trainers are Adobe Certified Experts and have written Adobe's official training books for InDesign, and are the authors of the Adobe InDesign Digital Classroom book.
All our InDesign classroom sessions include a live instructor in the same classroom with you. This InDesign class has been updated for Adobe InDesign CC, but training for previous versions of Adobe InDesign is also available. This course is suitable for users of InDesign CC, CS6, and CS5. This Adobe InDesign training class is available as a regularly scheduled class at AGI's classroom locations, as a private or custom course at your location, or as an online class with a live instructor.
This introductory InDesign class includes a copy of the InDesign Digital Classroom book, written by our team of expert instructors.
This introductory InDesign class is also available as a private class for groups, companies and organizations. Contact AGI for more information about this InDesign training class or call to speak with a training representative: 800-851-9237.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
InDesign Class - Introduction - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Class: Complete Topics
InDesign Essential Skills
- InDesign tools
- The InDesign workspace
- The document window
- Using guides
- Viewing modes
- Working with panels
- Managing panels
- Saving your workspace
- Working with the Control panel
- Navigating through a document
Building InDesign Documents with Master Pages
- Planning your document
- Creating a custom-sized document
- Formatting master pages
- Using text variables
- Basing master pages on other masters
- Overriding master page items
- Adding layout pages
- Placing formatted text
- Adding images and text to master pages
- Applying masters to pages
Working with Text and Type in InDesign
- Creating a text frame
- Inputting text
- Changing character attributes
- Changing paragraph attributes
- Finding and changing text
- Checking and correcting spelling
- Using the Glyphs panel
- Creating Glyph sets
- Flowing text
- Threading text between frames
Working with InDesign's Styles
- Style types
- Defining paragraph styles
- Applying paragraph styles
- Defining character styles
- Applying character styles
- Updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
- Organizing styles into groups
- Creating object styles
- Applying object styles
Working with Graphics in InDesign
- How InDesign handles graphics
- Locating missing images
- The Links panel and Link badge
- Creating a graphic frame
- Adding graphics
- Repositioning graphics
- Fitting graphics to frames
- Placing multiple graphics
- Wrapping text around graphics
- Importing layered Photoshop files
Creating and Using InDesign Tables
- Creating a table
- Copying and pasting table information
- Adding text to tables
- Converting tables and text
- Importing a table
- Editing table options
- Using cells
- Merging cells
- Defining columns and rows
- Using graphics in cells
Using Color in Your InDesign Documents
- Applying color to text
- Applying color to frames
- Creating and saving a new swatch
- Applying Live Corner Effects
- Applying strokes to text
- Creating a tint reduction
- Working with gradients
- Using the Eyedropper
- Updating and editing colors
- Using and saving spot colors
Preflighting, Printing and PDF creation from InDesign
- Package inventory
- Actual vs. effective resolution
- Preflight checks
- Packaging your document
- Package options
- Creating a PDF
- Adobe PDF Presets
- PDF Export Options
- Separation preview
- Printing a proof
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Class: Prerequisites
We recommend that you have the Adobe InDesign software before starting the class. You can purchase the software, subscribe to the Creative Cloud, or obtain a trial version of it at from the Adobe website.
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Class: Materials
The Introduction to Adobe InDesign training course includes a copy of the InDesign Digital Classroom book, which is one of the more than 10 InDesign books created by AGI's InDesign instructors and published by Wiley.
A certificate is issued upon course completion, and this course is also available as part of the comprehensive series of InDesign certification training courses offered at American Graphics Institute.
Locations for introduction to InDesign courses
Attend the introductory InDesign course in-person or online. You can find details regarding all the InDesign classes near you that are available.