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InDesign Workshop
InDesign Workshop
InDesign Workshop Overview
Gain the skills you need to successfully create exceptional print and digital materials in InDesign. This one-day information-packed session is presented by the instructors at American Graphics Institute, who have written over 10 books on Adobe InDesign. This InDesign workshop is led by a live instructor in the same classroom with you when taken at an American Graphics Institute location or a live instructor online if you select the online option.
This workshop covers essential skills for working in InDesign. For anyone that will be working more regularly with InDesign, we suggest our more comprehensive class, the Introduction to InDesign course.
This one-day workshop is also available as a private class for groups.
Other Workshops
This is part of our Creative Cloud Classes, which includes Photoshop workshops and Illustrator workshops.
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Course Dates
All classes in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.
and are led by a live instructor in the same classroom with you.
All online classes are led by a live instructor and run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
| Course Title | Course Dates | Course Location | Fee | Register |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Boston |
Wed, Nov 20 2019 |
Boston American Graphics Institute 150 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
NYC |
Fri, Nov 22 2019 |
New York American Graphics Institute 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
NYC |
Wed, Dec 18 2019 |
New York American Graphics Institute 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Philadelphia |
Wed, Dec 18 2019 |
Philadelphia American Graphics Institute 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Online |
Wed, Dec 18 2019 |
Online Live instructor-led class online |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Boston |
Wed, Dec 18 2019 |
Boston American Graphics Institute 150 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Online |
Wed, Jan 15 2020 |
Online Live instructor-led class online |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Boston |
Wed, Jan 22 2020 |
Boston American Graphics Institute 150 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Philadelphia |
Wed, Jan 22 2020 |
Philadelphia American Graphics Institute 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
NYC |
Wed, Jan 22 2020 |
New York American Graphics Institute 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Online |
Wed, Feb 12 2020 |
Online Live instructor-led class online |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Boston |
Wed, Feb 19 2020 |
Boston American Graphics Institute 150 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Philadelphia |
Wed, Feb 19 2020 |
Philadelphia American Graphics Institute 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
NYC |
Wed, Feb 19 2020 |
New York American Graphics Institute 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Online |
Wed, Mar 18 2020 |
Online Live instructor-led class online |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
NYC |
Wed, Mar 25 2020 |
New York American Graphics Institute 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Boston |
Wed, Mar 25 2020 |
Boston American Graphics Institute 150 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Philadelphia |
Wed, Mar 25 2020 |
Philadelphia American Graphics Institute 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
$495.00 | |
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InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar
Online |
Wed, Apr 15 2020 |
Online Live instructor-led class online |
$495.00 |
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InDesign Workshop Topics
Lesson 1: Essential InDesign skills
- Working with InDesign tools and panels
- Discovering the InDesign workspace
- Using the document window
- Using guides
- Taking advantage of viewing modes
- Saving your workspace
- Working with the Control panel
- Navigating through a document
Lesson 2: Using master pages to create consistent layouts
- Planning your document
- Formatting master pages
- Adding layout pages
- Adding images & text to master pages
Lesson 3: Designing with text and type
- Creating a text frame
- Changing character attributes
- Changing paragraph attributes
- Finding and changing text
- Checking and correcting spelling
- Using the Glyphs panel
- Flowing text and threading text between frames
Lesson 4: Using styles to save time and create consistent formats
- Defining and applying paragraph styles
- Defining and applying character styles
- Updating and loading styles
- Organizing styles into groups
- Creating and applying object styles
Lesson 5: Using graphics in your layouts
- 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
- Wrapping text around graphics
Lesson 6: Adding color to your documents
- Applying color to text and frames
- Creating and saving a new swatch
- Creating a tint reduction
- Updating and editing colors
Lesson 7: Sharing your finished work
- Packaging your document
- Creating a PDF
- Using Adobe PDF Presets
Adobe InDesign Workshop: Prerequisites
This one-day InDesign workshop requires that you have general computer skills but no previous InDesign experience is required. Computers and InDesign are provided for this InDesign course, and you can select a Mac OS or Windows system at the time you register. If you do not yet have InDesign on your own computer, you can obtain a free trial version of it at the Adobe website.
InDesign Workshop Course Materials
You will receive selected materials from the Adobe InDesign Digital Classroom book, written by the presenters of this workshop.
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| CLASSROOM | LIVE ONLINE | PRIVATE | MY LOCATION | ON-DEMAND |
AGI's team of experienced instructors are led by Jennifer Smith the design and usability expert and best-selling author of more than 20 books including Creative Cloud for Dummies, Creative Suite for Dummies, and Photoshop Digital Classroom. Classes are led by experienced professionals who have extensive professional and training experience, and also work in our consulting practice areas and as practicing professionals. For Federal agencies, American Graphics Institute classes are offered under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y.
