InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar

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-Training-Workshop.pdf

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
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar NYC	Wed, Sep 27 2017 American Graphics Institute	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Online	Wed, Sep 27 2017 American Graphics Institute	Online Live instructor-led class online	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Boston	Wed, Sep 27 2017 American Graphics Institute	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Sep 27 2017 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Nov 29 2017 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar NYC	Wed, Nov 29 2017 American Graphics Institute	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Online	Wed, Nov 29 2017 American Graphics Institute	Online Live instructor-led class online	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Boston	Wed, Nov 29 2017 American Graphics Institute	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Jan 24 2018 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar NYC	Fri, Jan 26 2018 American Graphics Institute	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Online	Fri, Jan 26 2018 American Graphics Institute	Online Live instructor-led class online	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Boston	Fri, Jan 26 2018 American Graphics Institute	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Feb 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar NYC	Wed, Feb 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Boston	Wed, Feb 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Mar 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar NYC	Wed, Mar 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	New York American Graphics Institute AGI Training New York 21 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Boston	Wed, Mar 21 2018 American Graphics Institute	Boston American Graphics Institute AGI Training Boston 120 Presidential Way Boston - Woburn, MA 01801	$495.00
InDesign Workshop: one-day seminar Philadelphia	Wed, Apr 25 2018 American Graphics Institute	Philadelphia American Graphics Institute AGI Training Philadelphia 101 West Elm St. Philadelphia - Conshohocken, PA 19428	$495.00

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 is a seminar-style workshop for learning InDesign. Computers are not being provided for these special one-day workshops, and are not required. You may bring your own computer; if you elect to do so, you should have InDesign already installed. You can obtain a free trial version of it at the Adobe website.