Adobe InDesign Foundations Training

Get up and running with Adobe InDesign with this 2 day, hands-on, Adobe Certified Instructor-led class

Adobe InDesign is the graphics industry’s premiere tool for designing, assembling and outputting both printed and digitally delivered material. Students in this class will learn the design features, tools, methods and best practices for creating layouts for newsletters, brochures, instructional manuals, books, simple catalogs, flyers, posters and postcards.

Each hands-on exercise in class provides three levels of instruction:

Students will understand how to take this particular type of project (flyer, newsletter, etc) from initial design to delivery of final product
Students will use the correct InDesign features needed to create this project to the highest professional standards
Students will learn the design principles relevant to the project

Who should attend this class?

This class is designed for the absolute beginner, the self-taught InDesign user, Quark, Pagemaker and Microsoft Word users who are converting to InDesign and anyone who needs a solid, professional, practical understanding of InDesign’s wide range of capabilities.

Basic understanding of your preferred computer operating system (Mac or Windows). No previous experience with Adobe InDesign necessary.

12 hours of hands on training – 9am to 4pm both days
100% custom training content exclusive to C2
USB Flash drive with all class files
Adobe InDesign Classroom in a book provided as homework (we do not use the Adobe book for any class exercises)
1 year of email tech support
1 year free retake policy
100% Satisfaction guarantee

Class Outline by Topic

GETTING STARTED

Working in the measurement system of your choice
Overview of InDesign’s panels, tools and menu items
Navigating through InDesign
Where things hide: Layers, Master Pages, Styles
Overview of page layout process
Important keyboard shortcuts

SETTING UP DOCUMENTS

Creating a new document
Saving document presets
Working with guides and rulers
Choosing document intent

WORKING WITH TEXT

Text Frames
Placeholder text
Frames & the control panel
Creating multiple columns
Threading & unthreading text
Placing text from a file
Basic character formatting
Basic paragraph formatting
Spell check

BASIC STYLES

What is a style?
Basic Paragraph Styles
Basic Character Styles
Loading styles
Find/change text
Eyedropper

BASIC GRAPHICS

Graphic formats for InDesign
Graphics and Frames
Fitting Options and scaling graphics
Working with Links
Clipping path options
Text Wrap

BASIC COLOR

What are RGB colors, CMYK colors and spot colors
When to use RGB colors, CMYK colors and spot color
Filling objects and type with color
Adding strokes to objects and text

OUTPUT

Outputting PDFs for print, email and web
Packaging your file for distribution

ADVANCED TYPE

Keep Options
Drop Caps
Span/Split Columns
Finding and Replacing Fonts
Text Import Options
Text Frame Options
Eyedropper

TYPOGRAPHY IN INDESIGN

Inserting Special Characters
Opentype Fonts
Glyphs Panel
Fractions
Bulleted and Numbered Lists
Hyphenation

ADVANCED TEXT STYLES

Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Basing Paragraph Styles
Working with Nested/GREP Styles
Quick Apply

ADVANCED GRAPHICS

Resized Graphics and Resolution
Linkings Panel Options
Object Layer Options
Import Options
Multiplace
Frame Fitting Options
Captions

ADVANCED COLOR

Gradients
Tint Swatches
Ink Manager
Sharing Swatches Between Applications
Eye Dropper
Tinted Photos

LAYERS

Techniques
Naming and Locking Objects
Paste Remembers Layers
Stacking Order

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This was my first time here and I was so impressed with the facility and instructor. I couldn’t believe how fast the day went!

Jennifer J.

Mission Advancement Associate

This course was excellently customized for each student’s ability- the instructor knew us before we even started the class! This made the process easy, and efficient to learn as much as possible in a short time.

Amy U.

Marketing/ Social Media Specialist

This class was a great starting point and I can’t wait to take the next session. I feel that this was a very easy to follow class and the instructor was very informative and funny 🙂

Angie K.

Production Designer