InDesign Advanced | Training Course
Course Facts
- 2 day course
- Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
- Live Online or Classroom-based
- Certificate of completion
- Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
- Unlimited support after your course
- Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses
Course Outline
- Preferences
- Interface
- Objects
- Object Styles
- Strokes
- Text
- Advanced Styles
- Advanced Typography
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Course Dates
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Mon 17 - Tue 18 Mar 2025 | London |
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Mon 24 - Tue 25 Mar 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Wed 2 - Thu 3 Apr 2025 | Live Online |
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Wed 9 - Thu 10 Apr 2025 | London |
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Thu 24 - Fri 25 Apr 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Mon 5 - Tue 6 May 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 12 - Tue 13 May 2025 | Live Online |
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Wed 21 - Thu 22 May 2025 | Live Online |
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Wed 28 - Thu 29 May 2025 | London |
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Wed 4 - Thu 5 Jun 2025 | Live Online |
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Thu 12 - Fri 13 Jun 2025 | London |
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Thu 19 - Fri 20 Jun 2025 | Live Online |
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Thu 26 - Fri 27 Jun 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 7 - Tue 8 Jul 2025 | London |
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Mon 14 - Tue 15 Jul 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Mon 21 - Tue 22 Jul 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 28 - Tue 29 Jul 2025 | Live Online |
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£545
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Mon 11 - Tue 12 Aug 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Mon 1 - Tue 2 Sep 2025 | London |
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Wed 10 - Thu 11 Sep 2025 | Live Online |
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Wed 17 - Thu 18 Sep 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Mon 22 - Tue 23 Sep 2025 | London |
£545
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Thu 2 - Fri 3 Oct 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 13 - Tue 14 Oct 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Wed 22 - Thu 23 Oct 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Mon 27 - Tue 28 Oct 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 3 - Tue 4 Nov 2025 | London |
£545
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Wed 12 - Thu 13 Nov 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 17 - Tue 18 Nov 2025 | Live Online |
£545
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Wed 26 - Thu 27 Nov 2025 | London |
£545
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Mon 1 - Tue 2 Dec 2025 | Live Online |
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Wed 10 - Thu 11 Dec 2025 | London |
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Overview of InDesign Advanced
Course Outline for the InDesign Advanced Training Course
Preferences
- Detailed look at key options in Preferences
- Changing Application/Document defaults
Interface
- Spread view rotation
- Normal, preview and presentation mode
- Shortcuts for quick navigation
Objects
- Combining/converting objects
- Transforming objects with different methods
- Pasting objects within objects
- Creating Bezier paths
- Pathfinder and Align
- Compound paths
Object Styles
- Advanced Object Styles
- Picture fitting controls
- Activating paragraph styles in object styles
Strokes
- Creating custom strokes
- Pen/Pencil/Smooth/Erase tools
Text
- Text Import options
- MS Word to InDesign style sheets workflow
- Creating and using custom dictionaries
- Using the story editor
- Turning text to outlines
- Find/Change options
- Basic GREP searches
- Mapping Styles to Tags on Export
- Open type
- Column Guides
Advanced Styles
- Bullets and numbering - with styling and using Space Between
- Nested Styles
- Grep Styles
- Cross References
- Understanding Character style behaviour
- Understanding Object style behaviour
Advanced Typography
- Single Line/Paragraph Composers
- Working with OpenType
- Justification/Hyphenation controls
- Keep with Next
- Creating Custom Glyph sets
- Word space kerning
- Controls for Drop Caps
- Paragraph rule options
- Optical Margin alignment
- Span and Split
- Column rules and custom Baseline grid
Advanced text features
- Text variables - Running Heads
- Conditional Text
- Indexes
- The Notes features
- Footnotes and Endnotes
Images
- Working with native Photoshop files
- Working with AI Illustrator and EPS files
- Object Layer options and Layer Comps
- Re-linking based on file extension
- Live image captions
- Update using Edit With
Colours
- Named and Unnamed Colours
- Multi-ink colours and groups
- FOGRA39
- Aliasing spot colours in the ink manager
- Rich Black
Documents
- Document Presets
- Advanced Master Page options
- Sections and numbering
- Working with CC and ordinary Libraries vs Content Collector
- Creating and placing Snippets
- Books
- Linking for Text and Spreadsheets files
Tables
- Creating Cell and table styles
- Linking to Spreadsheets/updating information using import options
Working with Transparency
- Effect behaviour in the effects panel
- Transparency with Blending modes
- Isolating blending with groups
Working with Interactivity
- Buttons and forms
- Hyperlinks and QR
- Print v Interactive PDF
- EPUB, Jpeg, PNG output
- Creative Cloud functionality - CC Libraries, Share and collaborate, Publish Online
- Liquid Layout
Print Production
- Separations preview
- Flattener Preview
- Bleed and slug
- Crop/Reg/Bleed marks
- Define PDF settings
Utlities
- Using and adding scripts
- Data Merge
- Track Changes
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