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InDesign Advanced | Training Course


  • InDesign Advanced

    Our tutor was very helpful, informative and broke down step by step information on how do do certain things (tools/colours/settings) and creating my own defaults setting. Really enjoyed this course.

    Intellectual Property Office
    January 2025
  • InDesign Advanced

    I have taken part in several Transmedia courses and will likely take part in a few more. Lee my trainer was always happy to help me. From booking to training, Transmedia is brilliant to work with.

    Reach plc
    February 2025
  • InDesign Advanced

    Informative, educational and well delivered.

    Ernst & Young
    January 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Amazing training session with Craig, explaining Keynote and PowerPoint. Very helpful but also SO entertaining! Thanks again!

    Naomi F
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Our trainer was so helpful - it was really good having it tailor made for exactly what I was doing. I literally just used what he taught me for a piece of artwork that I didn't know how to do before!

    The White Company
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Great course. Our trainer worked hard to tailor the course to our specific needs and work through the content at our pace.

    Saffery Champness
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Excellent. The best training I have ever had.

    National Housing Federation
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Thanks again for the session last week. I've received more glowing feedback about how inspired and engaged the team felt.

    Molson Coors
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    An excellent and insightful course led by a great tutor, who tailored the course to our team's needs and clearly explained everything. We feel much more confident in InDesign now! Thank you.

    JD Malat Gallery
    February 2025
  • The course was well presented and well paced, giving me the knowledge I needed.

    KPMG
    January 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Tony was a fantastic tutor, with an enormous amount of experience, which he shared patiently and creatively. I particularly liked being able to bring real life examples to work on together.

    Penelope V
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    I attended an excellent course on InDesign - it was engaging, informative and very useful. Completely recommend.

    Somerville College, Oxford University
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    My course was great. I appreciated the teacher's expertise and willingness to answer any question. The best thing was that the class size was limited to six, meaning everyone had a chance to speak up.

    Gillian F
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Great 2 day course. Our instructor was really good - patient, clear and informative. Everything was well organised. The small class size was great, it was well-paced and the content easy to follow.

    Charcoal Blue
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    I mentioned Transmedia to one of my contacts from our sister company's L&D team. I told them how amazing and helpful you are in delivering training for us.

    Hachette
    January 2025

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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  • InDesign Advanced

    Our tutor was very helpful, informative and broke down step by step information on how do do certain things (tools/colours/settings) and creating my own defaults setting. Really enjoyed this course.

    Intellectual Property Office
    January 2025
  • InDesign Advanced

    I have taken part in several Transmedia courses and will likely take part in a few more. Lee my trainer was always happy to help me. From booking to training, Transmedia is brilliant to work with.

    Reach plc
    February 2025
  • InDesign Advanced

    Informative, educational and well delivered.

    Ernst & Young
    January 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Amazing training session with Craig, explaining Keynote and PowerPoint. Very helpful but also SO entertaining! Thanks again!

    Naomi F
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Our trainer was so helpful - it was really good having it tailor made for exactly what I was doing. I literally just used what he taught me for a piece of artwork that I didn't know how to do before!

    The White Company
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Great course. Our trainer worked hard to tailor the course to our specific needs and work through the content at our pace.

    Saffery Champness
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Excellent. The best training I have ever had.

    National Housing Federation
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Thanks again for the session last week. I've received more glowing feedback about how inspired and engaged the team felt.

    Molson Coors
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    An excellent and insightful course led by a great tutor, who tailored the course to our team's needs and clearly explained everything. We feel much more confident in InDesign now! Thank you.

    JD Malat Gallery
    February 2025
  • The course was well presented and well paced, giving me the knowledge I needed.

    KPMG
    January 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    Tony was a fantastic tutor, with an enormous amount of experience, which he shared patiently and creatively. I particularly liked being able to bring real life examples to work on together.

    Penelope V
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    I attended an excellent course on InDesign - it was engaging, informative and very useful. Completely recommend.

    Somerville College, Oxford University
    February 2025
  • InDesign Intermediate

    My course was great. I appreciated the teacher's expertise and willingness to answer any question. The best thing was that the class size was limited to six, meaning everyone had a chance to speak up.

    Gillian F
    February 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    Great 2 day course. Our instructor was really good - patient, clear and informative. Everything was well organised. The small class size was great, it was well-paced and the content easy to follow.

    Charcoal Blue
    January 2025
  • InDesign Introduction

    I mentioned Transmedia to one of my contacts from our sister company's L&D team. I told them how amazing and helpful you are in delivering training for us.

    Hachette
    January 2025

Course Dates


Date Location Price (ex VAT)  
Mon 17 - Tue 18 Mar 2025 London £545
Mon 24 - Tue 25 Mar 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 2 - Thu 3 Apr 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 9 - Thu 10 Apr 2025 London £545
Wed 16 - Thu 17 Apr 2025 London £545
Thu 24 - Fri 25 Apr 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 5 - Tue 6 May 2025 London £545
Mon 12 - Tue 13 May 2025 Live Online £545
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Wed 28 - Thu 29 May 2025 London £545
Wed 4 - Thu 5 Jun 2025 Live Online £545
Thu 12 - Fri 13 Jun 2025 London £545
Thu 19 - Fri 20 Jun 2025 Live Online £545
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Mon 7 - Tue 8 Jul 2025 London £545
Mon 14 - Tue 15 Jul 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 21 - Tue 22 Jul 2025 London £545
Mon 28 - Tue 29 Jul 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 4 - Tue 5 Aug 2025 London £545
Mon 11 - Tue 12 Aug 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 18 - Tue 19 Aug 2025 London £545
Wed 27 - Thu 28 Aug 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 1 - Tue 2 Sep 2025 London £545
Wed 10 - Thu 11 Sep 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 17 - Thu 18 Sep 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 22 - Tue 23 Sep 2025 London £545
Thu 2 - Fri 3 Oct 2025 London £545
Mon 13 - Tue 14 Oct 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 22 - Thu 23 Oct 2025 Live Online £545
Mon 27 - Tue 28 Oct 2025 London £545
Mon 3 - Tue 4 Nov 2025 London £545
Wed 12 - Thu 13 Nov 2025 London £545
Mon 17 - Tue 18 Nov 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 26 - Thu 27 Nov 2025 London £545
Mon 1 - Tue 2 Dec 2025 Live Online £545
Wed 10 - Thu 11 Dec 2025 London £545
Mon 15 - Tue 16 Dec 2025 Live Online £545
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  • Sessions can be run online or in person, on your site or at our London training centre.
  • We manage training for many of the UK’s largest companies, taking care of all the admin, working with you to ensure the perfect course.
  • Our expert trainers will first understand your requirements and then tailor each session to your exact specification.
  • We offer a free consultation service to work out every detail of your course.

Prices for bespoke sessions with our expert trainers start at £595 + VAT, depending on the course and number of people.
Costs include all preparation time to customise the course to your exact requirements.

Overview of InDesign Advanced

This course is designed for experienced InDesign users who wish to achieve mastery over those aspects of InDesign that most contribute to creativity and workflow efficiencies. It examines the time saving features and shortcuts which can help layout artists and designers avoid repetitive formatting and layout tasks and free up time to be creative. The course also explains how to streamline your workflow and improve your productivity, to get a greater return on investment. All our Adobe InDesign courses are taught by industry professionals who are also Adobe Certified Professional trainers. They will share years of their industry experience with you, imparting best practice techniques as well mastery of the tools. Topics covered include InDesign Preferences and Interface, Objects, Object Styles, Strokes, Text, Advanced Styles, Advanced Typography, Advanced text features, Images, Colours, Documents, Tables, Working with Transparency, Working with Interactivity, Print Production and InDesign Utlities.
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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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