Bespoke Xtags Database Publishing

Key Course Details:

Level:

Introduction

Location:

UK Centres, Online, Onsite

Class, Online, Onsite

Duration:

1 Day (10am-5pm)

Price:

From £695 + VAT

Dates:

Dates to suit you

Learn how to use Xtags to bring publishing power with automatically content-driven documents for InDesign or QuarkXPress with this bespoke course tailored to your project requirements.

This course can be based around our base outline or part/fully customised according to your level & requirements. Our bespoke Database Publishing training is offered either Online, Onsite at your offices or at one of the XChange centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Learn how to use Xtags to bring publishing power with automatically content-driven documents for InDesign or QuarkXPress with this bespoke course tailored to your project requirements.

This course can be based around our base outline or part/fully customised according to your level & requirements. Our bespoke Database Publishing training is offered either Online, Onsite at your offices or at one of the XChange centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

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Bespoke Xtags Database Publishing

Course Details

Xtags functions as a plug-in for InDesign and an XTension for QuarkXPress that uses the publishing power of enhanced XPress Tags to automatically format content-driven documents.

Xtags provides the functionality to build any text conten with full styling, anchor and fill picture and text frames, build and fill unanchored frames, size picture contents to containing frames, size frames to content (text or picture) in various flexible ways, translate text and tags input, use macros to reduce typing, apply master pages and spreads and much more.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:

This course is aimed at any publishing professional looking to use data as an effective part of their workflow process with Xtags as tool to work in conjunction with InDesign or QuarkXPress.

Delegates would be expected to have a solid working knowledge of either InDesign or QuarkXPress.

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Full Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

This is a bespoke course without a set agenda but the content will cover the use of Xtags for InDesign or QuarkXPress to bring the publishing power of enhanced Tags to automatically format content-driven documents. The use of Xtags will be related to your specific data driven tasks and adapted accordingly.
Training Location Options
Online ↓ London ↓ Manchester ↓ Glasgow ↓ Onsite ↓
This course is offered for your convenience at one of our bespoke training centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow, Remote Online, or Onsite at your offices anywhere in the UK. Just let us know what would work best for you or your team.

Remote Online

Delivered Online to your location

Live online training offers an extremely flexible and convenient way of covering the same content as our bespoke classroom based courses. You will receive professional, certified design training from one of our experienced instructors direct to your screen, offering the perfect solution for those wishing to learn without having to travel.
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Remote Online Training Courses

Central London

5 St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, EC1M 4BH

St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
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London Training Centre

Central Manchester

Piccadilly House, 49 Piccadilly, M1 2AP

Piccadilly House is located in central Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
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Manchester Training Centre

Central Glasgow

Centrum Business Centre, 38 Queen Street, G1 3DX

The Queen Street training centre is located in central Glasgow within easy walking distance of the 3 local train options of Central Station, Queen Street and Argyle Street offering excellent transport connections.
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Glasgow Training Centre

Onsite

Onsite at your Offices/Premises

If you have the required set up and would prefer to have the training at your location we will be able to deliver the same session onsite at your premises as in our training centres. This will provide you with the same tailored training but without the need to travel and less disruption to you or your teams work schedule.
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Onsite Training
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Client Reviews

''Got everything out the course I wanted to. The trainer was great, really knew his stuff and helped to cover the areas we would be using in our jobs. Fantastic!''
Chad Doyle, Stockport Council, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
''The training was clear and enjoyable and the pace was perfect. We covered a huge amount but I didn't leave feeling overwhelmed.''
Jo-Ann McGarvey, Howden, Design Masterclass - 5 Day Masterclass
''Excellent course content and structured in such a way that it is easy to understand for the beginner. Thank you for the excellent course.''
Tami Penswick, Yahoo, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
''The instructor was engaging, knowledgeable and paced the delivery well. Overall a good experience.''
Martyn Godwin, University of York, Storyline - 2 Day Introduction
''The course was thorough and well explained. The friendly approach made it all easy to understand and follow and all questions were dealt with straight away. Thank you!''
Jade Hindley, Inspire, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
''The course was great - a lot of content and adapted well for both attendees needs - brilliant trainer who obviously has a lot of experience which really helped. Thank you.''
Amanda Hayes, Weil Gotshal & Manges, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
''Totally impressed with the depth of material covered and the instructor's interaction with both the software and ourselves.''
Emily Theodore, Catersales, Maxon Cinema 4D - 2 Day Intermediate Course
''With his very patient approach the trainer was able to get us to the stage we were hoping to be at by the end of the day. Many thanks.''
Alan Sadler, Marie Stopes International, QuarkXPress - 1 Day Bespoke
''I was very happy with the way the course was ran and felt everything I wanted to learn was covered. Our tutor was very helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend to a colleague or friend.''
Jade Barnes, ANS Group, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
''Excellent. Course was tailored to our requirements, so didn't feel that any time was wasted.''
Susanna Booth, Competition Comm., InDesign - 1 Day Introduction

Frequently Asked Questions:

What dates are available for this course?

As a bespoke course the date arrangement is based around your requirements and availability in our schedule. With your guide of when you are looking for the training we will advise suitable date options ahead of finalising the planned date(s).

Can the content be tailored to my requirements?

Yes we are flexible about tailoring content and can adapt to be fully based on your requirements, a mixture of content from different levels of our base courses or a base outline with some additional focus areas.

Can this course be delivered live online?

Yes we can provide the same bespoke course as a live online session connecting to you or your group with either Zoom or Microsoft Teams if preferred.

What is the cost to deliver the course onsite?

We are equally able to deliver our bespoke training onsite at your premises and the cost to deliver this is the same structure as classroom with the addition of basic expenses depending on your location. Onsite courses in and around London, Manchester and Glasgow are usually without additional costs.

Can the course include my work samples?

It is often possible to review and include consideration towards sample files however the main course content is usually structured around prepared examples which are best suited to the planned content and structure of teaching the required skills in the best format.