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Adobe InDesign CC Advanced with ACP Exam 3 Days - Glasgow
Key Course Details:
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
3
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£695 + vat
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading desktop-publishing program. Our course will show you how to unlock the power of InDesign's advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in laying out documents. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
With our help, you will take your existing InDesign know-how and enhance it as you learn how to create interactive PDFs, eBooks, and more. We will show you how to work more efficiently by saving re-usable data and storing PDF presets. This course is a great way to step up to expert level by increasing the quality, consistency and speed of your output. You will test your new skills as you take the ACP exam.
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading desktop-publishing program. Our course will show you how to unlock the power of InDesign's advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in laying out documents. Pass the ACP exam and get qualified!
With our help, you will take your existing InDesign know-how and enhance it as you learn how to create interactive PDFs, eBooks, and more. We will show you how to work more efficiently by saving re-usable data and storing PDF presets. This course is a great way to step up to expert level by increasing the quality, consistency and speed of your output. You will test your new skills as you take the ACP exam.
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InDesign Advanced with ACP 3 Days
Course Details
This 3-day Advanced course will help to develop your skills as you explore the advanced features of Adobe InDesign CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes desktop publishing and design to a new level, and combines production power and creative freedom with tight integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat software.
You will already understand the basics of the program, and we will show you how to take that knowledge to the next level. We will cover advanced topics such as creating eBooks, generating indexes, and automating workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Create complex documents such as interactive PDFs and eBooks
- Use advanced tools and palettes
- Re-use data via libraries and snippets
- Generate tables of contents and indexes
- Store PDF presets
The final day of the course is dedicated to the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) InDesign exam, including trying a mock exam, reviewing answers, and then taking the real exam. The ACP exam represents an official qualification, and you will be provided with an instant pass or fail result. We are confident that you will join everyone we have already helped to pass the exam and collect an official certificate of Adobe Certified Professional status.
As well as giving you the opportunity to take the ACP exam, this course is the perfect preparation if you plan to take the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam.
Our goals are for you to understand the advanced features of InDesign, to become a confident power user, and to leave with an ACP qualification under your belt.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for those who wish to enhance their existing knowledge of InDesign and who work as graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, or marketing communications professionals.
You will need basic experience in using InDesign. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe InDesign CC Introduction 2 Day course.
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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.
Managing Your Workspaces- Organising Your Panels
- Advanced Zooming and Navigation
- Advanced View Options
- Typographical preferences
- Advanced Character formatting options
- Advanced Paragraph formatting options
- Review of setting up Style Sheets
- Advanced Style Sheet Tips
- Nested Styles
- Using ‘Based on’, ‘Next Style’ and Quick Apply
- Review of setting up Parent Pages
- Parent & Child masters
- Overriding Parent Page items
- Using ‘Shuffle’ options
- Best practice with Parent pages
- Numbering and Section options
- Advanced Align options
- Using keyboard shortcuts for align and distribute
- Using the Gap tool
- Using Autofit for images
- Review of setting up Object Styles
- Setting up a Baseline Grid
- Creating custom frames and objects with the pen tool
- Review of Swatches – managing colours and gradients
- Creating Mixed Inks
- Using the Ink Manager
- Sharing Swatches between documents and with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Using Libraries and Snippets
- Creating Templates
- Creating and using Find/Change queries
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Using an InDesign ‘Book’ to collate documents
- Setting up Indexes
- Tables
- Setting up Tables
- Importing Excel & Word tables
- Creating Table and Cell styles
Creating an interactive PDF- Adding Hyperlinks, Buttons, Movies and Sounds
- Setting up Page Transitions
- Exporting an Interactive PDF
- Understanding what an e-book is
- Overview of preparing an existing file to become an e-book
- Overview of Export options
- Understanding InDesign preferences
- Changing document preferences
- Changing application preferences
- Using the Overprint Preview and the Separations Preview panel
- Defining the Transparency Flattener settings
- Using Preflight
- Understanding an RGB workflow
- Creating PDF presets
- Work through exam preparation sheet
- Sample Exam questions
- Take Practice exam
- Any other questions?
- InDesign ACP Exam
- Instant Pass or Fail Result
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Location Details
This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:
Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DXThe Glasgow training centre is located on Queen Street in the heart of Glasgow close to Central Station, Queen Street Station and Argyle Street Station.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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InDesign Advanced with ACP 3 Days - Upcoming Glasgow Course Dates
22 Jan - 24 Jan £695 + vat 05 Mar - 07 Mar £695 + vat 09 Apr - 11 Apr £695 + vat 04 Jun - 06 Jun £695 + vat 16 Jul - 18 Jul £695 + vat -
Client Reviews
"It was good fun, informative and I feel like I learnt a lot. It has also made me want to do more courses."
Stephanie Razis, Salamanca, InDesign - 2 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
"Trainer was very knowledgeable and professional - good amount of bespoke content covered."
Victoria Portwin, Gottex, InDesign - 1 Day Bespoke
"I have studied a course with XChange Training before and it is extremely well organised, friendly staff and has a good work environment."
Victoria Hassett, ETM Group, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"A thoroughly enjoyable course, very useful and brilliantly tailored to our requirements. Have completed two other introductory InDesign courses and this has been the best by far. Would definitely recommend to others."
Juliet McEwan, University of Glasgow, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke Introduction
"Always a great course and a brilliant instructor. Thank you once again for all the training that I've done these past few months. An extremely valuable experience. "
Margaret Nolan-Meddings, Miller Insurance Services LLP, InDesign - Print Production
"The training content was set at just the right pace. Full of content that we were all able to 'get to grips with' and the trainer was very helpful."
Helen Seddon, ENEHL, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"Very organized training course covered all the basics needed and ran efficiently and in a nice relaxed and amenable environment."
Amaya Climent, The Crown Estate, InDesign - 1 Day Essentials
"I really enjoyed the course and the content/pace was easy to follow and gave us opportunities to play around and test what we had learnt. "
Ashleigh Toll, NSPCC, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke
"Thoroughly enjoyed the two day training course. We had a fantastic trainer and the course content was very clear and helpful. Thank you very much."
Ella Luscombe, Kier Construction Southern, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
£695 + vat
Next Dates:
22 Jan - 24 Jan
05 Mar - 07 Mar
09 Apr - 11 Apr
04 Jun - 06 Jun
16 Jul - 18 Jul
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe InDesign training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
I had a very good experience with this course. Small group and very knowledgeable trainer.
19/12/2024
5/5 Stars
Overall very good but we should probably have spent more time on editorial aspects as we ran out of time towards the end. However this is not a criticism as we covered everything we wanted to.
29/11/2024
5/5 Stars
Friendly, helpful instructor - covered everything and answered any questions clearly. Great facilities and equipment. Nice environment to be in. Handy position by station.
29/11/2024
5/5 Stars
Very helpful overview of InDesign
29/11/2024
5/5 Stars
Came in a beginner, now feel like I have a basic understanding of how to use InDesign.
29/11/2024
5/5 Stars
It was really useful to have two screens and see what the tutor's doing as well as being able to experiment ourselves.
29/11/2024
5/5 Stars
Very good all round content
26/11/2024
5/5 Stars
improved confidence and depth of understanding of the software
26/11/2024
5/5 Stars
The advanced course was really great and followed on from the first two day introduction course well - going over topics where needed but not too much, allowing time to expand skill sets. Phil offered some really great tips on how to use InDesign to make the most of the software.
14/11/2024
5/5 Stars
Fantastic training, everything was explained in simple terms and no question or re-run was a bother. I feel so much more confident in using indesign now, I'm excited to get started!
14/11/2024
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Glasgow Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Yes this course provides you with an official recognised qualification which is the Adobe Certified Professional gained by passing the exam at the end of the course.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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