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Adobe InDesign CC Advanced 2 Days - Cardiff

Key Course Details:

Level:

Advanced

Location:

Central Cardiff

Duration:

2
Days - 10am to 5pm

Price:

£495 + vat

Dates:

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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.

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.

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InDesign Advanced 2 Days
Course Details

This 2-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
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 and for you to become a confident power user.

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
Advanced Typography
- Typographical preferences
- Advanced Character formatting options
- Advanced Paragraph formatting options
Style Sheets
- Review of setting up Style Sheets
- Advanced Style Sheet Tips
- Nested Styles
- Using ‘Based on’, ‘Next Style’ and Quick Apply
Pages and Parent Pages
- 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
Organising your Layout
- 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
Colour
- Review of Swatches – managing colours and gradients
- Creating Mixed Inks
- Using the Ink Manager
- Sharing Swatches between documents and with Photoshop and Illustrator
Spot Colours
- Create new pantone swatches
- Spot or process considerations
- Creating a mixed-ink group
- Editing a mixed-ink group
Live Preflight
- Live preflight
- Defining profiles
- Importing and exporting
- Embedding profiles
PDF Export Standards
- PDF/X ISO standards
- Colour transformations
- Registration marks
- Trim and bleed geometry
Data Merge
- Creating a data set
- Formatting data merge
- Merging data
- Formatting options
Tables
- Importing data
- Creating a table
- Modifying a table
- Formatting a table
Table and Cell Styles
- Creating cell styles
- Creating table styles
- Applying table styles
- Style tips and tricks
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Location Details

This course is provided at the Cardiff training centre located at:
Brunel House
2 Fitzalan Road
Cardiff
CF24 0UY

The Cardiff training centre is located in Brunel House which is only 3 minutes on foot from Cardiff Queen Street train station. Trains to/from Cardiff Central station run every 10 minutes. Directly opposite the building is a convenient NCP car park.

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

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InDesign Advanced 2 Days - Upcoming Cardiff Course Dates

29 Jan - 30 Jan	£495 + vat
26 Mar - 27 Mar	£495 + vat
04 Jun - 05 Jun	£495 + vat
23 Jul - 24 Jul	£495 + vat

Client Reviews

"The training was excellent, well paced and all of our questions were answered. There was time at the end to put into practice what had been learnt and ask further questions or queries. Prepared handouts were are clear and useful for future reference."
Kerry Willis, Paignton Zoo, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Thanks for a very pleasant and educational 2 days. I think it was especially good because it was a small class which gave very individual training."
Nigel Hopwood, Jacob Jensen Design, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"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
"The trainer was easy to follow and very easy going, which creates a excellent training environment. I will certainly be coming back in the future. A great teacher and a great course!"
Scott Godfrey, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
"It was brilliant. I feel like I have learnt so much in 2 days. Our trainer was fantastic and I would love to come back and learn more."
Alex East, ISG, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"A really informative course with lots of useful hints and tips to use InDesign."
Anisha Patel, AAPG, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"Training is/was comprehensive and a good overview for the beginner. Good outline of course and structured day's learning."
Courtney Jones, SPS, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days
"A thoroughly fun and enjoyable course delivered by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tutor - can't wait to get back into the office environment and put it all into practice!"
Katrina Gillespie, Vinci Academy, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"Very well organised and structured everything seemed to flow perfectly. Explanations were clear and set at a steady pace that was easy to follow. Instructor very knowledgeable, there were no questions unanswered."
Jasmine Gould, Integralis, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"Having no previous experience with InDesign, I felt that the course content was brilliant at introducing me to the program and building my confidence."
Abi Griffin, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days