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Adobe InDesign CC Advanced 2 Days - Cardiff
Key Course Details:
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£495 + 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.
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.
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
- 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
Spot Colours- Create new pantone swatches
- Spot or process considerations
- Creating a mixed-ink group
- Editing a mixed-ink group
- Live preflight
- Defining profiles
- Importing and exporting
- Embedding profiles
- PDF/X ISO standards
- Colour transformations
- Registration marks
- Trim and bleed geometry
- Creating a data set
- Formatting data merge
- Merging data
- Formatting options
- Importing data
- Creating a table
- Modifying a table
- Formatting a table
- 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
"For such a brief time frame an awful lot is covered. The walk-throughs via projection were excellent and instruction/explanation was excellent. He is clearly a very knowledgeable professional!"
Angelo Christodoulou, Queen Mary University, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Thoroughly enjoyed my day of training on Adobe InDesign, the trainer was very professional and easy to get on with. His knowledge and delivery was very good. Will definitely recommend you to others."
Anthony Barnes, The Design Business, InDesign - 1 Day Essentials
"I have never used Adobe InDesign before and the course and instructor explained everything, pausing and helping if anyone needed. Nothing was a problem to him!"
Molly Henderson, HSS Hire, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days
"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
"I had no knowledge of InDesign prior to this training, now I feel like I can use it with confidence. The course has equipped me with new skills and knowledge that has made me genuinely excited to get back to work and use this software."
Sam Wright, Industrial Tomography Systems, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days
"Fantastic two day course on InDesign, well worth doing. Staff very friendly. 10 out of 10"
Daniel Kosta, Icon Productions, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"Excellent explanation, professional and friendly approach. Very clear in explanations. Overall an excellent trainer."
Andrew Shelmerdine, Vinci Academy, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"Very in-depth and thorough training for people completely new to the program. Covers everything you'd need to know at a very reasonable pace."
Andy Porter, Breaking Free Online, InDesign Introduction - 2 Days
"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 really informative course with lots of useful hints and tips to use InDesign."
Anisha Patel, AAPG, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
£495 + vat
Next Dates:
29 Jan - 30 Jan
26 Mar - 27 Mar
04 Jun - 05 Jun
23 Jul - 24 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 London 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?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
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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