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Adobe InDesign CC Advanced 2 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£450 + 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:
- Use advanced tools and palettes
- Create complex documents such as interactive PDFs and eBooks
- 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
Managing Documents- 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
- 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
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of 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).
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 2 Days - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
14 May - 15 May Special Offer! £395 + vat 09 Jul - 10 Jul £450 + vat 03 Sep - 04 Sep £450 + vat 29 Oct - 30 Oct £450 + vat -
Client Reviews
"To say that this course has revolutionised my design life is an understatement; It will benefit my work certainly but also several projects currently ongoing in my personal life as I am an aspiring writer and food blogger. Fantastic course delivered by an amazing trainer!"
Lyndsay Stewart, Next, InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"Impressive course! Many thanks also for the InDesign Shortcuts & Preference Guide which will be very useful and are greatly appreciated"
Tom Gilling, Vividesigns, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
"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
"Trainer was very knowledgeable and professional - good amount of bespoke content covered."
Victoria Portwin, Gottex, InDesign - 1 Day Bespoke
"Fantastic two day course on InDesign, well worth doing. Staff very friendly. 10 out of 10"
Daniel Kosta, Icon Productions, InDesign - 2 Day Introduction
"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
"An outstanding training course led by a very knowledgeable and insightful tutor. Thoroughly enjoyed my time and will take forward all new knowledge to my workplace and personal life too. Really enjoyed this, thanks very much!"
Emma McLean, University of Strathclyde, 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
"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
"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
Next Dates:
14 May - 15 May Special Offer! £395 + vat
09 Jul - 10 Jul
03 Sep - 04 Sep
29 Oct - 30 Oct
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe InDesign training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Great course which gave a thorough understanding of InDesign. Well-paced and I really enjoyed it!
28/04/2025
4/5 Stars
I would have liked a little more time to do the exercises myself as Donna went along. But am looking forward to getting hold of the recording to listen back and replay it as my dog was taken very ill so missed quite a lot of the course going to and from the vets both in the morning and the afternoon.
28/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The course was very insightful, and tailored to what me and my colleague need for our day-to-day work. The pace of the day was kept in-line with the skills we already had/what we needed to learn and overall was extremely helpful in improving our workflow.
11/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The course really helped to expand my knowledge on InDesign with loads of really useful fundamentals to help me with my design work. Phil was extremely helpful and answered every question I asked, and more, and made sure to offer his assistance with any queries after the day.
11/04/2025
5/5 Stars
Hi, I really enjoyed this two day course. The instructor was very friendly and attentive.
10/04/2025
5/5 Stars
easy to follow the tutorials
08/04/2025
5/5 Stars
The overall course was really fantastic. Being able to learn both the theory and practical aspects really should helped grow my understanding of InDesign and I am excited to continue learning and using the program.
08/04/2025
4/5 Stars
The course was run well, one bit of feedback that could be helpful in the future is to have a document explaining what we will cover during the course so we can follow along as the time progresses, alongside knowing what to expect.
08/04/2025
4/5 Stars
Very helpful introduction into InDesign
24/02/2025
5/5 Stars
Good course, covers the basics and provides a grounding knowledge base.
24/02/2025
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
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester 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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