InDesign 2026
Bootcamp Training Course
This bootcamp you will take you from an InDesign beginner to expert. You will complete a series of Real World publishing projects including an advertisement, a magazine, a corporate brochure, a novel, a movie poster, a receipe book, a restaurant menu, a travel guide, pitch deck, and much more.
Our instructors will lead you step-by-step through each project, teaching the correct workflow, how to master each tool and useful shortcuts to speed up your production. You will leave the course fully competent and able to use InDesign in a professional design environment.
What's Included
- Certificate of Course Completion
- Training Manual
- FREE Class Repeat (valid for 6 months)
5 Days
$1500.00
Live face-to-face instructor
No minimum class size - all classes guaranteed to run!
No prior experience of InDesign is needed. Training available on Mac and PC.
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Detailed Course Outline
Learn the basics of viewing & navigating the InDesign interface and the fundamentals of working with text and frames.
- Lecture: Raster versus Vector in layout workfl ows
- Lecture: Handling placed media and linked assets
- Lecture: Artificial Intelligence features currently available
- Creating & managing new docs, presets, workspaces
- Interface essentials and key panels
- Anatomy of frames, placeholder text, & Properties panel
Combine formatted text and images into cohesive layouts using modern InDesign workflows.
- Creating professional-looking text quickly
- How frames and images interact and update dynamically
- Working with swatches & color extraction to build themes
- Exporting clean, presentation-ready documents efficiently
Understand image formats, resolution, and quality management inside InDesign.
- Common image formats used in layout projects
- Resizing, cropping, and positioning images correctly
- Using the Properties panel for image control
- Understanding fitting options and best practices
Learn the power of Liquid Layouts and auto-styling to speed up re-design of content for different deliveries
- Different page sizes and adjustment
- Social Media, Digital Marketing cross design
- Comparative design and design Alternates
- What are Liquid Layouts?
- The Liquid Layout Page Rules
Master page management and document structure.
- Pages versus Parent Pages and their modern usage
- Navigating and customizing the Pages panel
- Working with facing-page spreads
- Creating automatic page numbers
- Working with layer effects and object effects
Prepare documents for delivery, archiving, and collaboration.
- Export options available in InDesign
- Creating professional PDF exports
- Templates, IDML workflows, and backward compatibility
- Packaging projects for transfer or long-term storage
Create and manage graphic elements directly inside InDesign.
- InDesign versus Illustrator for vector artwork
- Creating and editing basic shapes
- Combining shapes with effects
- Buttons, lower thirds, and custom layout elements
Build reusable design systems using styles and custom framing.
- Custom frame and shape creation
- Advanced typographic features such as fractions and contextual alternates
- Paragraph, Character, and Object Styles as workflow foundations
- Improving layout precision and alignment
Manage detailed vector artwork inside layout documents.
- Working with layered vector maps and diagrams
- Feathering edges and soft selections
- Expanding and contracting selections
- Foundations of Select Subject and masking workflows
Design multi-sided documents with consistency.
- Business cards, postcards, and folded layouts
- Generated content features inside InDesign
- Styling titles with blend and overlay techniques
- Borrowing and adapting stock design elements
- Reliable sources for free and licensed assets
Plan and build multi-panel documents with consistent branding.
- Project planning for brochures and fold-outs
- Color themes using CMYK and Spot Color strategies
- Creating simple brand elements and logos
- Working panel by panel using shared styles
- Managing linked vector updates efficiently
Advanced multi-panel layouts with automation and metadata.
- Drop caps and advanced paragraph styling
- Text blurbs and next-style workflowsBatch image handling techniques
- Working with slugs for internal and external use
- Embedding authoring and copyright metadata
Control color accurately across print and digital projects.
- Primary color modes used in design workflows
- Color considerations for different file formats
- Creating custom swatches, patterns, and gradients
- Importing and exporting color presets
Refine alignment and structure for professional layouts.
- Creating polished text and titles
- Advanced paragraph alignment and grid usage
- Managing complex multi-column layouts
- Working with Text Wrap and layered artwork
Design complex publications with flowing content.
- Creating and saving layout templates
- Managing layered content across long documents
- Inline imagery and anchored objects
- Handling linked content and troubleshooting updates
Maintain consistency using styles and metadata.
- Using metadata for batch workflows
- Understanding Object Styles and their advantages
- Creating Object Styles from existing objects
- Applying and editing Object Styles
- Static versus Dynamic Captions
- Managing caption updates and metadata changes
Speed up production using grouping and batch edits.
- Working with grouped artwork
- Troubleshooting loaded cursor behavior
- Editing grouped content from Parents to Pages
- Managing layer priority and targeting
Learn about some of the AI using Adobe services and how it impacts working with InDesign.
- Features considered AI in InDesign
- Working with Adobe Firefly and Adobe Express
- Adobe Firefly to InDesign
- Useful AI workflows
- Future features requests in InDesign
Design functional and visually engaging tables.
- Understanding table structures in InDesign
- Importing data from text and spreadsheets
- Creating tables manually and from text
- Designing readable tables for print and digital
- Troubleshooting table formatting issues
Harness the power of InDesign’s GREP language system to perform difficult tasks in InDesign.
- What GREP is and how designers use it
- Understanding basic GREP logic
- Common GREP expressions
- Using GREP in Paragraph Styles
- Repairing formatting issues efficiently
Extend InDesign using scripts and extensions.
- Understanding scripts versus extensions
- Popular script and extension locations
- Installing and managing scripts
- Using scripts in production workflows
- Troubleshooting script behavior
- Understanding the Plug-Ins menu
Learn the power of Liquid Layouts and auto-styling to speed up re-design of content for different deliveries.
- Different page sizes and adjustment
- Social Media, Digital Marketing cross design
- Comparative design and design Alternates
- What are Liquid Layouts?
- The Liquid Layout Page Rules
Adapt layouts efficiently for multiple formats.
- Setting up a publication from scratch
- Managing sections and chapters
- Front matter including TOC and copyright pages
- Body formatting and autoflow
- Back matter including indexes and author pages
- Designing covers for print and ebook delivery
Manage large publications using Book features.
- Best use cases for Book Projects
- Creating and organizing Book files
- Synchronizing styles and preflighting
- Preparing books for print and digital output
- Troubleshooting Book workflows
Learn about placeholders for dynamic information that can automatically update throughout your document called variables.
- Defining what variables are and how they function in ID
- Working with Text Variables
- Working with Image Variables
- Working with Cross-References
- Working with Custom Variables
Create pitch decks and presentations in InDesign.
- Sizing and setup considerations
- Dynamic presentation layout concepts
- Designing from scratch or templates
- Adding charts and infographics
Enhance presentations for digital delivery.
- Print versus digital presentation workflows
- Hyperlinks, anchors, and navigation
- Cross-application asset design
- Using Adobe Document Cloud for distribution
Build interactive documents for PDF and digital formats.
- Understanding interactive features
- Compatibility considerations
- PDF versus EPUB workflows
- Buttons, forms, and navigation
- Animations, transitions, and media
- Exporting and troubleshooting interactive content
Improve editorial workflows and collaboration.
- Using the Story Editor for text management
- Editing styles through Story Editor
- Collaborative workflows
- Understanding InCopy and its integration with InDesign
Explore broader AI workflows across Adobe applications.
- The evolving role of AI in design
- Firefly backend capabilities and direction
- Third-party AI services in layout workflows
- Emerging uses such as translation, auto-layout assistance, and templating
Our outlines are a guide to the content covered in a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
