InDesign 2023
Fundamentals Training Course
On this 3-day beginner to intermediate class you will complete a series of real world publishing projects including letters and articles, an advertisement, a magazine cover, a map, a travel brochure and 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.
What's Included
- Certificate of Course Completion
- Training Manual
- FREE Class Repeat (valid for 6 months)


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
- New document settings
- Navigating the interface
- InDesign fundamental workflows
- The anatomy of a frame
- Working with and re-sizing text frames
- Importing and managing graphics
- Importing and managing text
- Creating a document for Print
- Setting the bleed
- Working with titles and subtitles
- Creating decorative elements
- Simple layout sketching
- Working with a multi-column document
- Placing and formatting images
- Text wrapping
- Setting up the document as a 2-Page spread
- Working with facing pages
- Working with and formatting bulleted lists
- Working with FX to solve object issues
- Working with decorative fonts
- Printing as a spread
- Simple web export
- Segments, Anchor Points, Curves
- Creating Custom Shapes & Page Elements
- Working with Effects to enhance graphics
- Simple Perspective graphic creation
- Layout a one-page recipe with images
- Create custom graphics elements
- Learn how to use the Direct Selection Tool
- Working with Swatches
- High Quality vector map creation
- Using the Ellipse Frame Tool
- Working with Multiple FX on single object
- Setting up a 2-Sided Project for Print
- Working with custom-sized documents
- Bar Codes/QR Codes and Beyond
- Understanding Basic Blending Modes
- The various ways to set up a multi-panel project
- Layout workflows and design
- Batch design tricks
- Print project outputs
- Create and manage a multi-page document
- Turning on and modifying the Baseline Grid
- Stylizing Text with Paragraph Styles
- Managing multiple columns
- Adding Metadata to media
- Live vs Static Captions
- Manipulating Master Pages
- Creating Page Numbers & Repetitive Graphics
- Understanding the various brochure folds
- Learn about 3rd party plugins for lnDesign
- Pro Brochure Workflows
- Converting points to Bezier Curves
- Re-create a Polaroid-style frame for Images
- Working with FX to create shadows
- Layering Graphics for visual impact
- Working with Slugs
- Advanced PDF Presets Information
- What happens to your color on export
- Exporting for the Printer
- Understanding Color Conversion
- Packaging your Project for Archive or Transfer
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.