Adobe InDesign Essentials

Location Online - Self-paced

Term Summer

Cost $225.00

Adobe InDesign Essentials Overview

Course Overview

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. This course is a comprehensive exploration of InDesign tools and capabilities to create professional documents. You will learn how to manage the InDesign environment, create, setup, design, enhance and finalize multi-page documents.

*Access to Adobe InDesign software required.

Course Dates

June 1-26, 2026

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Layout a multi-page print document in Adobe InDesign and create a print-ready PDF file
Work with font, character, paragraph and typography basics in InDesign
Insert and edit text, objects and picture frames
Draw shapes
Work with color panels to create and apply colors and gradients

Course Objectives

To learn about Adobe InDesign CC interface and work with menus, tools and panels.
To setup and modify multi-page documents
To work with page settings and layout options and apply automatic pagination
To insert images and illustrations in a multi-page document
To work with color panels to create, manage, edit and apply color
To work with type tools to create an dapply character and paragraph styles
To create print-ready PDF files

Note: This program qualifies as one of the three core programs required to earn the Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate.

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Agenda

Unit One – Getting to Know the Interface and Setting up a Document

Interface menus
Tools
Panels
Starting and setting up a multi-page document in InDesign

Unit Two – Working with Objects and Color

Learning to work with color panels
Creating, managing and applying color to elements
Inserting and managing images and illustrations into an InDesign document

Unit Three – Working with Text

Learning about insert and flow text to multiple pages
Managing long text documents
Text editing in InDesign documents

Unit Four – Typography

Advance typography tools and menus
Character and paragraph settings and styles
Creating print-ready PDF files

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