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Adobe InDesign Advanced Course - New Zealand
InDesign Advanced Course
InDesign Advanced Course
Explore InDesign's advanced features to elevate your design skills! With the latest InDesign versions, designing and editing for print or screen is faster than ever. Utilize Adaptive Design tools to effortlessly repurpose layouts, and take advantage of recent productivity enhancements such as direct PDF comment imports, CC Libraries, Content Collector tools, Adobe Fonts, the Color Theme tool, and more. Emphasis is on efficient long document handling, including time-saving techniques and advanced styling options.
Instructor-led courses, delivered remotely across New Zealand.
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We currently have no public courses scheduled. Please contact us to register your interest.
Adobe InDesign Training Courses
InDesign LiteLooking to learn the basics of Adobe InDesign without delving into the entire program? This course, available online or face-to-face, is perfect for those working with smaller documents (one or two pages). Learn essential skills such as setting up documents, image manipulation, text formatting, and preparing files for print or PDF export. Exercises include creating stationery, flyers, and ads.
Delivered remotely across New Zealand.
InDesign EssentialsUnlock the full potential of Adobe InDesign, the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. Delivered remotely across New Zealand.
InDesign AdvancedExplore InDesign's advanced features to elevate your design skills! With the latest InDesign versions, designing and editing for print or screen is faster than ever. Utilize Adaptive Design tools to effortlessly repurpose layouts, and take advantage of recent productivity enhancements such as direct PDF comment imports, CC Libraries, Content Collector tools, Adobe Fonts, the Color Theme tool, and more. Emphasis is on efficient long document handling, including time-saving techniques and advanced styling options. Delivered remotely across New Zealand.
InDesign InteractivityAdd a dynamic new dimension to your InDesign layouts! In this one-day course, you'll transform static documents into interactive experiences full of audio, video, animations, buttons, forms, and more. Perfect for creating engaging presentations, brochures, or digital publications, you'll learn to prepare your designs for both interactive PDFs and online sharing. Delivered remotely across New Zealand.
InDesign AccessibilityThis half-day live online course teaches you how to create fully accessible PDFs using InDesign. You'll learn how to ensure your documents are easy to navigate and read by assistive technologies, benefiting those with vision impairments or limited mobility. Discover the techniques to craft accessible PDFs that meet the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. Delivered remotely across New Zealand.
Desktop Publishing Essentials Courses Package
This course bundle is perfect for beginners looking to create print documents such as marketing materials, posters, and magazines, or online PDFs. You'll learn to retouch and optimize images with Adobe Photoshop, design logos, infographics, and other vector artwork with Adobe Illustrator, and assemble everything in Adobe InDesign layouts.
NZ $2,547
Adobe InDesign Advanced New Zealand Course Content
- Defaults and Preferences
- Application and Document Defaults
- How to Fix Glitches and Crashes
- Customising Preferences
- Restoring Defaults and Preferences for Corrupt Files
- Working with Long Documents
- InDesign Book Files (.indb)
- Creating a Book File and Adding Documents
- The Style Source and Synchronising Documents
- Synchronising Parent Pages
- Section Markers for Numbering and Sections
- Text Variables and Presets
- Creating a Running Head using Variables
- Parent and Child Parent Pages
- Keep Options for Headings and Related Paragraphs
- Tables of Contents
- Setting up the TOC Style
- Creating Tab Leaders for TOC Entries
- Packaging, Preflighting and Exporting Books
- Libraries and Snippets
- Libraries for Graphics, Text and Pages
- Snippets for Reuse, Sharing & Positioning
- Libraries Versus Snippets
- CC Libraries (Creative Cloud Libraries)
- Advanced Text Options
- Paragraph Rules: Above and Below
- Spanning and Splitting Columns
- Paragraph Borders and Shading
- Conditional Text
- Indent to Here Character
- Story Jump Lines
- Adobe Fonts (formerly Typekit)
- Avoiding Word Breaks
- Word Spacing in Justified Text
- Footnotes
- Autosize Text Frames
- Balance Columns
- The Baseline Grid
- Using Dynamic Spelling
- The Check Spelling Command
- Data Merge
- The Database File and InDesign File
- Steps for Merging Data
- Adding Image Fields in The Data Source File
- Multiple Records and Images
- Advanced Style Options
- Loading Styles
- Grouping Styles
- Clearing Overrides in Styled Text
- Style Override Highlighter
- Next Style
- Applying the Next Style to Existing Text
- The Power of Nested Styles
- Applying Keyboard Shortcuts to Styles
- Quick Apply
- Bullets and Numbering
- Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists
- Changing and Formatting Bullet Characters
- Creating Multi-level Lists
- Restarting or Continuing Numbering for a List
- Defined Lists
- Find/Change and GREP
- Find and Change: Text, GREP, Glyph and Objects
- Finding and Changing Words
- Searching for and Changing Text Formatting
- Replacing Multiple Spaces, Tabs and Returns
- GREP: Advanced Pattern-based Search Techniques
- Construct GREP Expressions to Find Alphanumberic Strings and Patterns
- Preflight Profiles and Output Previews
- Viewing and Resolving Preflight Errors
- Defining Preflight Profiles
- Links Panel View Options
- Previewing Colour Separation Plates
- Previewing Ink Coverage
- The Ink Manager
- Advanced Page Layout Options
- Split Window for Comparisons
- Using Power Zoom
- Rotate the Spread View
- Adding Colour Labels to Pages
- Calculations in Panels and Dialogue Boxes
- Step and Repeat
- Calculations and Step and Repeat
- Gridify: Placing Multiple Images in a Grid
- Live Distribute
- Frame Fitting Options
- Auto-Fit Frame Contents
- The Gap Tool
- The Color Theme Tool
- Controlling Layer Visibility of Images
- Object Layer Options
- Multiple Page Sizes and the Page Tool
- Creating Multiple-page Spreads
- Importing Comments from PDF Files
- PDF Comments Panel Overview
- The Adjust Layout Command
- Creating Captions from Image Metadata
- Static and Live Captions
- Text Wrap Options
- Ignoring Text Wrap
- Text Wrap Preferences
- Clipping paths and Deep Etching Images
- Edit Original Images from Links Panel
- Importing Word Formatting and Styles
- Autoflow Options
- Object Styles and Anchored Objects
- The Object Styles Panel
- Creating Object Styles
- Using Object Style Categories
- Applying Object Styles
- Clearing Overrides on Object Styles
- Editing an Object Style
- Breaking the Link to an Object Style
- Importing Object Styles
- Anchored Objects
- Creating Anchored Objects Method 1
- Creating Anchored Objects Method 2 (preferred)
- Inline and Above Line Options
- Custom Anchored Object Options
- Viewing Anchored Object Markers
- Moving or Resizing an Anchored Object Manually
- Releasing an Anchored Object
- Anchored Objects and Object Styles
- Linked Content, Alternate and Liquid Layouts
- Linked Content
- Link Options
- Updating Linked Content
- Alternate Layouts
- Liquid Layouts
- Liquid Page Rules
- Vector Shapes
- The Stroke Panel
- Modifying a Stroke
- Dashed Lines
- Start and End Shapes
- Corner Options
- The Pathfinder Panel
- Converting Text to Vector Graphics
- Type On a Path
- Creating QR Codes
- Bonus Material – Tables and Table Styles
- Create Hyperlinks and URL Hyperlinks
- Create Page Navigation Buttons
- Import Video Files
- Export an Interactive PDF
- Testing in Acrobat
- Bonus Material – Introduction to Interactive PDFs
- Create Hyperlinks and URL Hyperlinks
- Create Page Navigation Buttons
- Import Video Files
- Export an Interactive PDF
- Testing in Acrobat
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Adobe InDesign and why is it important?
Adobe InDesign is a leading software for page design, suitable for both print and digital media. It's crucial for creating professional documents, brochures, and marketing materials with ease and efficiency.
How can Adobe InDesign training benefit my team?
Enrolling in our Adobe InDesign online courses can empower your team to maximise their design potential. They'll learn how to craft stunning documents, utilise visuals effectively, and enhance presentations.
What skills can be enhanced through Adobe InDesign courses?
Our courses focus on enhancing skills such as page setup, type formatting, image importation, and overall document polish. Participants will learn how to integrate text, images, and design elements seamlessly for impactful presentations.
What does the InDesign Essentials course cover?
The InDesign Essentials course covers everything from basic page setup to type formatting and image importation. Participants will explore a range of tools and features essential for creating professional-grade documents.
Who is the InDesign Lite course suitable for?
The InDesign Lite course is ideal for those who want to grasp the fundamentals of InDesign without diving into complex details. Participants will learn about document setup, text manipulation, graphic importation, and print preparation.
What can participants expect from the InDesign Advanced course?
After completing the Adobe InDesign Essentials course, participants can delve deeper into the software's functionalities with the InDesign Advanced course. They'll learn time-saving techniques, streamline workflows, and enhance productivity in document and layout design.
What is Remote Training?
Remote training at Nexacu, means our team of experienced trainers will deliver your training virtually. With remote learning students can access our usual classroom training courses via video conferencing, ask questions, participate in discussion and share their screen with the trainer if they need help at any point in the course. Students have the same level of participation and access to the trainer as they would in classroom training sessions.
Which courses are available if I am working from home?
Currently all of our Public Courses are available to be delivered remotely. Book any course as normal and you will receive login details and instructions in the days before your course.
How can I prepare if I am attending an online course?
You need to install the latest version of Adobe InDesign and ensure you have the appropriate license to use it.
The browser you use is very important. It is recommended you use Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. The latest version must also be installed. Note that Internet Explorer is not compatible with our delivery technologies.
Windows 10 is highly recommended as the operating system you use. If you are using an apple device, use Safari or a similar modern browser if you cannot use any of the browsers recommended above. Your training experience may diminish due to different features and appearances. Nexacu's trainers are unable to provide detailed guidance for macOS.
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