InDesign.
Training courses.

Learn Adobe InDesign to create brochures, newsletters, reports and promotional material. Combine text and images, apply consistent formatting and prepare documents for print or digital sharing. Choose Beginners or Intermediate training, with practical publishing exercises throughout.

Choose live online training or in-person sessions at your premises in London. A training venue can be arranged if required. One-to-one, group and bespoke team training are available. For training elsewhere in the UK, tell us your preferred location so we can confirm arrangements.

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1. 01

   Set up your document

   Navigate the workspace and create documents with suitable page sizes, margins, columns and bleed. Understand single pages, facing pages and spreads.

2. 02

   Build a balanced layout

   Create and arrange text and graphic frames. Use guides, alignment, spacing and layers to organise content and establish a clear reading order.

3. 03

   Place and format text

   Import text, link frames and manage overflowing content. Adjust type size, line spacing and paragraph spacing, and create simple lists.

4. 04

   Create consistent text styles

   Build paragraph and character styles for headings, body text and emphasis. Update formatting throughout the document and recognise unwanted local overrides.

5. 05

   Work with photographs and graphics

   Place, crop and fit images within frames. Manage linked files, check image resolution and wrap text around visual elements.

6. 06

   Apply colour and simple graphic elements

   Create reusable colour swatches, fills and strokes. Understand the purpose of RGB and CMYK and use simple shapes to support the layout.

7. 07

   Develop a short publication

   Add and rearrange pages, use parent pages for recurring elements and introduce automatic page numbers. Refine consistency across a complete document.

8. 08

   Check, package and export

   Find missing links, unavailable fonts and overset text. Package the working files and export suitable PDFs for screen or print, following the required output specifications.

1. 01

   Build reusable document structures

   Create related parent pages, manage layers and save templates. Develop layout variations that share common elements and remain straightforward to update.

2. 02

   Refine typography and text flow

   Use baseline grids, keep options, hyphenation and paragraph controls to improve readability. Manage awkward breaks and headings that span columns.

3. 03

   Make styles do more of the work

   Develop connected paragraph styles, character styles and nested styles. Use Find/Change and a guided introduction to simple GREP searches to clean up repetitive formatting.

4. 04

   Create and control tables

   Import spreadsheet content and format rows, columns and cells. Apply table and cell styles, repeat header rows and manage tables that continue across pages.

5. 05

   Keep graphics connected to the content

   Use anchored objects for images and callouts that move with text. Apply object styles and reuse assets to maintain consistent treatment throughout a publication.

6. 06

   Organise and navigate longer documents

   Manage sections and numbering, generate a contents page from paragraph styles, and add hyperlinks and PDF bookmarks. Update navigation after content changes.

7. 07

   Produce variations with Data Merge

   Connect a prepared spreadsheet to a simple layout to create personalised certificates, labels or information cards. Preview records and check for missing content or overflowing text.

8. 08

   Prepare reliable final files

   Use an appropriate preflight profile to catch production problems. Review colour, images and fonts, create repeatable PDF export settings and package an organised handover.