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Customised InDesign training at your place of work
We cover London and the South East of England.
Book a course with Red Rocket Studio and one of our friendly Adobe Certified Instructors will come to your office or place of work.
Our trainer will then teach you your own bespoke InDesign Course at whatever level you are at (beginner to advanced). You can work on your own files if you wish. The Adobe InDesign training is customised to your exact needs. 1 to 1 or groups.
Private one-to-one customised InDesign course via Zoom or at your office
Covering your exact needs, this one-to-one customised InDesign training course will allow you to work on your own files and go at your own pace. We come to you and our trainers cover all the UK including London, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey Berkshire, Buckinghamshire as well as further afield.
From £425 for the first person and then under half price for further people.
Private Group InDesign Courses via Zoom or at your office
If you have a number of staff who require training, contact us for our group training rates.
Red Rocket Studio really know their stuff and I learnt a huge amount in 2 days. Their teaching style is also sensitive with just the right amount of humour. Being self-taught on Adobe CC I was apprehensive about undergoing any training with not knowing at exactly what level I was. I need not have worried as they quickly assessed my abilities and instantly adjusted their teaching accordingly. I would highly recommend them to anyone wanting to progress in Adobe CC and can’t wait for my next course with them.
Benslow Music – Vicky Carlton
1 year unlimited support by phone or email – If you have any problems after the course just contact us and we’ll help you to fix them.
Digital training files and materials, printed notes and keyboard shortcut reference chart
A certificate of completion
We offer a free consultation service with your trainer, to help build your perfect course.
You’ll feel amazing when you see what you have achieved.
- Create and edit documents
- Layout text and photos
- Put text into columns
- Wrap text around photos
- Add logos & graphics
- Create and edit tables
Scroll down to see a full list of what you will be able to do.
- Create documents in various sizes and page lengths
- Layout or edit an existing document
- Insert your optimised images into documents
- Create text or place text from word into documents
- Insert logos and type into documents
- Edit all areas of text, put it into columns
- Wrap type around images
- Create your own graphic shapes for a professional look
- Create tables for beautiful looking layout
- Create style sheets and Parent (previously Master) pages to speed up creation
- Save your document for print or screen use
- For a full list of what can be covered please see outline below
Indesign topics usually covered in a day
Managing InDesign
- Setting up a new workspace
- Zoom and scroll shortcuts
- Setting up a new document
- Working with rulers and guides
Working with Colours, Fills & Strokes
- Creating Objects
- Transforming Objects
- Corner Effects
- Duplicating and aligning Objects
- Using Smart Guides to align, rotate and resize Objects
- Drag and drop on Anchored Objects
- Use the Strokes Panel
- The fill and stroke settings
- Creating, using and editing solid colours
- Creating, using and editing Gradients
- Pantone colours
Text & Style Sheets
- Selecting text
- Formatting text
- Spanning text across columns
- Kerning and Tracking controls
- Paragraph formatting
- Dealing with overflow
- Using Linked Stories
- Linking frames and text flow options
- Spell Checking
- Bullets and Numbering
- Paragraph Rules
- Text Frame Options
- Smart Text Reflow
- Creating and using Paragraph style sheets
- Creating and using Character style sheets
- Editing style sheets
Working with images
- The Place command
- Resizing images and frames
- Rotating Objects
- Using the Text Wrap window
- Transparency
- Special effects
- Shape and corner options
Text Wrap
- Text Wrap options
- Allowing text to ignore Text Wrap
Creating Documents
- Working with Parent (previously Master) Pages
- Page numbering options
- Adding and deleting pages
- Working with Tables
- Basic table and cell formatting options
Saving InDesign documents
- Saving as a document
- Saving as a template
- Saving for earlier versions of InDesign
Output from InDesign
- Creating a lo-res PDF for screen view / desktop printing
- Creating a hi-res PDF for print
More advanced topics
InDesign Workspaces
- Saving Workspaces
- Customising menus
- Customising shortcuts
- Multiple document windows
Working with Longer Documents
- Creating spread documents
- Templates
- Creating pages with different sizes
- Parent (previously Master) Pages
- Based-on Parents
- Loading and managing styles
- Sections
- Numbering
- Table of Contents
- Creating an Index
Working with Text
- Styling text
- Text Wraps
- Targeting Layers
- Paragraph Rules
- Drop Caps
- Breaks
- Special Characters
Working with Tables
- Creating tables in InDesign
- Saving table and cell styles
- Importing tables from Excel and Word
Advanced Image Options
- The Content Conveyor tool
- Relinking edited images
- Using Layers
- PSD import options
Drawing
- Mastering the Pen tool
- Pen tool shortcuts
- Compound Paths
- Using the Pathfinder window
- Aligning objects
Interactive InDesign
- Bookmarks and hyperlinks
- URL and email links
- Creating buttons
- Creating a ‘slideshow’
- Adding movies
Output
- Pre-Flight
- Print presets
- Export to PDF