InDesign ACP

Getting started with InDesign and working with documents

• Acknowledge what InDesign is and its capabilities
• Confidently navigate the workspace
• Locate and tweak essential settings hidden in the preferences
• Construct a simple document
• Make changes to your document and work with pages
• Moving objects about on a page
• Saving and reverting documents

Building documents

• Populate a page with text
• Apply text formatting
• Identify and place correct image file formats
• Resize an image
• Apply colour to elements within a document
• Apply effects to objects and frames
• Viewing documents
• Export a PDF for print

Styling text

• Thread text between boxes
• Converting text into an editable path
• Wrap text around images
• Master advanced text formatting features such as paragraph and character styles
• Common typographical errors to avoid

Go further with graphics

• Check the resolution of an image within a document
• Transform images in various ways
• Manage images with the links panel
• Create graphics with shape tools
• Sampling a colour from an image to use
• Adding bleed to a document

Working with long documents

• Manage the colours within your document
• Work with layers to organise elements within a document
• Working with master pages
• Add page numbering

Working with objects and tables

• Group objects within InDesign
• Use object styles to format objects
• Design professional tables with ease
• Restyle tables with colours
• Flow tables across multiple pages with repeating headers

Interactive documents

• Design interactive documents
• Create interactive document navigation
• Add animations and multimedia elements
• Creating hyperlinks
• Web and navigation links using buttons
• Publishing online and share content

Package, print and exporting

• Checking and fixing errors by using the preflight panel
• Create custom ‘preflight’ checks to ensure clean and reliable output
• Packaging your document
• Adding metadata file info

• Engaging content
• A variety of different ways to learn
• Clear guidelines to work through the practice exercises
• Constructive feedback from tutors on your submitted work
• Technical assistance from your tutors

This course will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams.

After the end of the course will take the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) exam. On passing the ACP exam will earn you the Adobe Certified Associate accreditation. You'll receive a digital badge for social media platforms like LinkedIn and a digital certificate.

The ACP certification validates expertise in Adobe InDesign, enhancing career prospects and boosting professional credibility. It instils confidence, serves as tangible proof of skills, and provides a competitive edge in the job market. Overall, the ACP certification supports career advancement and professional growth in digital creativity.

You will need access to a laptop/desktop computer (Mac/PC) with Adobe InDesign installed.

If you don't have an Adobe licence, consider the following options from Adobe:

• Free one-week trial from Adobe.
• One-month single application subscription for £32.98* per month, cancel anytime.
• Annual application licence for £262.51* or monthly for £21.98* (early cancellation fees apply).
• Subscribe to all Creative Cloud apps under the same types above but for all the Adobe Creative cloud apps.

 Please visit the Adobe website to find out more. 

*prices are correct as of 10 September 2024

There are no entry requirements for this Adobe InDesign course and previous experience is not necessary, however, you should be confident in the use of IT generally.