Adobe InDesign Basics

Course INC-AIdGL

  • Duration:
    • 3 days

Dates:

  • Implementation planned - places still available
  • Implementation - probability high - still places available
  • There are no more seats available. For many courses, it may still be possible to participate online, via virtual classroom.
  • Course times: As a rule, our seminars are held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on day 1 and from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on the following days. Changes are possible. The concrete seminar times you will find in the binding order confirmation.
03.11.2025 - 05.11.2025 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
01.12.2025 - 03.12.2025 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
26.01.2026 - 28.01.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
16.02.2026 - 18.02.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
23.03.2026 - 25.03.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
13.04.2026 - 15.04.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
18.05.2026 - 20.05.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
08.06.2026 - 10.06.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
13.07.2026 - 15.07.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
03.08.2026 - 05.08.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
07.09.2026 - 09.09.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
12.10.2026 - 14.10.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
23.11.2026 - 25.11.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German
07.12.2026 - 09.12.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 1149 EUR / Person
 German

Layout is not just layout and Adobe InDesign training is not just InDesign training. We know this from our many years of experience as an Adobe Authorised Training Centre.

In the Adobe InDesign Basics course, we show you how to use the Adobe software so that the result is always the perfect layout. During the course, we will show you how to create layouts in InDesign. Whether it's typography, colour, transparency, effects or graphics - after your course you'll know how to get there quickly. InDesign offers you a range of high-quality design, typography and layout functions as well as multilingual typesetting - we will show you these functions during the InDesign course. So that you don't lose track of the multitude of functions and possibilities that InDesign offers you, we have built practical exercises into the course. We will also show you how to open and edit older files from QuarkXpress and PageMaker in InDesign.

The best is saved for last: on the third day of the Adobe InDesign Basics course, you will have the opportunity to try out the InDesign expertise you have gained during the course. Of course you can bring your own examples to the InDesign course.

Your start with InDesign

  • Important programme settings in InDesign
  • User interface and workspaces
  • Setting up a document
  • Menu and toolbar
  • Grids and guides
  • Effective use of formats
  • DTP basics

Colours in Indesign

  • Defining, editing, assigning and deleting your own colour fields
  • Colours in print
  • Gradients
  • Transparencies and effects
  • Differences between the CMYK and RGB colour models

Setting up pages in InDesign

  • Creating single-page and multi-page documents
  • Single pages vs. double pages
  • Use of master pages
  • Automatic page numbers and text variables

Text functions in InDesign

  • Basics of typesetting
  • Paragraph and character functions
  • Dynamic spell check
  • Working with linked text frames
  • Hyphenation and manual pagination
  • Working efficiently and quickly with paragraph and character formats
  • Placing and editing external files
  • Using and creating snippets
  • Working with tables
  • Anchoring images and objects in text

Graphics in Indesign

  • Explanation of different file formats
  • Integrating and working with graphics
  • Image options
  • Drag & drop from Bridge or Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac)
  • Creating your own object shapes with drawing tools
  • Drop shadows and other effects

Output from Indesign

  • Finalising typeset files
  • Professional preparation for output for print shops
  • Carrying out colour separations
  • Specifying the correct print options
  • Flawless PDF export for print (PDF/x3) and web (sRGB)

Our InDesign course is aimed at graphic artists, agencies and designers who want to create contemporary print products, books, flyers, fanfolds, brochures, digital magazines, iPad apps etc. in professional quality after training with InDesign.

We recommend that you have general knowledge of Windows/Mac to attend the Adobe InDesign Basics course.

We organise this training together with INCAS Training und Projekte GmbH & C. KG, an Adobe Authorised Training Center (AATC)

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