Adobe InDesign Basics (in English)

This live online seminar will teach you the various possibilities and tools of Adobe InDesign for a successful design of layouts. In this online course, you will gain theoretical knowledge about setting text, images and graphics and gain practical experience with the layout software from Adobe.

Discover how to work efficiently with InDesign by attending this online seminar!

InDesign is a professional tool for layout design and the design of print media. You can use InDesign to create all kinds of printable materials, from flyers and posters to business stationery. In this live online seminar, you will learn techniques for creating individual pages and large documents for print and for the web/digital sector.

Technical requirements: To participate in the course, you must have the latest full version of Adobe InDesign from Adobe Creative Cloud installed on your computer, along with a valid license for the program.

InDesign basics

• Tools and control panels
• Setting up workspaces
• Document view, zooming and navigating
• Creating and saving files

Creating layouts

• Page and document structure
• Basic sample pages
• Automatic page numbers
• Guides, grids, rulers
• Working with layers
• Objects and frames
• Pencil function

Typography

• Placing and linking texts
• Text frame options
• Formatting texts (characters and paragraphs)
• Text flow around images and objects
• Glyphs panel
• Using Adobe Fonts

Images and graphics

• Pixel vs. vector graphics
• Image resolution and color mode
• Placing images and graphics
• Determining image sections
• Image import options
• Managing links

Colors and gradients

• Color panel
• Using color fields and gradients
• Transparencies and effects

Document output

• Preflight function
• Packaging InDesign documents
• Print InDesign documents directly
• Create web and print PDF
• Export to JPG and PNG