Advanced Guide to Adobe InDesign CC: Pro Styles & Layouts

Overview

If you're ready to level up your InDesign workflow and already know your way around the basics, this course is the perfect next step. Whether you're self-taught or coming from my beginner class, Kate Silver will take you to explore advanced preferences, optimized workspace setups, and powerful styling tools that will seriously boost your design speed and precision. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to: * Master Paragraph & Character Styles for professional consistency * Use advanced bullet styling, emoji bullets, and nested styles * Set up smart workspaces, auto-activate fonts, and save to CC Libraries * Design restaurant menus, flyers, and QR code layouts with flair This is for designers who want a more efficient, pro-level way to work in InDesign — especially those who want to build real-world, portfolio-ready projects as they go. You’ll get access to free templates and exercise files to follow along step by step. To be successful, you should already be familiar with Adobe InDesign basics — either from experience or by completing my beginner course. Instructor bio: Kate Silver is a graphic and shoe designer, Top Teacher on Skillshare, and instructor at the UK’s leading Adobe training center in London. She creates beginner and advanced courses on design software including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, and more. With experience designing for brands like Jimmy Choo and Sophia Webster, Kate brings hands-on expertise to her classes, making complex tools simple and accessible. Her lessons focus on clarity, practical projects, and smart shortcuts to help students build real skills with confidence.

Syllabus

Getting Set Up for Pro-Level InDesign Workflows

Start strong with a guided walkthrough of the advanced setup needed for professional InDesign work. You’ll explore essential preferences, organize your workspace, and learn best practices for file handling and font management so you can hit the ground running with confidence.

Mastering Paragraph Styles and Text Efficiency

Level up your typographic precision with advanced style controls. Learn how to control formatting across large documents with powerful tools like Paragraph Styles, bullets, and global Find/Change—all while keeping your design assets ready to reuse and share.

Creative Image & Shape Manipulation in InDesign

Explore the creative side of InDesign by mastering tools for shape creation, image placement, and path manipulation. This module unlocks visual storytelling techniques that go far beyond simple text and boxes.

Automate Layouts with Defaults & Editing Tools

Dive into InDesign’s time-saving automation features. From default settings that simplify your workflow to the powerful Story Editor, you’ll gain full control over how your content flows and updates throughout a document.