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Beginners Guide to Adobe InDesign : The Essentials

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Adobe InDesign CC for Beginners: Create a Flyer, a Magazine Layout, a Brochure and an Advert in this Introduction course. Learn the Basics,Tools & Shortcuts needed to become a Graphic Designer.

Hello my friends, I'm Kate Silver - A Graphic Designer, Fashion Designer, & teacher of Adobe Creative Cloud Softwares

This Adobe InDesign CC course is the same course as I teach at the UK's leading Adobe Training Centre in London. 

We will start with a complete introduction to the whole InDesign interface where we will learn all the basics to get our InDesign juices flowing.

We will then create 4 projects that you can play along with and that you can upload in the project gallery when completed for me to have a look at!

4 Projects:

  1. -A Flyer
  2. A Magazine Article
  3. An Advertisement
  4. A Multi-Page Brochure

 What will I get from this course?

  • Shortcuts
  • Cheat Sheet & Downloadable files
  • Free Templates
  • Color / Swatches
  • Setting up a new document
  • Placing & Resizing Images
  • Text Formatting / Typography
  • Importing a Word Document in InDesign
  • Text Wrap
  • Grids / Gridify
  • Gradients
  • Transparency
  • Hyperlinks
  • Master / Parent Pages 
  • Page Numbers
  • Print-Ready & Web-Ready Pdf's

New Lessons Added in 2025:

- AI Text to Image

- AI Generative Fill

- The History Panel

- A Lesson on Parent Pages (Master Pages)

- The New task Bar

- Faster ways to fit images & insert page numbers

- One-click portrait-to-landscape image conversion

- A Lesson on Hyperlinks

Sign Up to Adobe InDesign here 

My goal is for you to feel confident using InDesign and for you to learn all the skills necessary to create your own amazing Graphic Design Content. So let's get started!

Note: To download the course files please go to the 'Projects & Resources' Tab.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Welcome to the Class!
  • Let's get started with Adobe InDesign
  • Download Class Files and Adobe InDesign
  • What is the Welcome Page?
  • Free Templates
  • How to set up an InDesign Document
  • Key Shortcuts you need to know
  • What are Tools, Panels & Workspace?
  • What are the 3 Types of Frames?
  • Faster Way to Import Images: The Task Bar
  • Picture Frames: Explained
  • Convert Images Portrait-to-Landscape in 1 Click
  • AI Text to Image
  • AI Generative Fill
  • Color Frames: Best practice
  • The History Panel : Undo & Redo
  • Another way to resize Frames & What to do if your can't find a Tool
  • Text Frames: All you need to know
  • What is Text Frame Options
  • Text Formatting: Font size, caps, bold,..
  • How to import a Word Document
  • A Flyer: Setting up the Document
  • A Flyer: Using Text Frame Options
  • A Flyer: What is the Pathfinder Tool?
  • What Do You Think So Far?
  • A Magazine Article: Adding a Quote
  • A Magazine Article: Using Drop Caps
  • A Magazine Article: Using Text Wrap
  • A Magazine Article: Edit a Template
  • Share Your Class Project
  • What is Gridify?
  • Magazine Ad: Creating a Grid
  • A Magazine Ad: How to use Gradients
  • A Magazine Ad: How to format Text
  • A Magazine Ad: How to add Hyperlinks
  • A Magazine Ad: Mastering Pathfinder
  • A Magazine Ad: Using Superscript
  • Quick Pdf Export for Class Project
  • What are Parent Pages (Master Pages)
  • A Brochure: Using Margins & Columns
  • A Brochure: What are Master/Parent Pages?
  • A Brochure: Parent Page Numbers & Text
  • A Brochure: How to add Transparency
  • A Brochure: Unlocking Parent page Items
  • A Brochure: How to Flip an Image
  • A Brochure: Text Thread & Overset Text
  • A Brochure: Using Text Columns
  • A Brochure: How to add a Hyperlink
  • A Brochure: Change Page Number Order
  • Links and Missing Links
  • Saving a Print-Ready & Web-Ready PDF
  • How to Package an InDesign file
  • Well done and see you soon!

Taught by

Kate Silver

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