Adobe InDesign CC – Introduction

Giving your documents a well-designed, professional look will put you a step ahead in the marketplace cluttered with all kinds of communications. Paragraph and character styles that allow you to format pages of text uniformly, layout features that help you to build alternate size configurations of your document, and various panels that enable you to easily customize both text and graphics; Adobe® InDesign® CC has all the tools you need to elevate the look of your document and get it out to the people who need to see it, whether it be in print or on the web. This course is a great component of your preparation for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam.

Course Details

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$395.00

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Course Overview

In this course, you will use Adobe InDesign CC to create and deliver professional looking printed and interactive documents. Navigate the InDesign interface. Create a new document. Customize a document using color, swatches, gradients, and styles. Manage page elements. Add tables. Prepare documents for deployment.

To ensure your success in this course, you should be familiar with the functions of your computer’s operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, retrieving files, and saving files.

1 – Getting Started with InDesign

Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface
Topic C: Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

2 – Designing a Document

Topic A: Establish Project Requirements
Topic B: Apply Design Principles
Topic C: Create a New Document
Topic D: Add Text to a Document
Topic E: Add Graphics to a Document

3 – Customizing a Document

Topic A: Format Characters and Paragraphs
Topic B: Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
Topic C: Create and Apply Styles

4 – Working with Page Elements

Topic A: Arrange and Align Objects
Topic B: Apply Layers
Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects
Topic D: Thread Text Frames
Topic E: Edit Text

5 – Building Tables

Topic A: Create and Modify a New Table
Topic B: Format a Table

6 – Preparing a Document for Delivery

Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web

Class Dates & Times


06/05/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $395.00
08/11/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $395.00
10/07/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $395.00
12/04/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $395.00

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