Learn to design and publish professional documents with Adobe InDesign in this fast-paced, introductory course. Ideal for professionals in print and digital media seeking essential layout and design skills.
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This course is intended for publishers, pre-press professionals, creative professionals and print professionals. The course will enable you to use InDesign to create single and multiple page documents, whether working as a company employee, a freelancer or producing your own personal projects. You will learn to use the essential tools in InDesign. Through demonstrations and practical exercises, we will guide you through the workspace, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector-based graphics, and the basics of design. You will also learn how to apply consistency to your text through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will learn how to add colour, create tables and objects and package a professional folder to send to commercial printers. InDesign is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and works seamlessly with other Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
Participants who will attend the full course will receive a City Lit certificate of attendance electronically for their CV or CPD records. The certificate will show your name, course title and dates of the course you have attended.
What will we cover?
• Navigating the InDesign work environment • Placing and managing images • Adding and managing pages • Working with Master pages • Placing, inputting and formatting text • Threading text frames • Creating character and Paragraph Styles • Wrapping text around objects • Creating and managing colour • Designing tables • Integrating Photoshop and Illustrator • Pre-flight and packaging documents • Saving and exporting from InDesign.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
The course concentrates on building a document layout from scratch and explores layout and typographical controls, working with layers and creating multipage documents On completion of the course you should be able to: • Create, open and save an InDesign Document • Navigate through Adobe InDesign workspace confidently • Layout text and images in a document • Format and style short and long texts • Create swatches and apply colour • Create tables • Identify and find and replace errors in document • Integrate with Photoshop and Illustrator • Confidently hand-off projects to colleagues or external printers • Save and export files in Indd, Idml and pdf formats.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
No prior knowledge of InDesign is required, but an understanding of either Photoshop or Illustrator is desirable. However, students should be confident and competent computer users on a Mac or Windows PC and be proficient with a mouse and keyboard in either a creative software, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or equivalent and should be able to download, upload, save, open and retrieve files. Some awareness of design for print or any other art/design practice would be useful.
You will need to be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions to support demonstrations, hand-outs and for health and safety information, and be prepared to take part in group discussion. You should be happy using numbers and able to do simple measurements and calculations.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, and by completing practical exercises on Computer. Computers are provided for each student with all the necessary software installed. Student preparation and homework outside class times is strongly encouraged. Notes will be provided.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click hereto view our courses.
Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. Whilst using the software you will be responsible for abiding by the providers terms and conditions and maintaining your own work.
Andrea is a skilled and qualified educator, currently teaching various areas of Design and Marketing, emphasizing real world practice and the latest trends. She studied graphic design at the Royal College of Art and Education at Westminster University. She has over 14 years’ commercial experience working as an art director for high profile advertising agencies on local, pan European and global accounts in Sao Paulo, Rio, London and Amsterdam. She has also freelanced for small agencies and in-house marketing and design studios in London. She now splits her time between teaching, her own practice and her young family.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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<i>This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.</i> This course is intended for publishers, pre-press professionals, creative professionals and print professionals. The course will enable you to use InDesign to create single and multiple page documents, whether working as a company employee, a freelancer or producing your own personal projects. You will learn to use the essential tools in InDesign<br />
Through demonstrations and practical exercises, we will guide you through the workspace, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector-based graphics, and the basics of design. You will also learn how to apply consistency to your text through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will learn how add colour, create tables and objects and package a professional folder to send to commercial printers. InDesign is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and works seamlessly with other Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. <br />
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This is a live online course. You will need:<br />
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.<br />
- A computer with microphone and camera.<br />
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.<br />
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.33.72950553City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensive499499https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/category/Design-with-Adobe-Photoshop-Illustrator-and-InDesign-VG222-1024.jpgInStockDaytimeSatKeeley StreetAvailable courses1 to 4 weeksWeekend2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00Beginners, Some experienceJul 2026Business, marketing & technologyVK544499499City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensive499499499Andrea Marzanocity-lit-pro-adobe-indesign-intensive/vk544-2526<p>Learn to design and publish professional documents with Adobe InDesign in this fast-paced, introductory course. Ideal for professionals in print and digital media seeking essential layout and design skills.</p>0000-Available|2026-07-04 00:00:00This course is intended for publishers, pre-press professionals, creative professionals and print professionals. The course will enable you to use InDesign to create single and multiple page documents, whether working as a company employee, a freelancer or producing your own personal projects. You will learn to use the essential tools in InDesign.<br/>Through demonstrations and practical exercises, we will guide you through the workspace, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector-based graphics, and the basics of design. You will also learn how to apply consistency to your text through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will learn how to add colour, create tables and objects and package a professional folder to send to commercial printers. InDesign is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and works seamlessly with other Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator.<br/><br/>Participants who will attend the full course will receive a City Lit certificate of attendance electronically for their CV or CPD records. The certificate will show your name, course title and dates of the course you have attended.<p>Learn to design and publish professional documents with Adobe InDesign in this fast-paced, introductory course. Ideal for professionals in print and digital media seeking essential layout and design skills.</p>• Navigating the InDesign work environment<br/>• Placing and managing images<br/>• Adding and managing pages <br/>• Working with Master pages<br/>• Placing, inputting and formatting text<br/>• Threading text frames<br/>• Creating character and Paragraph Styles<br/>• Wrapping text around objects<br/>• Creating and managing colour<br/>• Designing tables<br/>• Integrating Photoshop and Illustrator <br/>• Pre-flight and packaging documents<br/>• Saving and exporting from InDesign.The course concentrates on building a document layout from scratch and explores layout and typographical controls, working with layers and creating multipage documents<br/>On completion of the course you should be able to: <br/>• Create, open and save an InDesign Document<br/>• Navigate through Adobe InDesign workspace confidently<br/>• Layout text and images in a document<br/>• Format and style short and long texts<br/>• Create swatches and apply colour <br/>• Create tables<br/>• Identify and find and replace errors in document<br/>• Integrate with Photoshop and Illustrator<br/>• Confidently hand-off projects to colleagues or external printers<br/>• Save and export files in Indd, Idml and pdf formats.No prior knowledge of InDesign is required, but an understanding of either Photoshop or Illustrator is desirable. However, students should be confident and competent computer users on a Mac or Windows PC and be proficient with a mouse and keyboard in either a creative software, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or equivalent and should be able to download, upload, save, open and retrieve files. Some awareness of design for print or any other art/design practice would be useful.<br/><br/>You will need to be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions to support demonstrations, hand-outs and for health and safety information, and be prepared to take part in group discussion. You should be happy using numbers and able to do simple measurements and calculations.You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, and by completing practical exercises on Computer. Computers are provided for each student with all the necessary software installed. Student preparation and homework outside class times is strongly encouraged. Notes will be provided.<p>No costs. Pen and notepad for note taking.</p><p>When you enrol on a course at the City Lit, you are entitled to student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud. For more information please visit this page <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/student-discount-adobe-creative-cloud">City Lit student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud | City Lit</a></p><p>City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/wysiwyg/pdf/New_Design_Courses.pdf"><u>here</u> </a>to view our courses.</p><p>Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software<br/>This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. Whilst using the software you will be responsible for abiding by the providers terms and conditions and maintaining your own work.</p>Business & marketingAdobe Indesignvirtual499499499VK544NONESat04/07/26 - 18/07/2610:00 - 16:0010:0016:003 sessions (over 3 weeks)31 to 4 weeksWeekendKSKeeley StreetAndrea MarzanoBeginners, Some experienceAvailable courses2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00DaytimeJul 2026Business, marketing & technology499499City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensivecity-lit-pro-adobe-indesign-intensive/vk544-2526<p>Learn to design and publish professional documents with Adobe InDesign in this fast-paced, introductory course. Ideal for professionals in print and digital media seeking essential layout and design skills.</p>0000-Available|2026-07-04 00:00:00This course is intended for publishers, pre-press professionals, creative professionals and print professionals. The course will enable you to use InDesign to create single and multiple page documents, whether working as a company employee, a freelancer or producing your own personal projects. You will learn to use the essential tools in InDesign.<br/>Through demonstrations and practical exercises, we will guide you through the workspace, working with text and graphics, creating simple vector-based graphics, and the basics of design. You will also learn how to apply consistency to your text through the use of paragraph and character styles. You will learn how to add colour, create tables and objects and package a professional folder to send to commercial printers. InDesign is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and works seamlessly with other Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator.<br/><br/>Participants who will attend the full course will receive a City Lit certificate of attendance electronically for their CV or CPD records. The certificate will show your name, course title and dates of the course you have attended.<p>Learn to design and publish professional documents with Adobe InDesign in this fast-paced, introductory course. Ideal for professionals in print and digital media seeking essential layout and design skills.</p>• Navigating the InDesign work environment<br/>• Placing and managing images<br/>• Adding and managing pages <br/>• Working with Master pages<br/>• Placing, inputting and formatting text<br/>• Threading text frames<br/>• Creating character and Paragraph Styles<br/>• Wrapping text around objects<br/>• Creating and managing colour<br/>• Designing tables<br/>• Integrating Photoshop and Illustrator <br/>• Pre-flight and packaging documents<br/>• Saving and exporting from InDesign.The course concentrates on building a document layout from scratch and explores layout and typographical controls, working with layers and creating multipage documents<br/>On completion of the course you should be able to: <br/>• Create, open and save an InDesign Document<br/>• Navigate through Adobe InDesign workspace confidently<br/>• Layout text and images in a document<br/>• Format and style short and long texts<br/>• Create swatches and apply colour <br/>• Create tables<br/>• Identify and find and replace errors in document<br/>• Integrate with Photoshop and Illustrator<br/>• Confidently hand-off projects to colleagues or external printers<br/>• Save and export files in Indd, Idml and pdf formats.No prior knowledge of InDesign is required, but an understanding of either Photoshop or Illustrator is desirable. However, students should be confident and competent computer users on a Mac or Windows PC and be proficient with a mouse and keyboard in either a creative software, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or equivalent and should be able to download, upload, save, open and retrieve files. Some awareness of design for print or any other art/design practice would be useful.<br/><br/>You will need to be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions to support demonstrations, hand-outs and for health and safety information, and be prepared to take part in group discussion. You should be happy using numbers and able to do simple measurements and calculations.You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, and by completing practical exercises on Computer. Computers are provided for each student with all the necessary software installed. Student preparation and homework outside class times is strongly encouraged. Notes will be provided.<p>No costs. Pen and notepad for note taking.</p><p>When you enrol on a course at the City Lit, you are entitled to student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud. For more information please visit this page <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/student-discount-adobe-creative-cloud">City Lit student discount on Adobe Creative Cloud | City Lit</a></p><p>City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/wysiwyg/pdf/New_Design_Courses.pdf"><u>here</u> </a>to view our courses.</p><p>Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software<br/>This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. 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