Professional Publication and Layout Design with Adobe InDesign

About this course

Learn Adobe InDesign from scratch and become confident at professional page layout. You will start with documents, pages, margins and guides, then master text, styles, images and links. Intermediate modules cover parent pages, grids, tables and advanced typography, and the design of magazines, brochures, catalogues, company profiles and reports. Advanced modules teach interactive documents, automation, preflight and professional print production. The course ends with a publication portfolio project. All theory lessons are free. Premium adds video demonstrations, practice files and practical assignments.

What you will learn

• Set up documents with correct pages, margins, columns and bleed
• Format long text efficiently using paragraph and character styles
• Place and manage images with the Links panel
• Build consistent layouts with parent pages and grids
• Design magazines, brochures, catalogues, company profiles and reports
• Create interactive PDFs, tables of contents and books
• Prepare print-ready PDFs and package files for printers

Before you start

No previous design experience needed. You will need access to Adobe InDesign (a recent version) to practise.

Curriculum

Free theory lessons are open to every student. Premium lessons add video and practical work.