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Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training

Build on your InDesign foundation and master the advanced techniques professionals use every day with SkillForge's Adobe InDesign Intermediate Training — a live, instructor-led course designed for designers and publishing professionals ready to go beyond the basics. In this hands-on course, you'll learn to prepare documents for multiple formats and devices, work with advanced typography and page elements, manage complex styles, build Bezier and compound paths, create interactive and dynamic documents, manage long publications with books and indexes, and publish polished output for both print and digital distribution. Every concept is reinforced through real-world exercises guided by an expert instructor who can answer your questions in real time. Whether you're a graphic designer, marketing professional, or communications specialist, this course gives you the advanced InDesign skills you need to produce sophisticated, professional-quality publications with confidence.

Duration

1 day

Versions

InDesign CC (Creative Cloud) — all recent versions
$395.00

Live, Instructor-Led Training

Up to One Year Access to Recorded Course

Hands-On Exercises

Certificate of Completion

Six Months of Post-Class Instructor Support

Who Should Take This Course
  • Graphic designers and creative professionals who have completed InDesign Introduction Training and want to expand their skills
  • Marketing and communications professionals who create complex multi-page documents, catalogs, or publications
  • Anyone working toward the Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign certification
  • InDesign users who learned the basics on the job and want structured training on advanced features

What You'll Learn
  • Prepare documents for multiple formats and devices using alternate layouts and liquid layout rules
  • Manage advanced page elements including parent pages, transparency, anchored objects, and object libraries
  • Apply advanced typography techniques: kerning, tracking, justification, hyphenation, and baseline grids
  • Import, manage, and synchronize styles across documents and with Microsoft Word
  • Create complex Bezier paths, clipping paths, and compound paths
  • Manage external files and create interactive documents with buttons, hyperlinks, and media
  • Build and manage long documents using books, tables of contents, indexes, and cross-references
  • Export and publish InDesign files to print PDF, interactive PDF, EPUB, and web formats
  • Manage color profiles and create custom print presets for professional output
  • Build advanced skills toward the Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam

Course Content
  • Lesson 1: Designing for Multiple Formats and Devices

    • Use the Page tool and Pages panel to manage page sizes and alternate layouts
    • Apply liquid layout rules (object-based, re-center, scale, guide-based) to control how content reflows when pages are resized
    • Create alternate layouts for different devices and orientations within the same document
    • Use the Content Collector and Content Placer tools to duplicate and reuse objects across documents
    • Link placed content using Place and Link so updates to the source propagate automatically
    • Manage linked objects via the Links panel, including relinking, embedding, and viewing metadata
  • Lesson 2: Mastering Advanced Page Elements and Typography

    • Create repeating content using parent pages, including page numbers and recurring design elements
    • Apply advanced typography: kerning, tracking, justification, hyphenation, and baseline grids
    • Use spanning and splitting columns to control text flow across multi-column layouts
    • Create and apply transparency effects, blending modes, and feathering to objects
    • Anchor objects to text so they move with the text flow as content is edited
    • Build and manage an object library for reusable design assets
  • Lesson 3: Streamlining Your Workflow with Styles

    • Import paragraph and character styles from Microsoft Word documents into InDesign
    • Resolve style conflicts and map incoming Word styles to existing InDesign styles
    • Manage styles across a document: organize, rename, merge, and delete styles
    • Use the Find/Change dialog to locate and replace formatting and style attributes
    • Synchronize styles across multiple documents using the Book panel
  • Lesson 4: Creating Precision Paths and Custom Shapes

    • Create and edit Bezier paths using the Pen tool and path editing tools
    • Convert corner points to smooth points and modify path segments with precision
    • Create clipping paths to mask images within custom shapes
    • Build compound paths by combining multiple shapes to create complex cutout effects
    • Flow text on a path and convert type to outlines for graphic use
  • Lesson 5: Working with External Files and Interactive Content

    • Import external files including Word documents, spreadsheets, and XML content
    • Create document sections with independent page numbering and section markers
    • Insert and manage text variables such as running headers, file names, and creation dates
    • Build interactive documents with buttons, hyperlinks, page transitions, and animation
    • Embed audio and video files for interactive PDF and digital publishing output
  • Lesson 6: Managing Long Documents and Publications

    • Create and manage a Book file to combine multiple InDesign documents into a single publication
    • Build an automatic table of contents using paragraph styles and the TOC dialog
    • Create hyperlinks and cross-references that update automatically as content changes
    • Generate an index using index markers, topics, and the Generate Index dialog
    • Insert and format footnotes within long-form documents
  • Lesson 7: Publishing for Print, Web, and Digital Distribution

    • Export PDF files for print using PDF/X standards, bleed settings, and printer marks
    • Export interactive PDF files with buttons, hyperlinks, bookmarks, and media
    • Export files for the web including EPUB and HTML formats
    • Manage color profiles and assign output color settings for consistent color reproduction
    • Preview print output using the Separations Preview and Overprint Preview panels
    • Create and save custom print presets for repeatable, consistent print output

Prerequisites
  • Completion of Adobe InDesign Introduction Training (IND0101) or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Familiarity with InDesign text frames, placing graphics, the Pages panel, and basic paragraph styles

Certification

This course helps prepare students for the following certification exam:

This course maps to the Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign exam. See Appendix A in the courseware for the full exam objective mapping.

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