Publication date : 02/06/2025
Course : Adobe InDesign, getting started
Practical course - 3d
- 21h00 - Ref. IDM
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 | Understand the InDesign interface, palettes and tools. |
| Create documents for printing or the web by defining specific parameters. |
| Master the creation and management of text and image blocks. |
| Import text and images, and manage their options. |
| Learn how to link text blocks to organize content. |
Intended audience
Graphic designers, layout artists and illustrators responsible for the professional publication of printed or digital media. Assistants and secretaries responsible for elaborate page layouts
Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.
Course schedule
1 Software interface
- Locate palettes and tools on screen.
- Understand the concept of page layout.
- Master the use of text and image blocks.
Hands-on work
Create a dummy document using text and image blocks. Familiarize yourself with the interface, palettes and tools.
2 Create a document for print or the web
- Define size, orientation, margins, columns and bleed.
- Modify size, orientation and bleed.
- Modify margins and columns.
Hands-on work
Create a document with specific parameters such as size, orientation, margins, columns and bleed. Then modify these parameters to observe the changes.
3 The blocks
- Create a text and image block.
- Modify block attributes (size, position, orientation, etc.).
- Modify block type (text or image).
- Manage block overlays.
- Link several text blocks.
- Send text to next block. Return text to previous block.
Hands-on work
Create a document containing different types of blocks: text, images or a combination of both. Modify the attributes of these blocks to understand their impact on page layout.
4 Text attributes
- Select text (word, line, paragraph, whole text).
- Basic typographic attributes.
- The hyphenation of words.
- Line justification.
Hands-on work
Write text and apply various typographic attributes such as size, bold, italics, etc. Explore hyphenation and line justification.
5 The colors
- Create a CMYK color (for printing).
- Create a spot color (for printing).
- Create an RGB color (for screen or web).
- Use referenced colors (Pantone).
- Apply a color to the background or outline of the block.
- Apply color to text.
- Load a color chart from another document.
Hands-on work
Apply different colors to text and image blocks using various color spaces (CMYK, RGB, Pantone).
6 Dressing
- Apply dressing to a block.
- Modify trim.
- Dress up a cropped image.
Hands-on work
Integrate images into a document and apply wrapping to see how it affects the layout.
7 Styles and templates
- Create paragraph, character and nesting styles.
- Load styles from another document.
- Create templates.
- Create pages from templates.
- Save the document as a template.
Hands-on work
Create paragraph and character styles to quickly apply formatting to text.
8 Save and prepare the document for printing or sharing
- Save the original file (.indd) or an earlier version (.idml).
- Check fonts, imported images and colors
- Assemble the document.
- Preset parameters, compression, marks and bleed.
Hands-on work
Check a document before printing, checking fonts, images and colors. Assemble document and save in different formats.
Options
Certification : 80 € HT
TOSA® certification certifies the learner's skills on a 1,000-point scale for a period of 3 years. The TOSA® diploma is issued if the learner's score exceeds 551 points. Once the exam has been taken, the learner can consult his or her results online, and receives an e-mail with a certificate, a detailed summary of his or her skills, and the diploma within 5 days. The exam lasts 1 H 00 and consists of 35 exercises alternating between manipulations on the software and multiple-choice questions, the difficulty of which varies according to the learner's answers. Unless specifically requested, the course is given by default in French and on the most recent software version. Monitoring is carried out by software and recorded for compliance control purposes.
Customer reviews
4,9 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
SANDRINE D.
10/12/25
4 / 5
Très intéressant, mais rapide pour qq qui n’a jamais pratiqué. La différence de niveau entre les participants (par ex personnes maîtrisant Illustrator et qq ne se s’étant jamais servi de ce type de logiciel) peut compliquer la progression
MORGANE M.
10/12/25
5 / 5
La formation était particulièrement complète et parfaitement adaptée à une personne débutante. Grâce à la clarté des explications et à la progression bien pensée du contenu, j’ai pu comprendre facilement chaque notion abordée. Cette expérience m’a réellement permis d’enrichir mes connaissances et d’acquérir de nouvelles compétences que je me sens désormais capable de mettre en pratique.
ISABELLE R.
10/12/25
5 / 5
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PARTICIPANTS
Graphic designers, layout artists and illustrators responsible for the professional publication of printed or digital media. Assistants and secretaries responsible for elaborate page layouts
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Graphic designers, layout artists and illustrators responsible for the professional publication of printed or digital media. Assistants and secretaries responsible for elaborate page layouts
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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