InDesign Training Course
in St. Paul

We offer a 2-day beginner and a 2-day advanced InDesign training course in St. Paul.

We currently offer public InDesign training courses in St. Paul and in many cities around the country. Private courses are available on-site, online or at a venue in city near you. Please click on the schedule link above to see a complete list of our InDesign courses including online InDesign courses offered in St. Paul.

You can register for these courses by clicking on the link at the top of this page or by clicking on the register link next to the scheduled dates on the right.

Our InDesign training and support team have over 10 years experience developing and teaching Adobe applications.

We can also offer custom InDesign training courses and consulting which can be tailored and targeted specifically to you and your staff in St. Paul. Please contact our InDesign training and support team at training@americanmediatraining.com for more information regarding our InDesign courses in St. Paul.

Risk Free Guarantee

We guarantee your training regardless if you are the only student. We do not cancel your training due to "low enrollment", in fact we will provide one on one instruction at no additional cost. We offer all our students a full refund if they are not satisfied with their training.

InDesign Beginner Class

This course is focused on editing and creating layouts for brochures, newsletters, books, magazines and even interactive documents. This course will get you started with the basic concepts of InDesign and give you a path to continue your mastery of the application. This is a great primer for those seeking their Adobe certification.

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Adobe InDesign Course outline

1. Getting Started

Topic A: The Adobe InDesign environment
Topic B: Preferences and defaults
Topic C: InDesign Help

2. Basic Documents

Topic A: New documents
Topic B: Text frames
Topic C: Graphics frames
Topic D: Custom colors

3. Guides and Master Pages

Topic A: Object positioning
Topic B: Master pages

4. Typesetting

Topic A: Text frame threading
Topic B: Paragraph formatting
Topic C: Styles

5. Modifying Items

Topic A: Text frame options
Topic B: Graphics
Topic C: Grouped items
Topic D: Layers

6. Finalizing Documents

Topic A: Printing and exporting documents
Topic B: Preparing for commercial printing

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical course. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular course.

InDesign Advanced Class

This course is directed towards InDesign users and publishing professionals with a basic working knowledge of InDesign. The focus of this course is on some of the finer points of desktop publishing with InDesign including creation of interactive documents.

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1. Efficient layout

Topic A: Document setup
Topic B: Tint and gradient swatches
Topic C: Object libraries and snippets
Topic D: Item spacing

2. Vector paths

Topic A: Creating vector paths
Topic B: Vector paths and pictures
Topic C: Vector paths and type

3. Typography

Topic A: Manual type resizing
Topic B: Automated styles
Topic C: Graphics in typography
Topic D: Precise leading control
Topic E: Composition, hyphenation, and justification
Topic F: Horizontal spacing

4. Graphics

Topic A: Layer comps
Topic B: Transparency
Topic C: Object styles
Topic D: Transforming objects

5. Tables

Topic A: Creating tables
Topic B: Changing table structure
Topic C: Formatting tables

6. Text Editing

Topic A: The story editor
Topic B: The CS Review panel
Topic C: Special characters
Topic D: Column, frame, and page breaks

7. Long Documents

Topic A: Sections
Topic B: Tables of contents
Topic C: Indexes and cross-references
Topic D: Books
Topic E: Footnotes

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical course. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular course.

Join us for Free InDesign Webinars

We have regular InDesign Webinars showing you tips and tricks so you can master your InDesign skills.

Click here to receive email notifications of our InDesign webinars.

InDesign Help

If you require assistance with your InDesign projects our staff of Indesign layout experts can help. We offer consultancy and developments services.

Please click here to contact us.

Risk Free Testimonials

  "Neil is a remarkably good facilitator in terms of technical knowledge and
             skill and group process facilitation. It was a pleasure to attend his training
             workshop. "

Sorry at this time we have no public Level One courses scheduled, please call or email us to see if we can arrange a private course for you. training@americanmediatraining.com

Other training options:

On-site

We can offer you customized on-site InDesign training anywhere in St. Paul.

Online/Remote Virtual Classroom Training

We provide live on-line training for customized InDesign classes to accomodate your calender. We teach InDesign remotely via our online virtual classroom, with full audio and visual communication with your instructor. Click here if you would like a demo or simply want more information.

St. Paul - Training Center

Course information

Class size is typically 6 or less. Each student will receive course materials, a certificate and refreshments

Class hours: 9am - 4pm

Location:

23 Empire Drive
St. Paul, MN 55103
Tel: 800 278 7876

Please note that occasionally we have courses in different locations around St. Paul, detailed directions are sent to all students prior to your course.

Other courses offered in St. Paul

Sorry but currently we have no public courses scheduled at this location.

Please contact us for either an on-site or an online course. We may just do it for the same price as our public courses.

InDesign Training Course in St. Paul