InDesign Training Course
in San Diego

We offer a 2-day beginner and a 2-day advanced InDesign training course in San Diego

We currently offer public InDesign training courses in San Diego and in many cities around the country. Private coures 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 InDesign courses offered in San Diego.

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.

Would you prefer to take a private InDesign course at the same cost, with one of our certified instructors on dates suited to your schedule? Click here for more information.

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 San Diego. Please contact our InDesign training and support team at training@americanmediatraining.com for more information regarding our InDesign courses in San Diego.

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
Topoic 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.

Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training Course

Prerequisites.
You do not have to be a current InDesign user to attend this course. It is designed for developers you have either very little or no experience using InDesign

We do however recommend that you obtain Adobe InDesign before starting the class. It is very important to be able to practice your new skills as soon as possible. You can purchase a subscription to InDesign or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe website.

Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training Class: Course Materials

We use the official Adobe training materials for our classes as well as personal notes and lesson plans from our instructors. They are yours to keep after your training

Upon completion of the course a certificate is issued. Adobe do offer exams for InDesign certification. You can obtain the The Adobe Certified Expert qualification by achieving a minimum of 70% in the Online tests offered via Pearson Vue

Other InDesign classes we offer

InDesign classes for Quark or Pagemaker users

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InDesign private classes
If there is a group of 3 or more it may be worthwhile looking at a private custom InDesign course which we can teach at your location. You would need to facilitate the training venue which requires a projection system for our instructor and a computer with InDesign installed for each student. Please email us with your request so we can provide a quote at training@americanmediatraining.com

For individuals we recommend a 1:1 custom InDesign class which we can teach at the same cost as a public course. Please click here for more details

Adobe Certified Expert

InDesign Level 1 training courses Upcoming classes - full schedule
Date	City	Cost	Days
12/2/2024	San Diego	$895	2
12/9/2024	San Diego	$895	2
1/21/2025	San Diego	$895	2
2/18/2025	San Diego	$895	2
3/6/2025	San Diego	$895	2
4/3/2025	San Diego	$895	2
Classes are run over consecutive days unless otherwise specified. Class times are 9am - 4pm unless otherwise stated.

InDesign Level 2 training courses Upcoming classes - full schedule
Date	City	Cost	Days
12/2/2024	San Diego	$895	2
12/16/2024	San Diego	$895	2
1/21/2025	San Diego	$895	2
2/18/2025	San Diego	$895	2
3/13/2025	San Diego	$895	2
Classes are run over consecutive days unless otherwise specified. Class times are 9am - 4pm unless otherwise stated.