InDesign (Saturdays)

Presentation Skills

Ref: K2D32151

Location: London
£395
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About this course

This two-day course introduces students to the introductory skills needed to begin working with InDesign. Strong emphasis is placed on best practices, and approaches are derived from experience and working solutions. This course is aimed at design students and professionals, and examples and course materials will relate to interior design practice, but could be applied to other disciplines.

Step-by-step progress is made under the close supervision of our tutors. You will learn how to create page design and layout for professional presentations and documents.

Please note: This course runs over two consecutive Saturdays.

Course Description

This two-day course will provide an introduction to the InDesign computer programme. You will learn the skills you need to create designs and layouts for professional presentations and documents. Strong emphasis is placed on best practices, and approaches are derived from experience and working solutions. This course is aimed at design students and professionals, and examples and course materials will relate to interior design practice, but could be applied to other disciplines.

During these evening sessions you will learn about:

The interface

Document setup

Organizing a project

File referencing and folder structure

Margins and columns

Rulers, manual guides and smart guides

Working with frames

Pen tool

Colour, fill and strokes

Basic effects

Working with objects

Working with text

Image manipulation and formatting text

Creating style

Master pages

Tabs and tables

Managing images and texts

Pen and fill, paragraph and text tools

Save and export options

Producing Adobe PDF

Placing a multi-page PDF

Creating a hyperlink.

Course Outcomes:

Develop an understanding of basic InDesign skills

Learn how to use core tools for your interior design business

Understand how to format documents

Discover how to create a portfolio using this powerful programme

This course is open to applicants with existing professional skills of visualisation, and with confident computer skills. This course is suited to professionals and to students of design. All KLC software courses are taught on PC computers.

Timetable

This course takes place in London.

9.30am arrival on the day. Teaching hours 10.00am - 4.00pm

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Additional information

9.30am arrival on day 1. Teaching hours 10.00am - 4pm. This course runs over two consecutive Saturdays. Breakfast refreshments and a delicious light lunch will be provided on the first day (ie the first Saturday). While a vegetarian option is made available, we are unable to cater to specific food intolerances or food allergies.

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