InDesign - a comprehensive introduction with Federica Capitani

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About this course

This 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.

Course Description

This course, which runs over two days. It introduces students to the introductory skills needed to begin working with the InDesign computer programme. 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 the course 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 West Dean/KLC School of Design software courses are taught on PC computers.

Course Materials

Included

A PC will be provided for each student for use throughout the course.

What students need to bring

Notebook and pen

Timetable

Daily Timetable

Course teaching 10am–4.15pm
Students arrive 9.30am-10.00am (coffee optional)
Morning teaching 10am-1pm
Lunch break 1pm-2pm (lunch is not included)
Afternoon teaching 2pm–4.15pm (15 minute break)
Teaching finishes 4.15pm

General Information

Short courses are open to anyone aged 18 and over. The course fee covers tuition and materials where stated. You will need to bring all other items listed under the ‘Materials to bring’ section.

Refreshments

Coffee and tea are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you to eat in the refreshments room. There are also plenty of other local venues to purchase food.

Access

If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing: [email protected] This venue has steps to the front reception, with limited access via a side gate to the ground floor. There is a small lift to higher floors or stairs.

Safety

Short course students are required to sign a safety compliance form as part of West Dean Health and Safety regulations.

Refunds and cancellations

Please refer to our terms & conditions below.

Disclaimer

The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, West Dean College reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.

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Tutors

Federica Capitani

Italian designer Federica Capitani studied Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genova.

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