# Adobe InDesign Bootcamp Canonical URL: ## Overview If you have ever wanted to create the kinds of layouts you see in books, magazines, and brochures, this InDesign course is where to start. You will get thorough experience in the software, learning how to bring together text and graphics across multiple pages, style type, import photos, define colors, thread text frames, and much more. The course does not skip the details either, covering paragraph and character styles, nested styles, parent pages, baseline grids, hyphenation, and more. What makes it click is the hands-on work. You will spend time building real projects including a business card, brochure, restaurant menu, magazine spread, and book. That means you are not just learning features in isolation but putting them to use. You will also pick up professional typesetting techniques along the way, and by the time you wrap up, you will know how to package files for a print shop and export PDFs for both print and web. It is the kind of well-rounded training that actually prepares you to hit the ground running. ## What you'll learn - Create layouts with text, color, and graphics - Import and style text - Create and apply color - Create short or long documents such as brochures, business cards, restaurant menus, magazines, and books - Prepare your files for final output: printing or PDF - Create and edit paragraph/character styles to easily format and change text throughout a design - Use parent pages to control the layout of multi-page documents ## Curriculum ### Section 1 #### Business Card: Setting Up a File & Adding the Logo - Setting Default Preferences - Setting Up a File - Importing & Sizing a Vector Graphic (the Logo) #### Business Card: Adding Text - Creating Text Frames - Basic Text Styling - Loading Adobe Fonts #### Business Card: Colors - Removing the Default Color Swatches - Creating & Editing Color Swatches - Swapping Out Graphics #### Business Card: Adding a 2nd Page (the Back) with QR Code - Creating the Back of the Business Card (a Second Page) - Creating QR Codes - Navigating Documents (Zooming and Panning) - Copying Appearance With the Eyedropper Tool #### Business Card: OpenType Settings - Setting up a Document Bleed - Placing Images - Combining Text & Images - White Type on a Black Background ### Section 2 #### Brochure: Creating 2-Page Spreads & Cropping Photos - Setting Up Spreads (Facing Pages) - Importing Pixel-Based Photos - Cropping & Scaling Photos - Checking Image Resolution to Ensure Good Print Quality #### Brochure: Layers, Visual Effects, & Blending Modes - Creating & Locking Layers - Rotating Objects - Drop Shadows - Gradient Feather - Blending Modes #### Brochure: Fine-Tuning Type: Kerning/Tracking & More - Paragraph Spacing - Working in Picas (Instead of Inches) - Metrics vs. Optical Kerning - Kerning vs. Tracking - Variable Fonts #### Brochure: Working with Tabbed Text - Setting Tab Marker Positions - Adding & Styling Leader Characters #### Preparing for Professional Printing: PDFs & Packaging Files - Exporting PDFs for printing or emailing to clients - Packaging InDesign Files ### Section 3 #### Restaurant Menu: Paragraph Styles - Creating & Editing Paragraph Styles - Using the Eyedropper to Apply Paragraph Styles - Using Find/Change to Apply Paragraph Styles - Paragraph Rules #### Restaurant Menu: Character Styles & Nested Styles - Creating & Editing Character Styles - Using the Eyedropper to Apply Character Styles - Using Nested Styles to Automatically Apply Character Styles - Disabling Hyphenation #### Restaurant Menu: Keep With Next & Spanning Columns - Keep with Next Paragraph - Spanning Columns ### Section 4 #### Restaurant Menu: Bulleted Lists - Styling Bulleted Lists - Forced Line Breaks #### Magazine: Laying Out a Page & Threading Text Frames - Creating a Magazine Page Layout with Text & Images - Threading Text Frames #### Magazine: Paragraph Styles & Baseline Grid - Creating Paragraph Styles - Setting Up the Baseline Grid - Making Paragraph Styles Use the Baseline Grid #### Magazine: Color Themes & Custom Shapes - Removing the Default Color Swatches - Using the Color Theme Tool to Create Swatches - Using the Direction Selection Tool to Alter a Shape - Using Pathfinder to Create a Custom Shaped Photo Frame ### Section 5 #### Magazine: Text Wrap - Using Text Wrap - Wrap Around Object Shape vs Jump Object - Creating a Circle Photo with Text Wrap - Using an Invisible Shape to Wrap Text #### Magazine: Parent Pages - Adding Page Numbers - Creating a Layer for Parent Page Content - Creating More Parent Pages #### Magazine: Adding Pages & Controlling Page Order - Adding a New Page at a Specific Location - Allow Document Pages to Shuffle , - Adding a Spread Between Other Pages - Applying a Parent Page to Multiple Pages at Once #### Book: File Setup & Parent Pages - Setting Up the Document - Importing the Text - Setting Up the Parent Page - Adding Page Numbers - Adding a Chapter Title to All Left Pages ### Section 6 #### Book: Paragraph & Character Styles - Creating Paragraph Styles - Apply Styles Quickly Using Keystrokes & Find/Change - Drop Caps #### Book: Hyphenation & Keep Options - Turning Off Hyphenation - Setting Custom Hyphenation & Keep Options - Using Discretionary Hyphens to Control or Prevent Hyphenation #### Book: Setting Up & Using a Baseline Grid - Baseline Grid Settings & Making Paragraph Styles Use It #### Book: Running Heads & Chapter Opener Pages - Setting Up & Inserting a Running Header Text Variable - Setting Roman Numeral Page Numbers for Frontmatter - Adding a Section Start to Set the True Page 1 - Applying a Different Parent Page for Chapter Opener Pages - Applying a [None] Parent Page ## Schedule - Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026 — Live Online - Jul 21, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026 — Live Online - Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026 — Live Online - Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026 — Live Online - Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 — Live Online - Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026 — Live Online - Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 — Live Online ## FAQ ### Do I need to bring anything to the class? No. We provide computers (Mac or PC) with InDesign installed. Choose your operating system at checkout. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $975 Payment options: GI Bill accepted.