InDesign Advanced Course
Advance your Adobe InDesign skills with Nexacu’s InDesign Advanced training course. This advanced InDesign course is designed for experienced users who want to work more efficiently with long documents, complex layouts and professional publishing workflows.
You will learn how to streamline production using features such as InDesign Book files, GREP searches, Data Merge, CC Libraries and PDF comment imports. The course also covers advanced formatting, automation techniques and interactive PDF elements for more efficient document production.
Participants should have completed the InDesign Essentials course or passed Nexacu’s skills assessment. This course is suited to users who are already confident with basic InDesign workflows and want to advance their skills.
InDesign Advanced is designed for learners who already use Adobe InDesign and need to improve productivity when producing complex documents. It suits designers, marketers, communications professionals and publishing users who work with longer documents or repeated layout tasks.
The course focuses on practical advanced InDesign training, including automation, long document management, reusable assets, advanced formatting and production workflows that reduce repetitive manual work.
If you need to build core InDesign skills before moving into advanced publishing workflows, start with InDesign Essentials first.
We currently have no public courses scheduled. Please contact us to register your interest.
We currently have no public courses scheduled. Please contact us to register your interest.
We currently have no public courses scheduled. Please contact us to register your interest.
We currently have no public courses scheduled. Please contact us to register your interest.
InDesign LiteStart Adobe InDesign training with a beginner-friendly course covering page layout basics for flyers, ads and simple business documents. Available online or face-to-face.
InDesign EssentialsBuild practical InDesign skills for brochures, reports and digital documents. This hands-on course covers core layout tools, text, images and print-ready workflows.
InDesign InteractivityCreate interactive PDFs and online documents with Adobe InDesign. Learn buttons, animation, video and interactive layout techniques for engaging digital content.
InDesign AccessibilityLearn to create accessible PDFs and documents using Adobe InDesign. This course covers practical accessibility tools, document structure and compliance-focused workflows.
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Defaults and Preferences
Application and document defaults
How to fix glitches and crashes
Customising preferences
Restoring defaults and preferences for corrupt files
Working with Long Documents
InDesign Book files (.indb)
Creating a Book file and adding documents
The style source and synchronising documents
Synchronising parent pages
Section markers for numbering and sections
Text variables and presets
Creating a running head using variables
Parent and child parent pages
Keep options for headings and related paragraphs
Tables of contents
Setting up the TOC style
Creating tab leaders for TOC entries
Packaging, preflighting and exporting books
Libraries and Snippets
Libraries for graphics, text and pages
Snippets for reuse, sharing and positioning
Libraries versus snippets
CC Libraries (Creative Cloud Libraries)
Advanced Text Options
Paragraph rules: above and below
Spanning and splitting columns
Paragraph borders and shading
Conditional text
Indent to Here character
Story jump lines
Adobe Fonts, formerly Typekit
Avoiding word breaks
Word spacing in justified text
Footnotes
Autosize text frames
Balance columns
The baseline grid
Using dynamic spelling
The Check Spelling command
Data Merge
The database file and InDesign file
Steps for merging data
Adding image fields in the data source file
Multiple records and images
Advanced Style Options
Loading styles
Grouping styles
Clearing overrides in styled text
Style Override Highlighter
Next Style
Applying the Next Style to existing text
The power of nested styles
Applying keyboard shortcuts to styles
Quick Apply
Bullets and Numbering
Formatting bulleted and numbered lists
Changing and formatting bullet characters
Creating multi-level lists
Restarting or continuing numbering for a list
Defined lists
Find/Change and GREP
Find/Change: text, GREP, glyph and objects
Finding and changing words
Searching for and changing text formatting
Replacing multiple spaces, tabs and returns
GREP: advanced pattern-based search techniques
Constructing GREP expressions to find alphanumeric strings and patterns
Preflight Profiles and Output Previews
Viewing and resolving preflight errors
Defining preflight profiles
Links panel view options
Previewing colour separation plates
Previewing ink coverage
The Ink Manager
Advanced Page Layout Options
Split window for comparisons
Using Power Zoom
Rotate the spread view
Adding colour labels to pages
Calculations in panels and dialog boxes
Step and Repeat
Calculations and Step and Repeat
Gridify: placing multiple images in a grid
Live Distribute
Frame fitting options
Auto-Fit frame contents
The Gap tool
The Color Theme tool
Controlling layer visibility of images
Object Layer Options
Multiple page sizes and the Page tool
Creating multi-page spreads
Importing comments from PDF files
PDF Comments panel overview
The Adjust Layout command
Creating captions from image metadata
Static and live captions
Text wrap options
Ignoring text wrap
Text wrap preferences
Clipping paths and deep-etching images
Edit Original images from the Links panel
Importing Word formatting and styles
Autoflow options
Object Styles and Anchored Objects
The Object Styles panel
Creating object styles
Using object style categories
Applying object styles
Clearing overrides on object styles
Editing an object style
Breaking the link to an object style
Importing object styles
Anchored objects
Creating anchored objects, method 1
Creating anchored objects, method 2 (preferred)
Inline and Above Line options
Custom Anchored Object options
Viewing anchored object markers
Moving or resizing an anchored object manually
Releasing an anchored object
Anchored objects and object styles
Linked Content, Alternate and Liquid Layouts
Linked content
Link options
Updating linked content
Alternate layouts
Liquid layouts
Liquid page rules
Vector Shapes
The Stroke panel
Modifying a stroke
Dashed lines
Start and end shapes
Corner options
The Pathfinder panel
Converting text to vector graphics
Type on a Path
Creating QR codes
Bonus Material – Introduction to Interactive PDFs
Create hyperlinks and URL hyperlinks
Create page navigation buttons
Import video files
Export an interactive PDF
Testing in Acrobat
What is InDesign Advanced?
InDesign Advanced is a training course for experienced Adobe InDesign users who want to improve long document workflows, automate repetitive tasks and work more efficiently on complex publishing projects.
Who should attend the InDesign Advanced course?
This course is suitable for designers, marketers, communications professionals, publishers and business users who already use InDesign and need to create longer, more complex or more automated documents.
What are the prerequisites for InDesign Advanced?
Participants should have completed the InDesign Essentials course or passed Nexacu’s skills assessment. You should be confident with basic InDesign workflows before attending.
What will I learn in InDesign Advanced?
You will learn advanced InDesign techniques for long documents, professional publishing and workflow efficiency. Topics include Book files, GREP searches, Data Merge, CC Libraries, PDF comment imports, advanced formatting and interactive PDF elements.
Does this course cover long documents?
Yes. InDesign Advanced focuses on long document workflows and professional publishing techniques. It is useful for users working on reports, catalogues, manuals, books, large brochures or other complex multi-page documents.
Will I learn InDesign automation techniques?
Yes. The course covers time-saving tools and automation-focused workflows, including GREP searches, Data Merge and reusable assets. These techniques can help reduce manual formatting and improve document production efficiency.
Does InDesign Advanced cover Data Merge?
Yes. Data Merge is included in this advanced InDesign course. It is useful for creating repeated layouts, personalised documents, labels, catalogues or other documents that draw information from structured data sources.
Does this course cover GREP in InDesign?
Yes. The course includes GREP searches, which can help experienced InDesign users find, format and manage text patterns more efficiently across complex documents.
Will I learn to create interactive PDFs?
Yes. InDesign Advanced includes interactive PDF elements such as hyperlinks, buttons and embedded media. This is useful for users who need to create more functional digital documents from InDesign layouts.
What is the difference between InDesign Essentials and InDesign Advanced?
InDesign Essentials builds core skills in layouts, text, images, styles, colour and document setup. InDesign Advanced is for users who already understand those fundamentals and want to improve long document, automation and advanced publishing workflows.
Is InDesign Advanced suitable for beginners?
No. Beginners should start with InDesign Essentials. InDesign Advanced assumes you already understand the InDesign workspace, document setup, text and image placement, styles and basic publishing workflows.
Can I attend InDesign Advanced online or face-to-face?
Yes. InDesign Advanced is available online or face-to-face, depending on the current course schedule. Check the available dates and locations before booking.
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InDesign InteractivityCreate interactive PDFs and online documents with Adobe InDesign. Learn buttons, animation, video and interactive layout techniques for engaging digital content.
InDesign AccessibilityLearn to create accessible PDFs and documents using Adobe InDesign. This course covers practical accessibility tools, document structure and compliance-focused workflows.
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