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InDesign Certification Training

InDesign Certification Training from the experts

Comprehensive InDesign certification training to prepare for the InDesign certification test. Our InDesign certification courses are led by expert instructors from the American Graphics Institute. You'll work directly with our certified experts who have more than 10 years of InDesign experience, and have also helped Adobe write their Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exams.

Learn from experts who know the InDesign exam: we have been hired by Adobe to help write their ACE certification exams.
Benefit from InDesign instructors who wrote the best-selling InDesign Digital Classroom, a comprehensive exam preparation guide.
Take introductory through advanced InDesign classes to prepare for the certification exam.
InDesign certification courses led by a live instructor in the same classroom with you, or take live online courses led by the same instructors.
Take the InDesign Certification test online after completing your preparations.

InDesign Certification Training offered

Attend introductory to advanced InDesign Certification Training in our training centers, online, or at your office.

InDesign course - Introduction

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InDesign course - Intermediate

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Adobe InDesign Certification Certification Available

American Graphics Institute offers Adobe InDesign Certification Certification Training in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, and through live online classes. As the authors of more than 50 books on the Adobe tools and having helped Adobe create many certification exams, AGI is in a unique position to help you prepare for the Adobe Certification exams with training classes led by experts. Participants who take the introductory through advanced InDesign Certification classes to prepare for a certification test may retake any of the courses at no cost for up to one full year until they have passed the certification.

Adobe InDesign Certification Certified Expert ACE Training.

The introductory through advanced InDesign Certification courses at American Graphics Institute prepare you for the InDesign Certification ACE certification exam. This is the highest-level certification exam offered by Adobe.

Adobe InDesign Certification Certified Associate Exam Training.

For the InDesign Certification ACA certification exam the introductory InDesign Certification course provides sufficient preparation for taking this certification exam. This is the foundational level exam for certification, and is useful for proving that you have an understanding of essential InDesign Certification skills.

Adobe InDesign Certification Certification Prep Training

Adobe InDesign Certification Certification Prep training helps prepare you for the certification tests. Many employers also know that American Graphics Institute courses provide exceptional preparation and once you receive a certificate for your courses from AGI an extra certification test may not be needed due to the intensive preparation provided by the courses at American Graphics Institute.

Course Details and Outlines for InDesign Certification Training

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InDesign course - Introduction

In this introductory InDesign course, learn to create professional designs such as flyers, brochures, and marketing sheets that can be shared in print or PDF. In this InDesign course, you'll discover how to create documents efficiently using advanced typographic controls and intuitive graphic features. You will also discover techniques that will help to make your InDesign publications look polished and professional. This course is suitable for those working in marketing, communication, graphic design, publishing, and other roles where there is a need to create professional publications.

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InDesign course - Intermediate

This intermediate InDesign course helps you to work more efficiently and build more complex documents. Learn to work with longer documents, create books, and discover advanced typography, color controls, snippets and libraries in this intermediate InDesign class. Become an expert at using styles to efficiently apply consistent formatting to text and images across documents, automating repetitive work while keeping documents looking professional and consistent. This class also teaches advanced methods for working with tables along with efficient ways to import, format and manage graphics with skills that help graphic designers, publishers, and digital marketers to efficiently create documents and publications.

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InDesign course - Advanced

Move from proficiency to mastery with this advanced InDesign course. Created for graphic designers and digital marketers ready to explore the exceptional capabilities of InDesign, participants learn how to leverage templates, use advanced color features, create interactive documents, and share using digital publishing options. This two-day InDesign course teaches advanced skills and techniques to those who have an understanding of all topics covered in the introductory and intermediate InDesign training courses.

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Locations for InDesign Certification Training

InDesign Certification Training are offered at the following locations. Most occur monthly with a live instructor in the same classroom:

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InDesign Certification courses available for many roles and skill levels

These InDesign Certification courses are useful whether you are new to InDesign Certification or have previous experience and are looking to fill gaps or gain a better understanding of the full set of capabilities it offers. InDesign Certification courses are suitable for those involved in a variety of roles including page layout and digital design. Our InDesign Certification workshops help you to understand how to work more efficiently and creatively.

Regularly scheduled InDesign Certification courses are available for individuals, and private InDesign Certification training is offered for groups, companies, and organizations. Private InDesign Certification workshops can be customized to your specific objectives and can emphasize topics important to you. The InDesign Certification instructors at AGI average more than a decade of experience working with the topics covered in these classes and have extensive skills in related areas.

About InDesign Certification Courses and Training from AGI

Regularly scheduled public InDesign Certification courses, workshops, and seminars provide hands-on learning from expert InDesign Certification instructors. Small classes with practical exercises and projects help you to quickly learn InDesign Certification skills relating to the topics you need to become productive, efficient, and creative. Our instructors have extensive experience with InDesign Certification and in leading classes. They are reviewed after each course to gauge their effectiveness, and undergo continual professional development and testing. Our full-time instructors pass the rigorous Certified Technical Trainer exam and participate in ongoing professional development training to maintain their InDesign Certification teaching skills.

InDesign Certification courses with certificate

Attend a InDesign Certification course with certificate and gain verification of your class participation that you can share electronically on Linked In. You can share with your employer for verification and receive a PDF certificate that is suitable for printing and display. As a Massachusetts private school, American Graphics Institute has been in in operation since 1998 and is recognized globally for providing high-quality InDesign Certification courses. Choose from beginner or advanced classes, and receive a certificate for your InDesign Certification course completion.

Our instructors have been hired by Adobe to write the certification exams taken by other instructors, and develop official Adobe training courseware. Learn from experts as AGI instructors are the authors of many Adobe training books including Adobe Creative Cloud for Dummies and Adobe Creative Cloud Digital Classroom.

InDesign Certification courses available for all versions

Whether you are using the most recent Creative Cloud version, or earlier releases of CC, we offer InDesign Certification courses to help you learn the tools you use. Our regularly scheduled public InDesign Certification classes use the most recent versions of the applications, and we also have older versions available to use as well for private training. If you are seeking training on an older version of InDesign Certification, let us know and we'll work to accommodate you. Our InDesign Certification instructors have more than a decade of experience working with it, and can address questions and deliver training on all versions of InDesign Certification. We recommend that you have a copy of the InDesign Certification app available on your computer for you to use when you return to your computer after class. You can find it on Adobe's InDesign Certification page.

InDesign Certification Certification Training

These InDesign Certification courses are the perfect preparation to become an Adobe Certified InDesign Certification Expert, or you can gain a certificate with the InDesign Certification Certificate program.

Prerequisites for enrolling in InDesign Certification courses

For introductory InDesign Certification courses, no previous experience is required. For intermediate or advanced InDesign Certification classes, completion of the introductory course or previous InDesign Certification experience and knowledge of all topics covered in the introductory InDesign Certification course is required. For InDesign Certification training in our classrooms we provide your choice of a Mac or Windows computer for use during the course. For live online InDesign Certification you can use your own computer and sample files and projects will be provided upon enrollment.

Course materials for InDesign Certification classes

The instructors at AGI have authored more than 50 best-selling training books and use this extensive curriculum development experience to develop practical and detailed InDesign Certification training curriculum which all course participants receive. The materials are designed to serve as a reference for use after class completion and include detailed notes, definitions, best practices and practical advice.

Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Exam for InDesign

As part of the InDesign certification training you should learn the following to prepare for the Adobe InDesign certification test.

InDesign Adobe Certificed Associate Exam Objective 1: Setting Project Requirements

1.1 Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing page layouts.

1.2 Demonstrate knowledge of standard copyright rules for content use in page layouts.

1.3 Demonstrate knowledge of project management tasks and responsibilities.

1.4 Communicate with others (such as peers and clients) about design plans.

InDesign Adobe Certificed Associate Exam Objective 2: Identifying Design Elements When Preparing Page Layouts

2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of the appropriate properties of page layouts for print, web, and digital publishing.

2.2 Demonstrate knowledge of design principles, elements, and page layout composition.

2.3 Demonstrate knowledge of typography.

2.4 Demonstrate knowledge of the use of symbols and representative graphics.

2.5 Understand key terminology when working with page layouts.

InDesign Adobe Certificed Associate Exam Objective 3: Understanding Adobe InDesign

3.1 Identify elements of the InDesign interface and demonstrate knowledge of their functions.

3.2 Use nonprinting design tools in the interface.

3.3 Demonstrate an understanding of and select the appropriate features and options required to manage colors.

3.4 Demonstrate knowledge of layers.

3.5 Demonstrate knowledge of exporting, packaging, saving, and organizing files.

InDesign Adobe Certificed Associate Exam Objective 4: Creating Page Layouts by Using Adobe InDesign

4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of how to create multiple-page documents.

4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of how to use styles.

4.3 Demonstrate knowledge of how to use frames in a page layout.

4.4 Add text to a page layout.

4.5 Add graphic, image, and video content to a page layout.

4.6 Demonstrate knowledge of how to create special page elements using InDesign tools.

4.7 Demonstrate knowledge of how to add interactive elements using InDesign tools.

InDesign Adobe Certificed Associate Exam Objective 5: Publish, Export, and Archive Page Layouts by Using Adobe InDesign

5.1 Demonstrate knowledge of how to prepare page layouts for publishing to print.

5.2 Demonstrate knowledge of how to prepare page layouts for export to multiscreen devices.

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AGI's team of experienced instructors are also the best-selling authors of more than 20 books including Creative Cloud for Dummies, Creative Suite for Dummies, and many books published by Adobe Press, Microsoft Press, and other major publishers. Learn from experienced professionals with extensive professional and training experience, who are also practicing professionals. For Federal agencies, American Graphics Institute classes are offered under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y.