Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books, and magazines. This course is a comprehensive exploration of InDesign tools and capabilities to create professional documents. Access to Adobe InDesign software required.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Unit 1 Getting to Know the Interface and Setting up a Document
- Interface menus
- Tools
- Panels
- Starting and setting up a multi-page document in InDesign - Unit 2 Working with Objects and Color
- Learning to work with color panels
- Creating, managing, and applying color to elements
- Inserting and managing images and illustrations into an InDesign document - Unit 3 Working with Text
- Learning about insert and flow text to multiple pages
- Managing long text documents
- Text editing in InDesign documents - Unit 4 Typography
- Advance typography tools and menus
- Character and paragraph settings and styles
- Creating print-ready PDF files.
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12275 |
April 6, 2026 to May 1, 2026 |
Lecture/Practical | See full schedule |
Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.
| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22559 |
June 1, 2026 to June 26, 2026 |
Lecture/Practical | See full schedule |
Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.
| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22560 |
August 3, 2026 to August 28, 2026 |
Lecture/Practical | See full schedule |
Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.