InDesign Certification Program
via Noble Desktop
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Develop InDesign skills and prepare for the Adobe Certified Professional exam through Noble Desktop's certification program. The package brings together layout training and private instruction, giving you time to work on publication design and exam preparation. Training completion and earning the Adobe credential are separate outcomes.
What's included with live classes
- Adobe Certified Professional exam for InDesign with retake
- Adobe InDesign
- Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
- Course workbook
- Class recordings
Overview
Become a certified Adobe InDesign Professional and open up new career opportunities. In this certification program, you'll learn how to create attractive and professional-looking layouts, magazines, brochures, books, and more. By the end of the course, you'll be prepared to take the Adobe Certified Professional exam for InDesign.
This program includes:
- Our InDesign Bootcamp (18 hours total)
- Six (6) hours of private tutoring (two 3-hour sessions)
- The Adobe Certified Professional InDesign exam with a free retake
- Additional video resources to help you prepare for the exam
- Option to replace the exam with an additional hour of private tutoring
Schedule & enrollment
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- Live tuition
- $1,699
- Course length
- 24 hours
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Self-paced tuition & enrollment
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
- Tuition
- $1,699
- Course length
- 24 hours
- Format
- Self-paced online
This program is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
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Curriculum
What you'll learn
- This certification program includes:
- InDesign Bootcamp group class
- Six hours of private tutoring
- Bonus video suite for pre-exam review
- Custom workbook with step-by-step exercises
- Adobe Certified Professional exam with a free retake
- Proctoring for the exam
- Free retake of the group class within one year
Course outline
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Adobe InDesign Bootcamp 18 hours
Learn how to design professional page layouts in Adobe InDesign. In this course you’ll create a book, magazine spread, brochure, restaurant menu, and business card as you learn to work with graphics, style text, and design layouts.
- 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
Self-paced course
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
This program is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
View self-paced tuition & enrollmentBecome an Adobe Certified Professional in InDesign and expand your career opportunities in publishing, marketing, and design. In this comprehensive program, you’ll learn to create polished layouts for magazines, brochures, books, and other professional materials. By the end of the course, you’ll be fully prepared to take the Adobe Certified Professional exam for InDesign.
This program includes:
- InDesign Bootcamp (18 hours total)
- Six hours of private tutoring (two 3-hour sessions)
- Adobe Certified Professional in InDesign exam with one free retake
- Free retake of the course within one year of your original start date
- Additional video resources to support exam preparation
- Option to replace the exam with one additional hour of private tutoring
Self-paced curriculum
What you'll learn self-paced
- InDesign Bootcamp self-paced course
- Six hours of private tutoring
- Bonus video suite for pre-exam review
- Custom workbook with step-by-step exercises
- Adobe Certified Professional exam with a free retake
- Proctoring for the exam
- Free retake of the group class within one year
Self-paced course outline
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Adobe InDesign Bootcamp (Self-Paced) 30 hours
Master professional page layout design in Adobe InDesign on your own schedule. In this self-paced course you’ll learn text styling, importing graphics, packaging, and advanced techniques, including styles, parent pages, and more. Learn to create books, magazines, brochures, and more.
- 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
What's included with self-paced
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Certified Professional exam for InDesign with retake
- Course workbook
- Self-paced video lessons
Self-paced lessons
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Adobe InDesign Bootcamp (Self-Paced)
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Course Overview & Setup
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
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Discover how to use Adobe InDesign to create professional print and digital layouts, including business cards, brochures, magazines, and books.
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Document Setup & Importing Graphics
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
10:00
Set up Adobe InDesign correctly by resetting preferences, adjusting measurement units, and understanding print versus digital presets.
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Adding Text
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
15:03
Add and position text frames for a business card using placement techniques and alignment tools.
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Color & Swatches
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
28:41
Create and manage color swatches for consistent print design using CMYK values.
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QR Code Design
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
16:56
Design the back of a business card with a QR code and custom border styling.
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OpenType Features
Lesson 1: InDesign Basics & Business Card Design
12:11
Activate Adobe Fonts and explore OpenType features to enhance typography with swashes and advanced character options.
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Brochure Setup
Lesson 2: Brochure Design & Layout
10:00
Create a folded brochure layout with correct page sizing, facing pages, bleed settings, and page numbering control.
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Layers & Images
Lesson 2: Brochure Design & Layout
10:00
Organize brochure layouts using layers to manage background and content.
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Advanced Typography
Lesson 2: Brochure Design & Layout
31:59
Refine brochure typography using paragraph spacing, hidden characters, measurement units, and picas.
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Tab Formatting
Lesson 2: Brochure Design & Layout
12:12
Format pricing layouts using tabbed text and custom tab stops in Adobe InDesign.
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Exporting PDFs
Lesson 2: Brochure Design & Layout
29:33
Prepare print-ready and client-ready PDFs by configuring bleed, crop marks, compression, and color conversion settings.
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Menu Setup & Leading
Lesson 3: Restaurant Menu Design
10:00
Understand leading (line spacing) in Adobe InDesign and configure it as a paragraph-based setting for consistent typography control.
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Character Styles
Lesson 3: Restaurant Menu Design
10:00
Create and apply character styles to format prices and labels independently from paragraph styles.
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Keep Options & Spanning
Lesson 3: Restaurant Menu Design
6:35
Prevent awkward text breaks using Keep Options and span headings across multiple columns for cleaner layouts.
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Bulleted Lists
Lesson 4: Magazine Layout Design
10:11
Convert comma-separated text into formatted bulleted lists using Find/Change and custom bullet styling.
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Magazine Layout Setup
Lesson 4: Magazine Layout Design
17:38
Create a professional magazine spread with facing pages, modular column grids, bleed settings, and photo placement.
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Magazine Styles
Lesson 4: Magazine Layout Design
13:57
Establish paragraph styles for headings and body text to ensure consistency across magazine articles.
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Color Themes & Shapes
Lesson 4: Magazine Layout Design
13:35
Generate cohesive color palettes using the Color Theme tool and apply them to typography and graphic elements.
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Text Wrap Techniques
Lesson 5: Advanced Magazine Techniques
10:00
Create dynamic layouts by wrapping text around custom shapes and images using Text Wrap settings.
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Page Control
Lesson 5: Advanced Magazine Techniques
11:45
Control page insertion, document reflow, and section numbering in Adobe InDesign.
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Book Document Setup
Lesson 5: Advanced Magazine Techniques
19:59
Set up a multi-page book layout in InDesign using primary text frames and smart text reflow.
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Book Styles
Lesson 6: Book Design & Typography
10:00
Create professional paragraph styles for chapter numbers, chapter titles, body text, and drop caps.
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Hyphenation & Justification
Lesson 6: Book Design & Typography
Improve book typography by refining hyphenation settings, justification controls, and paragraph composition.
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Baseline Grid Setup
Lesson 6: Book Design & Typography
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Align body text across facing pages using a baseline grid for consistent vertical rhythm.
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Running Heads & Parent Pages
Lesson 6: Book Design & Typography
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Create dynamic running heads using text variables that automatically update by chapter title.
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Course Outro
Lesson 6: Book Design & Typography
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Reinforce key Adobe InDesign skills learned throughout the course and encourage continued practice to build speed and confidence.
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Course Reviews
Is this course right for you?
Consider this program if an Adobe exam is part of your goal, as well as improving layout skills. For a focused introduction to document production without the exam package, compare the InDesign Bootcamp.