What You’ll Learn

Adobe InDesign for Beginners – Design Newsletters, Brochures & Reports with Confidence

Welcome to this practical, beginner-friendly Adobe InDesign course, where you’ll learn how to create professional-looking newsletters, brochures, reports, and web posts while building strong graphic design and color theory skills.

In this step-by-step desktop publishing course, you’ll discover how to use Adobe InDesign to design and publish eye-catching layouts for print and digital media. You’ll master the interface, explore core tools, and learn how to combine text, color, and images to create documents that look polished and professional.

Who This Course Is For

Hi, I’m Tim – an Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Certified Expert, and designer based in London.

This course is perfect for:

Beginners wanting to learn Adobe InDesign from scratch
Small business owners or marketers designing their own promotional materials
Students and professionals creating brochures, newsletters, and reports
Anyone looking to add graphic design and desktop publishing to their skillset

No prior experience is needed – I’ll guide you through every step clearly and simply.

Course Projects

You’ll create a variety of real-world publishing projects, including:

A multi-page newsletter layout
A professional brochure or report
Web-ready graphics and social posts using InDesign’s digital tools

Each project introduces new techniques and design principles, allowing you to practise layout, typography, and color in creative ways.

Tools We’ll Use

You’ll get hands-on experience with InDesign’s most important features, including:

Text Styles and Typography controls
Graphic creation tools and Frames
Color Swatches and Color theory basics
Parent (Master) Pages for consistent design
Publish Online, PDF, JPG, and PNG export options

By the end, you’ll feel comfortable navigating the workspace, setting up documents, and using InDesign’s professional tools to design confidently.

What You’ll Need

To follow along, you’ll need:

Access to Adobe InDesign CC
A computer (Mac or PC)
No design experience required – just curiosity and creativity!

Next Steps

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create professional desktop-publishing documents for both print and digital media, with a solid grasp of layout design, color, and typography.

When you’re ready to progress, explore my Intermediate Adobe InDesign course to build on these skills and take your designs to the next level.

Credits & Notes

Adobe InDesign and its logo are registered trademarks of Adobe in the United States and/or other countries.
Music from Pixabay Royalty Free Sound:
- Linsenor’s The Beat of Nature (Audio File ID: 122841)
- Licensee: JimmiImage

Houssem Mallem

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