# Adobe InDesign Bootcamp Canonical URL: ## Overview If you’ve ever wanted to create the kinds of layouts you see in books, magazines, and brochures, this InDesign course is where to start. You’ll get thorough experience in the software, learning how to bring together text and graphics across multiple pages, style type, import photos, define colors, thread text frames, and a whole lot more. The course doesn’t skip the details either, covering things like paragraph and character styles, nested styles, parent pages, baseline grids, hyphenation, and much more. What makes it click is the hands-on work. You’ll spend time building real projects including a business card, brochure, restaurant menu, magazine spread, and book. That means you’re not just learning features in isolation but actually putting them to use. You’ll also pick up professional typesetting techniques along the way, and by the time you wrap up, you’ll know how to package files for a print shop and export PDFs for both print and web. It’s the kind of well-rounded training that actually prepares you to hit the ground running. ## What you'll learn - 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 ## Curriculum ### Section 1 #### Business Card: Setting Up a File & Adding the Logo - Setting Default Preferences - Setting Up a File - Importing & Sizing a Vector Graphic (the Logo) #### Business Card: Adding Text - Creating Text Frames - Basic Text Styling - Loading Adobe Fonts #### Business Card: Colors - Removing the Default Color Swatches - Creating & Editing Color Swatches - Swapping Out Graphics #### Business Card: Adding a 2nd Page (the Back) with QR Code - Creating the Back of the Business Card (a Second Page) - Creating QR Codes - Navigating Documents (Zooming and Panning) - Copying Appearance With the Eyedropper Tool #### Business Card: OpenType Settings - Setting up a Document Bleed - Placing Images - Combining Text & Images - White Type on a Black Background ### Section 2 #### Brochure: Creating 2-Page Spreads & Cropping Photos - Setting Up Spreads (Facing Pages) - Importing Pixel-Based Photos - Cropping & Scaling Photos - Checking Image Resolution to Ensure Good Print Quality #### Brochure: Layers, Visual Effects, & Blending Modes - Creating & Locking Layers - Rotating Objects - Drop Shadows - Gradient Feather - Blending Modes #### Brochure: Fine-Tuning Type: Kerning/Tracking & More - Paragraph Spacing - Working in Picas (Instead of Inches) - Metrics vs. Optical Kerning - Kerning vs. Tracking - Variable Fonts #### Brochure: Working with Tabbed Text - Setting Tab Marker Positions - Adding & Styling Leader Characters #### Preparing for Professional Printing: PDFs & Packaging Files - Exporting PDFs for printing or emailing to clients - Packaging InDesign Files ### Section 3 #### Restaurant Menu: Paragraph Styles - Creating & Editing Paragraph Styles - Using the Eyedropper to Apply Paragraph Styles - Using Find/Change to Apply Paragraph Styles - Paragraph Rules #### Restaurant Menu: Character Styles & Nested Styles - Creating & Editing Character Styles - Using the Eyedropper to Apply Character Styles - Using Nested Styles to Automatically Apply Character Styles - Disabling Hyphenation #### Restaurant Menu: Keep With Next & Spanning Columns - Keep with Next Paragraph - Spanning Columns ### Section 4 #### Restaurant Menu: Bulleted Lists - Styling Bulleted Lists - Forced Line Breaks #### Magazine: Laying Out a Page & Threading Text Frames - Creating a Magazine Page Layout with Text & Images - Threading Text Frames #### Magazine: Paragraph Styles & Baseline Grid - Creating Paragraph Styles - Setting Up the Baseline Grid - Making Paragraph Styles Use the Baseline Grid #### Magazine: Color Themes & Custom Shapes - Removing the Default Color Swatches - Using the Color Theme Tool to Create Swatches - Using the Direction Selection Tool to Alter a Shape - Using Pathfinder to Create a Custom Shaped Photo Frame ### Section 5 #### Magazine: Text Wrap - Using Text Wrap - Wrap Around Object Shape vs Jump Object - Creating a Circle Photo with Text Wrap - Using an Invisible Shape to Wrap Text #### Magazine: Parent Pages - Adding Page Numbers - Creating a Layer for Parent Page Content - Creating More Parent Pages #### Magazine: Adding Pages & Controlling Page Order - Adding a New Page at a Specific Location - Allow Document Pages to Shuffle , - Adding a Spread Between Other Pages - Applying a Parent Page to Multiple Pages at Once #### Book: File Setup & Parent Pages - Setting Up the Document - Importing the Text - Setting Up the Parent Page - Adding Page Numbers - Adding a Chapter Title to All Left Pages ### Section 6 #### Book: Paragraph & Character Styles - Creating Paragraph Styles - Apply Styles Quickly Using Keystrokes & Find/Change - Drop Caps #### Book: Hyphenation & Keep Options - Turning Off Hyphenation - Setting Custom Hyphenation & Keep Options - Using Discretionary Hyphens to Control or Prevent Hyphenation #### Book: Setting Up & Using a Baseline Grid - Baseline Grid Settings & Making Paragraph Styles Use It #### Book: Running Heads & Chapter Opener Pages - Setting Up & Inserting a Running Header Text Variable - Setting Roman Numeral Page Numbers for Frontmatter - Adding a Section Start to Set the True Page 1 - Applying a Different Parent Page for Chapter Opener Pages - Applying a [None] Parent Page ## Schedule - Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026 — NYC - Jul 21, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026 — NYC - Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026 — NYC - Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026 — NYC - Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 — NYC - Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026 — NYC - Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 — NYC ## Instructors ### Eugenio Solis de Ovando — Senior Instructor Eugenio Solis de Ovando is a Senior Instructor at Noble Desktop in New York City, specializing in graphic design, web design, and visual communication. With over 20 years of experience in the creative industry, Eugenio is passionate about helping students develop strong technical skills and a solid design foundation across print, digital, and web platforms. Eugenio teaches a wide range of courses, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, WordPress, UI Design, and Artificial Intelligence for Graphic Design. His classes are known for their clear, hands-on approach, blending technical mastery with creative exploration to help students bring their ideas to life with confidence and precision. He holds a Ph. D. in Artificial Intelligence with a specialization in Human Performance Technology, where his research focused on integrating emerging AI technologies into adult education and training. As an Adobe Certified Design Master and Licensed Private Career School Teacher in New York State, Eugenio is dedicated to delivering high-quality instruction and sharing best practices in digital design workflows. He brings real-world insights into the classroom, guiding students through professional techniques in layout design, typography, color theory, image editing, and responsive web design. Learn more about [Eugenio Solis de Ovando's](/eugenio-solis-de-ovando) background and expertise. ### Dan Rodney — School Director, Instructor, & Senior Course Developer Dan Rodney has been a designer and web developer for over 20 years, creating coursework and leading innovative training initiatives at Noble Desktop. He teaches courses covering Figma, HTML & CSS, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Power BI. Dan has also been at the forefront of integrating AI into design and business workflows, spearheading Noble Desktop’s latest AI course offerings. In addition to teaching and curriculum development, he writes custom scripts for InDesign (Make Book Jacket, Proper Fraction Pro, and more) and works with automation and AI-driven tools in his free time. You can find Dan on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, and at danrodney.com. Learn more about [Dan Rodney's](/dan-rodney) background and expertise. ## FAQ ### Do I need to bring anything to the class? No. We provide computers (Mac or PC) with InDesign installed. Choose your operating system at checkout. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $975 Payment options: GI Bill accepted.