Course Modules

Master professional desktop publishing through our intensive 8-module curriculum.

  • Overview of Desktop Publishing (DTP) concepts
  • Workspace Setup: Panels, Menus, and Preferences
  • Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Productivity
  • Creating New Documents: Facing Pages & Orientation
  • Mastering Master Pages for consistency
  • Grid Systems: Margins, Columns, and Bleeds
  • Typography Fundamentals
  • Advanced Formatting: Character and Paragraph Styles
  • Importing/Linking Text from external apps
  • GREP and nested styles for automated formatting
  • Links Panel management and File Quality
  • Frame Fitting: Frame vs. Content relationship
  • Color Management: CMYK vs. RGB workflows
  • Multi-Page Management: Book files and TOC
  • Data Presentation: Professional Tables and Charts
  • Interactive Design: Buttons and Hyperlinks
  • Preflight Checks: Solving font and image issues
  • Packaging files for commercial print
  • Export Settings: PDF, ePub, and HTML
  • Share for Review and Cloud document workflows
  • Managing feedback and annotations
  • Version Control and document history
  • Industry Portfolio: Magazines and Catalogues
  • Capstone Project: Complete Publication Design
  • Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam prep

Is This For You?

  • Graphic Designers: Master layout and publishing standards.
  • Marketing Pros: Create professional in-house brochures.
  • Career Switchers: Enter the digital publishing industry.