Level 1
InDesign Lite
A single day on the essentials — documents, text frames, images and a print-ready PDF, without the depth of the full Essentials course.
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Level 4
Adobe
1 day
Adobe InDesign Interactivity Course
Adobe InDesign Interactivity at a glance.
- Duration
- 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Price
- $650 per person, ex GST — purchase orders welcome
- Delivery
- In person, or live online with a facilitator
- Where
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney — or online
- Prerequisite
- InDesign Essentials
- Class size
- Small — everyone practises out loud more than once
- You take away
- A printed workbook, exercise files, and your own notes
- In-house
- Available for teams of four or more, at your office or ours
What you'll learn.
- Buttons, hyperlinks and page transitions
- Placing audio and video in a layout
- Building fillable InDesign forms
- Exporting interactive PDFs and Publish Online
Course overview.
Buttons, animation, audio, video and fillable forms — turning a print layout into something people click.
The 1 day works through 6 modules and 40 individual topics, from Setting up for interactivity and animation to A look at Publish Online. Each module is taught then practised — you do the thing rather than watch it done — on our exercise files, and on your own where you are able to bring them.
Groups are kept small enough that everyone gets hands on the keyboard, and the facilitator is in the room the whole time rather than dropping in. You leave with the workbook, the exercise files and notes in your own words.
Full course outline.
Every module we cover, and the topics inside each one. This is the same outline as the downloadable PDF — expand a module to see what sits under it.
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1Setting up for interactivity and animation5 topics
- Workspaces for interactive PDF work
- File formats supported: PDF, XHTML and EPUB
- Picking the interactive solution the job needs
- Preferences to set before you start
- Colour: CMYK or RGB
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2Interactive PDF features15 topics
- Adding hyperlinks
- Turning plain URLs into hyperlinks
- Producing bookmarks
- Making buttons
- Setting behaviours in the Buttons panel
- How events trigger actions
- Building show/hide buttons
- Adding sound and video
- Setting how the page views and zooms
- Buttons: rollover and state options
- A button that switches to full screen mode
- Animation in your PDF: what works and what does not
- Applying page transitions
- Checking your work in the Preview panel
- Showing a file in Presentation mode
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3Placing audio and video5 topics
- Bringing in sound and movie files
- Linking out to web video
- Options for movies
- Options for sound
- Where audio and video fall short
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4Forms in InDesign8 topics
- InDesign forms compared with Acrobat forms
- Adding form fields
- Fields for typed answers
- Lists of choices
- Radio buttons for one answer
- Check boxes for multiple answers
- Drop-down combo boxes
- Buttons that submit the form
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5Exporting an interactive PDF3 topics
- Options for viewing and opening
- Making sure bookmarks show in the PDF
- Choosing image compression
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6A look at Publish Online4 topics
- The Publish Online dashboard
- Reading the analytics
- Sharing to social media
- PDF settings
Who it is for.
InDesign users whose documents are read on screen rather than printed.
How it runs.
One day, roughly 9am to 4pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. You get a workstation each with the software installed, in a CBD training room in any of the six capitals, or live online on your own computer.
Dates
Upcoming Dates
The next scheduled Adobe InDesign Interactivity dates, soonest first. If none of these work, tell us the city and we will let you know when the next block is released.
| Level | Date | Location | Delivery | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InDesign Interactivity | Fri 4 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Fri 4 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Fri 4 Sep 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Fri 4 Sep 26 | Melbourne | In person | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Tue 20 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Tue 20 Oct 26 | Brisbane | In person | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Mon 9 Nov 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Mon 9 Nov 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Thu 17 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| InDesign Interactivity | Thu 17 Dec 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
By city
Adobe InDesign Interactivity in your city
Venue, transport and the dates running there.
The rest of the category
All Adobe InDesign levels Other Adobe InDesign Levels
Level 2
InDesign Essentials
Documents, master pages, text frames, images and exporting a print-ready PDF.
$890ex GSTLearn more
Level 3
InDesign Advanced
Books, data merge, interactive PDFs, preflight and packaging for a commercial printer.
$990ex GSTLearn more
Reviews
What people said about Adobe InDesign Interactivity
Wizard courses run on the shared Nexacu schedule, so these are reviews of this course from people who sat it. Collected by Nexacu after the course and published as written.
Thank you for the session. The David is highly knowledgeable about Adobe InDesign and provided very insightful information. He addressed every question and issue I encountered. I look forward to attending more training sessions with you in the future!
Ung
14 March 2025
Source: nexacu.com.au, read 27 August 2026. How feedback is collected.
Questions
Questions People Ask About This Course
Anything not answered here, call 1300 886 190 and ask a person.
How long is the Adobe InDesign Interactivity course?
It runs for 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. Nothing is pre-recorded and there is no platform to log into afterwards.
How much does Adobe InDesign Interactivity cost?
$650 per person, excluding GST. That covers the course, the workbook and exercise files and the room. If four or more people from one organisation need it, an in-house day usually works out cheaper — tell us the numbers and we will price both.
Do I need any experience before this course?
Yes — this level assumes InDesign Essentials, or equivalent experience picked up on the job. If you are not sure, tell us what you already do and we will place you honestly, including telling you to book the level below.
Can I do Adobe InDesign Interactivity online instead of in a classroom?
Yes. Every date marked “Live online” runs over video with the same facilitator and the same practice, in breakout groups rather than a room. You use the software on your own machine, so you leave with it set up the way you actually work.
Which cities do you run Adobe InDesign Interactivity in?
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, plus live online. Every venue is a CBD training room with a workstation for each person. If your city and date are not paired on the schedule above, ask — dates are released in blocks.
Which InDesign level should I book?
Work from what people already do rather than how long they have used it. The full course outline above shows exactly what this course covers, and the Adobe InDesign page lists every level in order. Still unsure? Call 1300 886 190 and describe a normal Tuesday.
Whole team on the same level? Run it in-house.
Your files, your templates, your workflow — the same course, taught against your own material.