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If you're creating or managing the production of electronic products, this course will help you to: -understand the construction and use of PDF files -enhance and use PDF files on-screen -embed mul... more information   send enquiry

Adobe Acrobat is becoming an industry standard tool in the production process for books and complex documents. It allows files to be distributed electronically for editing, proofing and for final prin... more information   send enquiry

You may wish to embark upon a freelance career or supplement your income. But attending a course away from your home or office can be difficult. If you have a good grasp of the English language, a kee... more information   send enquiry

Web accessibility refers to the practice of making web sites accessible to all users, especially those with disabilities. If you are involved in the creation or management of web sites this course wi... more information   send enquiry

New to the publishing industry? If so, this three day intensive course will teach you all the aspects of the publishing industry and how they relate to each other. This includes the stages of publishi... more information   send enquiry

In this comprehensive editing course, you’ll work on examples from fiction, academic texts, reference books and even instruction manuals. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to approach anything... more information   send enquiry

This intensive, practical editing course will give you skills that will stay with you throughout your career. Whether you work on screen or on paper, if you’re working on your first manuscripts, this ... more information   send enquiry

Taking a commonsense, non-legalistic approach, this course is for people working on all kinds of publications. It gives a broad introduction to the law, describes accepted industry practices, outlines... more information   send enquiry

Stuck for words? This course will unleash your creativity. It's packed with essential tips for marketers such as: why professionals and academics respond to unusual offers; the 50-year-old formula th... more information   send enquiry

Do you collect or use information on individuals and organisations? Do you keep details of your customers and prospects? Then you need to be aware of how the Data Protection Act can affect you and you... more information   send enquiry

Whether you’re involved in acquiring or licensing, you’ll cover the ground that traditional publishing agreements don’t. By the end of the day, you’ll have a much clearer idea of how appropriate you... more information   send enquiry

If you edit illustrated books you need a range of advanced skills that aren't automatically part of an editor's basic training. These include, writing and editing picture captions, dealing with permis... more information   send enquiry

This course will help you to edit efficiently on screen, create macros to clean files automatically, flag changes to files electronically, customise Word for editing and find invaluable Internet resou... more information   send enquiry

After this two-day course you will understand how to edit and mark up technical text correctly, how to give clear instructions to typesetters, artists and designers, the impact of DTP and using author... more information   send enquiry

This fast-paced two-day course will help you develop the necessary skills to edit and manage the production of all kinds of document. After this course you'll: -understand the diting and publishing p... more information   send enquiry

This course can help you get your editorial projects through on time and on budget. Using a single case-study as a framework, you will learn about and practise controlling schedules and budgets, asses... more information   send enquiry

This course is designed to equip editors with all the skills they need to manage complex publishing projects. Written by Barbara Horn, a highly regarded editor and project manager, the course is the p... more information   send enquiry

Do you do yourself justice? How often have you been in face-to-face situations, particularly meetings, feeling unheard, frustrated, underconfident or worse still, bored? This action-packed day can hel... more information   send enquiry

Copywriting is one of the most sought-after skills in marketing. All you need for this course is a good knowledge of the English language, a broad vocabulary, a love of words and the ability to evalua... more information   send enquiry

Packed with powerful hints and tips, this course shows you how to get the most from a much misunderstood communication medium. In a one highly interactive day, you'll learn how to write and edit with ... more information   send enquiry

This much-needed two-day intensive course will help you to understand the fundamental differences between managing the design and delivery of offline, online and printed publications, choose appropria... more information   send enquiry

Engaging staff is increasingly being recognised as crucial to business success especially as pressures increase and ways of working become more complex. Engaging Leadership is a new programme for you ... more information   send enquiry

This course is a quick and painless way to get that confidence, whether you've just started in your publishing career, or whether, like many of us, you've spent much of your working life trying to avo... more information   send enquiry

If you are thinking of moving to InDesign, or need to quickly covert to the new software, this fast-paced course will provide an introduction to the features and benefits of InDesign. It will also hel... more information   send enquiry

This course will help you to build a firm foundation of grammatical awareness, giving you the conceptual tools you need to identify, discuss and correct poor grammar and punctuation. The perfect intro... more information   send enquiry

Grammar at Work is an online course that takes you from the most basic through to the more complex elements of English grammar. Written by John Seely, it’s a fun and flexible way to learn as much as y... more information   send enquiry

This one-day course begins with an overview of how Illustrator works and then uses exercises to show you how to get the most out of it. The first exercise will show you how logos and illustrations ar... more information   send enquiry

If you are intending to create your own InDesign documents from inception to printing, or will be checking and editing documents created by others, this course will show you how to be effective from t... more information   send enquiry

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful and flexible package; the standard image manipulation software for paper and electronic publishers. This course is intended for designers, editors and production staff, ... more information   send enquiry

This introductory course will teach you how to develop new skills, fast, and return to work able to produce and improve your own material. We restrict numbers to a maximum of eight delegates on each c... more information   send enquiry

If you're new to journals publishing, here's a thorough and complete introduction that will help you to understand how your job fits in with what other departments do, be more confident about what pub... more information   send enquiry

This well-established course has helped many editors to examine and improve their management of editorial freelances. You'll learn how to source the most appropriate freelances, give accurate briefing... more information   send enquiry

This course shows you how to get to grips with the principles and techniques necessary to make the most of the Internet as a powerful marketing tool. It will help you to understnad the possibilities o... more information   send enquiry

During this tightly packed course you'll develop practical ways to plan and conduct negotiations at any level, a better understanding of how people negotiate and make decisions and increased confidenc... more information   send enquiry

In just one day you'll learn how to find and select pictures, monitor their progress within a project, work within photographic and art copyright, develop a system for storing and recording pictures a... more information   send enquiry

Picture research – the process of finding and selecting pictures for all kinds of publications – is a profession that requires a broad range of skills. This course covers everything you need to know, ... more information   send enquiry

This course is designed for reasonably experienced PR professionals working in trade publishing. This course will give you a chance to learn from people who have seen and done it all before. You will ... more information   send enquiry

Is poor web site usability holding your business back? Improving the usability of your web site or CD-ROM can be done without any specialist knowledge or tools. With the basic principles and practic... more information   send enquiry

This popular course will give you confidence in proofreading, familiarity with proofreaders' marks, an understanding of the terms used and an appreciation of the costs involved. Whether you're a comp... more information   send enquiry

This fast-paced course is for all those organisations outside mainstream publishing who nevertheless produce written material that has to be accurate. The day is firmly grounded in the needs of organi... more information   send enquiry

Spend a day on this course and win a reputation for having the keenest eyes in the company! You'll learn how to use proofreading marks correctly, proofread accurately and consistently, spot mistakes i... more information   send enquiry

This is an essential course for all those concerned with author-publisher and co-publication contracts. It is your chance to examine different kinds of publishing contract in detail. The focus is on a... more information   send enquiry

This course will tell you the financial implications of your decisions. Whether you've just gained responsibility for your own budgets, or simply need to understand financial reports more clearly, thi... more information   send enquiry

There are a number of simple steps you can take to get your web site ranked highly on different search engines. This course is your chance to learn them. In one day, you'll learn techniques to make y... more information   send enquiry

This one-day course can help you to get the best from your authors, understand the dynamics of the publisher/author relationship, anticipate and prevent problems before they happen and get your manusc... more information   send enquiry

This practical course, although not a creative writing course, is based on the premise that there is a set of processes and techniques that can help all of us write better and with greater confidence.... more information   send enquiry

This two-day course will provide guidance and techniques essential to keep users coming back to your site time after time. It will enable editors and writers to provide online content in a manner that... more information   send enquiry

If you need an introduction to the features of and background to XML (or its forbear, SGML) then this is the course for you. Among academic and professional journal and book publishers in particular, ... more information   send enquiry