Affinity Publisher Essentials
This one-day hands-on course introduces participants to Affinity Publisher, Serif’s powerful desktop publishing tool. Ideal for those creating professional layouts for print or digital use, the course covers everything from document setup and working with text and images, through to advanced formatting, creative design elements, and preparing documents for export. Participants will gain practical experience designing multi-page layouts with consistent formatting, placing and manipulating images, applying styles… More
- 1 Day
- In person
Course overview Back to top
This one-day hands-on course introduces participants to Affinity Publisher, Serif’s powerful desktop publishing tool. Ideal for those creating professional layouts for print or digital use, the course covers everything from document setup and working with text and images, through to advanced formatting, creative design elements, and preparing documents for export.
Participants will gain practical experience designing multi-page layouts with consistent formatting, placing and manipulating images, applying styles, using master pages and templates, and exporting to various formats.
This course is designed for marketing professionals, content creators, in-house designers, admin teams producing reports or newsletters, and anyone involved in creating visual documents for print or digital distribution.
Course Objectives
- Confidently navigate the Affinity Publisher interface and tools
- Set up documents correctly for print or digital use, including margins, bleeds, and colour profiles
- Place and format text using styles, columns, and flowing text frames
- Add, scale, crop, and optimise images with control over resolution and linking
- Create and format professional tables for reports or publications
- Use master pages, guides, and grids to maintain consistency in layout
- Apply and manage colour palettes, shapes, and special effects to enhance design
- Use preflight tools to identify and fix common issues before export
- Export documents in the correct format for print, web, or email use
Prerequisites
- Good general computer literacy
Not essential, but basic familiarity with design or publishing tools (e.g. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Canva, or similar) would help.
Course content Back to top
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Introduction to Affinity Publisher
Setting up a document
Margins, bleeds and colour settings
Affinity Publisher workspace and toolbars -
Working with Text
Placing text on a document
Adjusting typography settings
Creating and saving Paragraph and Character styles -
Adding Pictures
Place images using frames
Scale, crop and make other adjustments
Understanding minimum dpi requirements to ensure image quality
Insert multiple images at the same time
Working with linked files -
Creating columns
Separating text into columns
Creating columns -
Designing interesting text layouts
Wrapping text around images and objects
Flow text between different frames -
Adding and formatting tables
Creating a table
Adding data to tables
Formatting a table
Saving formats to reuse -
Setting up templates and complex layouts
Creating Master Pages
Creating custom guides
Adding page numbers
Aligning text and objects with the Alignment tools
Using Baseline grids -
Colour and Shapes in Affinity Publisher
Using the Colour Picker
Saving Swatches and Palettes
Importing existing Colour Palettes
Creating Palettes from an image or document
Inserting and adjusting basic shapes
Adjusting special shapes with smart controls
Using the Style Picker to quickly change the style of text and images -
Working with creative effects
Using Gradients
Using the Transparency tool
Adding a Drop Shadow, 3D effects and more -
Checking a document
Using Preflight to check for spelling mistakes
Using Preflight to check for common problems
How to correct common problems -
Exporting documents
PDF settings for print
PDF settings for digital, and small file sizes
Exporting to JPG or PNG
Public dates and prices Back to top
Prices are per delegate and exclude VAT.
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Tuesday 1 December 2026
£395+ VAT
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What delegates say Back to top
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Are there any aspects of the course which you feel require improvement
“No, I feel that the pace was good and the way that the training was setup with a 'lecture' period followed by a 'practical' period is a good way of learning.”
What were the most useful aspects of the course
“Practical work recommendations that can be applied in the office.”
“Very good!”
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