Videos tagged with Instant InDesign

  In Episode 7, I introduced EasyCatalog. In Episode 8, I demonstrated how to use EasyCatalog to import data into InDesign and configure it. In this episode, I show you how to create a catalog template from start to finish. I start by creating the product style, which is a prototype of a typical product in the catalog. Then I test pagination by dragging data from the Data panel to the prod...

In Episode 7, I introduced you to the amazing capabilities of EasyCatalog. Now I'd like to show you how to create a template that automates the production of a product catalog. Originally, this episode was going to demonstrate the entire process from start to finish, but I quickly discovered that there just wasn't enough time in one episode to teach you everything. So I've created a third part,...

I've been using and teaching EasyCatalog for the past four years and I'm still amazed at how powerful and easy it is to use. This amazing plug-in allows you to publish content directly from a database or a spreadsheet into InDesign and it makes it easy to keep all of your information up-to-date. You don't even need any programming or scripting skills! This episode introduces you to EasyCatalog....

This is the second in a series of video podcasts dedicated to teaching you my favorite InDesign CS4 features. In this episode, you'll learn how to use the Conditional Text feature. This powerful new feature allows you to create several versions of a publication—such as a brochure with multiple languages or a catalog with several pricing variations—all within one document. Watch this...

This is one of a series of video podcasts dedicated to teaching you my favorite InDesign CS4 features. In this episode, you get an introduction to Kuler, an online community dedicated entirely to color. You'll also learn how to use InDesign CS4's new Kuler panel, which makes it easy and fun to create the perfect colors for any project.

Numbered lists provide an excellent way to organize information, but producing them can be demanding work. Thanks to InDesign, you can entirely automate the list creation process. This episode teaches you how to use the Bullets and Numbering feature to create a complex multilevel numbered list. You'll also learn to create a series of paragraph styles that can be used together to automatically n...

If you've been using InDesign for a while, chances are you've heard at least some of the buzz surrounding XML. It seems that everyone is using it lately. Web developers, database developers, programmers, scientists, and even desktop publishers are taking advantage of XML. What is this "magic" that XML seems to have? Should you care about it? Well, with all the hype going around, you can't affor...

What do Data Merge, an Excel spreadsheet, the Running Header text variable, the section marker, and Layout Adjustment all have in common? They are just a handful of InDesign tools that can be combined together to create a powerful page production machine. Watch this episode to learn how you can use these five tools to design a template that automates the layout of a product catalog. I recently ...

If you haven't ventured far beyond the basic use of paragraph and character styles, you'll be impressed by InDesign's ability to combine multiple types of style sheets into a magic button that can apply several levels of formatting in just one click of the mouse. Formatting text and objects can be a tedious and time-consuming process. When setting up a template, it's important to strategically ...