Friday, June 18, 2010

Libraries, objects and styles, oh my!

Even after working with the program for a while, I knew I had more to learn about InDesign, but Andrea Heser from the Arizona Republic opened my eyes to many, many tips and tricks to make publications more polished and professional. I can save lots of time this fall by creating libraries for the commonly used elements we need, instead of having students try to copy and paste from a previous issue. Styles, palettes, and objects were clearly explained.
Donna Fishel
Willard HS
Willard, MO

2 comments:

  1. Andrea Heser was an amazing presenter she showesd many great tricks to InDesign like aligning text to baseline, paste into, and more. If you are new to InDesign or a veteran there are many sites to get more tips.

    Here is one she suggested to help with your learning.

    http://www.indesignusergroup.com/

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    1. I just discovered this kind post! Thank you so much for the comments. I am so glad that you were able to gain some great tips to share with your students.
      InDesign has grown to be even more powerful than ever! I now art direct a digital weekly magazine for the Arizona Republic that is published on the iPad. I design with the interactive functions of InDesign now.

      And Brent, did you join your local InDesign User Group? I post about 1-2 tips a week on the PHXIDUG Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/PHXIDUG

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