15 Tips & Tricks All InDesign Users Should Know

Here's what you'll learn:

00:00 Introduction
00:40 How to Use Parent Pages in InDesign
02:19 How to Create a QR Code in Adobe InDesign
03:25 How to Make an Interactive Popup
10:08 How to Add an Animated GIF
11:55 How to Create a Table of Contents
14:40 How to Use the Clipping Mask
17:06 How to Use the Color Theme Tool
18:18 How to Create a Neon Text Effect
20:37 How to Highlight Text
21:36 How to Create a PowerPoint File From InDesign
23:45 How to Use the Find/Change Function in InDesign
25:15 How to Make Multiple Page Sizes
27:10 How to Data Merge
29:39 How to Create a Fillable Form
32:23 How to Wrap Text Around a Subject

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[michaelmccrory]

I have used InDesign for many years and still learning, thanks to helpful tutorials like yours.

Thank you Ashlee for sharing your knowledge and helpful information.

👍

[randyfiglehorn]

I pulled a “yea I know how to use this” for a job and have been figuring it out as I go. My god this platform is unnecessary confusing compared to other similar platforms 😂

[ninanajmi]

I'm a graphic student and the only part i know about indesign is the color theme. your videos helped me discover what more adobe indesign can do and it's really cool. thank you so much. Sending love from Malaysia

[nikkirenee]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. Your presentation style was exactly what I needed...clear voice, a pace I could follow, and visible examples. You are now my "go-to" for all things InDesign.

[AimeezDesign]

Wow, these tricks are amazing! I'm graduating this year, and none of my design professors over four years have ever shown me this. Your content is a lifesaver!

[maximusdoomed]

Ashlee,
Fantastic job and with over two decades of experience; this was great!!!! Keep up the great work!

[jdcolo]

You gave some really great tips. I'm new but, inDesign is so mammath that I think you're always learning with this program.

[EmonHassan]

So many ideas have sparked from watching this video. Thank you, Ashlee!

[johngmckeel]

Wonderful class delightfully presented. Thank you!

[didestambre]

THANK YOU SO MUCH this a a perfect tutorial and so much have been learned !!!

[eddieapollo]

So amazing. Quick question, is it possible to do the QR codes with data merge? This way it will create unique QR codes based on a column in your csv file

[tomazkuzner]

Nice tips in general. I liked the "Fill form" tip most, since I recently had such a task and did it directly in Acrobat, but it would have been faster and easier in InDesign. I have two comments, though, about the "Find/Change" tip and "Surfer" tip.

At "Find/Change" tip it would be great if you explained advanced options in the "Find/Change" pop-up window as well. Since you wanted to change the word that appears as a title and in the footer on all the pages, one would think that you have the footer placed on the Master/Parent page. Since your video shows that you jump to each text box separately, it is obvious the footer isn't placed on the Master/Parent page. And if you have content on the Master/Parent page and you use the general "Find/Change" tool, Indesign wouldn't change the content on the Master/Parent page, unless you click one of the advanced options in the "Find/Change" pop-up window.

As far as the "Surfer" tips goes, I would use "Paste into" option and not the pathfinder to basically cut the letter W from the background. So, the steps are the same as in your video, but once the letter W is transformed to outlines, you simply click on the image, copy it, select the outlined letter W and use "Paste into" option. In this case you move the whole title around the layout as you wish. Of course, if you move the position of the title, you have to repeat the "Paste into" again.

Keep up the good work.👍

[DarrenSmith-vesi]

Hi Ashlee, there are some great tips; I did know about a few of them. One I didn't know was the Color Theme Tool; that can be VERY useful. Thank you

[loriashcraft]

These are great! I am wondering how you created that thick pink line that animates in each of your section breaks. ??

[melbacaniiii]

These are awesome tips!! Thank you very much!!!

[Fissita]

Nice interactive hints, could you tell me how to export the document to .pdf to avoid miss any of them?

[designerelise]

Hey Ashlee! Great to meet you! Thanks for the tips.

[victor_tadiwa]

Thanks for the tips and Iove your voice

[darkreigncometh]

I-I didn't know this program to do all of this!😮😮

[mohammadzohirulislam]

wow...your explanations are great. Do you have any course ?