How to use Data Merge in InDesign - Tutorial

Whether you are making a business card, name tag or anything else requiring the same layout with different inputs, data merge could potentially help you doing that without typing or pasting everything manually into InDesign.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Getting started
1:21 Excel
2:21 Setup data merge
4:17 Export
5:20 Note about multiple records
5:55 Outro

[PastafarianPriestess]

Super helpful for putting addresses on 100+ envelops, thank you!

[bidibibip]

Thank you! So clear and easy Used it make reserved seating signs for 300 delegates at a conference in NO TIME

[PavelKolevFit]

You are the best thank you so much for this helpful video!

[caitlinwalbrun]

So easy! Thanks for the great tutorial. Actually, using it to do name cards for seating at my wedding and you just saved me a lot of time. Sometimes trying to figure out how to do this stuff takes more time than just doing it manually, but not today :-) I'm sure I'll find many more uses in the future.

[macenani]

Marvelous tutorial! Is is possible when exporting to generate separate PDFs? Right now it create one PDF with multiple pages. Thank you!!

[Artistramd]

Hello! I'm on a Mac and am trying to save my Excel file as a .CSV file but when I do, I don't see the same selection that you chose, 'CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)' file. Should I assume that since I'm on a Mac, I would have to choose another option? When trying to import the file from Indesign via the Merge panel, I get the error message, 'The selected data source has one or more empty field names. Please fix the file or select another file.' Any idea on why this is happening? Thank you for a great video, just subscribed!

[Forsika]

Hey man, great vids, you deserve more subs. Question: I have a indesign file (html5 business report) of which the last page is a findings template. I want to use data merge to fill the template with the different variables of the findings. I want to use arrows to go to the next or previous finding. I also want to use a horizontal menu bar which shows buttons of the findings. The problem is the amount and type of findings are different per report. Obviously here comes data merge into play. But the horizontal menu bar needs to be updated as well. Got any tips how to counter this?

[timoburke]

Hi, just FYI the resolution of your vid is too low. I have a ultra-wide monitor -- i don't know if that's effecting things -- but when I expand the vid to Full Screen, the featured control panel is blurry.

[Yakaflo]

image links not working for me, they don't show up when previewing, how does a relative link work if your'e working on a server with many folders within folders?

[barghost]

Good idea... but i found that making or typing 'the picture file links' is very frustating... my pict file is about 2500 file

[skilo]

Is there a way to do a data merge with two masters within one doc? My excel file calls for two different designs but they need to be in order... Otherwise I would have two different files to create the merge...

[smhameed]

While using data merger I can only update first line of text
For example
Hameed
319 door number
Address telengana

I need to get all these text

But I am getting only hameed in InDesign

[purnomoarlan]

why my data csv can spread like you:
ex:
First
Last
Title
Etc....
My data in data merge like this: <<First;Last;Title;Etc;>>

Please Help Me