InDesign Tips for Design Geeks
One of my favorite tips from my InDesign Tips for Design Geeks course! Add InDesign layouts to Creative Cloud Libraries from InDesign Tips for Design Geeks by Anne-Marie Concepción
Better Publishing Workflows for InDesign with InCopy and More
One of the hardest things about putting a publication together has been around for literally decades: Editors are from Mars, designers are from Venus. That is, the people who write and edit the content do not use the software that is used to layout (and ultimately, print, or upload as a PDF) that content. Editors…
Fixing Badly-Formatted Word Files
A long time ago I did this video but it still applies! Diagnosing and fixing bizarrely formatted text from Word and InDesign: Integration by Anne-Marie Concepción You should be able to see this video in this post without being jumped to LinkedIn, even if you’re not a member of LinkedIn. Please let me know if…
Collaborative Workflows for Editors and Designers
In this series, David Blatner & I, Anne-Marie Concepción, share some hidden and sometimes surprising workflow tips that will make working in InDesign more efficient and more fun. The course covers built-in timesaving features such as Quick Apply and auto-expanding text, but also little-known tricks, such as using the eyedropper to copy and paste character and paragraph text…
InDesign 2020: New Features
InDesign gets better every year. 2020 is no exception. This new course is your tour of the latest and greatest, and will keep you up to date with new features as soon as they are released. I review the refreshed interface as well as the changes that take place under the hood, such as stability,…
InDesign and InCopy: Collaborative Workflows
I’m happy to share with you one of my favorite courses at LinkedIn Learning: Collaborative Workflows with InCopy CS5. In this course, we’ll learn how Adobe InCopy and InDesign can work together, enabling editors and designers to collaborate on publications, with no additional hardware, software, or expensive publication management systems. Discover how to set up the workflow, how…
Ebook Foundations
Want to make your own ebooks? Get a basic introduction to the exciting and evolving world of digital books. In this beginner-level course, I explain how to use, create, and sell ebooks, including reflowable, fixed-layout, Kindle, PDF, and multitouch ebooks. The tips in this course can help you choose the right format and the best…
Designing Templates with InDesign
An InDesign template is a beautiful thing. If you find yourself creating the same kind of document over and over again, a template can save you a tremendous amount of time. Working with other designers? A template can help make sure you’re all on the same page. And, if you need to get clients up…
Creating Fixed-Layout EPUBs with InDesign CC
In this LinkedIn Learning course, we’re going to learn how to create a promising new format for digital publications, fixed-layout EPUBs. We’ll look at embedding your publication’s custom fonts from your own library or from Typekit and working around a few glitches that you may encounter. We’ll be adding interactive features like animation, button actions,…
InDesign CC 2019: New Features
This course is your tour of the latest and greatest, and will be updated with new features as soon as they are released. I begin with the 2019 update, released in October 2018, featuring new panels, shortcuts, and production workflows that will make you a faster and more efficient designer. Learn how to use the…