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9/24/2015So what are you waiting for? In this course, Anne-Marie Concepción shows how to use InDesign to find and create templates that fit your needs. By building in the power tools you need for production—flexible master pages, logical layers, object styles, libraries and snippets, and styles—you'll have a template that prepares you for success. Plus, get tips, secret shortcuts, and useful scripts, as well as practice lessons to reinforce your newfound skills along the way.
- Finding free and paid InDesign templates
- Creating templates from existing documents
- Setting up new templates: margins, swatches, grids, and more
- Adding text and image placeholders
- Creating reusable elements
- Making smart paragraph, character, and object styles
- Embedding a custom preflight check
- Adding a style guide
- Working with special EPUB and interactive templates
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Voiceover] Hi there, my name is Anne-Marie "Her Geekness" Concepci?n, author of many lynda.com courses, and I'm thrilled to welcome you to this brand new course I created, Designing Templates with InDesign. As you'll see in this course, my definition of a template is pretty broad. From a content list INDT file to simply a clean version of your layout, optimized for a Save As. You'll learn how easy it is to create a template that includes all the power tools ready for your publication, such as flexible master pages, logical layers, object styles, libraries and snippets, and, of course, paragraph and character styles that can automate formatting, especially when you bring them up a level by creating nested, GREP, and cascading styles.
Throughout the course, I include many hard one tips, secret shortcuts, and show you a few of my favorite free InDesign scripts. To add to the fun, I've thrown in a few practice videos. Come join me now as I show you the power, the beauty, and the fun of designing templates with InDesign.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 3s
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1. Creating Smart Templates
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Making a simple template6m 31s
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2. Ingredients for Smart Templates
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In Practice: Master pages2m 27s
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In Practice: Layers3m 5s
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3. Smart Styles Are the Heart of Smart Templates
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4. Tips and Best Practices for InDesign Template Creation and Usage
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5. Special Considerations for Other Types of Templates
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 34s
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