Join Anne-Marie Concepción for an in-depth discussion in this video Setting up a "style cascade" with the Next Style feature, part of InDesign: Designing Templates.
- Let's take a look at paragraph style cascades.…What do I mean by cascade?…Well, do you remember that little bit of magic…that I showed you earlier in this course…with this spread right here?…Here we have a whole pile of text that…you know, has the same format, let's say…we just placed it from Word and told it…to strip out any paragraph styles…and I was able to select it all,…I'm just going to press Cmd or Ctrl+A…to select the whole thing…and in Paragraph Styles panel I right-clicked…on a style and chose Apply the Next Style…and, holy moly, look at that,…we have applied a whole bunch of different…paragraph styles with one right-click.…
That is the power of a style cascade,…it all depends on Based On styles.…If I click inside of any paragraph here…and I look inside the Paragraph Styles panel,…BodyCopyParagraph, right,…if I double-click it to look under the covers…you can see that the Next Style is the same style,…and that is the default for InDesign.…Whenever you create a paragraph style…it fills in the Next Style field with Same Style.…
Author
Anne-Marie Concepción
Released
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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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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Video: Setting up a "style cascade" with the Next Style feature