Interactive Documents with InDesign and in5

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Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Interactive Documents with InDesign and in5

Thursday, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Central

Attend this session to learn how to build a complete, content-rich interactive, digital document! We will use InDesign and in5 to export several HTML-based documents that can be used for micro-sites, digital magazines, sales material, animated Google ads, and more.

You will learn how to:

  • Identify if your project is a good fit for this type of workflow
  • Add interactivity to your InDesign document, including slideshows and multi-state objects
  • Turn documents into presentations for slide decks, sales tools,  and more
  • Export HTML output from InDesign using the in5 plug-in
  • Explore converting exported HTML to mobile apps

InDesign: Long Documents, Reports, and Proposals

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Russell Viers

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InDesign: Long Documents, Reports, and Proposals

Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Central

Russell Viers has learned a thing-or-two about working with longer documents in InDesign! In this session, he’ll share some of the valuable tips and techniques he’s learned over the years to make designing and producing long, repetitive, or complex documents easier, faster, and with less headaches.

Topics will include:

  • General shortcuts for speed you should be using
  • Really useful Master Page tricks
  • Why “Keep Options” should be your best friend
  • Tips for anchoring objects to the text flow
  • Table of content tips
  • Best practices for creating and applying styles
  • Using Object styles, Snippets, and Libraries for repetitive page elements

Scripts Every InDesign User Needs

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Chad Chelius

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Scripts Every InDesign User Needs

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm Central

If you’re not using scripts with InDesign, you are not being efficient. And scripts are really easy! In fact, a bunch of useful scripts even ship with InDesign—you just need to know where to look for them.

Join us in this fast-paced session to learn:

  • Where to find must-have scripts
  • The fastest and easiest way to install a script and run it
  • Free scripts for managing your layouts, building calendars, and
  • How to use a free script to build a useful font… honest!

Plus: Enter your script idea… winner will have a professional scripter write a script for you!

GREP: The Secret Productivity Weapon

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Erica Gamet

Erica Gamet

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GREP: The Secret Productivity Weapon

Wednesday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am

GREP is one of the most important features in InDesign, and sadly it’s one of the least used! In this half-day session, we’ll get you up to speed (from zero to 60!) with this amazing tool for finding, changing, and formatting text patterns.

Erica will share some in-depth GREP expressions to put into your SuperDesigner’s toolkit. When it comes to automating text in your InDesign documents, using GREP can give you that boost you need to improve your accuracy, consistency, and productivity. We’ll look at some design samples and learn—among other things—how to:

  • Find a range of characters
  • Find all of specific category, such as currency
  • Learn how to master the lookaround
  • Automatically style fractions, figures, and recurring product names

Plus, learn why Erica calls this feature “unicorns and rainbows”!

InDesign: Three Minutes Max

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David Blatner

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InDesign: Three Minutes Max

Wednesday, 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Central

Eight world-famous experts… Three minutes each… Only one winner! Watch as our presenters vie for the best 3-minute InDesign tip. One lucky audience member will win our grand prize!

This is one of the top-rated sessions at CreativePro Week. Don’t miss it!


Bonus: Three Minutes Max Tip from Our 2019 Event


Tables

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Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert

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Tables

Wednesday, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Tables in InDesign make for a great layout tool when formatting large amounts of information and data. Setting up a Table and using the tools efficiently shouldn’t be a daunting task.

In this class, you will learn:

  • How changing a few preferences makes working with tables much easier
  • The fastest, easiest ways to rearrange and add rows and columns to a table
  • Some “must have” scripts to make complex, repetitive table tasks easier
  • How to update formatted tables with new data without losing the formatting

Mastering the RGB to CMYK Workflow

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Theresa Jackson

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Mastering the RGB to CMYK Workflow

Tuesday, 10:30 am – 11:30 am Central

Today, we prepare documents for a variety of media, and, no, despite the rumors, print is not dead. In a world of both RGB and CMYK, when and how should you convert from one to the other? And what should be converted and what shouldn’t? And when some content shouldn’t appear in some media but is necessary in another, how do we “author once, publish for many?”

If you care about managing your time, minimizing the juggling of files, and maximizing quality, this is a session you need.

Best Practices for Exporting Great PDFs

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Russell Viers

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Best Practices for Exporting Great PDFs

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Exporting a solid PDF is as easy as choosing File > Export, right? Well, hold on to your mouse… what do all those buttons and menus mean inside the Export PDF dialog box? Why might you want to choose “High Quality” vs. “PDF/X-4”?

InDesign can make awesome PDF files, but only if you know how to make the right choices. Let’s explore!

New Opportunities with New Font Technologies

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David Jonathan Ross

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New Opportunities with New Font Technologies

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Everyone uses fonts, but do you use them well? Are you getting the most from your fonts? And now there are many more font options than ever, including SVG fonts, variable fonts, color fonts, and brush stroke fonts.

Learn about the new opportunities with fonts (and some older ones which you’ve probably overlooked!) with this internationally-renowned type designer.

Styles: Next Level Tips

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Laurie Ruhlin

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Styles: Next Level Tips

Wednesday, 10:15 am – 11:30 am Central

Everyone knows that using styles in InDesign is key for efficient formatting of text and objects in a document. Not only do they save time and allow us to format content quickly and efficiently, but they also facilitate easily making changes in a document as well. Let’s not forget that they’re also a requirement if you want to take advantage of some powerful features in InDesign that help you to automate tasks. With styles however, there’s a lot more beneath the surface that can help you take your text formatting to the next level by automating specific formatting within a paragraph.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Specifically format every instance of a word or phrase in a document
  • Leverage Nested Styles to apply text formatting
  • Isolate and format text using GREP Styles
  • Understand the order of operation when using automated and manually applied styles
  • Think creatively with styles