Sessions

Bringing It All Together: CC Workflows

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This session uncovers the secrets to maximizing your design prowess by highlighting the power of Creative Cloud’s online services. Adobe’s Bart Van de Wiele will teach you how to work faster, collaborate with others, and say goodbye to email reviews using a variety of possibilities.

Topics include:

  • Ideate and collaborate using generative AI with Adobe Firefly
  • Streamline your workflow using CC Libraries and Adobe Stock
  • Set up approval workflows using cloud documents and even Adobe Frame io (yes, you have this!)
  • Bring everything together as part of Adobe’s eco-system

Long Document Essentials

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Learn valuable tips and techniques to make designing and producing long, repetitive, or complex documents easier, faster, and more enjoyable.

Topics include:

  • Really useful Parent (master) page tricks
  • Why Keep Options should be your best friend
  • Tips for anchoring objects to the text flow
  • Best practices for creating and applying styles
  • Using object styles, snippets, and libraries for repetitive page elements

Simplify and Supercharge with InDesign Styles

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Join Julie for a transformative journey into the heart of Adobe InDesign’s styling capabilities. In this session, you’ll delve deep into paragraph styles, specifically exploring Next, Nested, and GREP, the unsung heroes of text layout efficiency. Prepare to see how these powerful features can simplify your workflow, add flair to your designs, and easily tackle complex formatting tasks.

Interactive PDF and Alternatives

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While interactive PDFs have a time and a place, oftentimes they’re more like using a flip phone in a smartphone world. Join Tony Harmer for a look at why it’s high time to bid adieu to this outdated format and embrace the exciting alternatives available.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the limitations of Interactive PDFs and why newer alternatives are more versatile and engaging
  • Learn how to leverage InDesign to create interactive documents effortlessly, even if you’re accustomed to static formats
  • Strategies for planning, building, and managing your documents

InDesign Workflow Tune-up

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Do you consider yourself a seasoned Adobe InDesign user, but sometimes feel stuck in your ways? Do you ever wonder if you’re wasting precious time on everyday tasks that could be handled faster and easier? Then join this session where you’ll learn time-saving tips and techniques for working on brochures, catalogs, posters, and many other projects. Better and faster are the name of the game here!

10 InDesign Features and 3 Free Add-Ons You Should be Using

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You’ve been using InDesign for years, but are you using it right? Join internationally-renowned InDesign guru David Blatner as he uncovers 10 amazing features that most InDesign users don’t even know about. But that’s not all! He’ll also reveal three free InDesign add-ons you’ll want to download immediately.

Topics include:

  • Building libraries of reusable page elements that change size as needed
  • Making a single document work for multiple needs
  • Awesome tips from the InDesignSecrets archives
  • Where to find add-ons that to supercharge your page layout

Accessible PDFs from InDesign Part 2

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We all know Adobe InDesign is an incredibly powerful tool from both a design and an accessibility standpoint. But it’s no secret that InDesign falls short in a few areas. In this session, Chad will share advanced accessibility tips for making documents compliant and providing the most robust user experience possible.

Accessible PDFs from InDesign Part 1

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If you’ve been tasked with creating accessible PDFs from InDesign in your day-to-day job, you won’t want to miss this session. Chad will walk you through all the ins and outs of creating accessible PDFs. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of the requirements for document accessibility and why each one is important.

InDesign Layers: Your Secret Weapon

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In this session, we’ll uncover the hidden treasures of InDesign’s layers, where creativity meets organization. Discover how using layers can simplify your workflow by keeping content organized and harmonious. Get ready to uncover the hidden potential of InDesign’s layers and supercharge your design game!

Get Onboard with Accessibility Basics

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You know accessibility is important, but you’re not even sure where to start? Then pull up a chair and strap yourself in! This class is perfect for you. Dax will start at the very beginning, with the basics of accessible documents and give you the building blocks to create accessible PDFs that everyone can read. By the end of this session you’ll be ready to start making your PDFs more accessible.