Harness the power of Adobe InDesign's data merge and style panel. Whether you're creating custom mail-outs or other mail-merge needs, familiarize yourself with this powerful InDesign panel in this in-depth, step-by-step guide. This book shows you how to easily create, edit, and print data merged documents that match specific branding and style guidelines. You'll learn how to combine MS Excel to create a faster workflow and quickly turn your Adobe InDesign CC 2017 files into printer-ready files. In this book, we'll also take a look at how to apply paragraph and character styles to your text and how you can alter formatting using Global Regular Expressions Print (GREPs). With Data Merge and Styles for Adobe InDesign CC 2017 as your guide, you'll see how to save time and money by learning all the peculiarities and powerful features of Adobe InDesign data merge. By the end of this book, you'll be able to streamline your workflow and avoid using MS Word's mail merge and back-and-forth edits. What You'll Learn
Create custom print media with text styles using Adobe InDesign CC 2017
Work with GREPs in conjunction with Character and Paragraph Styles to customize data
Build a numbering sequence for tickets Create single and multiple data merges
Who This Book Is For Students, graphic designers, and corporate administrators who need to create documents for events.
By:
Jennifer Harder
Imprint: APress
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1st ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Weight: 4.394kg
ISBN: 9781484231586
ISBN 10: 1484231589
Pages: 267
Publication Date: 12 November 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
IntroductionChapter 1 title: Working with Paragraph Styles to create sequential numbering* Project: Creating a Raffle Ticket layout for print* Working with Layers and Selection* Working with Paragraph Styles Panel and dialog boxo Generalo Bullets and Numberingo Basic Character Formatso Character Coloro Other Options within the Paragraph Styles dialog box----note this area I need to expand as would relate to data merge* The Align Panel* Pages Panel* Using Paragraph Styles to continue numbering from a new number* Importing Styles* Creating the Final PDF for PrintChapter 2 title: Creating a Single Merge Record using the Data Merge Panel* Project: Creating a Presentation Letter for your mailout* The Data Merge Panel* Creating a Spread Sheet in MS Excel and saving it as a CSV file for InDesign* Laying out the InDesign File Cover Letter* Working with the Data Merge Panel and dialog Box* Inserting Data into the Cover Letter -Selecting a Data Source* Previewing, Updating, and Removing Data Source* Creating a Single Merged Record Document with single and multiple pages* Creating the Final PDF for print or Exporting to PDFChapter 3 title: Creating a Single Merge Record with Images using the Data Merge Panel * Project: Creating Product sheets from your CSV File* Add image fields in the data source file* Content Placement Options* Can I use Object, Table and Cell Styles as part of my Data Merge?Chapter 4 title: Creating a Multiple Merge Record using the Data Merge Panel * Project: Creating a Raffle Ticket layout for print Part 2* The Data Merge Panel* Creating Numbering for your CSV file* Working with Layers and Pages Panel* Create a Multiple Merge Record Layout * Creating the Final PDF for print* Additional ResourcesChapter 5 title: Working with Character and Paragraph GREPS Styles with the Data Merge Panel* Project: Creating Name cards for Tables and altering the color when information changes in a customized letter for prices.* What are GREPS?* The Data Merge Panel* The Character Styles Panel and dialog boxo Character Coloro Generalo Basic Character formatso Other Options within the Character Styles dialog box ---note this area I need to expand as would relate to data merge* Paragraph Styles Panelo GREP Styleo Number RangesChapter 6 title: Conclusion* Quiz: Test your Knowledge
Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over 10 years. She has a degree in Graphic Communications and is currently teaching Acrobat, InDesign, and Dreamweaver courses at Langara College. As a freelancer, Jennifer frequently works with Adobe PDFs and checks them before they go to print or are uploaded to the web. She enjoys talking about Adobe Software and her interests include: writing, illustration, and working on her websites.
