Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Unit 1 – InDesign For Automation

    • Course Outline and Exercise Files for Unit 1 – InDesign For Automation

    • Lesson 1.1 – InDesign Preferences

    • Lesson 1.2 – Document Setup

    • Lesson 1.3 – Master Page Setup

    • Lesson 1.4 – Style Sheets

    • Lesson 1.5 – Tables

    • Lesson 1.6 – Inline and Anchored Objects

    • Lesson 1.7 – Libraries

    • Lesson 1.8 – Books
  • 2

    Unit 2 – Data & The Data Panel

    • Course Outline for Unit 2 - Data & The Data Panel

    • Lesson 2.1 – Data Basics

    • Lesson 2.2 – Data Requisites

    • Lesson 2.3 – Presentation and Data Types

    • Lesson 2.4 – EasyCatalog Interface and Workspace

    • Lesson 2.5 – Data Panel Basics: Part 1

    • Lesson 2.6 – Data Panel Basics: Part 2

    • Lesson 2.7 – Field Options Overview

    • Lesson 2.8 – Updating the Data Panel With Fresh Data

    • Lesson 2.9 – Duplicating Data Panels

    • Lesson 2.10 – Filtering and Grouping Data Panels

    • Lesson 2.11 – Updating Panels Containing Group Data
  • 3

    Unit 3 – Pagination

    • Course Outline For Unit 3 – Pagination

    • Lesson 3.1 – Drag & Drop Pagination: Record Data

    • Lesson 3.2 – Drag & Drop Pagination: Group Data

    • Lesson 3.3 – Guide Based Pagination

    • Lesson 3.4 – Flow Based Pagination

    • Lesson 3.5 – Master Page Pagination

    • Lesson 3.6 – Template Document Pagination
  • 4

    Unit 4 – Updating Documents

    • Course Outline for Unit 4 – Updating Documents

    • Lesson 4.1 – Update Documents with Record Data

    • Lesson 4.2 – Update Documents Replace Fields and Adopt Fields

    • Lesson 4.3 – Update Documents - Re-applying Pagination Rules

    • Lesson 4.4 – Update Documents - Group Data

    • Lesson 4.5 – Extracting Page Numbers - Basic

    • Lesson 4.6 – Updating the Panel from the Document

    • Lesson 4.7 – Extracting Page Numbers - Advanced
  • 5

    Unit 5 – Creating EasyCatalog-Linked Objects

    • Course Outline for Unit 5 – Creating Linked Objects

    • Lesson 5.1 – Field Specifier Basics

    • Lesson 5.2 – Other Ways of Creating Field Specifiers

    • Lesson 5.3 – Creating EasyCatalog-Linked Objects

    • Lesson 5.4 – Practical Example - Using General Field Options

    • Lesson 5.5 – Creating EasyCatalog-Linked Objects, Group Data

    • Lesson 5.6 – Practical Example - Pagination Rules and Actions
  • 6

    Unit 6 – Batch Pagination

    • Course Outline for Unit 6 – Setting Up Template Document Pagination

    • Lesson 6.1 – Batch Paginate Items With Record Data: Part 1 – Flow-Based

    • Lesson 6.1 – Batch Paginate Items With Record Data: Part 2 – Guide-Based

    • Lesson 6.3 – Batch Paginate Items With Group Data – Guide-Based

    • Lesson 6.4 – Design Considerations

    • Lesson 6.5 – Setting Up Page Furniture

    • Lesson 6.6 – Setting Up Master Page Pagination

    • Lesson 6.7 – Setting Up Template Document Pagination
  • 7

    Unit 7 – Advanced Pagination Techniques

    • Course Outline for Unit 7 – Advanced Pagination Techniques

    • Lesson 7.1 – Asset Name

    • Lesson 7.2 – The Ignored Pagination Action

    • Lesson 7.3 – Using Group Hierarchy
  • 8

    Unit 8 – Advanced Tables

    • Course Outline and Exercise Files for Unit 8 – Advanced Tables

    • Lesson 8.1 – Column Options

    • Lesson 8.2 – Cell Options

    • Lesson 8.3 – Row Options

    • Lesson 8.4 – Table Options

    • Lesson 8.5 – Horizontal Tables

    • Lesson 8.6 – Tables Within Tables
  • 9

    Unit 9 – Formatting Rules

    • Course Outline and Exercise Files for Unit 9 - Advanced Tables

    • Lesson 9.1 – Pagination Basics

    • Lesson 9.2 – Rule Sets Containing Multiple Rules

    • Lesson 9.3 – Updating Geometry Changes