InDesign Project Walk-Through

The first article was on Grids, Guides and Baselines and I talked about setting up my project file before I even opened InDesign.

Next I went over Setting Up Master Pages and Styles, where I continue down the road of good file prep practices and look at the Master Pages and text styles. These are all very important steps! Don't skip them for the sake of saving time at the beginning. You'll regret it later when you have a messy file and you'll probably be embarrassed to pass it on to another designer.

If you need some help Working with Text and Images, look no further! All the setup details are out of the way and it's time to start compiling everything and watch the final document take shape.

The document is almost done, just some formatting with Lists, Tabs and Final Details left.

And I had one more reader request, so I went back and added another article, Bleed and Layering Master Pages. In this article, you'll get an in-depth view about how to use Master Pages creatively to minimize the amount of work you need to do.

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I always love sharing little tips and tricks I've learned while working on a project. This is a quick little InDesign tutorial on loading swatches and paragraph styles from a previous document into a new one.