Overview
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Learn the full process to plan, create, and output a book or other long document in InDesign.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Build long documents with InDesign
- Understanding long-document workflows
- Setting up preferences
- Creating a long-document workspace
- Creating a document
- Using parent pages
- Using layers
- Using text variables
- Using section markers
- Preparing InDesign templates
- Using Word templates
- Using InCopy
- Using Based On styles
- Using nested styles
- Using GREP styles
- Using object styles
- Using tables and cell styles
- Using swatches
- Using Quick Apply
- Understanding Word import options
- Placing text
- Placing images
- Creating static captions
- Creating live captions
- Using GREP Find/Change command
- Using notes
- Tracking changes
- Creating a production manual
- Creating a bookmap
- Creating tables of contents (TOCs)
- Alternative uses for the TOC feature
- Working with cross-references
- Creating custom cross-references
- Creating footnotes
- Creating endnotes
- Importing footnotes
- Importing endnotes
- Converting endnotes to footnotes
- Converting footnotes to endnotes
- Understanding index topics and references
- Creating page references
- Creating index cross-references
- Generating an index
- Creating InDesign book files
- Numbering book documents
- Synchronizing book documents
- Preflighting book documents
- Outputting book documents
- Using the Preflight panel
- Exporting to print PDF
- Exporting to interactive PDF
- Next steps
