Data Merge and Styles for Adobe InDesign CC 2018: Creating Custom Documents for Mailouts and Presentation Packages

Description

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 LearnCreate 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 ticketsCreate single and multiple data mergesWho This Book Is For Students, graphic designers, and corporate administrators who need to create documents for events. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction: Creating a Workspace (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 1-52 Working with Paragraph Styles to Create Sequential Numbering (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 53-97 Creating a Single Merge Record Using the Data Merge Panel (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 99-129 Creating a Single Merge Record with Images Using the Data Merge Panel (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 131-170 Creating a Multiple Merge Record Using the Data Merge Panel (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 171-193 Working with Character and Paragraph GREP Styles with the Data Merge Panel (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 195-247 Troubleshooting (Jennifer Harder)....Pages 249-264 Back Matter ....Pages 265-267