15 Tips & Tricks All InDesign Users Should Know

Enhance your Adobe InDesign skills with these 15 essential tips and tricks. Discover how to generate QR codes, create visually stunning designs by masking letters, and animate assets for interactive PDFs. ► Download unlimited InDesign templates with Envato Elements: elements.envato.com/graphic-t...
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Here's what you'll learn:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 How to Use Parent Pages in InDesign
02:19 How to Create a QR Code in Adobe InDesign
03:25 How to Make an Interactive Popup
10:08 How to Add an Animated GIF
11:55 How to Create a Table of Contents
14:40 How to Use the Clipping Mask
17:06 How to Use the Color Theme Tool
18:18 How to Create a Neon Text Effect
20:37 How to Highlight Text
21:36 How to Create a PowerPoint File From InDesign
23:45 How to Use the Find/Change Function in InDesign
25:15 How to Make Multiple Page Sizes
27:10 How to Data Merge
29:39 How to Create a Fillable Form
32:23 How to Wrap Text Around a Subject
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[@michaelmccrory2220]

I have used InDesign for many years and still learning, thanks to helpful tutorials like yours.
Thank you Ashlee for sharing your knowledge and helpful information.
👍

[@ninanajmi2579]

I'm a graphic student and the only part i know about indesign is the color theme. your videos helped me discover what more adobe indesign can do and it's really cool. thank you so much. Sending love from Malaysia

[@randyfiglehorn9192]

I pulled a “yea I know how to use this” for a job and have been figuring it out as I go. My god this platform is unnecessary confusing compared to other similar platforms 😂

[@apollo244]

literally me rn

[@nikkirenee24]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. Your presentation style was exactly what I needed...clear voice, a pace I could follow, and visible examples. You are now my "go-to" for all things InDesign.

[@EmonHassan]

So many ideas have sparked from watching this video. Thank you, Ashlee!

[@maximusdoomed]

Ashlee,
Fantastic job and with over two decades of experience; this was great!!!! Keep up the great work!

[@didestambre9597]

THANK YOU SO MUCH this a a perfect tutorial and so much have been learned !!!

[@melbacaniiii4870]

These are awesome tips!! Thank you very much!!!

[@killianmerdrignac2077]

Great tips! Thank you 👌

[@chelle_nz]

You had me subscribing at QR code.

[@eschatonhemera654]

Awesome. Good tips. Learned some things.

[@DarrenSmith-ve6si]

Hi Ashlee, there are some great tips; I did know about a few of them. One I didn't know was the Color Theme Tool; that can be VERY useful. Thank you

[@Annie-bg7vk]

Awesome tutorial! Super helpfull!

[@kbeautiful1]

This is a great video 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@designerelise]

Hey Ashlee! Great to meet you! Thanks for the tips.

[@arturo.tbarcenilla2658]

Great! Thanks!

[@EnglishPizza]

I already love this video, thanks so muuuch!!!!!

[@envatotuts]

You're so welcome!

[@lexxlucre]

Thank you so much!!

[@rxepdmgm9523]

Wonderful explanation 👍🏻

[@rgarlinyc]

Thanks for these tips. many are helpful to me!

[@envatotuts]

You're so welcome!

[@ikonka77]

thank you !

[@michaelparker9437]

TY!

[@deemwhy4885]

Excellent

[@JorgeHernanArcilaA]

Nice video.

[@cgaines3898]

This really is a great video!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pascalepossel8116]

gracias!

[@acmtsing]

Truly helpful! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@victor_tadiwa]

Thanks for the tips and Iove your voice

[@envatotuts]

Happy to help!

[@mohammadzohirulislam8883]

wow...your explanations are great. Do you have any course ?

[@premraj5848]

thanks for the video

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome

[@Juice-chan]

Yeah I have used inDesign all wrong 100%. I called it photoshop somehow and tried to do all the infographics there :D

[@turgayarik3963]

Thanks a lot.. :))

[@envatotuts]

Welcome 😊

[@loriashcraft7445]

These are great! I am wondering how you created that thick pink line that animates in each of your section breaks. ??

[@darneldegand]

Thank you

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome

[@MartinDiscoo]

Thanx!

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome!

[@timcampo]

Some cool tricks but it seems the audio/voice over sometimes stops for a second or two.

[@Fissita]

Nice interactive hints, could you tell me how to export the document to .pdf to avoid miss any of them?

[@user-rg2du7dp2l]

hi love the video - how do u create the gif of the coloured shoes on PS?

[@leephom5499]

yr voice is nice

[@Belihoney]

How do you make it so that the W was coloured and relevant in the frame but not seen when it was out? (at 15:06 and 16:24 for example)

[@treasad1494]

Do you know how to create Fore-edge print pages?

[@nerm0557]

What version of Id are you using? I love your tips, thanks!

[@envatotuts]

CC 2023. Thanks.

[@TheCecyFernandes]

Please how to add other paper sizes to the preset tHANKS,

[@anettbihar7427]

Hi! First of all this was an awesome video with great tips ✨... But I have question about the InDesign and the gif format (and I don't know is this the right place to ask it 😅 if it's not I'm sorry for that). I would like to create a presentation with the help of InDesign and add some gifs as cool details... However the final presentation needs to be pdf - and I don't know how to export a pdf from InDesign with working gif elements. I tried a lot but it's still not working... Has anybody an idea for this?

[@ReasonTwentyTwo]

Hey, I was going to post the same query. Did you have any luck finding a solution?

[@Annie-bg7vk]

I want to know as well. When I watch it in the interactive preview pannel my gif works, but when I export it to pdf it doesn't.

[@juliaanderson74]

I have been in design since it change from page maker, I have never heard of master page being called parent pages?

[@envatotuts]

It's a recent change in InDesign.

[@michellepaul4394]

how do i turn my animated document into a video

[@parzival8082]

Can i know who she is ??

[@envatotuts]

This is the talented Ashlee Harrell - one of our regular instructors: tutsplus.com/authors/ashlee-harrell

[@ag_nost]

The tips are really helpful, but horrible sound/voice

[@designerelise]

horrible comment

[@m_ron2742]

The voice is lovely