InDesign How-To: Use Pages as “Artboards” (Video Tutorial)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this InDesign video, David Blatner shows how to re-arrange pages on the pasteboard individually, so they act more like artboards in Illustrator, for instance. Using the Page tool, he re-sizes them and even uses the align tool to keep them neat and tidy.
This comes from David’s session with Anne-Marie Concepción and Mike Rankin, “Favorite Tips from InDesignSecrets” at CreativePro Week 2021.
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I love that this instructor is knowledgable AND respects my time. Great tutorial!
This is so valuable. I can't believe I didn't know this after using InDesign so many years. But it's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
This is great! I find it very useful because in my job we use illustration to make some digital publications because of the artboard feature and the ability to see the slides side by side, so I'm definitely using this on ID. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much. I hadn't idea that doing that in indesign was possible and instead I just use illustrator, but I prefer 200% more indesign so this is a lifesaver
Such an underrated feature! Thank you so much!!! I use Alternate layouts not for different page sizes with the same content but for different content/products for the same project. That way when I mail merge information in bulk updates EVERYTHING. I feel like I'm alone in this but I wish I could do basic animation in InDesign. It would make social media so much easier as Indesign has way better linking, exporting and mail merge that the rest of the suit believes isn't necessary.
Thank you SO much!
If anyone can't move the pages away from each other with the page tool, make sure that facing pages are checked off under properties.
omg just back learned indesign again and i am mindblown. thank you so much for this
This tip about clicking the pages tool to drag and add horizontal spacing between pages on the same row is priceless! The one caveat I would add is that if you already have content on your pages, you will have to manually reposition it on your pages after you space them out
Actually, make sure “Objects Move with Page” is selected to avoid leaving objects behind. -EG
Very helpful. Thanks a lot.
This is epic! 😆
oh boy do I wish I'd know about this a few months ago! great tip
awesome trick! thanks for sharing
Thank you, helped me so much.)
Love this! I think this is useful if you want to see how a bunch of branding pieces would look together, which I do frequently in Illustrator, but hadn't figured in out in ID...Thanks!
bless your soul
Wow! I'm using "unshuffle", but I never went to "Artboard mode". Having one text on overlapping artboards can be useful when you have two different sizes of the same content and control one text which is coming on two products, eg. Adds.
Helpful 🤝
Got a problem. Following step-by-step, but even when 8 pages are selected with the page tool, align will not work and neither does 'use spacing'. Any suggestions?
I'm having problems too, I guess maybe something is locking, I can't distribute, align... but it worked for me before. Can be any setting :S somebody help!
Found the solution.
Try this
Window > object and layout > align > align to > align to selection
I can't do "Paste in Place" between the pages when I use it this way! Is there a way I can do "Paste in Place"? Thank you.
Paste in Place is spread based... since those pages are all in a spread, now, it pastes it in the same exact spot. You would have to allow the pages to shuffle and drag them to separate them first. -EG
@@CreativePro I tried this method, but it's not working. Do you have a solution or an explanation for this issue? It's important to me.
Thank you!
I have no idea how this could be useful, could you give me an example? But thanks for the new content any way! :)
yeah, me, too. Seems like kind of a waste of time to try and mimic an inferior page layout tool. If you want that, just use AI.
There are many times where having pages of different sizes laid out in the same pasteboard comes in handy. For instance, if you're working on a letterhead, business card, envelope, all at the same time and/or you want to export the PDF for a client proof all on one page. This is just a different way of working than in the single shuffled page mode. Sharing items across pages is easier in this way. Laying out a multipage spread like a wrap around book cover (ruclips.net/video/nUGNLd8LmEM/видео.html) is another example. There are several reasons why it might (or might not) work with your workflow. -EG
Display ad suite buildout.
I can see this being insanely handy for laying out a billboard with individual panels that need to line up. Being able to overlap the boards is probably going to be amazing for doing things that require printing of multiple panels with an overlap, like large wall and window graphics where your print media is only so wide.
2:50 - Liquid page rule
Very nice and useful option, thank you. Is it possible to open/export this to illustrator?
There is no direct way to export from ID to AI, no.
@@CreativePro thank you for your information
i can't move the artboards horizontally, only vertically on y axis
You won't be able to move them if you're using Facing Pages. And remember to turn off Allow Doc Pages to Shuffle. -EG
Building display ads using InDesign is better than Illustrator, but when you export, I need a native built in way to rename every exported png differently, with sizes. That's my current hang up
I’m not sure, but that might be scriptable. -EG
My artboards are not responsive to the align tool commands, any idea?
Did you select the pages using the Page tool? -EG
@@CreativePro I'm having the same problem, all pages selected with the page tool. By hand I can drag them, but the align and the distribute does not respond... Can you help? Thank you in advance
Found the solution in my case.
Window > object and layout > align > align to > align to selection
Woow!! Thank You a lot!