Crucial Tools for Building Amazing Documents

Just as you need to build a solid foundation for a house, so also do you need to establish a set of strong text styles for an InDesign project. Think of paragraph and character styles as the foundational elements that add clarity and unity and simplify the process of managing text in your document. Join speaker, trainer, and writer Erica Gamet in this session to learn how to solidify your text style strategy, which will enable you to produce outstanding documents smoothly and efficiently. 

Topics include:

• Creating, naming, and organizing styles for consistent results
• Using nested styles to format repetitive text
• Automating a style change with each new paragraph
• Incorporating text styles into object styles for even faster layout formatting
• Setting up styles to use automation features like cross-references and text variables 

Note: A basic knowledge of paragraph and character styles is recommended. 

Technical Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Category: Industry Best Practices

Track: Graphic Design and Illustration

Audience: Art/Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Print Designer