This is a video I filmed in preparation for a presentation to the Los Angeles InDesign Users Group. In it, I discuss how to utilize InDesign's Book function to combine multiple .INDD documents into a group.
Then, I explain several tips and tricks that will increase your efficiency-how to automate running headers, make running headers automatically disappear on title pages, synchronize style changes throughout your whole book, and install a script that removes all unnecessary white space.
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Start-up Settings
0:50 - Why Use the Book Function?
1:30 - General Styles
2:05 - How to Make a Book Document
2:30 - Add or Subtract INDD Docs
3:20 - Place the Manuscript into the Document
4:23 - Be Familiar with the Manuscript!
4:45 - How to Maintain Bold and Italic Character Styles
5:50 - How to Open Find/Change
6:28 - Clearing Overrides
7:00 - Applying "Body First Paragraph"
8:05 - Applying other Styles
8:50 - How to Reflow Overset Text
9:15 - A Word about Recto/Verso pages and Book Flow
10:08 - Quickly Replace "Normal" with Body by Deleting it
10:50 - Clear Overrides AFTER all Styles have been Applied
11:40 - Automatically Fix Orphans (or single words at the bottom)
12:30 - Create a No Break Character Style
13:40 - Short Code for No Break GREP
14:30 - Automatically Fix Widows (or single lines at the top)
15:30 - Justification Settings to Automate better Tracking
17:30 - Numbers to Use in Justification Settings
18:55 - Use a Script to Remove Unnecessary White Space (Tabs, Double Spaces, Double Carriage Returns)
19:40 - How to Install a Script on a Windows PC Machine
20:35 - How to Get the CleanSpace Script
21:00 - Save As a .JSX file
21:35 - Where to Put the .JSX file
22:37 - The JSX Warning
23:06 - Don't Use Spaces!
23:45 - Using the CleanSpace Script
25:20 - Make a Running Header
26:00 - Automate the Chapter Name in the Running Header
27:59 - Make a Dynamic Text Variable for Running Header
28:40 - Create a New Text Variable
29:10 - Text Variable Settings
30:20 - Insert the Text Variable
31:07 - Automatic Chapter Title Page Style without Extra Parent Pages
32:58 - Use Rule Above and Rule Below to Cover up the Running Header
33:59 - Synchronize your Styles Throughout all Book Documents
35:40 - How to Indicate the Style Source
37:00 - Updating and Synchronizing a Single Paragraph Style
38:35 - Assign [None] Pages to Blanks
39:25 - Save All Documents and Export the Book
40:15 - Reminder About Ending every Doc on a Right-Hand Page
41:10 - Final Review
Los Angeles InDesign User Group:
www.laidug.com
Licensed Intro/Outro Music:
Lake Michigan by Staffan Carlén.
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www.BeckysGraphicDesign.com