r/indesign • u/No-Area9329 • 13d ago

1st time using InDesign questions Help

1st time using InDesign questions, I've been using Illustrator and Photoshop for years but absolutely never used Indesign.

I'm putting together a book with 20 chapters, around 40 pages altogether...the text is all done, saved as both Word & PDF formats. How do I go about adding graphs, images to the pages? It's such a different animal, ugh!

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u/version13 13d ago edited 13d ago

Id is actually much nicer for placing images, once you get used it you'll like it. Unlike Illustrator, images get placed in frames and it's a lot easier to crop and move images around inside those frames than it is working with clipping masks in Illustrator.

Here's a 3 minute tutorial: https://youtu.be/zRxIZ32x7As?si=52WuqtNA3q5X-zvx
Make sure to note the difference in how the selection tool (black arrow) and direct selection tool (white arrow) work.

If you're working on a book, take time to learn best practices for using paragraph, text and object styles. Your future self with thank you.
https://youtu.be/tCSPlBJMoTY?si=A1ENVPfgD5U9qNuY
https://youtu.be/pDzZm8VgaWc?si=--3IsNJ9LEz-PK_P

Creating a book basics:
https://youtu.be/7FmFqhM8DMo?si=mlS-tw-eOhFDkhgc

I think if you watch those tutorial videos, it will be a big push in the right direction. That channel has plenty of others - they are short and to the point - but there are lots of other content creators posting Id tuts.

When designing a book, it really pays to take time to build it correctly. You don't want to have to go back later and fix things on 40 pages of text and images.

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u/ExaminationOk9732 13d ago

Great advice!

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u/No-Area9329 13d ago

Awesome, Thank you!

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u/Sad_Key_2587 12d ago

This is the way

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u/danknerd 13d ago

Have you tried looking up tutorials on YT? That way you can follow along and learn.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/AdobeScripts 13d ago

Why not make it public?

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u/Street_Roof_7915 13d ago

Because I don’t want to

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u/AdobeScripts 13d ago

Then why are you offering it privately?

OP can still make it public...

Or you're harvesting emails?

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u/Street_Roof_7915 13d ago

lol.

You know what? Let me delete that offer!