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InDesign 101

David Blatner
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A Beginner’s Guide to Adobe InDesign

While most InDesign Magazine readers have been using Adobe InDesign for years, each day new users are drawn to this powerful page-layout program. And the first question of every new user is: “Where to start?!” Fortunately, we have an answer: Start right here.

This is InDesign 101: The Basics. I’ll show you how you can get up to speed in InDesign quickly so that you can create basic documents and—perhaps more importantly—edit templates and other people’s documents. If you’re just now picking up InDesign and you want to ensure you get a good foundation, follow me!

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David Blatner
David Blatner is the co-founder of the Creative Publishing Network, InDesign Magazine, CreativePro Magazine, and the author or co-author of 15 books, including Real World InDesign. His InDesign videos at LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) are among the most watched InDesign training in the world.
You can find more about David at 63p.com

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  • Arne Gustafsson says:
    September 7, 2017 at 11:15 am

    I have a membership account with you and I try to dld ”InDesign 101” ,but I just don’t get how to do it. Am I missing something? I hav eon this before, but now it does not work…

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  • Janice Erickson says:
    September 20, 2017 at 7:43 am

    Me too – no way to download 101 – and have new discount membership!!

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    • David Blatner says:
      September 20, 2017 at 7:58 am

      Janice: Do you mean you cannot read this article all the way? Or you cannot download the PDF on the magazine issue page?

      We have noticed that some people who have premium memberships need to log out and log back in on the site in order to “goose” the site into giving them the right permissions. If that still doesn’t work, email the address in Anne-Marie’s note above.

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