InDesign: Creating Long Documents

Learn the full process to plan, create, and output a book or other long document in InDesign.

Introduction

• Build long documents with InDesign

1. Long-Document Construction

• Understanding long-document workflows
• Setting up preferences
• Creating a long-document workspace
• Creating a document
• Using parent pages
• Using layers
• Using text variables
• Using section markers

2. Implementing a Workflow

• Preparing InDesign templates
• Using Word templates
• Using InCopy

3. Using Styles

• Using Based On styles
• Using nested styles
• Using GREP styles
• Using object styles
• Using tables and cell styles
• Using swatches
• Using Quick Apply

4. Building Layouts

• Understanding Word import options
• Placing text
• Placing images
• Creating static captions
• Creating live captions
• Using GREP Find/Change command

5. Collaboration

• Using notes
• Tracking changes
• Creating a production manual
• Creating a bookmap

6. Long-Document Infrastructure

• Creating tables of contents (TOCs)
• Alternative uses for the TOC feature
• Working with cross-references
• Creating custom cross-references
• Creating footnotes
• Creating endnotes
• Importing footnotes
• Importing endnotes
• Converting endnotes to footnotes
• Converting footnotes to endnotes

7. Indexing

• Understanding index topics and references
• Creating page references
• Creating index cross-references
• Generating an index

8. Working with InDesign Books

• Creating InDesign book files
• Numbering book documents
• Synchronizing book documents
• Preflighting book documents
• Outputting book documents

9. Outputting Long Documents

• Using the Preflight panel
• Exporting to print PDF
• Exporting to interactive PDF

Conclusion

• Next steps