We just recorded our 150th InDesignSecrets podcast, and to celebrate this sesquicentennial event, we offer you 150 links we think you ought to know about. Some of these are pages here at InDesignSecrets.com, but most point elsewhere. It is a big InDesign world, after all.
Note that these are not in any particular order! And it’s not the ultimate comprehensive list. To all the many great sites and links that we forgot, we apologize!
Social Media:
- twitter.com/indesignsecrets
- twitter.com/indesign
- twitter.com/indesignmag
- twitter.com/mninness
- facebook.com/indesignsecrets
- facebook.com/indesign
- twitter.com/amarie
- twitter.com/dblatner
- twitter.com/rufusd
- twitter.com/carijansen
- twitter.com/#!/jamesfritz
- twitter.com/adobe_care
- twitter.com/#!/amarie/idugs
- twitter.com/#!/indesignblog
Sites:
- indesignsecrets.com
- www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html
- Automation (IDML and Scripting): www.adobe.com/products/indesign/extend.displayTab2.html
- theindesigner.com
- theindesignguy.com
- blog.gilbertconsulting.com
- creativepro.com
- indesignusergroup.com
- indesignmag.com
- Wishlist/bugs can be reported to: www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=68
- carijansen.com
- blogs.adobe.com/indesignpost
- russellviers.com
- rufus.deuchler.net
- Anne-marie’s site:Â www.senecadesign.com/designgeek/indesign.html
- layersmagazine.com/category/indesign
- fridays.mordy.com
- www.askbrianwood.com
- blogs.adobe.com/adobe-com-blogs
- blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing
- blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs
- whattheythink.com
- creativebits.org
- www.ampersandvirgule.com
- Adobe Forums: https://forums.adobe.com
- Adobe Events page: https://www.adobe.com/events
- Adobe Ondemand Seminars: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=list&type=ondemand_seminar&loc=en_us
- Accessibility links: https://creativepro.com/accessibility
- www.instantindesign.com
- www.creativesweettv.com
- creativesuitepodcast.com
- www.creativeedge.com
- Mike Rankin’s old site still has fun stuff on it:Â publicious.net
- desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/Adobe_InDesign_Tutorials.htm
Tips:
Plug-ins and Scripts
- List of plug-ins: www.adobe.com/products/indesign/extend.displayTab3.html
- indisnip.wordpress.com
- indiscripts.com
- in-tools.com/products/scripts/
- www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/task-tools-for-adobe-indesign/
- free version of patternmaker plug-in: teacupsoftware.com/products/patternmaker1_0.html
- automatication.com
- CalendarWizard: sourceforge.net/projects/calendarwizard/
- Tetris inside InDesign, Blatner Tools, and many other plug-ins! www.dtptools.com
- indesignsecrets.com/bringing-animation-from-indesign-cs5-into-a-pdf-with-the-help-of-a-little-script.php
- www.danrodney.com
- creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesignscripts.html
- indesignsecrets.com/free
- emsoftware.com
- recosoft.com
PDFs, Articles, and Videos
- blip.tv/indesign-secrets-videocasts
- InDesign CS5 Essential Training: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-tutorials/essential-training/59967-2.html
- Dynamic Publishing Workflows in XML: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-tutorials/dynamic-publishing-workflows-in-xml/53705-2.html
- QuarkXPress to InDesign Conversion Guide: wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/indesign/pdfs/ID_interactivemigrationguide.pdf
- tv.adobe.com/product/indesign/
- www.creativepro.com/article/drop-20-pounds-indesign
- Interactive Documents and Presentations: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-tutorials/interactive-documents-and-presentations/65721-2.html
- 10 Tips for Troubleshooting Files: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS4-tutorials/10-tips-for-troubleshooting-files/47762-2.html
- Beyond the Basics (for CS4, but most movies still relevant): www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS4-tutorials/beyond-the-basics/656-2.html
- www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/17/indesign-tips-i-wish-i-d-known-when-starting-out/
- Free PDF Guide to Hidden Characters: indesignsecrets.com/free-guide-to-indesign-special-characters.php
- Font Management in OS X: www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html
- Our guided to OpenType fractions: indesignsecrets.com/download-our-guide-to-opentype-fractions.php
- Anatomy of an IDML file: www.indesignsecrets.com/downloads/Anatomy_of_IDML.pdf
- Understanding Frame Grids: www.indesignsecrets.com/downloads/framegrids.pdf
- Branislav’s Cool Transparency Tricks: indesignsecrets.com/downloads/milic-id-transparencycooleffects.pdf
- Rotating Text Inside a Frame: indesignsecrets.com/rotate-text-inside-a-frame.php
- InDesign videos on youtube:Â www.youtube.com/results?search_query=indesign&aq=f
- InDesignSecrets podcast:Â itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/indesign-secrets/id101102043
InCopy
- InDesign CS5 and InCopy CS5 Collaborative Workflows whitepaper (PDF)
- Video: Collaborative Workflows with InCopy: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-tutorials/collaborative-workflows-with-incopy-cs5/62220-2.html
- InCopySecrets.com
Books:
- Real World InDesign: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321713052
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Styles: How to Create Better, Faster Text and Layouts by Michael Murphy: www.amazon.com/Adobe-InDesign-CS4-Styles-Layouts/dp/032160606X
- Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, by Scott Citron and Michael Murphy: www.amazon.com/Adobe-Creative-Design-Premium-How-Tos/dp/0321719859
- InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign (2nd Edition), by Nigel French: www.amazon.com/InDesign-Type-Professional-Typography-Adobe/dp/0321685369
- Interactive InDesign CS5: Take your Print Skills to the Web and Beyond, by Mira Rubin: www.amazon.com/Interactive-InDesign-CS5-Skills-Beyond/dp/0240815114
- Fearless Flash: Use Adobe InDesign CS5 and the Tools You Already Know to Create Engaging Web Documents, by Claudia McCue: www.amazon.com/Fearless-Flash-InDesign-Engaging-Documents/dp/0321734823
- Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Suite Applications, by Claudia McCue: www.amazon.com/World-Print-Production-Creative-Applications/dp/032163683X
- InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide: www.amazon.com/InDesign-CS5-Macintosh-Windows-QuickStart/dp/0321705203
- InDesign CS5 Automation Using XML & JavaScript : www.amazon.com/InDesign-CS5-Automation-Using-JavaScript/dp/1460915380
- A Designer’s Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML: www.amazon.com/Designers-Guide-Adobe-InDesign-XML/dp/0321503554
- Create Interactive Documents using Adobe InDesign CS5, by Chris Converse: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321733924
- Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Page Layout, by Gabriel Powell: www.amazon.com/Instant-InDesign-Designing-Templates-Efficient/dp/0321495713
- EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating ebooks for the Apple iPad and other ereaders, by Liz Castro: www.amazon.com/EPUB-Straight-Point-Creating-ereaders/dp/0321734688
Events
Design in General
- www.fonts.com
- www.veer.com
- designgeek.com
- design-tools.com
- rookiedesigner.com
- www.istockphoto.com/indesignsecrets.php
What To Do After You Export/Print
Resources for making iPad Apps
- www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite
- pressrun.com
- twixlmedia.com
- www.woodwing.com/en/digital-magazine/ipad-now
- www.aquafadas.com/en/publishing/
- pixelmags.com
- www.zinio.com/ipad
- bakerframework.com/books
- blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/
- blog.padman.io
EPUB and eBook Resources
- InDesign CS5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad: www.lynda.com/InDesign-CS5-tutorials/to-EPUB-Kindle-and-iPad/75445-2.html
- Adobe’s Kindle white paper: www.adobe.com/products/indesign/pdfs/indesigntokindle_wp_ue.pdf
- threepress.org/document/epub-validate
- code.google.com/p/epubcheck
- www.teusdejong.nl/thome/ho_body5.html
- www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com
- Kindle Direct Publishing Portal: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help
- Kindle plug-in: www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000234621
- Monocle – Books in the browser: monocle.inventivelabs.com.au/”
- Ibis Reader : ibisreader.com/
- Feedbooks: www.feedbooks.com/
- The application for an iTunes Connect account is available at https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/wa/apply
- BiblioCore: www.bibliocore.com
- BookBaby: www.bookbaby.com
- Constellation: www.perseusdigital.com
- INgrooves: www.ingrooves.com/digital-publishing
- Ingram: www.ingramcontent.com/apple
- Lulu: www.lulu.com/apple-ipad-publishing
- Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_ipad_ebooks
- EPUB 3.0 Overview: idpf.org/epub/30
- EPUB 2.01 Overview: idpf.org/epub/201
- Apple: Sell Your eBooks: itunes.com/sellyourbooks
- Google Books (eBooks) Overview: books.google.com/help/ebooks/content.html
- Barnes & Noble PubIt! Portal: pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?t=pi_reg_home
Adobe Live Help Files
- Creative Suite 5: help.adobe.com/en_US/CreativeSuite/CS5/Using/index.html
- CS Review: help.adobe.com/en_US/CreativeSuite/CS5/Using/WS9293e1fb3b977c5c58036661123f3265d63-8000.html
- CS5 InDesign: help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/index.html
- CS5 InCopy: help.adobe.com/en_US/incopy/cs/using/index.html
- Acrobat X: help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/index.html
What do you think is “required reading” for InDesign users? Tell us below!
This article was last modified on August 2, 2022
This article was first published on May 26, 2011
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Great resource list! I can only imagine how long this took to compile!
May I suggest an additional book for your book list? I wrote Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers. It is focused on the basics of book design and related typography — and features a chapter on using InDesign to set up a (print) book.
While this book is a little dated, and may go out-of-print sometime this year (when the last of the inventory is shipped out) the InDesign chapter is still quite useful as the most current version of InDesign while adding some desirable new features, has not changed any of the older functions.
A new edition of the book is in the works and may be released next year (if all goes according to plan).
The book is available from amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Book-Design-Production-Pete-Masterson/dp/0966981901?ie=UTF8
Awesome!!! Thank you! May I suggest #151? This site has some very nice tutorials by a friendly, helpful designer named Nick Davies:
https://www.graphic-design-employment.com/adobe-indesign-tutorials.html
@ rmoyerman: That’s probably a better question for our forums (click Forums in the navigation above). But the quick answer is: click the Plus button in the book panel, or drag the files from the Finder/Explorer window into the panel.
i used indesign CS3 to make the long document cookbook. i lost the flash drive i had saved it on. i still have the disc with all the files and the CS3 book. Here the application program has changed to CS4. i start up the new book and get the book panel. how do i get files into the book panel?? i have an Adobe book covering InDesign CS4 which states that books can be made, but there is no step by step info to get files into the book panel. what am i missing?? robert
Check StockInDesign:
https://www.stockindesign.com/inicio/category/templates
I love InDesignSecrets
[editor’s note: This site is in Spanish.]
WOW! Awesome collection of links!
I thought I was getting caught up on things. Yikes. Honestly though, thanks for the treasure trove.
Beautiful. That should keep me busy!