David Blatner

David Blatner

About

David Blatner is the President of CreativePro Network, and the author of 15 books on topics such as InDesign, Photoshop, the number pi, how airplanes work, and the size of the universe. He is also the author of many video courses, including “InDesign Essential Training” at LinkedIn Learning.

Speaking at these events

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The InDesign Conference 2026
December 1–4 • An Online Event

The essential how-to event for creative professionals who rely on Adobe InDesign.

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Archived
The InDesign Conference 2025
December 9–12 • An Online Event

This event is no longer able to be purchased. On-demand access ends December 12, 2026. The essential how-to event for creative professionals who rely on…

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Archived
CreativePro Week 2025
June 2–6 • Now Available On Demand

Available for purchase through September 6. On-demand access ends June 6, 2026. CreativePro Week is the world’s best how-to conference to master the tools of…

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Archived
Design + AI Summit 2024
December 9–10 • Archived Event

Join us online November 13–14, 2024 for The Design + AI Summit to learn how to thrive with AI tools.

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Create an Automatic List Inside a Paragraph

Create automatic numbered or lettered lists inside an InDesign paragraph with this clever technique.

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Find Paragraphs That Don’t Include Specific Text in InDesign

It’s easy to find where text is not used, once you have the secret code

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1,001 Ampersands Poster

Do you love ampersands as much as we do? Download a PDF of this fun poster today!

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Members-Only Video: Essential Tips and Tricks Every InDesign User Needs

David Blatner demonstrates some of his all-time favorite tips and tricks for InDesign

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The 5 Rules of Efficiency for InDesign

You’ll rake in the efficiency jackpot every time with these five basic rules.

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InDesigner: Hal Leonard

If you’ve ever bought sheet music, there’s a good chance you have something published by Hal Leonard, the largest music print publisher in the world.

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InDesigner: Arabic Typography Design Contest Winners

David Blatner shares the gorgeous design and typography in the competition’s top ten entries.

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InDesigner: Peachpit Press

David Blatner speaks to the prominent software book publisher.

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Free Layout Zone Add-on Is an Incredible Productivity Tool

Free plug-in makes sharing portions of a layout for collaboration easy and efficient.

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CreativePro Conversations: The Design + AI Summit Community Partners Panel

Come learn how CreativePro’s Community Parters are using AI and other new tech to help creatives create better, faster, and more collaboratively.

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June 7–11, 2027

Phoenix, AZ (and online)