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Laurie is an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign and Illustrator and an active user of many of the Creative Cloud programs in her graphic design business. She provides classroom and custom training both live and online as a consultant.
In addition to her teaching and speaking, she is a graphic designer, developing brochures, catalogs, newsletters, logos and interactive documents for a wide variety of clients. She is the author of a course for Ajar Productions – Creating your First Interactive Document with InDesign and in5. She is a writer for InDesign Magazine and has several videos on the CreativePro YouTube channel. From her diverse graphic design and consulting work, Laurie brings a wide variety of real-world knowledge into the classroom.
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See all articlesHow to Use Text Variables in an InDesign Template
Learn how to set up a text variable with custom text in an InDesign template file to use as a placeholder for information that will change with each new document created.
How to Anchor a Graphic to Text in InDesign
Learn how to anchor a graphic to text in InDesign so that they travel together and find out the difference between anchored and inline graphics.
How to Make a Timeline Quickly and Easily in InDesign
Learn how to make a quick timeline in InDesign by combining the power of anchored objects, object styles, and type on a path.
CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Anchoring Graphics to Text in InDesign
See how to set up graphics to travel along with text in InDesign and learn the difference between anchored and inline objects in this CreativePro Week sneak peek video.
How to Create Pop-Ups for Interactive Documents in InDesign
Learn how to quickly make a pop-up box in InDesign for use in an interactive document.
How to Automate Addresses with Data Merge in InDesign
See how to add addresses to any number of envelopes quickly and easily.
How to Automate Chapter Headers in InDesign
See the most efficient way to automate numbered chapter headers using Text Variables in InDesign.
Page Numbering Perfection
Learn all the ins and outs of page numbering, prefixes, and section markers in InDesign.
Power Up With Object Styles
This article appeared in Issue 133 of InDesign Magazine. Take charge of your layouts with one of the most powerful—and underused—features in InDesign If I could create “styles” for all the repetitive tasks in my daily life, I’d welcome the tiny bit of extra work up front that would end up saving me an enormous amount of […]
How to Format InDesign Pages Fast Using Styles
Learn the incredible power of the Next Style feature in InDesign, which lets you format an entire page of text with just a few clicks.