If you ever have to create things like name tags or catalog pages from data in spreadsheets or databases, you should get to know InDesign’s Data Merge features. With them, you can automate a vast amount of work, and quickly apply formatting to your data. And if you need to get started using Data Merge, David Blatner has you covered with this Lynda.com course, InDesign Insider Training: Data Merge Database Publishing.
In this course, David demonstrates Data Merge via two example projects, and he shows third-party solutions to accomplish things you cannot do with InDesign alone.
In the free movie below, David shows how to create a template from scratch for use with Data Merge by creating a text frame, applying styles, and selecting a data source. Check it out!
Creating the Template
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Data publishing terminology
Setting up the data
Adding special effects to merged data
This article was last modified on August 8, 2019
This article was first published on October 7, 2016
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