You’re new to InDesign and you want to learn as quickly as you can. You’ve come to the right place. InDesignSecrets is the biggest InDesign site on the Web, with hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques. For the new user, check out our Beginners Corner category and be sure to listen to this episode (or read the transcript), as well as the show notes on that page. You can find many of the most important posts here on this FAQ page.
However, we can’t cover everything, so here’s a list of a few other sites that you should check out when you’re first learning InDesign:
- There are lots of resources at lynda.com, including some free movies at the beginning of my InDesign Essential Training title
- If you want to buy a book about InDesign, we can recommend several
- Lauren at Creative Curio has a number of good basic tutorials.
Neil at Creative Mentor is posting many good lessons perfect for InDesign beginnersRookie Designer is more generic, but there’s some fun stuff there and the forums are hoppin’- Of course, InDesign Magazine is always a good source of information; I always recommend new users subscribe!
- Layers has some good tutorials for beginners on InDesign, of course
We have an even bigger list of links to sites that we recommend on this page.
Take a look around! Enjoy! And Happy InDesigning!
This article was last modified on December 19, 2021
This article was first published on October 6, 2008
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