Members-Only Video: How to Make a Great InDesign Template
This article appears in Issue 54 of CreativePro Magazine.
Chad Chelius is your guide to creating a great InDesign template to help you work faster, smarter, and more efficiently.

In the video, he demonstrates:
- Setting page size, margins, and columns
- Building Parent PagesÂ
- Importing and editing styles and swatches
- Flowing text with Primary Text Frames
- Automatically adding and removing pages with Smart Text Reflow
- Automating text with Text Variables
- And more!
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