Tag: VDP
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Saving Printing Costs on VDP in InDesign
Most variable data publishing projects include some variable content and some static content. By printing the two separately, you can save on printing costs. This clip will help you conceptualize how to separate them, accomplish the separation, and plan for the most efficient and cost-effective methods of printing variable and static content. Excerpted from Pariah…
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Updating Data After Merging with and without XML in InDesign
Most data merge operations create the merged documents and then never update them again. Other projects, like point-of-sale signage, mailers, and a host of other VDP designs, need to be able to update, alter, and even completely replace the data set after merging using a Live Merge document. This clip is a teaser that shows…
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Auto-Fitting Images During Data Merge in InDesign
Any time you’re dealing with images from disparate sources and with differing compositions you’ll almost certainly need to do some manual adjustment of the images after merging. It’s just the nature of the work. Add just a couple of simple steps at the beginning, and you can save yourself minutes, hours, even days of individually…
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Building Multi-Page Variable Text Publications in InDesign
You can merge data into multi-page documents as easily as any other kind of document. To do that without spending hours or days manually inserting the same merge placeholders, you need the secret technique in this clip. Excerpted from Pariah Burke’s comprehensive Pluralsight video course, InDesign CC: Data Merge & Variable Data Printing: http://abbrv.it/vidIDVDP
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Tips for Working with Multiple Records Per Page: InDesign Data Merge & VDP
Now that you know the fundamentals of merging to multiple records per page, here are important details and tips to make your work easier and more creative. Excerpted from Pariah Burke’s comprehensive Pluralsight video course, InDesign CC: Data Merge & Variable Data Printing: http://abbrv.it/vidIDVDP