Book: InDesign Masterclass: Text & Tables

InDesign Masterclass: Text & Tables

InDesign Masterclass: Text & Tables

Stop struggling with InDesign’s text features—become the expert everyone turns to!

Are you tired of fighting with text frames that won’t cooperate? Frustrated by tables that look amateur no matter what you try? Ready to stop Googling “how to” every time you need to format complex typography?

InDesign Masterclass: Type & Tables is your fast track from confusion to confidence. While others are still fumbling with basic formatting, you’ll be wielding advanced OpenType features, creating stunning table designs, and automating complex layouts with professional-grade styles and GREP patterns.

This isn’t just another InDesign book—it’s your competitive advantage.

In today’s design world, typography mastery separates the professionals from the wannabes. When clients see flawless text handling, sophisticated table layouts, and seamless multi-column flows, they know they’re working with a true expert. That expertise translates directly into higher rates, better projects, and career advancement.

Six comprehensive chapters packed with real-world techniques you’ll use immediately:

  • Master text frames and columns that actually work the way you want
  • Unlock the full power of character and paragraph formatting
  • Create professional tables that make data beautiful and readable
  • Build style systems that save hours and ensure consistency
  • Handle complex stories with threading, variables, and conditional text
  • Plus advanced features like AI-assisted styling and GREP patterns

Written by Pariah Burke—the InDesign authority trusted by NASA, Johns Hopkins, and major corporations worldwide—this masterclass gives you insider techniques typically reserved for elite design professionals.

Your current InDesign skills are costing you opportunities. Every project that takes twice as long as it should, every client who questions your typography choices, every job posting requiring “advanced InDesign skills” that you skip—that’s money and career growth slipping away.

Transform your InDesign expertise today and join the ranks of true design masters.

The only question is: will you still be struggling with text formatting next month, or will you be the InDesign expert everyone comes to for answers?

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Text Frames

  • Creating Text Frames
  • Getting Text into Text Frames
  • Columns

Chapter 2: Characters

  • OpenType Features
  • Special Characters
  • Character Formatting
  • Special Font Formatting
  • Character Transforming

Chapter 3: Paragraphs

  • Paragraph Shapes
  • Tabs
  • Text Variables
  • Paragraph Composition
  • Paragraph Decoration

Chapter 4: Tables

  • Creating and Importing Tables
  • Working in Tables
  • Adding and Editing Table Content
  • Removing Columns and Rows
  • Sizing Columns and Rows
  • Merging and Splitting
  • Header and Footer Rows
  • Styling Tables
  • Overall Table Styling
  • Column and Row Strokes and Fills
  • Alternating Strokes or Fills
  • Cell Options

Chapter 5: Styles

  • Paragraph Styles
  • Character Styles
  • AI-Assisted Styling
  • Nested Styles
  • GREP Styles
  • Table Styles
  • Sharing and Loading Styles
  • Style Shortcuts
  • Quick Apply

Chapter 6: Stories

  • Threading & Unthreading
  • Autoflowing Text
  • Lists, and Numbers, and Bullets (Oh, My!)
  • Word Processing
  • Referencing: Footnotes, Endnotes, and Cross- References
  • Text Variables
  • Conditional Text
  • Fixing, Finding, and Changing Text and More

Appendix: Mastery Checks

Glossary

Index

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