InDesign: Creating a Book with an Online Component
2h 11mAdvanced2025-05-21
Authors
Tony Harmer
Educator, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite Master
Course details
Learn how to get the best of both worlds in your design projects by combining the depth and convenience of print with the timeliness of online—ideal for everything from technical manuals that have companion video tutorials to campus directories that link to online maps. Join instructor and designer Tony Harmer as he shows how to blend the worlds of print and online design in this comprehensive user-friendly course. An ideal fit for designers, people working for in-house publication departments, or self-publishers of any genre, this course offers valuable workflow automation advice and demonstrates how to create QR codes that link to online components.
Skills covered
Digital PublishingInDesignGraphic DesignAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Intro - Creating a Book with an Online Component
- The best of both worlds with print and online
- What you should know
- Project overview
- InDesign setup
Starting with a Spreadsheet
- Why use a spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet setup
- Linking images in spreadsheet data
- Creating QR code links for InDesign
Preparing Image Content
- Metadata
- Image formatting
- Generating QR codes
Building the Layout
- Creating type styles
- Creating the main pages
- Styling the image frames
- Adding captions
- Adding a QR code
Automatic Layout
- Building the main pages automatically
- Creating an object style
- Reflowing the layout
- Fixing caption glitches
- Importing pages
- Using parent pages
- Front matter
- Numbering and sections
- Building a table of contents
- Flowing text
Output
- Preflighting
- PDF options
Creating the Cover
- Creating the cover document
Conclusion
- Next steps