Adobe InDesign from Beginner to Advanced
Course 4: Layout and Large Documents: Smart Text Reflow
By Leandro Rodrigues , Graphic Designer and Art Director
Joined March 2020
About the video: Smart Text Reflow
Overview
“In this unit, I will explain how to import large amounts of text in a way that fills the boxes and builds the exact pages needed to contain that text.”
In this video lesson Leandro Rodrigues addresses the topic: Smart Text Reflow, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Layout and Large Documents. Learn smart techniques for laying out large amounts of content.
Partial transcription of the video
“CLASS 4 - Smart Text Reflow INTRODUCTION TO INDESIGN / COURSE 4 In this unit, I’ll show you how to import the contents of a text file, make him fill the boxes and build the pages automatically. We will see? For that, we will enter, double-click on our A-Master page that influences all pages, and we're going to build two text boxes. One on this left page. Let's click on this corner. We can drag another text box here. See that they stay connected. This streak appears to show text chaining. If you don't see it, you probably have this option unchecked, Hide text chaining. You need to come in Vi...”
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Course summary for: Course 4: Layout and Large Documents

Leandro Rodrigues
By Leandro Rodrigues
Through his extensive professional and academic experience, Leandro Rodrigues combines his passions for graphic design, publishing, and art direction to help bring life and personality to large-scale graphic content and digital projects.
With studies in graphic design and a postgrad degree in Art Direction for Communication from the Centro Universitário SENAC in São Paulo, Leandro has worked for over ten years in publishing and as a professor.
He has held art director and graphic design positions at the publishing house Maquinaria Studio and the digital marketing agency AgMN. He is a visiting Digital Design professor at SENAC São Paulo, as well as a director and art editor for Oeste magazine. Today, he is a Senior Designer in a branding consulting studio.
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