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Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign

Editing manuscripts in Word

A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer

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99% positive reviews (568)

19,092 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Editing manuscripts in Word

Overview

“What is the Word-InDesign workflow? Why does not "copy and paste" in InDesign? I will show you how to find local modifications in Word, how to style your manuscript and some tricks to gain time doing it.”

In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Editing manuscripts in Word, which is part of the Domestika online course: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign. Learn advanced techniques for creating professional literary layouts.

Partial transcription of the video

“We already knew what the tools are Word has to style a text. Now we are going to make use of those same tools to label the different parts of the manuscript and so, when we put it in InDesign, everything will be much more fluid. Let's do it at once. There are two ways to bring a text to InDesign, pasting or placing it. The first option I do not recommend. If you copy it from Word and paste it into InDesign, you lose a lot of control over how to respect the markings and structure of the text. You can throw away a lot of other people's work; however, when it comes to very short texts or not v...”

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Course summary for: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (568)
19092 students
7 units
26 lessons (5h 40m)
21 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe InDesign
Areas
Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design, Information Design

Javier Alcaraz

A course by Javier Alcaraz

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Editorial and Typeface Designer

Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.

In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.