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Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign

Text variables

A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer

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19,091 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Text variables

Overview

“There are several work options with text variables, but I will focus mainly on the character and paragraph heading functions, for use in cornices and other elements of editorial design.”

In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Text variables, 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

“In this unit, we will learn three great tools. Text variables, InDesign books and also footnotes. I'm going to show you how it's done. A text variable is a type of information not static, that is, I can enter in a text box, in a text frame, static information while typing, but a text variable enters information which is dynamic, collect that information from a source we determine and load the content there where we tell him to enter it. This makes it very versatile. certain parts of an InDesign document. For example, a date can be a text variable. This document, for example, if I constantly...”

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Course summary for: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (568)
19091 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.