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Use one frame, not many

Use one frame, not many - InDesign Tutorial

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Use one frame, not many

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- [Instructor] There's a difference between using InDesign and using it well, that is, using it in an elegant way, a way that makes you more productive, more efficient in the long run. So this page over here on the left has a common problem that I want to talk about, too many frames. I mean, this will work, it'll print or make a PDF and it looks fine, but it's not elegant. When you're laying out a page, you always want to ask yourself, how can I make this simpler? How can I make it easier to change later? Because you know, nine times out of 10, your client or your boss is going to ask you to make a change, and if you have a layout like this, it's going to be a pain. So let's rebuild this page. I'm going to use this other page on the right side to do this so we can see both at the same time. First, I want to replace all of these texts frames with a single text frame. So let's draw one. I'll grab the type tool and…

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