Graphic Design

InDesign is an amazing design tool. And thankfully, with a little practice, it’s quite easy to use!

But how do you actually get that practice? There are so many options for what to create in InDesign that it’s hard to know where to begin.

Never fear! Here are a bunch of prompts you can use to practice using InDesign. Even if you don’t follow the prompt exactly, it might inspire a new project that you want to work on.

And if you’re intimidated by the idea of creating an ebook template, don’t let the word count scare you—simply create your textbox and go to Type > Fill with Placeholder Text. No writing required!

InDesign is an amazing program, and being able to use it with confidence is an awesome skill to have. But at $20 or more per month, it can be quite the investment, especially if you’re on a small blogging budget.

How do you know when it’s the right time to invest in InDesign? In my opinion, there are 5 clear signs that you’re ready to make the leap and start using Adobe InDesign.

Have you ever had a moment when you discover something new about a subject you thought you were pretty great at already? It’s both amazing and deflating at the same time.

I first learned InDesign when I was a sophomore in high school, and I’ve been using it pretty consistently ever since. And yet, despite having more than a decade of experience with the program, I’m learning new features regularly. Sometimes it makes me feel dumb, in a “why didn’t I know about this from the beginning?” way. But other times, I get so excited, because this new and exciting thing is going to save me a bunch of time.

Some of these discoveries aren’t applicable in a whole bunch of situations, but there are 7 tools that I discovered after the fact that would have been really helpful to know when I first learned InDesign.

InDesign is an amazing tool to utilize, whether you’re a blogger, a small business owner, or a social media manager.

But, just like with any new software program, it can be really intimidating the first few hundred times you open it. That’s the downside of a program with so many amazing features: it’s hard to know which ones to start with!

So, for all of the InDesign beginners out there, don’t be intimidated by InDesign! Here are the 7 tools you should start with.