Picking up right where the last episode finished, I continue to edit and adjust my Table of Contents, demonstrating the "proper" way to make changes, the flexibility of updating a TOC, how to fix mistakes, and how to get around certain (unfortunate) limitations of the feature. Finally, the big payoff...using the TOC features to generate a fully bookmarked and hyperlinked Table of Contents when exporting a book to PDF.

Continuing the Long Documents series with the same book files used in Episode 33, this installment covers how to create an automated, dynamic Table of Contents for an InDesign book. Along the way, I emphasize the unique and critical relationship between an InDesign Table of Contents and Paragraph Styles, without which none of this would be possible.

After a long wait, here's a long episode about working with long documents in InDesign. This first installment in a three-part series covers the the Book palette and how to use it to manage, update and output multiple files that make up a single book. Thrown in for good measure are a few quick methods for using section markers and Find/Change to quickly modify chapter numbers and names on title pages and folios.

It's the one-year anniversary of The InDesigner podcast -- a year that exceeded all of my preset expectations. This episode both looks back on the past year and presents an in-depth video look at the very first tip I gave in the very first audio episode -- taking advantage of Presets. From Document setup to Print settings to PDF export options, I show how to create, edit, and share presets that will eliminate repetitive tasks and save you time every time you use InDesign. Also, the winner of the anniversary contest is announced.

No, this isn't the white space you learned about in design school. Rather, this episode takes an in-depth look at all eight (yes, eight!) different types of white spaces available within InDesign. What are they, where are they, and how do you use them? Find out in this latest episode...and also find out about the very first InDesigner contest, to celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the show.

InDesign boasts a robust and powerful Find/Change feature that incorporates its even more powerful Paragraph and Character Style features, allowing you to limit searches to specifically-formatted text, apply styles as text is replaced, and much more. In this extra-long episode, I take an in-depth look at the power of Find/Change...starting with the basics, revealing the hidden extras, and building up to completely formating a three-page layout using only Find/Change operations.

The first InDesigner episode as an official member of the InDesignSecrets team, this installment is all about building photographic compositions on your InDesign page instead of relying on doing it in Photoshop like we've all become used to. Photoshop is great, but under the right circumstances, InDesign can be faster and more flexible. Using three examples, I showcase InDesign's ability to build layered, seamless compositions that rival the accepted Photoshop approach.

Picking up right where Part 1 left off, this episode concludes my InDesign Inventory of features put to work in the design of a 256-page magazine. In two more examples, I cover working with Master Pages and Document Pages simultaneously, and deconstruct how a timeline was created using hidden Tables, master Object Styles, and Anchored Objects.

When you complete 4 full-page ads, 19 charts and graphs, and 123 page layouts in 24 working days, you really see how InDesign's features make a big project much more manageable. Having just completed a 256-page magazine, I decided that this episode would take inventory of some of the ways that InDesign streamlined the process, allowing me to complete a huge volume of work without sacrificing creativity and quality.

Control and update dozens of styles by changing only one or two. This episode demonstrates my method for creating master paragraph and character styles that allow for layout-wide changes quickly and easily.