Data Merge InDesign 2024 Demo

[@angarn614]

Excellent tutorial. Just implemented on this on some Templates we've made for our marketing department so the cany autofill information for 12 different offices and 90+ different agents. All they'll need to do is select the correct record each time they start a new piece of marketing collateral for a specific agent and it will fill from 1-28 pages depending on their document. So much easier than entering this information every single time! Thank you!

[@adriennegrace8870]

This was so helpful; thank you! And I wanted to say that in the 7 months since this was recorded, v19.5 has been released and the initial forward slash (/) is no longer recognized in the file pathway. For example, this will now be images/beach.jpeg.

[@chadpjackson]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ScottWhite-f7p]

Hey Chad, wondering if I could do a modified, but seemingly simpler variation of this technique for what I'm trying to do. Say I have 50 unique images. I already have a very basic page layout. I just want InDesign to add the first image to a page, create another page just like it, and then insert the next image, and so on. When I'm done, I would have 50 pages, each with an image on it. Seems simple. Doable?

[@chadpjackson]

Yes this is doable. Your spreadsheet needs to have a row for each image file path. You'll end up with a PDF with a new image on each page.

[@iamjacobread]

Hey Chad. If I have spaces in my image's file path, how do I reflect that in the source file?

[@chadpjackson]

I've not had problems with spaces in the file path name entered into Excel. You should be able to use spaces just like any other character.

[@katerinamaslova4307]

great tutorial, thank you! I need a data merge in a table on one page (the rows with paragraph styles), looking for it.

[@chadpjackson]

Build your table, drop data variable fields into the table cells, and apply styles to the fields. If you want new rows to appear or disappear based on your data you’ll need to find a different variable data tool. InDesign is too basic for that type of advanced functionality.

[@bappabayjed8158]

Can you help about how can Male Handtag barcode Automation in design

[@cedarvilleuniversity]

InDesign doesn't support barcodes that I'm aware. There may be a plug in but it can't convert numbers to a barcode.