How to Make an InDesign Book Layout Template

[@callofgears91]

I've worked for newspapers and I'm about to design a book which I've never done, this video made it look so easy and understandable thanks!

[@tacodekamaron1641]

This video is a life saver! I'm currently studying graphic design and you explained everything detailed rather than my professor. Thank you so much! ❤️

[@envatotuts]

You're very welcome!

[@BusinessCoachP]

His all tutorials are always awesome 👍😎 love 💕 them

[@moonk990]

Sameee 💗

[@spudspuddy]

i thought it was a dreadful complicated mess

[@EminaOsmić-Hajdarević]

If anyone has issues, remember to override your pages. I couldn't see any primary textboxes until I did this. Great tutorial.

[@jtrain5615]

Can you explain that? My pages don't have text boxes, even though I'm going step by step.

[@JohnDBroadwater]

Thanks for this short but very helpful tutorial! It's the best I've found on the Internet for learning the basics of creating a book!

[@FireFeather214]

I've been working on my first graphic novel for some time now, and I knew that beyond illustrating my images, the design of the book (more specifically, learning InDesign) would be one of my biggest hurdles to overcome. Nope. Pretty sure you just answered all my questions in ten minutes. Thank you. Bravo!

[@rajpaldahiya5180]

Okk

[@MeoKhan]

Hi FF, good day, just read your comment. Wanted to ask you if you learned it, and more importantly, learning InDesign was worth it to create high quality ebooks given so many other options available in the market? Really appreciate your response. Thank you.

[@LourinDoss]

Great breakdown with very clear steps, thank you!

[@VideoTecaMocambique]

This is the best tutorial on the basics of creating a book layout! Superb!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@happiestbabyhappyfamily2774]

Simple, easy explanations that relieved my anxiety about formatting my book. Keep up the great work 😃🙏👍

[@Aromatic23]

Thank you so much , simple and straightforward ❤️

[@thobanindlovu1991]

so clear and straight to the point. I had been struggling with this but after this video i think I'm good now

[@theitspossibleguy]

wonderful video, no fluff, straight to the point! thank you

[@veronikajaklovska957]

THE BEST video of indesign funcionality ever!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you think so!

[@AdiAlmog32]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@TrutherTalk]

This video was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much.

[@leobgoo6350]

Terminology: 0:45 Margins - Everyone should know if you've written book assignments. 😉 0:52 Gutter - Space between pages specifically when bound as in the middle of the book when opened. 1:11 Bleed - Work area that will be trimmed. Full-Bleed example 1:17 1:29 Leading (line spacing) 1:54 Concepts in practice - Creating a Template

[@werekasim8739]

Have learnt alot from this tutorial thanks Envato family ☺️🙏

[@Qisadaallaylkii]

Great and very well it was helpful for me 😊👍

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!!!💚

[@mauitao3807]

Thank you very much, I felt you want to really support the people. You have a very charming and clear voice, loved it :-)

[@rizkydharma8373]

this is so simple and informative and educating. This is a life savverr! Thank youu!

[@rizkydharma8373]

still, change my life. Wishing you all the best in life!!!

[@softwaremaniactest4069]

Killer, fast-paced instruction. I'll pass this on.

[@mbeghesamuelyakum6288]

Thank you so much, this was so enriching an experience. I will really like to watch all your videos on InDesign

[@envatotuts]

You are most welcome

[@stellakatejewelry9036]

Thank you for such an amazing tutorial!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adotsacnyuwi55]

Very brief and easy to understand Thank you 😊

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome 😊

[@speedybrown2783]

You taught this so well thank you.

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AprendeyComparteloquesabes]

Sencillo y muy útil. ¡Gracias!

[@SeenHeard]

Wow just wow. Thoroughly enjoyed your simplified instruction. Thank you.

[@SeenHeard]

🤩 You knew your assignment!

[@ladystark7386]

Perfect beginner tutorial ! Thank you so so much, this has helped me alot :))

[@MsDiamoness]

Thank you, this was incredibly helpful. Exactly what I needed as a first time user of the program.

[@maryprice9586]

Very easy to follow along with her!

[@MishelFoster]

Thanks for the great video! But how did the letters become page numbers? I apologize for my misunderstanding.

[@billpholde4816]

Excellent tutorial. Please hit Command+Shift+H.

[@kimhowell2034]

Very thorough and helpful

[@nunyubiznezz]

I'd like to see an episode on an easy way to do a Cross Referenced Index in InDesign.

[@rgarlinyc]

Very well explained - thank you!

[@naporepublic]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jtrain5615]

Great video - I followed your instructions exactly, but there's no text box on the pages like yours. When I go to paste, text I have to create a text box for each page. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

[@envatotuts]

Hi! It sounds like the text boxes might not have been set up correctly in your template. Double-check that you're following the steps for creating text boxes on the master pages, as these should automatically appear on all your document pages. If the text boxes are missing, you might need to add them manually to your master pages, which will then propagate to all the pages in your layout. Hope this helps, cheers!

[@Lucas-xn4ce]

Well done! This tutorial is awesome!

[@goteamslugs]

Thank you! God bless! :)

[@artbartactivity]

Cool tutorial!

[@envatotuts]

Thanks!

[@doritos5498]

you're life saver.

[@rominasadatghorashi2950]

That was great .thank's

[@missstudying766]

i like it really ammazing 😍

[@scamshate]

God bless you so Much

[@sayedbd111]

thanks I got my answer....

[@RatuSorovakiKoliloaVakuruivalu]

thank you!

[@MisbahSaleem]

thank you

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome

[@JohnMartin-pjasca]

Thanks!

[@narozan2769]

Coming in clutch for a potentially new job offer 😭😭

[@marinesculucian6538]

Hello ! Nice ! 😊 Thank you ! How to make a very successful front/back cover ?😍🤩

[@infographie]

Excellent

[@envatotuts]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ThePhantomLord]

Awesome

[@liaem5255]

thank you so much!

[@annmarietornabene]

thank you for this but I have a question as I am doing something complicated. I am creating a book in two languages and my plan is to have one page in one language and the page facing it in the other language. What would be the best way to format that?

[@aang_arang]

I'm having a little trouble. I have my text boxes on my A-MASTER and it is the primary text flow but whenever I go to the actual page with the master applied it wont let me paste text? The text is still locked behind the amaster?

[@RondenBreems]

Very helpful for a beginner like me. But I can't seem to edit the Chapter text. Your tutorial stops short of that so maybe you have a suggestion.....

[@caroline-holm]

Maybe a bit late for you, but I had the same issue and just found out how to do it. You need to hold Ctrl + Shift when selecting the text box and it will then become editable.

[@ainealbertalbert5472]

YEAH CREATIVE

[@Shortz_trendz]

Tnx

[@envatotuts]

Thank you for watching!🎉💚

[@SpaetzleAffe13]

This is great and easy to follow along! But I have a question or two. When on the B-Parent page, and I type "chapter 1", I can't edit that on the actual page, say when I need to add chapter 2. And when I get to chapter 2, how do I paste the chapter and not have it just start immediately after on the same page as chapter 1? Oh! And then when I go back to A-Parent because it seems to have not kept the chosen paragraph settings, it doesn't allow me to edit the text block of A-Parent anymore

[@nic_underscore]

You can edit a text frame, which you have made in a master page and have added to the "actual" page by holding Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac) and clicking on the text frame. Then you will be able to edit it freely! I hope this helps

[@AdiAlmog32]

@@nic_underscore that was incredibly helpful! thank you so much!!

[@LovedBlessed77]

I tried applying the filler text to the primary text frame in A Parent, But it did not create additional pages. Any idea what I need to do here? Thank you for your help!

[@truedesireelements2040]

Thanks

[@envatotuts]

Welcome

[@kebedewedajo24]

wooow

[@Story_Fuel]

I am creating a book of quotes and I want some pages to be totally black and bleed over when i print in Amazon KDP. Is this possible?

[@anazilio]

I followed the tutorial to combine the multiple chapters in one file, but my chapters are spread pages, and when I create the .pdf for printing the file don't make the last single page of one chapter to be beside the first single page of the next chapter. Can you please tell me how to do it?

[@neci6667]

I’m Having trouble getting the text to create its own pages, can you explain in more detail how you did that?

[@aranjournal]

I think it's the checked box called ""primary text frame" at 2:22!

[@ScroogeMcPowerbottom]

LOL Envato for the win again

[@drewphillips9219]

I did the A and B master but put the text in which created a bunch of pages but then when I went to the first page and put the B over it to make the chapter, it does it but doesn't push all the text into other pages, just pushes the text down so half it isn't even on anything, did I miss something. I'm having to learn this program as got no money left and the person I did pay to do my book format screwed up several times

[@TheOGWiggle]

How do I make the chapter number increase with each new chapter?

[@aishatrott2841]

SO in order to create a book I have to start with a document first?

[@Ryan__Scar]

Really good tutorial, unfortunately my adobe in design didn't automatically create its own text blocks, nor did it create more pages when I copied in my first chapter, so this quickly failed for me

[@davidmalisimke]

How did you solve this issue?

[@kellycnt]

The video tutorial is great! But I must be doing something wrong… once I create my parent pages and apply they don’t actually work :( the text box is correctly formatted but then I can’t use it?! I don’t won’t to format the fonts in each and every page, can someone help please?

[@helenelegault719]

Same problem here. If you figured it out, please share!

[@caroline-holm]

@@helenelegault719 Maybe a bit late for you, but I just found out how to do this. Hold Ctrl + Shift when selecting the text box on your page and it will become editable and override the Master page.

[@ahinsanipuni]

[@catsmad48]

Thank you...very good tutorial

[@envatotuts]

Glad you liked it

[@jaynapirolozzi8441]

Where can I find design elements for s fiction novel. My novel that I need to republish has design elements at the chapter heading, i.e., a feather draping the chapter title and page, and each page was made to look like it's written on leather. Where do I find those type of elements for a fiction novel?

[@cloudrider7739]

How do I change the document set up. My version of InDesign does not have inches. It has 52pO width for example..... ?

[@billy-ku5tz]

best video

[@စောဦး]

I use Indesign 2020 because it says that it provides Myanmar Unicode System. The Myanmar font displayed right in sentences where Myanmar words are mixed with Korean and Chinese languages. But when the sentence contained Arabic (the MiddleEast Language), the Myanmar font was messed up and didn't display in the correct order. I would like to know why it keeps happening, what the error is and what I can do to make it right again? Thank you.

[@envatotuts]

The problem is that Arabic is right to left while Myanmar is left to right reading. You can mix them in the same text box.

[@richardthenryvideos]

thank you. BUT I NEED HELP! I tried to export the whole book with each of the chapters and it's only exporting the chapter I am on. I have tried several times and even tried looking for other videos on YT and Envato specifically and nothing that I can see. HOW DO I EXPORT ALL THE CHAPTERS AS ONE BOOK?

[@aliy8100]

just place the Microsoft word file into InDesign then simply hold shift and double click .. Indesign will simply great all pages for you and make it into one book

[@palak30]

I need to aks this that when I add a new chapter and the primary page of the chapter - b master take the "chapter one "numbering but how do I change it to chapter two or three??

[@sjanderson4519]

THANK YOU. You're the only one who showed me the inner gutter. WHoopeeee.

[@gameplaysongs360]

can you tell how to make the side section of book on which page number table of content are mention the structure of book in side how to make it i design book from your tutorial but i dont know how to make that

[@cyrene7784]

Is there a way to put multiple frames on separate pages automatically?

[@besmart2350]

B master. How to have it say "chapter 2" if it already says chapter 1 in the master and doesn't let me change it on the page itself. How to change the chapter numbers on next chapters?????????? Do I have to duplicate the master page again and again to do this or there is another way?

[@nicolepeaslee5017]

On a Mac, hold down shift+command and click on the text you want to edit. This will unlock the text on the page and won't mess up your parent page. I'm not sure what the key commands are on a PC.

[@karrah3477]

If my book measurements are 6×0.52×9 what would the interior. Page measurements

[@antoniokaramarkov2652]

how to apply paragraph styles on 300+ pages ? its easy on 10 pages but what about 300+ when everything is messed up ?

[@ariela_]

How can I color the margins without coloring the whole page

[@chaennelchaennel]

I need a tutorial for printing a 100 pages book, pls help I'm going crazy xD

[@bmfilm3306]

it feels like the way you set up the chapter number it will always show "Chapter 1" as that is not automated

[@Seannosaurus]

when im trying to drag the b master to the a master, it just overlaps, does anyone have a way to fix this?

[@Vinay_Prabhakar_EAD]

how to enter equation in my book through indesign software

[@jalal-learn]

Rainbow page numbers don't work

[@edensxgarden]

Indesign won't create new pages for me when my text is longer than the page itself - does anyone know why that is?

[@aranjournal]

I think it's the checked box called "primary text frame" at 2:22!

[@ajmalartistryandwriteupsam4878]

Handy

[@bluelindgren7569]

sorry but the indesign 2022 do not work the same so this can not be used to 2022 indesign as the master and page numbers are different

[@shaineamir4136]

Is InDesign free ?

[@envatotuts]

No, it's a subscription based license.

[@spudspuddy]

so complicated, you set it up then start saying lets change the gutter, lets change this and that, nightmare

[@ariaalexandria3324]

If the first book I did was a human, it would be able to buy alcohol. Hands down, InDesign is one of the worst programs I’ve ever used for anything. Period. And for layout and design, it’s the absolute worst. If I didn’t have to use it for a course I’m in, I wouldn’t even bother. InDesign is convoluted crap.

[@mimi082385]

What an amazing tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@envatotuts]

You're very welcome!

[@cambonitube9225]

Thank you

[@mtm7031]

Thank you so much🙏

[@yahyaElhatimi]

thank you