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[marcios16835395]

Hi,

I'm trying to automise a template for flyers, but I have no idea how to start.

I design everyday about 30 flyers for different restaurants and they are quite similar, they just need to change:

- Background Picture (Front and Back)

- Website link (they all have the same font style, but it will change size according to how long the URL is)

- Logo (It's another image in png with transparent background)

- QR code (we have this information online)

- Discount text (depending on the establishing this text would change)

Is there a way to create a code, online perhaps, where I can make sure that all these info will combine and export a pdf through indesign?

Please help me   I just need to know where to start, even for googling, because I've never worked with so massive production. So any videos, tutorials would be helpful, I have lynda as well.

We have an internal admin, where I could upload all the information needed.

Thanks!

[Colin Flashman]

This task should be something that InDesign's Data Merge feature could assist you with. It works in a similar fashion to Microsoft Word's mail merge feature. David Blatner has a series of videos on Lynda/Linkedin Learning about the topic that is a good starting point.

I run a blog called www.colecandoo.com and on that blog I have several data merge scripts that may come in handy, but the scripts are better used once you have a handle on the concepts of data merge.

[Srishti Bali]

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