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Is there ANY way to label InDesign thumbnails so that we can "see" what's on each page? Right now, we create a list elsewhere, which is wildly inefficient.
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What do you want to label exactly ? I am not sure I get it.
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Not sure how you want to label thumbnails maybe a color label system will help?
Is this something that the Book feature might help with? Can you give more details?
You can create lo-res pdf's and change page labels there... doesn't solve the problem of editing page labels in the thumbnail panel but a quick work around none the less.
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You can add a prefix to body pages with Numbering and Section Options in the Pages panel.
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Hi,
just combining all of the above, you have 3 options.
1. Add a color label to each master and then identify pages based on that
2. Name your master pages while creating
3. And last, as Barbara said, adding a prefix by creating sections
Let us know if this is what you wanted.
-Aman
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Thank you all.
Barb's answer is probably most efficient for what I am asking. I was hoping to find some way to label INDD thumbnails just like PSD layer thumbnails. We need to be somewhat specific, and it will only become more detailed from here.
The page contents are all so different that masters would create more work than they solve. At the same time, they are similar enough that we want to start each by duplicating another.
We are color coding to an extent, but still need some way to show which form for which city (<color coded) each page has. Right now, we have to click through ~8 pages for each city to figure out where each form is for editing. PDFs would be a one-two time fix at best since different forms are added to different cities constantly. To some extent, we can guess where each form is using a relative count (e.g., three from the "top" of each city section) but as unique forms get added for each city, this is becoming less and less doable.
Here's a partial/sample list:
CO-PA Searchable Documents
CO-PA No Documents
CO-PA Original Form
CO-PA Copy Form
CO-PA Legal Form
CO-PA Change Orders
CO-PA Change Orders (2)
CO-PA Estimate
CO-NJ Folder No Documents
CO-NJ No Permits
CO-NJ Original Form
CO-NJ Copy Form
CO-NJ Condensed Form
CO-NJ Change Orders
CO-NJ Approvals
CO-NY Folder No Documents
CO-NY Folder Searchable Documents
CO-NY Searchable Permits
CO-NY Folder (Misc)
CO-NY Original Form
CO-NY Official Form
CO-NY Condensed Form
CO-NY Change Orders
CO-NY Approvals
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This is a way to simplify navigation?
What about using bookmarks? Or setting these files up as chapters with these names in a book?
As for the Photoshop reference, those are layers names, and we do have same feature in InDesign, but I don't see it helping with navigation.
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I'll need to learn more about chapters and books. We're a marcomm firm, so we mostly do literature, data sheets, ads, etc. In many files, I can create a table of contents, but there isn't anything in these forms that I can apply necessary styles to.
I did think about using layers to create some kind of overlay, like a solid color with huge words stating what's on the page and turning that layer off and back on as we work. I also thought about using facing pages and putting the same kind of "graphic" on the left and the form on the right. Each of those also requires extra steps, though. It's just frustrating to not have a simpler way to do something that seems so rudimentary.
Thank you. I'll look into books and chapters.
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Thank you. I'll look into books and chapters.
I think that workflow would be helpful. Come back if you have any questions.
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Some useful resources to help you get started... It's powerful and there might be a good solution here:
Create book files with Adobe InDesign
https://layersmagazine.com/using-the-power-of-the-book-feature-in-indesign.html
https://indesignsecrets.com/topic/whats-the-point-of-the-book-function-in-indesign
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Thank you very much. I love indesignsecrets, especially, and look there often.