Productivity

In this day and age, speed is critical. Well-built templates respond to this requisite by minimizing the stress of manual repetitive formatting and automating routine tasks. With a standardized template, the variables of complex routine are reduced to a more predictable and productive system. Without a template, you can plan on spending hours of unproductive time on a project.

When you start from a template, a large bulk of the work has already been done. Then, all you have to do is import, arrange, and format the new content. This process is facilitated by the use of master pages, style sheets, and predefined colors. In many cases, the process can be further automated by using one of InDesign’s built-in automation tools, such as ...

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