Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Page Layout

Using Linked Content

Throughout this chapter you’ve learned about several creative solutions that will save you a lot of time when working with tables, but every production artist knows how often table content can change, even at the last minute. This means that even if the appropriate InDesign features have been employed in your template, it could still mean a lot of rework for last-minute table data such as product specifications, financial data, and schedules.

Fortunately, there’s an InDesign preference you can enable that helps minimize a lot of this rework. Press Ctrl/Command-K to open the application Preferences and choose the Type category on the left. At the very bottom of this pane is the option Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet ...