Things You Didn’t Know Data Merge Could Do

This event is sponsored by the Adobe Community Experts Program.

People familiar with InDesign may be familiar with the Data Merge panel, but may not realize the potential that it holds. By taking this tool and leveraging it with several techniques, Data Merge can become more than just a "fancy" way of mail merging. This session will demonstrate techniques that allow users to:

• autofit type for specific frame sizes within a Data Merge;
• change colors of type, QR codes, and even some graphics during a data merge;
• prepare bar graphs for use with data merge;
• swapping out paragraphs or layouts during a data merge.

By the way, Colin is the guy who wrote the delightfully satirical—and Insightful—“New Features in InDesign 2024 and About Time Too!" which detailed 35 new features that InDesign 2024 should have had, but didn’t.

About the Presenter

Colin Flashman

Colin Flashman has been working in print for over 25 years and is currently a Prepress Operator for Openbook Howden Print & Design in Adelaide, Australia. In addition, he is also the Founder and Editor of the website and YouTube channel, Colecandoo. People may have also read some of his 30+ articles over at the CreativePro website or been to one of his Data Merge sessions at previous CreativePro events. Yes, he’s a superhero. He’s Flashman.