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I'm a long time QuarkXpress user. I have a potential client who wants me to work in InDesign (CS6). Since I'll go where the money is, I'm thinking now is a good time to learn InDesign. I'd be interested in hearing about any tips people have that will reduce my learning curve.
Just to clarify -- I'd be starting with an InDesign document, not converting a QX project. The only conversion is going to be me
Thanks!
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Way too open ended to give you specific advice so it would be best to ask more detailed questions.
One thing I will point out is that master pages are completely different. In InDesign everything on a master is unselectable on a live page though these items can be overridden. This seems to be the big stumbling block for Quark users.
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lynda.com is a great place to get up to speed on ID moving from Quark. Even Bob has courses on there. It's worth the trial and money well spent.
InDesign - Online Courses, Classes, Training, Tutorials on Lynda
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I work in both. Other than the typical recommendations for using Lynda.com to learn general things, I would say your time would be best spent before you need to do the client work by just recreating a couple projects in ID. What you will need to learn is specifically what was done before in Q and will have better correlation than just general learning without a real life application.
And there is always here to ask questions that are specific to your needs. There are people around the world here, so most any question will not languish too long.
Mike
(I remember your user name from the Q forum...)
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This book is old, but it might still be useful, and you can get it for a good price because of the date.
Moving to InDesign: Use What You Know About QuarkXPress and PageMaker to Get Up to Speed in InDesign Fast!
by David Blatner, Christopher Smith
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0321294114/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
I keep it on my bookshelf.
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Actually, Jane, I'm one of the co-authors on "Moving to InDesign" You can get it through third-party sellers on Amazon.com While almost 12 years old, it still teaches the basics of how to move from QuarkXPress to InDesign that still mostly hold true.
And it's very inexpensive, after all these years.
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I thought you were also an author, Steve Werner​. I should have looked on my bookshelf instead of copying from Amazon!
This is from the link I put in above.
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I will mention some of the hugest problems that QX-changer have: