Welcome to the InDesign User Groups.

See our global community in action.

The InDesign User Group website is a place to find upcoming user group meetings, access a wide range of InDesign and InCopy resources, and get information about industry events. Attend an InDesign User Group meeting to learn more about Adobe InDesign, InCopy and other Creative Suite tools, connect with peers, and stay up-to-date on publishing trends.

What's New
Meeting Summaries
Of Interest

NEW! IDUG iPhone Web App
Find out when and where the next InDesign User Group meeting is being held around the world.
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New chapters!

Brussels, lead by Branislav Milic.
Geneva, lead by Sophie Guetaneh Aguettant.
Manila, lead by Bruce Persaud.
Jakarta, lead by Loo Leong Wee and Bruce Persaud.
Stuttgart, lead by Jochen Uebel.

Upcoming InDesign User Group Meetings
Looking for your next chapter meeting? See when the next InDesign User Group meetings are being held — all over the world.
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Top Features of InDesign CS4!
Join InDesign Product Manager Michael Ninness as he walks us through video demonstrations of the top new features of InDesign CS4.
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Create digital documents with InDesign CS4
See how the strengths of InDesign CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional together deliver an engaging SWF file complete with animation, interactivity, video, and sound.
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InDesign Podcasts.
Hear from experts in Adobe InDesign. These podcasts feature discussions, tips and explanations about improving your InDesign workflow.
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InDesign Blogs.
A great source of tips, tricks and all around sound advice on how to be creative and productive with InDesign.
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Upcoming InDesign User Group Meetings.

New Jersey - Central

InDesign & the Internet (Part Deux) including Flash and Dreamweaver

Tue, February 23, 2010

New York City

Dreamweaver and Flash Catalyst for InDesign Users

Tue, February 23, 2010

Boston

You Didn’t Think You Could Use InDesign and Flash Together

Mon, February 22, 2010

Port Elizabeth

What InDesign can do for you !

Tue, February 16, 2010

Milwaukee

Paper Essentials for Designers

Thu, February 11, 2010

Cologne

IDUGC #3: Tipps und Tricks – Von Usern für User

Thu, February 4, 2010

Phoenix

Preparing InDesign files for Print

Tue, January 26, 2010

Washington, D.C.

New Tools for Your InDesign

Wed, January 20, 2010

Baltimore - Greater

InDesign for the Web

Tue, January 19, 2010

Reno

InDesign Stories

Thu, January 14, 2010

Find archived meeting summaries on our chapter pages

GREP in InDesign
By Michael Murphy
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Style Relationships Through InDesign
By Michael Murphy
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Style = Substance
By Michael Murphy
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InDesign CS4 What's New
Create compelling print content, interactive PDFs, and immersive publications for viewing with Adobe Flash^® Player — all with beautiful typography and stunning page design.
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CS4 Design Premium What's New (PDF attached)
Design with familiar tools, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, knowing you can translate your work smoothly into virtually any medium. With Flash made easier than ever to use, Fireworks added for prototyping websites, and Dreamweaver enhanced for standards-based web production, now you can realize the full promise of cross-media design.
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InDesign CS4 Top 10 Features (SWF attached)
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Transparency
A detailed overview of the transparency functions in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop CS3 (and other versions). Shows features, effects, how to use them, how to share or import them, best practices for error-free output. (From Adobe BDM Noha Edell's presentation to the DC Area IDUG chapter in September 2008.)
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Option/Alt-Click Shortcuts
Michael Murphy (creator and host of "The InDesigner" podcasts and blog) created this collection of truly time-saving and little-known shortcuts for getting the most, the fastest out of the Control Panel in InDesign. Using just the Alt or Option key, you can reveal full dialog boxes related to many common functions for Text and Object modes as well as Table mode.
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Member Snippets Newsletter
The Detroit IDUG chapter’s periodic newsletter includes tips, how-to articles, resources, book reviews, Q&A, fun and games, and special offers, related to InDesign and sometimes to the greater design industry.
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InNews Newsletter: InNews III
The Puerto Rico IDUG chapter creates an interactive PDF newsletter that includes sound, motion, news, reviews, and informative articles about various tools and features. (Some articles in Spanish, some in English.)
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