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

Upcoming InDesign User Group Meetings.

Washington, D.C.

New Tools for Your InDesign

Wed, January 20, 2010

Baltimore - Greater

InDesign for the Web

Tue, January 19, 2010

Tel Aviv

Why do I need Color Management?

Thu, January 14, 2010

Reno

InDesign Stories

Thu, January 14, 2010

Twin Cities

Twin Cities InDesign User Group meeting

Wed, January 13, 2010

Detroit

Contrary to what you've heard, print is not dead!

Wed, January 13, 2010

Seattle

Play Well With Others: CS4 Suite Interaction

Tue, January 12, 2010

Amsterdam

2009 Volunteer Meeting and Celebration

Fri, December 11, 2009

Colombia

Adobe CS4 para 3D y Video

Thu, December 3, 2009

Johannesburg

Question & Answer

Wed, December 2, 2009

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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