Welcome to Lesson 1: You can download the student guide here to follow along with the exercises. Download overview of InDesign’s Tool panel.
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Extensions Overview
Herff Jones provides a group of yearbook-specific extensions to support Adobe InDesign Creative Suite 5.0, 5.5 and 6, as well as Creative Cloud (CC). If you have been using InDesign for some time, you’ll recognize many of these extensions – Image In for placing photos, Index Builder for gathering entries, Panel Builder for flowing portraits, […]
Using File Manager
Watch the tutorial below for info on using the File Manager extension:
HJ Panel Builder
HJ Panel Builder helps you build layouts for an entire portrait section. When used with HJ Quick Panel, it can also flow your photo CD images and names into your InDesign portrait layouts.
HJ Quick Panel
HJ Quick Panel is a database tool that helps yearbook staffs import and edit the photo CD from the school photographer. This CD must meet the Professional School Photographer Association (PSPA) guidelines. HJ Quick Panel also works with HJ Panel Builder to flow your portraits from the database onto your Adobe® InDesign® panel layouts. […]
Layout Tools
The Layout Tools extension allows you to flip layouts without flipping text or photos. You can also flip individual elements on your layout, such as a GO! Design pop-in, by selecting one or more items first. If you wish to flip the entire layout on its middle page and gutter axis, do not select anything. […]
HJ Image In Extension
Watch the tutorial below for information on using HJ Image In:
Color Swatches
Watch the tutorial below for information on using HJ Color Swatches.
Build Templates – Pages, Cover, Endsheets
This tool builds page templates and a folder structure for your entire book. It can also create cover and endsheet templates. The tutorial below shows how to use HJ Template Builder to create all the page templates for your book. The tutorial below shows how to use HJ Template Builder to create a cover and […]
About the HJ Index Builder Extension
HJ Index Builder scans your book for index entries and makes it easy to create index pages. When you build an index, you are actually creating a database of index entries. HJ Index Builder helps you build and manage this database, easily and quickly. Download the Index Builder Tips Guide document here.