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yung lambic
Dec 16, 2011

I fell into InDesign publishing too. I got my first gig out of university writing technical documents. It was my job to write and edit reams of content, and then we'd pass it onto the design team who would get to work typesetting these 200+ page documents.

Over time, I got access to the software myself and went through the entirety of the InDesign tutorials on Lynda.com. I realised I'm in the same boat as you - I'm a geek who loves optimising each style, working out the correct spacing, making sure the document is at maximum readability.

I haven't touched InDesign for a few years now, but it's a great piece of kit. I definitely understand the Excel analogy. InDesign is the place you pull all of your work together from other applications, whether that's Photoshop, Excel (for tables), Word.

If you're interested in working with InDesign more, I'd suggest you look at the world of technical writing and business proposals. You can actually get quite creative with these roles, too.

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