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Défilé

page layout · everything in mm · offline

New from template — ready-to-edit print documents

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Data Merge

Load a CSV, insert its fields as <<Header>> placeholders in a text frame, then generate one page per row from the current page as a template.
No data loaded.
Insert = append <<Field>> to the selected text frame (or type it yourself while editing). Img = bind a column of image paths/URLs/data-URLs to the selected image frame.

Welcome to Défilé

A few things to get you going:

New Document

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Preferences

Add Guide

Find/Change

Insert Table from CSV

Table of Contents

Choose which paragraph styles become entries. Their frames are listed in page order with the page number.

Numbering & Section

The # token in master frames shows this section's numbering. Numbering continues until the next section start.

Insert Footnote

A superscript marker is placed at the cursor; the note appears in the footnote zone at the bottom of the page.

Insert QR Code

A crisp, scalable QR object is placed on the page. Byte mode, error correction M (auto version 1–10). It exports with the document to PDF and images.

Preflight

Print checks for the whole document. Click a finding to select the frame and jump to its page.

Export to PDF

A print window opens with the document at actual size. Choose “Save as PDF” as the destination and set margins to “None”. Enable “Background graphics” if needed.

Document Setup

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Existing frames stay in place. Columns appear as lilac guides within the margins; the bleed as a red line outside the page. With spreads, left/right margins mirror and the adjacent page shows beside the sheet.

New Paragraph Style

New Character Style

Customize Toolbar

Drag to reorder. Uncheck to hide a tool from the toolbar.

Unsaved work found

An automatic backup is available:
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Keyboard Shortcuts

Tools

V / EscSelection
ADirect Selection
TType
FRectangle Frame (Image)
MRectangle
LEllipse
BTable (no InDesign default)
H / SpaceHand
ZZoom

Text (while editing)

Ctrl+Shift+L / RAlign left / right
Ctrl+Shift+C / JCentre / justify
Ctrl+B / I / UBold / italic / underline
Ctrl+Shift+> / <Larger / smaller

View

Ctrl+= / -Zoom in / out
Ctrl+0 / Ctrl+Alt+0Fit page / spread
Ctrl+1Actual size (100%)
Ctrl+RRulers
Ctrl+;Guides
WPreview mode

Object

Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+GGroup / ungroup
Ctrl+] / [Bring forward / send backward
Ctrl+Shift+] / [To front / to back
Ctrl+L / Ctrl+Alt+LLock / unlock all
Ctrl+DPlace image / duplicate
ArrowsNudge (Shift = larger)

Layout

PgDn / PgUpNext / previous page
Ctrl+JGo to page

File / Edit

Ctrl+N / ONew / open
Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+SSave / save as
Ctrl+E / PExport PDF / print
Ctrl+Z / YUndo / redo
Ctrl+C / X / VCopy / cut / paste
Ctrl+FFind/Change
Shift+clickMulti-select
Alt+dragDuplicate

Export Pages as Images

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Export Manager

Named export presets. Run one directly, or edit its settings. Stored on this computer.