Learning inDesign

I must say I personally would have thought learning a new pagination program would go much smoother than it did last week. I was so overwhelmed and stressed out I couldn't believe how a program that was meant to be simple and easier for paginators could get the best of me.

The editor and publishers were so excited to see their first issue published using the new program that they hovered over us all day. Which I understand their excitement. I was excited too. Until the long laundry list of problems surfaced. My password would no longer work, I no longer had photoshop to tone the photos with and the controls are MUCH MUCH different than those used in QuarkExpress.

I was so focused on getting the pages done that I forgot to eat for two days. Nearly passing out on the third when they decided to let me have a day off. A much needed day to recover if you ask me. I slept through the first day off and half the second. Ate like a horse and now ... I'm sort of feeling a lot better but worried how the second week will go. Hopefully faster and less stressful.