You can use Google Sheets, Excel, or Numbers for this. Knowing what fields need to exist on the tags means we can create a spreadsheet with all the information. There is not a lot of information on the tags, simply: name, office, and Atomic Con branding. Step 1 – Design the Name Tagīefore we can populate any data, we need our name tags designed! The name tags for Atomic Con are printed and then inserted into a plastic holder, which is attached to a lanyard. We’ll use the Data Merge feature to populate ~90 name tags with employee names and offices! We’ll use a spreadsheet to insert the data into InDesign, requiring us to only create one original page for the name tag manually. Fortunately, I was able to vaguely recall some spreadsheet-to-InDesign-automation black magic back from my print design days. Because of this, I found myself looking for a more efficient way to create name tags. We have close to 90 people at Atomic these days - a bit too many for manually entering names and offices for every name tag.
Having name tags helps avoid awkward introductions/forgetting names or which office an Atom is from. The event brings Atoms together from all of our offices, so it is not uncommon to meet folks you’ve previously only met on Zoom. One of my tasks was to create our name tags. I had the privilege of serving on the planning committee for the most recently held Atomic Con in November of 2022. Every 18 months Atomic holds an internal conference called Atomic Con.
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