I'm keen to get into some InDesign work (mainly for some projects that I can't really explain well enough to other people to get it done, so I may as well do it myself!). I have no clue how to use InDesign, but I'm not too shabby at guessing my way through an application.

Are there any good sources of education for Adobe InDesign around?

Ahh my favourite program (truely). I've put thousands of pages through ID and it's never missed a beat. This site may be of some help.

http://indesignsecrets.com/

http://www.lynda.com/
isn't going to make you a guru, but will do a good job showing you around.

Get the InDesign production cookbook (link), one of the best books on a program I have ever used. Highly recommended.

By the way, I also tried Adobe Indesign CS One on One by Deke McClelland which makes the 'for dummies' series seem like academic textbooks. Not recommended (and one of the few times I've written to an author telling him how his writing style infuriates me).

Once you've learned how to use it 'How to wow with Indesign' is really good for the next level (local authors too).

I started with Indesign for Dummies. I found it well worth it.

Everybody is different, but for me, I find the best way is to dive right in and click things and see what happens. Gotta love multiple undo's

Can anyone recommend a good users guide/manual aimed for a total noob for InDesign.

I'm assisting a not-for-profit organisation with the production of regular newsletter for distribution via print and electronic format.

Not looking at creating a masterpiece just something that would look respectable

I thought about using Pages but fear I may run into problems getting it printed.

Pages 2 is great. And no probs for printing, just export to high-quality PDF.
Try to select type 1 (postscript) fonts though when setting up.
InDesign is another league - all one ever needs.
The CS3 disks include fantastic teaching material.

If you are getting it printed elsewhere just save the file as a Press Quality pdf, regardless of whether you use Pages or InDesign.

Any good printery will be able to handle that. If it's going to become a booklet, the print company should have imposition software to make sure the pages are printed in the correct order. However, I believe InDesign also has that capability.

Decryption started a post on this very topic last week.

Get the InDesign production cookbook (link), one of the best books on a program I have ever used. Highly recommended.

By the way, I also tried Adobe Indesign CS One on One by Deke McClelland which makes the 'for dummies' series seem like academic textbooks. Not recommended (and one of the few times I've written to an author telling him how his writing style infuriates me).

Once you've learned how to use it 'How to wow with Indesign' is really good for the next level (local authors too).

As someone who's always used InDesign/Quark Xpress/Illustrator for pre-press work... I actually think Pages is brilliant. I use it for some things instead of InDesign now. It's just quicker and gives better results (I was making online PDFs).

Certainly give it some thought... especially if you're going to be doing digital printing. You might save yourself a lot of learning (InDesign is a real mess in terms of UI—infinitely powerful, but a mess).

Thanks for all the comments/feedback...

I might just stick with Pages for the time being - given the steep learning curve involved.

I think it should more than suffice for the job required...

I just got into InDesign myself and found the Lynda video tutorials great! It's onyl $25/month to subscribe and you can just download all the videos then leave

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=349

Rather than A$30 per month just drop into Angus and Robertson and buy the book. They're very good.

Ah yes, but a book is not a video