Pageplus X9 by Serif
has a lot of nice features I have never seen in Indesign.

N.B. you can buy this fantastic program for only € 22,99:
http://www.serif.com/int/nl/pageplus/
Please note that I have no connection whatsoever with Serif, it's just that I am very enthousiastic about their programs in my search for alternatives for Adobe programs which I dislike more and more each day..

When you start Pageplus, you immediately get a screen with links to helpfull tutorials:

here a 5 star review on the program:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/1404352/serif-pageplus-x9-review-simply-brilliant-dtp-software

It is unbelievable that the company that makes this fantastic program, Serif, aborted it while they have no newer version.

Here is a Serif PagePlus X9 Tutorial - Creating text frames automatically

but there are more of these interesting videos on the following page:
https://community.serif.com/tutorials/1/tags/pageplus+x9