The Graphic Mac » InDesign http://www.thegraphicmac.com Design | Mac | Adobe | Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Access InDesign’s Text Wrap panel with this shortcut http://www.thegraphicmac.com/access-indesigns-text-wrap-panel-with-this-shortcut http://www.thegraphicmac.com/access-indesigns-text-wrap-panel-with-this-shortcut#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:23 +0000 James http://www.thegraphicmac.com/?p=7111 Posted in InDesign

Even with a 30" LCD screen, I prefer to not have any of InDesign's panels open than is necessary. Here is a great little keyboard shortcut to access the Text Wrap panel. Related posts:
  1. Setting InDesign’s text wrap globally
  2. Making dynamic text wrap permanent in Adobe InDesign
  3. How to adjust text wrap in Adobe InDesign
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Adobe InDesign has the capability to create a preview of documents viewable in the Open and Place dialog boxes. You can also view previews of your file in Bridge much the same as you would a PDF or image file. Unfortunately, this capability isn't automatic, and Bridge won't build a preview of the document on its own. Here's how you can tell InDesign to save previews of a specified size and page count for all your files. Related posts:
  1. Controlling PSD layers after placing in Adobe InDesign documents
  2. Quickly place selective pages of a PDF into your InDesign document
  3. Copy color swatches from one InDesign document to another
]]> http://www.thegraphicmac.com/get-a-sneak-peek-of-your-indesign-documents-with-document-previews/feed 0 Auto-distribute InDesign objects with a keyboard shortcut http://www.thegraphicmac.com/auto-distribute-indesign-objects-with-a-keyboard-shortcut http://www.thegraphicmac.com/auto-distribute-indesign-objects-with-a-keyboard-shortcut#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:14 +0000 James http://www.thegraphicmac.com/?p=6761 Posted in InDesign

The Align & Distribute panel in Adobe InDesign is a handy tool for lining-up objects and distributing them equally in a specified space. But in order to distribute objects, you have to set the left-most and right-most objects exactly where you want them before using the Distribute icons in the panel. Here's a way to "eyeball it" on the fly, using a keyboard shortcut. Related posts:
  1. Aligning multiple objects in Adobe Illustrator
  2. Select and distribute guides easily in Adobe InDesign
  3. Easily center objects on the page in your InDesign document
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There's no need to expand a text frame in your InDesign document to see the overset text. Here's a quick way to view the overset text, and edit it if you wish. Related posts:
  1. How to balance text in multiple columns in your InDesign document
  2. InDesign text frame options keyboard shortcuts
  3. Stop InDesign from converting graphic frames to text frames
]]> http://www.thegraphicmac.com/viewing-overset-text-in-your-indesign-document/feed 0 Turn off multiple InDesign document layers with a single click http://www.thegraphicmac.com/turn-off-multiple-indesign-document-layers-with-a-single-click http://www.thegraphicmac.com/turn-off-multiple-indesign-document-layers-with-a-single-click#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:30:35 +0000 James http://www.thegraphicmac.com/?p=6375 Posted in InDesign

Here's a quick tip for turning off multiple layers at a time in your InDesign Layers panel. I've used this same tip in Photoshop for quite a while, and finally realized it worked in InDesign as well. If you make use of layers, it's quite handy! Related posts:
  1. Copy multiple Photoshop layers into a new document without flattening
  2. How to balance text in multiple columns in your InDesign document
  3. Keep layers intact when copy & pasting objects from one InDesign document to another
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