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InDesign: a very neat featurrette: click on any important setting in the context bar holding the option key (alt) brings up the according settings window.

InDesign: a very neat featurrette: click on any important setting in the context bar holding the option key (alt) brings up the according settings window.

[InD] Use PDFs to create a perfect inherited workflow: always write pdf/x3 and place them into new documents, write pdf/x3 again.


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Feb 2, 2009
@ 8:08 am
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InDesign: How to make an automaticly resizing box around text with the underline-trick.#

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Video

Feb 2, 2009
@ 11:22 pm
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InDesign: Pagination above the layout

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[InD CS2+] try the power of quickapply Apple+Return: quickly apply styles, menu commands, even scripts (enter s:crop to add cropmarks!). Quick!

the scripts will show up after you enabled them in the submenu of quickaply

[InD CS2+] try the power of quickapply Apple+Return: quickly apply styles, menu commands, even scripts (enter s:crop to add cropmarks!). Quick!
the scripts will show up after you enabled them in the submenu of quickaply

[InD] Down-Saving: Export as Inx-Files for next lower version. But update lower version to X.0.1 (compatibilty update). get down!


[InD] illegitimate hypenation? insert a discretionary Hyphen right BEFORE word to disable for this word. use search/replace. 200-9!


[InD] when working with RGB colors be sure that transparence color mode is also set to RGB (menue “Edit”). what happens in RGB stays in RGB!


[InD] [AI] Screendesign in InDesign/Illustrator? set rulers to point,grid to 1point,activate “snap to grid” and use only whole numbers! get the look!


[InD] easily lower type size: Apple+Shift+, or increace: Apple+Shift+. (use Ctrl on Windows). There you go in lightspeed you type bastards!


[InD] use this shortcut to get better keyboard perfomance: Apple+K, Apple+6 and set last three values to: 1pt, 1pt, 5/1000.


[InD] miss Illustrators Finish-Button in InDesigns Print-Dialogue? save as a preset like “(Temp)”, override it every time. there you go!


[InD] [AI] dont misprize the power of undo: InDesign and Illustrator have a huuuge amount of undo! be aware: save as and the are all gone. Save ya ass!


[InD] elements on masterpages don’t have to be in the background. just layout them into a top layer and they will top everything. Top!


PS and InD help you to work non-destructive. here are keywrds: SmartObjects, PlaceInD-Files, SmartFilter, native AI support. keep your data!