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InDesign Every Fortnight: Speedy Text Navigation
Continuing with my series of InDesign tips every two weeks, here’s a quick tip to help those of you working with threaded text. As always, Windows users need to substitute the CMD key with CTRL and if you’re on a U.S. Mac keyboard, substitute Alt with Option. Navigating Threaded Text Frames If you work on publications, then you probably have stories that begin on one page, and then continue on other pages elsewhere – sometimes separated by … Read entire article »
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InDesign Every Fortnight: Speedy Text Navigation
Continuing with my series of InDesign tips every two weeks, here’s a quick tip to help those … Read more »
Dreamweaver: Sort Lists
Until Dreamweaver comes up with a sort list function, there has to be a workaround and here’s mine for really long lists – although there are numerous ways, including copying the text … Read more »
Illustrator Week: Sketchbook Styles and Scrawl Text
Here’s a technique for creating grungy scrawl – it can be applied to text also as I’m … Read more »
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InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language
Welcome to InDesign Fortnight! The idea is to give you ten tips over the next ten working days … Read more »
4T.23 Code View Toolbar
If you’ve never noticed them before, there are a set of buttons that run down the left side of the window in Dreamweaver’s code view; I meet a lot of people that … Read more »
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Dreamweaver: Sort Lists
Until Dreamweaver comes up with a sort list function, there has to be a workaround and here’s mine for really long lists – although there are numerous ways, including copying the text out to something like Excel, this one only involves using a simple text editor. The Workaround Begin by removing the list formatting, if any, then copy the list to the clipboard. Open a new file in a text editor – Notepad on the pc and TextEdit on the Mac (if you’re using the latter and you can se a formatting bar at the top of your document, switch to plain text mode using shift-cmd-T before you paste). Paste in your list, then save the file as … Read entire article »
InDesign Every Fortnight: Layers
Here’s a really quick tip, but as you know I think it’s worth it even saving you a few seconds… Using layers makes sense in organising your content – but isn’t it a drag (pun intended) if you want to add a layer beneath your current layer? It doesn’t have to be – simply hold down the command key … Read entire article »
Illustrator Week: Sketchbook Styles and Scrawl Text
Here’s a technique for creating grungy scrawl – it can be applied to text also as I’m going to demonstrate here – that remains live and editable – using lines and graphic styles. There are several variations you can do here – including using different brushes in the mix but for now this simple approach will have you emulating your … Read entire article »
Illustrator Week: Time to Reflect
Here’s a really simple technique for creating editable, reflected artwork using a symbol – this is so easy my cat could do it! Thanks for all the positive feedback about Illustrator Week – I’m really glad that so many of you are getting something from it and enjoying it. Next week will be another InDesign tip and coming up soon: Dreamweaver Day! Stay … Read entire article »
