The Suite Spot

InDesign Fortnight proved quite popular, and although I can’t do an InDesign Tip every week (the other apps will feel all left out) what I’ve decided is to run another feature – InDesign Every Fortnight – and every two weeks there’ll be an ID tip here. To get you started, here are five essential shortcuts every InDesign user should know – they’re simple but effective! Use cmd-6 (ctrl-6 on Windows) to shift ‘focus’ to the first … Read entire article »

Well, here we are at the end of this InDesign Fortnight feature – I hope you’ve gained some useful stuff over the last two weeks and if you’d like to see something like this again, let me know! We’re going to finish up with libraries, and this video should give you a good start – I hope you enjoy it. Enjoy this tip? Become a fan on Facebook. You can find out much more about InDesign, meet other … Read entire article »

Here’s one that can be used if you’ve got any strictly repeating structure and one of the tricks that I love presenting – it’s so much formatting applied with just one click. I’m using a document containing some soccer fixtures – it has everything we need in the way of structure (which is essential here – any variation will cause this to break) and if you want to download a copy (in IDML format) via this … Read entire article »

Although probably not one of the show-stopping features of InDesign CS5, the new options for captions are a great productivity bonus for so many document types – and every little helps. Static Captions Of the two kinds of captions available you’re likely to come across static captions first – you’ll notice that when you import an image there’s an additional option available in the bottom of the import dialog: Create Static Caption. This will generate you a text … Read entire article »

Yesterday we took a look at bulleted lists, today we’re going to take a look at numbered lists and nested lists – lists inside a list item. If you’re a registered use of this site, you can use the link below to download an InDesign CS4 copy of the file I’m using here (zip archive). Support files are available to registered users of the site only. Please Login or Register to access the link. Creating Your List Creating a … Read entire article »