Posts by Cari Jansen

In InDesign CS5 you can resize document pages from any reference point using the Page Tool. Combined with automatic Layout Adjustment, resizing documents such as advertisements — to cater for different publication sizes, changes in amount of content etc. — becomes a quick and easy task.

A seemingly small, yet incredibly powerful feature, that InDesign contains is the ability to base Styles (Table, Cell, Object, Paragraph, Character) on existing Styles. You can even base Master Pages on other Master Pages… The reason that I personally like this feature so much, is that it allows you to re-use existing publication templates and very quickly alter the designs.

An answer to the question: How do I create dots for all the minutes on a clock face…

InDesign CS5 adds a double-click feature. When working with groups it allows us to edit individual objects that are part of a group without the need to ungroup the objects or swap to the Direct Selection tool to access them.

I love my dots, but want more from InDesign when it comes to dots. Let’s space out some dots…

InDesign CS5 introduces many little gems that make a big difference, such as this new Keep Option!