Posts by Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert has worked as an independent consultant and educator in the design industry for 25 years for clients such as Apple, Adobe, Best Buy, Cargill, General Mills, Lands’ End, Medtronic, Target and the United Nations. His work has taken him throughout the US and Canada, as well as to Barbados, Kenya and Monaco. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat, and the Chapter Representative for the Minneapolis InDesign User Group. You can read his Tips & Techniques Blog at blog.gilbertconsulting.com.

How to create guides shorter (or longer) than the page

January 5 2012 • 1:02 PM

Did you know you can create guides that are shorter than the width or height of your page? Here’s how!

Copy all your linked images

December 19 2011 • 7:11 AM

Keith takes a “deep dive” into the “Copy Links To” command and reveals some details that you might not know!

Parentheses around page numbers in the Index panel

November 16 2011 • 9:14 PM

Ever wonder why some of your page numbers in the index panel are surrounded by parentheses? Read this to discover why.

New software to convert InDesign books to fixed layout ePUB

November 9 2011 • 2:13 PM

Keith tries out a new program that creates fixed layout ePUB files directly from InDesign.

Where is my font?

October 26 2011 • 1:36 PM

Keith tackles a thorny issue where certain styles of a large type family seemed to disappear from the InDesign font menu.

Saving Thumbnails of InDesign Pages

September 29 2011 • 9:06 AM

Keith does a “deep dive” into saving thumbnails for Bridge in InDesign.

Image resolution for iPad publishing

September 15 2011 • 1:38 PM

What is the minimum image resolution required when creating a document or screen that will be viewed on an iPad? The answer might surprise you.

Take control of stacking order with Step and Repeat

August 30 2011 • 9:26 AM

Frustrated by the stacking order of objects being the opposite of what you want? Keith shows how to control this with Step & Repeat.

Make a Table Span Columns in InDesign

July 11 2011 • 3:09 PM

Did you know that tables can span multiple columns in a frame? Keith shows you how.

Making Split Columns honor Keep Options

June 21 2011 • 2:00 PM

Using the CS5 Split Columns feature causes InDesign to ignore any “Keep Options” assigned to the text. Here’s a workaround.