Beginner's Corner Posts

Digging deep into CS6’s “Recent Fonts”

May 16 2012 • 4:31 PM

A few tips on using the new Recently-Used Font list in CS6.

QuarkXPress to InDesign Conversion Guide

April 12 2012 • 1:38 PM

There are more people that need this Guide than you think.

Aligning tables away or towards the spine

March 30 2012 • 2:09 PM

What to do when a document needs a table to be aligned away from the spine, but the table breaks across pages.

Video Tutorial: Drop Caps from A to Z

March 17 2012 • 5:28 PM

The two Drop Cap settings in the Control panel are just the beginning of the story. Watch this video to make your Drop Caps do all sorts of tricks!

Changing InDesign’s Default Ruler Measurements

January 18 2012 • 8:09 AM

Answering one of the most commonly-asked questions: How to change the ruler values and have them stay changed?!

How to Install a Script in InDesign That You Found in a Forum or Blog Post

January 11 2012 • 10:48 AM

If you find a script that is just text (not a downloadable file), how do you install it?

Ruling headers… (or, Placing a Rule Behind a Header)

December 20 2011 • 2:26 AM

Consider this part 2 in the series ‘working with text on a tinted background’!

Center that vertically… (Framed)

December 19 2011 • 1:50 AM

Unthreaded text frames, filled with a colour and a single line of capitalized text that is both horizontally and vertically centered.

Adding notes to non-text objects

November 29 2011 • 11:22 AM

How to use the Scripts Label panel to add notes to objects

Managing All Your Files and Assets for InDesign Layout

November 28 2011 • 3:27 AM

It’s worth learning a few fundamental lessons when organizing your files for a publication.