Beginner's Corner Posts

David explores two fun tricks that make the Pencil tool a bit more useful

InDesign has a lot of panels… you don’t want to see them all at the same time!

Making a vertical line in a table without using tables requires some tricky text maneuvering

Blends are one of InDesign’s least intuitive features, but they’re not hard to control once you’ve used the Gradient tool

Drawing a triangle can be a hassle, unless you know a couple of tricks

Alexa wrote:
When I click the Create New Page icon at the bottom of the Pages palette, it gets added after the last page in my document. I want the new page to go elsewhere, but I can’t figure out how to tell InDesign.
By default, the new page is inserted directly after the current, active spread. [...]

Wish you had Photoshop’s History panel inside InDeisgn? Now you can have one!

Lee wrote:

I’ve wished for a “hide selection” feature in InDesign for years, but so far, no go. There is, however, a reasonable alternative: New Window. We’ve talked about New Window in passing during podcasts and in a few posts, but I want to emphasize the wonderful power of this feature. New Window (which you can find by choosing Window > Arrange > New Window) lets you get a new view on the same document…

Gatefold spreads contain more than two adjoining pages and are commonly used for large brochures or ad designs. To create a gatefold spread in InDesign, select a page (single-sided document), or a spread (facing pages document) by clicking their respective thumbnails in the Pages panel. Then choose Allow Selected Spread To Shuffle from the Pages [...]

Every so often I just have to put my foot down and say “no.” No, you can’t do this, or no, you can’t do that. One question we often hear is, “can I assign an F-key keyboard shortcut to a paragraph or character style.” The answer is no, no, no. The only keys you can [...]