Color Posts

How to Change the Color of the Background Paper

September 28 2010 • 2:39 PM

There are three ways to change the background color of your page, depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.

Color By Frame

June 29 2010 • 8:52 AM

Officially text frame attributes can control the fill and stroke of the frame, but they can’t control the color the text inside them… or can they?

Grouping Color Swatches

June 4 2010 • 8:52 AM

Want to make groups of colors? Well, you can’t, sorry. But you can fake it with this little trick!

Your Forgotten Friend – The Info Panel

February 6 2010 • 10:00 AM

Sometimes you are so used to something that you never use, that you forget about it. I think it is time we revisit our old friend, the info panel.

InDesignSecrets Videocast #10: Ten Ways to Add a Color Swatch

December 31 2009 • 11:05 AM

Join David and Anne-Marie as they explore 10 cool ways to add color swatches to your documents, uncovering some unexpected surprises as they go!

Use Rich Black to Stop Colors Seeping Through

November 27 2009 • 8:04 AM

Black doesn’t always look black! Here’s how to make sure your blacks really black out what’s behind them.

Making a Die Cut Shape in InDesign

September 15 2009 • 5:26 AM

Need to cut a hole in (or apply a spot varnish to or emboss) your InDesign document? It’s not that hard, with the help of a spot color.

Adjusting Gradients in Table Cells

July 24 2009 • 6:05 AM

When you want a gradient to fit inside a single table cell, you need to take extra steps.

Changing the Text Color Inside Multiple Table Cells

July 22 2009 • 2:42 PM

So you want to set the fill or stroke color of text inside a table cell? What about two or more cells? It’s easy, once you know about “J”

Converting CMYK to RGB with InDesign

July 13 2009 • 7:54 PM

What’s the best way to extract an InDesign page as an RGB image to use in PowerPoint or some other program?