Long Docs Posts

Style Highlighting

May 20 2012 • 1:26 PM

A new free script can reveal at a glance where any style has been applied in your documents.

Formatting in InDesign Index Entries

May 8 2012 • 9:30 AM

How do you style a particular kind of index entry, like making plant species italic when the other entries are non-italic

Finding and Fixing Local Text Formatting (No Script Required)

April 16 2012 • 7:05 AM

Here are three ways you quickly locate and fix local text formatting in even the most complex InDesign layouts, using features already built-in to the program.

Fixing TOC Levels That Refuse to Behave

April 9 2012 • 2:16 PM

An innocent little setting can really goof up your automatically-generated Tables of Contents. Here is one graphic designer’s story!

The Zero Leading Solution

January 16 2012 • 9:26 PM

Through the use of zero leading, you can make text in separate paragraphs appear on the same line. You can use this idea to solve some tricky formatting problems in a TOC.

How to Incorporate Chapter Thumbnail Images into an Auto-Generating Table of Contents

July 13 2011 • 12:05 AM

How you can make a table of contents with thumbnail images (and avoid a horrible crashing bug)

Keep Your Pages in Order with Color Labels

June 2 2011 • 7:57 AM

Do all of your pages look the same in the pages panel? Try organizing them with color.

Use Notes to Hide Text in InDesign

April 20 2011 • 9:14 AM

Keith shows how to use the Notes feature to quickly hide text instead of deleting it.

How to easily thread text frames for ePub output

November 12 2010 • 1:12 PM

Frustrated trying to thread all your text frames together for ePub output? Look no further…here’s a great solution!

Get the Full Picture With .DOCX

September 17 2010 • 7:03 AM

There’s more under the hood in DOCX than meets the eye.