Mailbag Answers Posts

How to Insert a Schwa (or other phonetic) Character in InDesign

January 11 2010 • 7:09 AM

How to find special little-used characters when working in InDesign

Bringing Back the Welcome Screen

January 7 2010 • 3:36 PM

What happens when you can’t seem to find the welcome screen?

How to Use Text Wrap Within a Table

December 15 2009 • 3:26 PM

Trying to get text to wrap around a graphic inside a table can be quite annoying, unless you know this simple workaround.

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.

Preventing Frames From Converting Into Text Frames

November 23 2009 • 9:29 AM

It really can be annoying when the type tool converts your empty frames into text frames. Learn how to stop the madness!

Search for Foreign Language Characters in Text

October 26 2009 • 5:04 AM

InDesign offers very fine grained control over find/change, including which sorts of characters you want it to find.

Creating Multiple Indexes in InDesign

October 22 2009 • 10:37 AM

When you need to make more than one index in a single document, you need to resort to workarounds.

Importing a Powerpoint file into InDesign

October 20 2009 • 10:54 AM

Importing Microsoft Word and Excel documents is pretty easy, how about PowerPoint?

Add a Digit with GREP Groups

September 18 2009 • 8:30 AM

A simple introduction to grouping GREP expressions shows how easy it is to manipulate found text in all sorts of time-saving ways.

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.