Mailbag Answers Posts

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?!

When the Document Size Won’t Change

January 10 2012 • 3:52 PM

When a reader changes Document Setup, nothing happens! Here’s one common reason this might happen.

Why Am I Seeing Yellow Highlighting on My Text?

December 26 2011 • 3:48 PM

A (thankfully) easy solution to an often frustrating InDesign problem!

Rotating Text in Table Cells

November 14 2011 • 3:17 PM

Here’s a quick tip on rotating text inside a cell, and positioning it just right.

Create a Keyboard Shortcut for Preview Mode

November 9 2011 • 11:16 AM

It’s not hard to define your own keyboard shortcut that works even when your’e editing text in a frame!

How to Find Overset Text in InDesign Fast

October 28 2011 • 4:29 PM

InDesign tells you that you have some overset text, but sometimes it’s hard to find if you don’t know where to look

Putting Headings in Rounded Rectangle Background “Frames”

October 1 2011 • 6:50 AM

You want a heading in a rounded-corner rectangle, but you don’t want them in a separate frame. Can do!

Editing InDesign Files Directly off a Server: Crazy?

August 4 2011 • 7:00 AM

David says no one in their right mind would edit an InDesign file directly off a server, Anne-Marie says he’s stuck in an early 90’s time warp. So we ask an expert.

Keeping the Same Scale Size when Updating or Relinking to Images

July 21 2011 • 1:58 PM

How to tell InDesign to stop scaling images when the dimensions change

Why Red Squiggly Underlines When Words are Not Spelled Wrong

June 15 2011 • 3:30 PM

InDesign’s Dynamic Spelling feature is great for quickly identifying misspelled words, but what if almost everything appears wrong?