Mailbag Answers Posts

Changing the Default Stroke to Inside or Outside (instead of centered)

May 22 2012 • 5:37 AM

When you want to change the default stroke, you need to remember these few essential InDesign lessons

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!

Add Custom Text at the Beginning of Each Line

March 19 2012 • 2:15 PM

When you need to add text to the beginning of each line automatically, this trick can really come in handy!

Why Is InDesign Soooo Slow?

February 29 2012 • 4:58 PM

Experiencing a slow-down in InDesign? Here are seven reasons it might be happening!

How to Turn Overset Alert Dialog Back On

February 16 2012 • 5:32 PM

What do you do when you click “Do Not Show Again” but you didn’t really mean it?!

Creating Shared Layouts (Composition Zone) in InDesign

February 7 2012 • 9:55 PM

You can share one page with ten documents, or have multiple people collaborate on a longer document!

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.