How to Find Overset Text in InDesign Fast
By: David Blatner
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”
By: David Blatner
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
By: David Blatner
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
By: David Blatner
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?
Why Does the Last Line Not Fit on My InDesign Page?
By: David Blatner
June 7 2011 • 1:20 PM
When the last line in a text frame gets pushed to the next page, it can raise questions!
Importing Word Styles Only
May 10 2011 • 9:03 AM
Use this quick workaround to import Word styles into an InDesign document. (Yes, sometimes that’s what you want to do.)
Turn Off Spell Check for Certain Words in InDesign (like catalog part numbers)
By: David Blatner
March 30 2011 • 3:56 PM
How you can make InDesign skip certain pieces of text when checking spelling
Maintain High Quality Display When Cropping and Resizing Frames
By: David Blatner
January 25 2011 • 12:21 PM
Jerky movements, pixelated graphics, all point to one culprit: Live Screen Redraw
Creating Mixed Page Orientations in the Same Layout
December 19 2010 • 10:49 AM
There are two ways to create mixed page sizes in InDesign CS5, but only one lets you change individual page orientations, too.