Import Word Files into InDesign, Remove Local Formatting but Keep Italics and Bold
By: David Blatner
February 1 2012 • 10:11 AM
This is a workflow I use almost everytime I import a Word file that someone sends me. Every InDesign user should know this.
Create a “Clear All” Find/Change Query
January 4 2012 • 1:24 PM
While you’re waiting for the InDesign team to add a Clear All button to Find/Change, use this tip.
Why Am I Seeing Yellow Highlighting on My Text?
By: David Blatner
December 26 2011 • 3:48 PM
A (thankfully) easy solution to an often frustrating InDesign problem!
Ruling headers… (or, Placing a Rule Behind a Header)
By: Cari Jansen
December 20 2011 • 2:26 AM
Consider this part 2 in the series ‘working with text on a tinted background’!
Center that vertically… (Framed)
By: Cari Jansen
December 19 2011 • 1:50 AM
Unthreaded text frames, filled with a colour and a single line of capitalized text that is both horizontally and vertically centered.
How to Make the File Extension Go Away in Captions
By: David Blatner
November 17 2011 • 5:58 PM
You’ve created file name captions for your pictures, but you don’t want those icky file type extensions? Here’s how to make them disappear!
Create a Keyboard Shortcut for Preview Mode
By: David Blatner
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!
Converting Text to Outlines the Right Way, Updated
By: David Blatner
November 2 2011 • 2:13 AM
The hack that used to work stopped working, but we found a workaround…
Ghost Frames
By: Mike Rankin
October 31 2011 • 11:10 AM
Just in time for Halloween: here’s how to make (or find) a ghost lurking in your InDesign document.
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