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Style Highlighting

May 20 2012 • 1:26 PM

A new free script can reveal at a glance where any style has been applied in your documents.

Mysteries of the Elliptical Overset Cell Symbol Revealed

May 18 2012 • 3:00 PM

Not all overset marks are the same, and when it comes to tables, paying attention to how the marks appear can make a difference!

Remove the Numbers at the Beginning of a List with a Simple GREP

May 10 2012 • 5:31 AM

You’ve copied a bunch of numbered paragraphs from a web page and now you want to use automatic numbering instead. Here’s how to clean up the mess!

Using the Shift+Arrow Keys to Extend a Text Selection in Both Directions

May 9 2012 • 5:42 AM

Selecting text in InDesign is easy… except when it’s baffling! Here’s a quick lesson every InDesign user should learn.

Free Video About Page Numbering Trick in InDesign

April 29 2012 • 8:00 AM

You need page numbers, but the page numbering feature in InDesign doesn’t give you all the features you want? Here’s the solution!

Finding and Fixing Local Text Formatting (No Script Required)

April 16 2012 • 7:05 AM

Here are three ways you quickly locate and fix local text formatting in even the most complex InDesign layouts, using features already built-in to the program.

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!

Video Tutorial: Drop Caps from A to Z

March 17 2012 • 5:28 PM

The two Drop Cap settings in the Control panel are just the beginning of the story. Watch this video to make your Drop Caps do all sorts of tricks!

PerfectPrepText: A smart way to style local formatting

March 8 2012 • 3:08 PM

This combination of two free scripts creates and applies character styles to locally-formatted text while leaving paragraph styled-text untouched

InDesign to EPUB Text Scaling

February 17 2012 • 10:33 PM

Does your text mysteriously change size when you export from InDesign to EPUB? The way InDesign handles text scaling may be the cause.