Comments on: Keyboard Shortcut for [None] Character Style

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:02:35 +0000

Perfect, thank you!
Exactly what i needed – and so simple!

By: Jeff Kew (Vancouver InDesign User Group

Jeff Kew (Vancouver InDesign User Group — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:00:48 +0000

Hey folks, I’d like to comment on Adobe Indesign CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland. It’s a tremendous resource for the new and experienced InDesign user. Written for the new user, it starts with the basics of the ID CS3 user interface and starting your first document. As you progress thru the project based material you are exposed to invaluable tips and tricks that will make you an ID pro in no time.

“Pearl of Wisdom” are insightful little bits of info found throughout the book, that are like pull out quotes, but are Deke’s thoughts about some unique experience that he thinks you should know about to make the project go smoother.

The book comes with nearly 3 hrs of video training that is unique to this book (not extracted from his nearly 150hrs of training on lynda.com). It’s advised that you watch each video before or after reading the accompanying chapter in the book. The process of Read, Watch, Do is one of the most effective ways of learning InDesign. As well, Deke’s humorous writing style makes you think he’s right next to you.

For experienced users, Deke successfully explains complex subjects such as XML tags. As well, even thru the basics chapters, experienced users can pick up productivity tips and hidden features that only Deke can find.

I recommend this book for all users.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:43:29 +0000

thanks Olaf!

By: Olaf Stutzke

Olaf Stutzke — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:13:57 +0000

To apply character style “[None]” to a selection of text I use this little JavaScript that applies the character style and clears overrides.
You can invoke the script with a keystroke:
—————–
// noCharStyle.jsx

if ( app.selection.length > 0 )
{
switch ( app.selection[0].constructor.name )
{
case “InsertionPoint”:
case “Character”:
case “Word”:
case “TextStyleRange”:
case “Line”:
case “Paragraph”:
case “TextColumn”:
case “Text”:
case “TextFrame”:
main( app.selection[0] );
default :
exit();
}
}

function main( theObject )
{
with ( theObject )
{
applyCharacterStyle( app.activeDocument.characterStyles[0]);
clearOverrides( OverrideType.characterOnly);
}
}
———–
Olaf

By: hcwang

hcwang — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:29:37 +0000

Great tip! I’m not sure if I’m missing something, but my guess is that the method you’ve given here would only create the fake [None] character style for the current document. I found that you can simplify the whole thing if you make sure that no document is open, then choose ‘New Character Style…’ from the panel fly-out menu, rename it and choose a keyboard shortcut and then click ‘OK’. The new style will automatically be based on the [None] default, so you don’t need to make any adjustments to the style attributes at all. And best of all, the new style will be available for all new documents.

In an existing document, with NO text selected and the [None] character style selected in the panel, you could do the same thing: ‘New Character Style…’, rename, keyboard shortcut, OK, and you wouldn’t need to fiddle with any other settings or Reset to base.

Anyway, love your website, podcasts and everything else. Thanks for providing us with a really wonderful resource!

By: ph1x

ph1x — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:04:39 +0000

I was like woow when Anne-Marie said I got a solution..and what a simple solution!! Thank you Anne-Marie! Obviously even Deke have to get his brain on a lower level sometimes to solve an obstacle

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:34:12 +0000

I can’t guess how often I have printed out a transcript, or one of the blog tips and tossed into the “cool stuff I really need to explore” pile on my desk. Several days or weeks later something will come across my desk and I think “aha, I remember that”! I reach for my stack of cool info and there is the answer.
I guess that I fall into the read online, listen, and print category…a little like the versatility of my favorite application!
Keep it coming!

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:06:22 +0000

After gerd’s comment, we’ve decided to never do a podcast again. No, just kidding! I know that our style isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I’m glad that so many folks do enjoy it, though.

Originally, we decided to do the transcripts for deaf people; but I now can see that they are very useful to many others as well. It’s clearly a worthwhile expenditure.

By: Andrew Herzog

Andrew Herzog — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:01:24 +0000

As far as pod/videocasts. I think they are good at least the few I have listened to. A few only downloaded the first part and then nothing, and I’m have a high end broadband connection.

Some thoughts:
Maybe you have a short, no graphic or video, textual version that gets right to the point.

A longer version with graphics when they need to be shown for clarity.

An even longer videocast that shows the work in process.

Or maybe, somehow, its all packaged into one show that the various portions (Video, Graphics, etc.) can be turned off by the end user depending on their needs.

Sometimes we may get the concept by a simple text explanation, other times we may need to see a few graphics, and other times we may need to see a full blown video.

What do you think?

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:26:32 +0000

I thought of another way to create the MyNone style.

Dupe any of your existing character styles, double-click it to open the Options dialog box, check to make sure the style is Based On: [None] (the default setting) and click the Reset to Base button.

That wipes out all the specs for the style — it’s now equivalent to [None] — so you just have to rename it and give it a keyboard shortcut.