Comments on: Tints and Swatches from the Keyboard http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anne-Marie http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237650 Anne-Marie Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:43:35 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237650 Thanks, fellow gurus, glad you liked the tip! I originally stumbled on it when a client asked if there was a way to use Find/Change to search for a filename in the Links panel (her catalog had several hundred links to small .eps images). Using this tip, she liked being able to type out a few numbers from the filename and have the Links panel automatically highlight it. (And Mordy, yup, it was only because I was used to Illustrator's use of the black outline in panels that I realized InDesign was doing the same thing!) Thanks, fellow gurus, glad you liked the tip!

I originally stumbled on it when a client asked if there was a way to use Find/Change to search for a filename in the Links panel (her catalog had several hundred links to small .eps images).

Using this tip, she liked being able to type out a few numbers from the filename and have the Links panel automatically highlight it.

(And Mordy, yup, it was only because I was used to Illustrator’s use of the black outline in panels that I realized InDesign was doing the same thing!)

]]> By: Klaus Nordby http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237130 Klaus Nordby Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:21:55 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237130 Oy! Great tip, Anne-Marie -- thanks! Death to the mouse! Oy! Great tip, Anne-Marie — thanks! Death to the mouse!

]]> By: Cari Jansen http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237054 Cari Jansen Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:26:46 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237054 That's a very cool find. Love it! That’s a very cool find. Love it!

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237043 David Blatner Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:19:54 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237043 Oh, Anne-Marie, that was very clever. Not just a good tip, but you snuck it in quickly as the first tip of a new year! Oh, Anne-Marie, that was very clever. Not just a good tip, but you snuck it in quickly as the first tip of a new year!

]]> By: Mordy Golding http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237020 Mordy Golding Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:58:57 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/tints-and-swatches-from-the-keyboard.php#comment-237020 I love these little tips AM :) Illustrator also has similar functionality. BTW, you can manually change the "input focus" by Command-Option Clicking (Ctrl-Alt on Windows) in the panel. Also, it seems that in Illustrator, if you DOCK your panels together, once you put the focus in one panel, you can Tab through all of the fields -- even if they are in different panels. :) Mordy I love these little tips AM :)

Illustrator also has similar functionality. BTW, you can manually change the “input focus” by Command-Option Clicking (Ctrl-Alt on Windows) in the panel.

Also, it seems that in Illustrator, if you DOCK your panels together, once you put the focus in one panel, you can Tab through all of the fields — even if they are in different panels.

:) Mordy

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