Are you collaborating with a team in the Creative Cloud? Are you working with a shared library that contains a large number of assets? Do you scroll endlessly looking for the assets you need? Or do you use the search ...
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As if the ability to add shading behind paragraph text wasn’t exciting enough, now you can customize the corners of that shading! As you set the color, tint, and offset values on each side of the shading, you can also ...
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Hexadecimal color values are six-digit numbers used in HTML, CSS, SVG, and other computing applications to represent the red, green, and blue components of colors. Our tip image shows a color’s RGB make-up as well as its hex value: ffb720. ...
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Holding strong at No. 1: Easily Turn Text Into Outlines! It’s fun for us at Technology for Publishing to share Adobe InDesign tips, shortcuts, and best practices that can help you use the publishing tool more efficiently and work smarter. So, ...
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If your documents use numerous cross-references then this tip is great news for you. With the release of InDesign CC 2018 version 13.1, creating a cross-reference no longer requires selecting a paragraph style, for instance a chapter head, and then ...
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It’s true—sometimes it’s the small improvements that can have a great impact. With the release of InDesign CC 2018 version 13.1, you can now export an InDesign document to PDF and select an option that will create separate PDFs for ...
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The Paragraph Borders feature was a great addition to InDesign CC 2018, but it fell short for many of us who wanted the border to enclose multiple consecutive paragraphs. The new Merge Paragraph Borders option fixes that. Choosing the option ...
READ MOREThe March release of Adobe InDesign CC (version 13.1) is a smaller application update that contains a couple of new features and enhancements to existing ones. Here’s what you will find in this latest version of InDesign: Merge Paragraph Borders The ...
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The endnote feature added to InDesign CC 2018 made adding endnotes in an InDesign file so easy! Now check out just how easy it is to use endnotes created in Microsoft Word. Importing the endnotes from a Word document actually ...
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Object styles are one of the most powerful tools in InDesign. The ability to define dozens of specifications and apply them to an object with one click can have a tremendous impact on your workflow. And now it’s gotten even ...
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The wait is over! InDesign users now have the ability to add endnotes to their documents without requiring third-party products or scripts. Create an Endnote To insert an endnote into text, place the cursor at the point where the endnote ...
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Previous versions of InDesign offered users options to filter their font lists to show just their favorite fonts or synced TypeKit fonts. Additional filtering features added in the CC 2018 release and accessed via the font widget in the Character ...
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Sometimes it seems like the smallest new feature ends up being one of our favorites. Having the option to remove forced line breaks when creating a table of contents is a great example. No longer do you have to go ...
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Adobe MAX 2017 kicked off today with its usual jaw-dropping imagery, music, and presentations, highlighting a long list of new products, features, and enhancements that had the record-setting audience of more than 12,000 at the edge of their seats. In ...
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The Next Style command invokes another paragraph style when you type a return at the end of a styled paragraph. A paragraph return signifies the end of one style and the beginning of the next one. Defining the next style ...
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The Balance Ragged Lines option is not one of those exciting features in InDesign that people often talk about, but it is one you shouldn’t ignore. This option ensures that ragged text is balanced and more visually appealing. If your ...
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Have you ever worked on an InDesign document that suddenly starts to behave badly? Maybe it won’t print, it redraws very slowly, it suddenly balloons in size, or it continuously causes InDesign to quit when you select an object or ...
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InDesign’s Publish Online feature has a new options dialog box that offers users a “more elegant and less cluttered” interface. In addition to the newly designed interface, there is a new option that allows you to turn off the Share and ...
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The redesigned New Document dialog provides a look that’s more consistent with those of Illustrator and Photoshop. Adobe’s effort to create consistency and decrease eye strain has been going on for some time, starting with changes to the color theme and size, spacing, and flattening ...
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Once again a new release of InDesign (v2017.1) focuses on the user interface. As frustrating as this may be to those users who are looking to be “wowed” by fancy new features, these changes are being made as our workflows continue to ...
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