Scale frame and content at the same time
Say you have a frame that’s five inches wide, and you want to scale it and the picture inside the [...]
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Kill the stroke!
Did you just draw a rectangle and end up with a stroke on it that you didn’t want? You can [...]
Better polygons and starbursts
You can modify the attributes of a polygon (or starburst) as you create it. Just use the Arrow keys while [...]
Notes on frames
InDesign has the ability to insert notes in text. These notes can be managed with the Notes panel (Window>Type & [...]
Better WYSIWYG font previews
InDesign has had the ability to preview fonts in the font menus for quite a while. You can even change [...]
Align your drop caps
Often when you create a drop cap in InDesign, the left edge of the character isn’t perfectly aligned with the [...]
Lose the guides
Did you know that InDesign has a Preview mode? Switching to the Preview mode is an easy way to hide [...]
Grid Place bonus tip
Add the Shift key to the Arrow keys in the above tip to change the amount of space between each [...]
Grid place
In CS4, the multi-file place feature got even better. You can now place all the files in the loaded Place [...]
Proportional place
When you click a loaded Place Gun on a page, InDesign creates a frame that’s the same size as the [...]
Panels only when you want them
I often hide my left and right panels in each of the modules by tapping the Tab key. The panels [...]
The Lightroom Exchange
Visit the Lightroom Exchange by opening the Plug-in Manager (File>Plug-in Manager) and clicking the Plug-in Exchange button. This website lists [...]
Relaunch and optimize your library
In the Catalog Settings dialog (Lightroom [PC: Edit]>Catalog Settings), click the Relaunch and Optimize button at the bottom to let [...]
Choose your background color
In the Slideshow module, you can select a color directly from one of your images to use as the background [...]
Creative compositions
Create two virtual copies (Photo>Create Virtual Copies) of an image, then select all three when using the Triptych template in [...]
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