Design Create a Rectangle with Two Rounded Corners Many of my students insist that it’s not possible to create a rectangle with two square corners and two rounded corners in InDesign. But it ... jeff witchel January 30, 2007 0
Design Use Objects to Find a True Measure I constantly find myself using the Rectangle tool to create objects that I will use as measuring devices. Let’s say that I wanted to create ... jeff witchel January 29, 2007 0
Design Reaching Hidden Options. On the rare occasions that I have to format type on my laptop, it’s great that the palettes in InDesign retract into the sides of ... jeff witchel January 26, 2007 0
DesignIllustrator Why Select "Paste Remembers Layers?" Paste Remembers Layers (found under the Options menu of the Layers palette) does exactly what its name implies. If you copy an object from a ... jeff witchel January 25, 2007 0
DesignInDesign This "Repeat Tab" Tip Is Not a Repeat. I’ve always said that some of my best tips come from the questions that my students ask. The following came from a great question about ... jeff witchel January 23, 2007 0
Design Cropping Off the Excess In a Masked Object To create a Clipping Mask, make sure the object you’d like to become the Mask is in front. Select both this object as well as ... jeff witchel January 22, 2007 0
Design The Typo King Meets His Match Everyone knows by now that I make a lot of typos. It’s not that I can’t spell, my fingers can’t type. They trip over themselves, ... jeff witchel January 19, 2007 0
Design Sometimes a Ruler Guide Just Doesn't Measure Up It’s easy to create Guides. Just click on the Vertical or Horizontal Rulers and drag a Guide onto the page. But Ruler Guides have their ... jeff witchel January 18, 2007 0