Quick, Select the Whole Object Using Your Direct Selection Tool
You’re working with the Direct Selection tool; editing the anchor points of an object. What’s the fastest way to select the WHOLE object? Using your ...
Collecting Hidden Fonts
As part of my regular freelance work, I design brochures and posters in several languages for a large international company. After consulting with my printer, ...
Using Illustrator Palettes As Calculators
In an InDesign tip a while back, I mentioned that many users don’t know that the palettes can be used as calculators. Well, this is ...
Remembering the Last Point Size Used
You just resized the headline in an ad to 76 points (a size that’s not listed as a Preset in the Point Size popup menu ...
"Filling" Type with an Image
In InDesign, you can use Type as a Frame and Place an image into it, by first converting the Type to Outline (Type > Create ...
Bringing Bloated Files Down to Size
You’re working on a 24-page brochure in InDesign. After several rounds of client changes, you notice that the file size of the layout is getting ...
Filling Editable Text with a Gradient
When you apply a Gradient Fill to text, nothing seems to happen. It’s still black text, yet in the Swatches palette, the Color palette, and ...
Text Export Is Contextual
Have you noticed that sometimes the choices of formats for exporting out of InDesign are totally different than others? The first time I needed to ...