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#28063
Ever forget the exact location of a menu command in InDesign? You can use this tip to make your menu commands easier to locate.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#28062
You can use InDesign's compound paths and transparency features to create a recessed text compartment in an image.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#20177
Controlling Line Breaks with the Hyphenation Penalty Slider
Adobe InDesign 2.0 introduced a new feature that you can use to fine tune the way lines break in any given paragraph. You'll find the hyphenation penalty slider in InDesign's hyphenation dialog box. This document is meant to serve as an introduction to this feature so that you'll understand exactly how it works and how you can use it to control the way your lines break within paragraphs.
Cole, Tim. Creative Pro (2003). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#20178
When you're working with complex data, a table may be your best option. Often, a logical series of rows and col-umns can communicate more clearly than paragraphs. Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 introduces a robust table feature that makes it easy to line up those rows and columns—and to format them in striking ways. Here we show you how you can make an easy-to-read table while using the graphical power of InDesign to integrate it into the style of your document.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#25922
There are a number of ways in which you can use drag and drop to get content in and out of InDesign. Here are my favorites: If you ever get a lot of content for a layout delivered to you in a folder full of images, logos, text files, etc., there's a fast and easy way to get the files into InDesign that will enable you to avoid placing them one by one.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2005). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#28059
Dragging and dropping into InDesign 
There are a number of ways in which you can use drag and drop to get content in and out of InDesign.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#21962
Working with leading grids can make your PageMaker layouts faster, easier, and better-looking - and you don't even have to be Swiss.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#28060
Getting the Most out of Guides
If you're used to other layout applications, you may be unaware of all the things you can do with ruler guides in InDesign. If you use guides in your work, read on.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#22514
InDesign How-To: Adding Custom Sizes to the Page Menu
Of course making custom page sizes if nothing new. But here's a handy InDesign CS trick for adding those custom page sizes to your Page menu so you can call it up at anytime.
Cole, Tim. Creative Pro (2004). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Adobe InDesign
#28064
Replacing Gradient Colors With a Swatch
InDesign shares a feature with Illustrator that enables you to select a color stop in a gradient and replace it by clicking on a color swatch in the swatches palette.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#28058
The frame grid feature enables you to use multiple baseline grids on your pages.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#20176
Using OpenType Pro fonts in InDesign 1.x
This document is intended to serve as a brief introduction to both the new OpenType font file format, as well as the ways you take advantage of the advanced features of OpenType Pro fonts within InDesign.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
#20175
Using Your Own Placeholder Text in InDesign 
The Fill with Placeholder Text command in the Type menu fills one frame or a series of linked frames with placeholder text. This text serves as a temporary substitute for the text that will actually appear in your finished document. You can use this placeholder text to create templates or serve as a placeholder for text content in a document that's in process. The placeholder text produced by InDesign is known as 'Lorem Ipsum,' and it's a faux Latin intended to represent the space real words would occupy (and that's all). With InDesign 2.0, however, you have the option of replacing InDesign's default Lorem Ipsum text with placeholder text of your own.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
#28061
Word Spacing Keyboard Shortcut
Ever been copyfitting and wished there was a quick way to kern word spacing but leave letterspacing alone? There is.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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