InDesign FOR EDITORS

SHORTCUTS & TECHNIQUES

A........sub selection

V ........selection

T........ type

P ........pen

C........ cut

G ........Gradient.........Shift+G ........Gradient Feather

I ........Eyedropper

H........ hand (opt+alt+spacebar)

Z ........Zoom (cmd+/-) (cmd+2 = 200% view)

Cmd+J......go to page

W ........preview mode (always better to Esc then W)

Text Selection Methods: Highlight or Double click........select word

3 clicks........select lign

4 clicks.......select paragraph

5 clicks........select the story (or just ctrl+A)

Ps: always make sure you select the empty space after the last word you highlight.

Cmd+shift+right/left: select one word at a time

Cmd+shift+up/down arrows: select one paragraph at a time

Cmd+shift+end......select from where you are till the end of the Story

Cmd+shift+home.......select from your cursor to the beginning of the Story

PS: If layer locked: you can't select any text in the layer

Master Page Items in Documents: Master page items (differentiated by their dotted lines around them if Frame edges is shown -

View>Extras>Show Frame Edges) can't be edited on document pages unless you cmd+shift+click on it

first

Layers On Top: Ctrl/cmd+click will select a layer beneath another layer

The Red Icon: The red (+) icon at the end of a text grid is the OVERSET TEXT.

How to deal with it: go Edit>Story editor> Edit text so that the hash mark # ends the story on the same

lign.

Hidden Characters: Turn on the hidden characters which are how many PARAGRAPH, BREAK, END...: Type>show hidden

characters

Text Wrap: When text so close to picture and is disappearing: select text> Object>Text Frame Option>ignore text

wrap.

Always: FIT FRAME TO CONTENT (top right icon) to always have a clear and tidy layout. Or find it in

Object>Fitting>Fit Frame to content.

Changing Cases: in the upper control bar or....

If i want every word to start with a full sized capital, Menu>Change Case> and switch to Title Case.

Glyphs Panel: Characters that are not already available on our keyboard

Type > Special Character

You can create anew glyphs set if you always use the same characters. Menu button>create glyphs

set>name it. Right click on characters and add it to your set.