The Best Way to Preview your file

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InDesign CS4 has a great preview capability, but I wanted to take it a bit further and show you how to create a full screen viewer.

This includes working in Preview mode, but also hiding all of the panels and other content, and changing the preview background color.

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Create an Easy Image Grid Layout

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InDesign CS4 allows you to select a series of images and place them in a grid layout using nothing but keyboard commands. This is a great way to make a contact sheet full of images. You can then add image text to each as you see fit.

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Top InDesign Type Shortcuts

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This vid will show you some of the most widely used keyboard shortcuts for font size, kerning, leading, tracking, baseline shift, and more.

It will also show you where you can set the default options for those same shortcuts in preferences!

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The Secret to Setting Default Units

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This vid is shows a quick and easy way to set the rulers and units for every new document you create.

This is a simple tip, but a must for starting out in InDesign, so that every new document you create has those same units set.

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How to Set the default font

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Setting a default in InDesign allows us to set up fonts, colors, styles, and more that we use all the time. In this vid, you'll see what the default font is and how to set it for your new docs.

Interestingly enough, there are several ways to set defaults.

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The Best Way to Reset Transformations

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Here's a quick, easy way to tell if text, images, or other content has been transformed in any way, and how to reset or "clear" those transformations.

Typically, you can flip, rotate, resize, and more. This method can remove those types of transformations.

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