Tutorial: Razor-sharp InDesign recipes
Workflow
Top 10 double clicks in InDesign
Using visual aids in InDesign
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly change the document template
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Enlarge assembly area
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple copying of objects - keyboard acrobats take note
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Alignment
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Place images immediately with an object format - secret trick
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Save time when repositioning objects and paths
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Quickly apply effects to other objects
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Content selection tool/Hide donut circle
Load / import paragraph formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Set default values - this saves a hell of a lot of time
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Get new gradients quickly
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Quickly add new color swatches
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Adjust text frame height to last text line
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Replace double spaces in the document with one space
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Find lost book files quickly
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create and apply character and paragraph styles at lightning speed
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Scaling graphics precisely
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Import Photoshop files and use layer compositions cleverly
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Exporting tables and other objects as images
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Exporting graphics for the web with the correct resolution
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links
Using libraries and snippets
Download and install missing color profiles
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: New contours and various gimmicks thanks to Easter Eggs
Layout
Multicolor swatches in InDesign
Pagination - create consecutive page numbering
Continuous and double page numbering on one side
Format column with just one click
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Finding image placeholders for every conceivable resolution
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Cool effects with the soft gradient edge
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Retain contour weight even with waveforms
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple pages of a PDF or InDesign file as a contact sheet
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create sunbeam effect by clever copying
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Save a lot of work with the help of gradients (example German flag)
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks - placing important information in a non-printable format
Fun with polygons in InDesign
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create EAN/barcode/barcode from ISBN with just a few clicks
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Use the page tool to place pages one below the other, e.g. for puzzles
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Print DIN A3 - DIN A0 on several DIN A4 sheets
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly compare photos in black and white and in color
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Convert images to vector graphics
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create page turn effect or corner effect
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Create interlocking rings
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create speech bubbles
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create streets
Typography
Justification in InDesign
Automate pricing via nested formats
Simply "mark up" texts in InDesign
Colored headline effects via the formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Convert texts to paths quickly and, above all, correctly
Colored text over nested formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Double outline on texts and still be editable at any time
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple text outlines - neon effect
Using Google web fonts in InDesign
Tables
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Creating tables with rounded corners - two approaches
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Edit tables and their cells quickly
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create transparent outlines in tables
Working with scripts
Create individual bullet points thanks to IndyFont
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Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Create a calendar in just 1 minute
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Importing multi-page PDFs
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly find the color used in the document
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Display format deviations with a click
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly exchange images
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Exporting image data
Practice
Developing design grids in InDesign
Design and print 2-break flyer
Design and print business cards
Designing a brochure as a handout in InDesign
Workflow
Top 10 double clicks in InDesign
Using visual aids in InDesign
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly change the document template
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Enlarge assembly area
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple copying of objects - keyboard acrobats take note
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Alignment
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Place images immediately with an object format - secret trick
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Save time when repositioning objects and paths
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Quickly apply effects to other objects
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Content selection tool/Hide donut circle
Load / import paragraph formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Set default values - this saves a hell of a lot of time
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Get new gradients quickly
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Quickly add new color swatches
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Adjust text frame height to last text line
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Replace double spaces in the document with one space
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Find lost book files quickly
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create and apply character and paragraph styles at lightning speed
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Scaling graphics precisely
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Import Photoshop files and use layer compositions cleverly
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Exporting tables and other objects as images
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Exporting graphics for the web with the correct resolution
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links
Using libraries and snippets
Download and install missing color profiles
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: New contours and various gimmicks thanks to Easter Eggs
Layout
Multicolor swatches in InDesign
Pagination - create consecutive page numbering
Continuous and double page numbering on one side
Format column with just one click
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Finding image placeholders for every conceivable resolution
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Cool effects with the soft gradient edge
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Retain contour weight even with waveforms
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple pages of a PDF or InDesign file as a contact sheet
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create sunbeam effect by clever copying
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Save a lot of work with the help of gradients (example German flag)
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks - placing important information in a non-printable format
Fun with polygons in InDesign
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create EAN/barcode/barcode from ISBN with just a few clicks
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Use the page tool to place pages one below the other, e.g. for puzzles
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Print DIN A3 - DIN A0 on several DIN A4 sheets
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly compare photos in black and white and in color
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Convert images to vector graphics
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create page turn effect or corner effect
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Create interlocking rings
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create speech bubbles
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create streets
Typography
Justification in InDesign
Automate pricing via nested formats
Simply "mark up" texts in InDesign
Colored headline effects via the formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Convert texts to paths quickly and, above all, correctly
Colored text over nested formats
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Double outline on texts and still be editable at any time
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple text outlines - neon effect
Using Google web fonts in InDesign
Tables
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Creating tables with rounded corners - two approaches
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Edit tables and their cells quickly
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Create transparent outlines in tables
Working with scripts
Create individual bullet points thanks to IndyFont
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: cool new functions thanks to scripts
Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Create a calendar in just 1 minute
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Importing multi-page PDFs
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly find the color used in the document
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Display format deviations with a click
Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly exchange images
Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Exporting image data
Practice
Developing design grids in InDesign
Design and print 2-break flyer
Design and print business cards
Designing a brochure as a handout in InDesign
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Here's a pretty cool trick that I first saw on Tim Gouder's InDesign blog . It's from Monika Gause - a nice greeting at this point. It's about converting normal graphics into vectors, i.e. auto-tracing with InDesign.
Step 1 Let me open a file. This picture - maybe you know "Zool"? - I used to paint it and now I want to convert it into a vector graphic. Normally you use Illustrator for this, but if you don't have it, you can also use InDesign.
Step 2 You have inserted the object into an InDesign document and then go to Object>Crop Path>Options ... Under Type , select Search edges and check the Include inner edges box so that the glasses etc. are also converted as a path. Of course, we also select Use high-resolution image. You can of course also set the threshold value as you need it - it makes sense to activate the preview . I'll leave the default values as they are and see what happens. I confirm with OK .
Step 3 Now go back to Object>Crop Path and then to Convert Crop Path in Frame . Only now do we have a vector graphic and I can delete the image with the Delete key .
Step 4 I can then color the path that I now have, for example. This gives me a vector graphic that can be enlarged infinitely.
Step 5 Of course, the graphic can now also be changed. If I go there with the direct selection tool , for example, I can click on a point and move it accordingly.
If it is too angular or too point-heavy, I simply adjust it with the smoothing tool . That works too, of course. You can also define the accuracy by double-clicking , etc.
Step 6 Another tip: I get his girlfriend to join me. But first I open this file in Photoshop, because unfortunately I used to work with a pencil that wasn't quite as black (*). I always like to do this in Photoshop first with Ctrl+Shift+L, which gives me an auto tone correction . And with Ctrl+M I go into the gradation curves , increase the value and thus the contrast a little to help InDesign find the contours.
Step 7 Here you can see that there are various errors, so I create a new layer underneath and color it black. Then I take the magic wand, click on it, set the tolerance to 25 and then click on the Delete key . Now you can see that there are still various errors here.
Step 8 I'll use the eraser tool and improve this so that all the pixels aren't swirling around and causing InDesign problems when finding the outlines. I clean up the image in no time at all. And then I can hide the black layer and save the whole thing as a .jpg again.
Step 9 In InDesign, I place it with Ctrl+D and can now go to Object>Crop Path>Options ... and search for Edges under Type . I include the inner edges and confirm with OK .
Step 10 Then - as before - I go to Object>Croppath>Convert crop path to frame and then delete it again with Del. I click on the outline and color it. Then it looks like this, for example: I can then color the individual areas accordingly. That's a nice thing if you don't have Illustrator at your disposal. You can also do this with InDesign, albeit not as well, but still. I hope you like the trick and maybe you'll use it at some point.