Start making good use of alpha channels when placing images in your InDesign layouts.

Drawing starbursts isn't hard, once you know where to look. Plus, check out this new (previously undocumented) tip!

The Gravity feature fundamentally broke in CS3. Fortunately, it's finally fixed again. But what on earth is it and how do you use it?

Just because we've been posting CS4 tips recently doesn't mean that CS2 and CS3 users are out in the dust.

Conditional text is one of the coolest new features of CS4. You can even apply conditions with Find/Change. But there are a couple of quirks to be aware of.

When David's laptop was stolen, he realized he had done some things right... but he regrets he wasn't more prepared.

Often it's the little things you love the most, and InDesign CS4's new method of creating styles is my favorite small new feature.

Hey, it's Friday. Time for a little fun easter egg involving stroke styles (including one brand new one in CS4).

Create Type That Twists and Turns

Need to convert a bunch of RGB color swatches to CMYK? This script could help!

This undocumented CS4 feature is so cool. You have to know about it.

Adobe posted all the Creative Suite 4 trial versions -- time to check out InDesign CS4 for yourself?

Conventional wisdom holds that it is impossible to downsave an InDesign document more than one version at a time. Here's how to get around that convention. But is it wise???

When CS4 was released, like several other users, I was very dismayed to see that the InDesign Contact Sheet script was no longer included in Bridge. I couldn't understand why such a handy feature had been left out. I know it's practically blasphemous to say this here, but for contact sheets, InDesign is no longer [...]

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Just for fun, try using InDesign to improve something that's been right in front of you all along: your Desktop.

Why are the text formatting fields sometimes blank and don't allow you to use the up/down arrow keys?

Not a fan of Community Help? Read this to learn the secret hiding place of the official InDesign (and other) CS4 help files on your local hard drive.

Exporting an InDesign file to XFL sounds great, but there are limitations. For example, what if you want to convert a whole book?

How can you make use of the Control panel drop shadow button and use your own custom settings? Unfortunately, you can't.