It’s the topic that just won’t go away, at least in my mind. InDesign’s Fit Selection In Window command. In his comment, David injected a dose of reality on my overhyped enthusiasm for this command. In my joy at finding such a hidden gem of a feature in my live-in application, I overlooked some limitations. [...]
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Just going along, minding my business in a longish document, when all of a sudden I am surprised to see a little white hand wave to me from the Pages panel.
Now we know in InDesign the little hand means “drag to scroll,” and sure enough I can drag to move what’s visible in the panel. [...]
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A few extra thoughts on my obsession with InDesign’s Fit Selection in Window:
1. I think some of my joy stems from the fact that I am left handed and thus mouse with my left hand and do keyboard shortcuts with my right hand. So I feel very balanced using stuff on the right side of [...]
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Is it possible to get addicted to a keyboard shortcut? To obsess about it. To look for excuses to use it. To waste time because you go out of your way to use it. To make up off-key ditties of praise and hum them while nobody is listening. Uh, a friend told me they did [...]
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Oh where oh where can it be?
Top Five Reasons Mike Has Not Been Blogging Lately
5. Been Photoshopping myself into the Celtics victory parade, high-fiving Kevin Garnett.
4. Been writing “I will not forget our anniversary again” on a chalkboard 5000 times.
3. Been driving hundreds of miles in search of gas under $4.
2. Been sulking since the [...]
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As an unashamed Buffy fan, I have to admit that every time I hear the word “master” I get visions of Buffy’s original Big Bad. The aged vampire who she eventually ends up beating after making a witty remark about him dying (poofing actually, since he was already dead). While he was a A Big [...]
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Dude, not THAT McCain. God, I am shameless. And for my link-baiting sins this site is probably being monitored by the FBI right now right now.
The McCain in the title refers to a binding style known as McCain. It is a case-bound and side-sewn style. Jargon free version: folded piles of paper stitched together through [...]
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Just as the kids are getting close to their summer vacation, I’m going back to school. InDesign school, that is.
I’m spending a chunk of my summer digging through every last shred of the official Adobe documentation to study for the certification exam to regain my ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) status.
I foolishly let my certification expire, [...]
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One of the best aspects of using a program like InDesign is the ability to use styles. With styles, you’re able to create definitions in appearance and apply them to an item. This is great for two reasons. When you’re first creating a document, if you have styles created, you set up the attributes [...]
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Tonight was the 10th anniversary of the last episode of Seinfeld (and coincidentally, the last call for Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra). I always got a kick out seeing the Mac in the background of Seinfeld’s apartment, and how he silently “upgraded” each year to Apple’s latest and greatest. In the final season, Jerry even had [...]
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