InDesign Archives - Michael Bullo

Automatically balance columns of text in InDesign

To balance the columns of text within a text box… Select a text box containing two or more columns Menu > Object > Text Frame Options Select the Balance Columns option Note that this...

Sample a colour from an image in InDesign with the Eyedropper Tool

The Eyedropper Tool within InDesign allows for a colour to be sampled from an image. This colour can then be easily turned into a swatch or used to recolour other artwork. The Option/Alt key...

Fade an image to transparent in InDesign with the Gradient Feather

The Gradient Feather Tool (Keyboard shortcut: Shift + G) in InDesign allows for an image to fade from opaque to transparent along a line controlled by the user. With an image selected, drag the...

Add password security to PDFs on export from InDesign

InDesign allows for the exporting of Print and Interactive PDFs both of which can be password protected in multiple ways. This video first shows how to restrict the opening of a PDF and then...

Change letter spacing in InDesign with Tracking and Kerning

Kerning controls the spacing between individual pairs of characters while tracking controls the spacing between groups of characters. These properties can be adjusted in multiple places within InDesign. Tracking and Kerning can be controlled...

How to install a previous version of InDesign

Have you found bugs in the latest version of InDesign? Perhaps you’ve found this version is incompatible with another piece of software. These are just some of the reasons you may want to install...

How to reset Preferences in InDesign

Launch InDesign while holding down the following keys… Mac: Command + Option + Shift + Control Windows: Control + Alt + Shift...

Frame Fitting Auto-Fit for fast image resizing in InDesign

When an image is placed inside of InDesign it lives within a frame. Resizing this frame does not, by default, resize the image it contains. There are numerous options that can be activated to...

Stop high quality images from pixelating inside InDesign

InDesign can create and edit massive documents that contain huge external assets such as Photoshop files. To keep the program as responsive as possible, InDesign may display assets at a lower quality on screen...

Prevent pages in spreads from separating in PDFs in Acrobat

PDFs will often have, but not always, a stand alone cover page with the following pages appearing in pairs of left and right pages (spreads). How these pages sit next to one another can...