Plumb the Depths of Your InDesign Layout

Excerpted from the InDesign Secrets video training course on lynda.com.


An InDesign page may look flat, but it’s often made up of layers of text and images. When those objects are stacked on top of each other, it can be difficult to select the right layer, especially when they overlap. For example, how often have you clicked on a text frame to edit it and mistakenly selected the graphic beneath the text instead?
That can be frustrating, but there are tricks that will help you select through and into objects — even when they’re in groups! A few of these tricks work only in InDesign CS5, but many others apply to CS3 and CS4, too.

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David Blatner is the co-founder of the Creative Publishing Network, InDesign Magazine, CreativePro Magazine, and the author or co-author of 15 books, including Real World InDesign. His InDesign videos at LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) are among the most watched InDesign training in the world.
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  • Leah Hanlin says:

    Great tip about the “multiple escape” in a group selection! I love editing text & just hitting esc to select the box, but didn’t know it worked to go back “up” through a group! Thank you!

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