Did you ever try to cook in someone else’s kitchen? Even if you knew the recipe for what you were making, it probably took a lot more time than usual, and you might have felt clumsy and awkward since you didn’t know where all the tools were. Something similar happens when folks with a particular skill set, like editors, are asked to work in an environment that wasn’t created for them, like InDesign.
Fortunately, Nigel French has a new Lynda.com course designed specifically to help. It’s called InDesign For Editors, and it shows how to set up a custom editorial workspace, how to select and edit text efficiently in InDesign, and how to use editorial workflow features like Notes, the Story Editor, and Track Changes.
Among the free movies being offered is this one on common problems we all encounter when editing text. Even if you’re not an editor (and you always order take out at a friend’s house) it’s definitely worth watching!
Common problems when editing text
For Lynda.com members, if you are currently signed in to your account, you can also check out these videos from the series.
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Working with panels and creating an editorial workspace
Text frames
The Track Changes panel
This article was last modified on March 5, 2025
This article was first published on March 18, 2016
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