Learn the ins and outs of writing precise, accurate, and accessible formulas using the new Math Expressions tools.

Learn how to create and style the perfect table of contents in InDesign.

Creating documents that print smoothly and that look as good in print as they do on screen requires more than blithely clicking Export or Package. Printing is often halted because the document creator neglected their due diligence at the file-preparation stage. You can avoid that time-consuming and often-expensive headache with the help of the robust […]

Learn the best way to apply highlighter marker effects to text in this excerpt from InDesign Master Class: Type & Tables, 2025 Edition by Pariah Burke

How to place headings in the margin-to the left or right of the main text column in InDesign.

Your guide to tab spacing, alignment, leaders, and more

I just got back from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona where I was consulting on a new type of digital publication. While there, providing training in the Spring to my client’s team, I took in a spring training MLB baseball game. On the plane home I was struck by the correlation between the two types […]

“Creative Pros to Follow” is Pariah Burke’s series highlighting amazing creative professionals—graphic designers, photographers, typographers, fashion designers, illustrators, and more—to follow and connect with on social media and creative sharing services. If you know anything about me—author of several books on InDesign, QuarkXPress, and digital publication design and production; former magazine art director; consultant to […]

“Creative Pros to Follow” is Pariah Burke’s series highlighting amazing creative professionals—graphic designers, photographers, typographers, fashion designers, illustrators, and more—to follow and connect with on social media and creative sharing services. February is a month of many celebrations. It contains, of course, that most famous holiday, identified by a cherub armed with amorous arrows, but […]

Photoshop. It’s not just a noun, it’s a verb. It’s not just a tool for photo retouching but for all sorts of creative projects. Even in a world with Illustrator, InDesign, and Muse, Photoshop often fulfills the roles of drawing application, layout environment, and Web and mobile interface design instrument. More so than any other […]