Ever have to format a list or table with currency symbols like dollar signs, yen, or euros? Typing those symbols over and over would get pretty boring pretty quickly. And you don’t have to. You just need to learn the trick that David Blatner shows in the latest InDesign Secrets video at LinkedIn Learning (lynda.com),
In the video, David shows how to set up paragraph styles to automatically apply any currency symbol, so you can format things like a table of prices almost instantly.
This article was last modified on March 5, 2025
This article was first published on October 10, 2014
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yeah, you can also put entire word instead of ^t, for example – you can create bulleted list for photo credit, just put “PHOTO: ” instead of “\t” and word “PHOTO: ” will be added automatically to photographer’s name
It’s a pretty neat trick, and one I’ve used for a while! Although, I tend to “the other option from that dialogue” section, just insert the character you want to appear first and nothing else.
Although – this is a new take on it and pretty simple to use. I think I prefer this version!