In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Erica Gamet shows us how to customize InDesign’s default placeholder—or dummy—text. If InDesign’s random Latin text doesn’t work for your needs, change up that filler text using this week’s tip.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on April 17, 2019
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