Work Week Projects: InDesign Efficiency
Five quick exercises to do while you’re at work to increase your efficiency in InDesign
This article appears in Issue 46 of CreativePro Magazine.
Each of these activities should take no more than 5 to 10 minutes and can potentially save you much more time than that in the long run!
Monday
- Create a new workspace based on your current project. Organize panels in order of how much you use them. Hide the panels you rarely use.
Resource: Top 10 Things You Must Do Immediately After Installing InDesign
Tuesday
- Identify 3 commands you use every day and assign them custom keyboard shortcuts.
Resource: Find All Your Current InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts
Wednesday
- Set up Autocorrect to make text macros for 5 phrases you commonly type.
Resource: Hidden Autoexpand Feature in InDesign
Thursday
- Install a new script, and try it out.
Resource: 100 Free InDesign Scripts
Friday
- Explore Quick Apply for applying styles, running scripts, and executing menu commands.
Resource: 10 Essential Tips for Using Quick Apply in InDesign
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