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Indesign Tip of the Week – Quick Switch for Measurements

Indesign Tip – Quick Switch for Measurements

You know you can type any measurement into any number field. (For example, even if your measurement preferences is set to inches, you can type “3p” into the X field to position an object at three picas.) But sometimes it’s helpful to actually change InDesign’s rulers.

You can change the ruler measurement system in the Preferences dialog box, but here’s an even faster method: Press Command-Option-Shift-U/Ctrl-Alt-Shift-U. Each time you press this shortcut, InDesign rotates through to the next measurement system (millimeters to centimeters to ciceros, and so on). One more technique you should know about: You can right-click on a ruler (or Control-click with a one-button mouse) to set the measurement system for that one ruler.

–David Blatner,

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Adobe Illustrator CS2 Tip – Selecting the Impossible.

Layers magazine Tip of the Day Adobe Illustrator CS2 Tip – Selecting the Impossible.

The are some great selection secrets hidden under the Select menu that can really come in handy. One of my favorites is Select Direction Handles (Select menu > Object > Direction Handles). It allows you to select all the Direction Handles in an object even if their respective Anchor Points are hidden behind other objects. Normally, this would not be possible without first going into Outline Mode.

Tip provided by Jeff Witchel

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Adsense Site Diagnostics Page Add-on

Source: Google

If you’ve ever wondered whether our crawler is able to reach all of your pages, you should try out the new Site Diagnostics tool. To determine the meaning of your site and show relevant ads, our crawlers need to be able to access your pages. Site Diagnostics enables you to see some of the errors our crawler finds while it’s crawling. You can find the Site Diagnostics page listed under the Reports tab of your account. [Read More]

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Grafix Lounge Project #10 – Design a Soap Box Derby Car

Okay, Welcome to the Grafix Lounge Project 10, Finally someone came up with a creative idea that we all can agree on as well as having fun. Our Pal Fotodog has designed a Template of a Soap Box Derby Car, our goal is to paint, design and have fun…
Read the Rules

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I am a Blogger….Part 1

As you all can see, I am a Blogger…and so are many of you out there, you just don’t know it yet. In the last couple of years I have been producing blog after blog after blog, quitting and returning. I regret deleting my last blog, although I kinda had to according to agreements, but then again I decided to re-opened Photoshopped and want to do things the right way this time. Nothing serious , just these software companies accusing me of regular ole’ BS (you know what I mean!).

Their are Millions of Blogs out there on the internet today, and I am proud to be one of the Millions that participate to help and inspire others in any way I can. (more…)

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Indesign Tip of the Week.

Recompose All Stories – Indesign Tip of the Week.
Sometimes you need to re-compose all your stories in your
InDesign document. This could be because you changed your
hyphenation method, because you switched languages, or for
a handful of other reasons. Or perhaps you simply want to
make double-sure that all of your stories are composed with
the very current settings. But how to do that?

One way is to turn on the checkbox “Recompose all stories when
User Dictionary is modified” in the Dictionary panel of the Prefences
dialog box. Now make any change in the user dictionary, save this
change, wait until the stories have been re-composed, and finally
revert the change in the User Dictionary.

A much faster method is to choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, choose
the product area “Text and Tables,” scroll down the list to the entry
“Recompose all Stories immediately” and assign a keyboard shortcut to
it. Save your change, and then just type your new keyboard shortcut!

–Courtesy of Rudi Warttmann, ITIP.biz

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Adobe Lightroom Beta 3 – Now available for Windows OS

Great news: Adobe® Lightroomâ„¢ beta* software 3 for Windows is now available. Download it today and discover an easier way to import, organize, edit, and showcase large volumes of digital images. Designed by photographers, for photographers, it’s software that works the way you do. And with its new Windows compatibility, it’s just waiting for you to try it.

After you download the beta 3 for windows go and check out the tutorials on how to use this awesome piece of software.

Source: Adobe

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