To tell InDesign exactly where to hyphenate a word, open InDesign and go to Edit > Spelling > Dictionary. Do this with no document open to set the default for all new documents. Type the word in the Word field and then click Hyphenate. The tilde (~) characters indicate how InDesign will hyphenate the word. To change those settings, retype the word in the Word field using tildes as follows:

• One tilde (~) indicates the most desirable hyphenation position.
• Two tildes (~~) indicate a slightly less desirable hyphenation position.
• Three tildes (~~~) mark the least desirable hyphenation position.
• A tilde inserted before the word tells InDesign never to hyphenate the word at all.

Finally, click the Add Button to change the word to your customized setting.

being a graphic design professional ;), you might get in the situation that you want to insert one or more pictures inside fonts (editable and non-vectorized) .

so you try to convert the text to outlines and place the picture inside the resulting frame.
but hei!
even though InDesign can do incredible things with text and images, at first sight it won’t do this…

in fact, it’s been possible since indesign 2!
all you need are some basic understanding of blending modes and four simple steps:

1. choose a bold or black typeface so that the image will be visible through it.
2. go to: fill text - swaches - paper
3.then type - create outline. and it will work
4. place image in text or simply drag and drop the image you want in the selected text

The InDesign Swatches panel includes four undeletable swatches: None, Black, Paper, and Registration. The purpose of the first three is obvious. You probably know not to use Registration for any object to appear on the printed page, but do you know why?

The Registration color prints on every ink plate. In CMYK, that means anything with Registration applied to it prints in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. The result is usually not a nice rich black but rather the color of old mud. That’s why the Registration swatch should be reserved for registration marks and other information or structures that need to print on all plates (usually in the slug area), such as the client name, job number, and other specific information. The easiest way to include that information on the film is to set it in the slug area, in the Registration color swatch.

1. open a new document with the following settings.

2. when you create the layout split it into 3 parts

- the frontpage of the brochure should be divided into: 97 mm/ 100mm/100mm.
- divide also the backpage into: 100 mm/ 100 mm/ 97 mm.
doing this you will create a brochure that will fold (the backpage and frontpage) perfectly together
.
3. then you design your layout being carefull with the margins of the document (the elements of the layout have to be arranged within the margins limits)

For an interesting effect, you can make one image look as if it�??s inside multiple
frames:

1. Place the image in a circular frame.

2. Use Edit > Step and Repeat to create a row of frames.

3. Using the Direct Selection tool, shift-click to select each image

4. Using the Alignment controls in the Control
Palette, align first the top edges and
then the left edges of the images within
the frames. (Yes, you can align images just
like you can align frames!)

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i’ve been writing you for some time now about how you can use text wrap in indesign.
and now, because some of you asked for this… i’d like to get into that in more detail
here’s how you can wrap some text on a nonregular formed object using indesign.
it’s a 6 steps tutorial which goes like this:

1. duplicate the image that you want to use for the text wrap:

2. select the duplicate image and go to object/clipping path

3. then choose the photoshop path (i’ve assumed that you’ve already created the path in photoshop … so you shoul this before you go on).

4. select with the direct selection tool the clipping and convert it into frame

5. delete the frame and if you go to direct selection tool you’ll see only the clipping path. now, just create a box containing the text you want to wrap on the path.

6. now you have only one step to go, so select the the clipping box > text wrap > wrap aroung object shape

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some days ago i’ve wrote you a post on how to import excel charts in indesign and how to import excel tables in indesign.

now… i’m sure you find yourself quite used to getting the images and text supplied from customers are in MS word formats.
and inserting them within layouts with simple copy paste operation is quite a nasty job.

so, here’s how to simply import it to photoshop or indesign (with a trick that’s valid for both windows and mac os):
1. open the Word document containing the images you want to import to indesign or photoshop.
2. from the file menu, choose save as web page. this saves the text of the document as an htm file and the images as PNG and JPeG files in a folder, both with the name of the original document.
3. Inside the image folder you’ll find all of the document’s images at their original resolution (the png files), as well as smaller versions for previews (the jpeg files).
4. you can place these files directly into indesign or edit them in photoshop.

so this is it! it’s not a real ” image import”, but it saves time and it’s as simple as that!

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do you struggle with pictures with useless names like P1010002.jpg?
indesign bridge can rename all your pictures at once in the blink of an eye using batch rename.

select in bridge the images you want to rename and choose tools > batch rename.

then use the fields in the middle to construct your new file name scheme, preview an example of your new file names at the bottom of the window, and press the rename button when you’re ready to proceed.

if you want to preserve the photos with the original name also, you just have to save the renamed images in another folder.

now you have all your pictures renamed, and you’re ready to get on with your work.

note that: you’ll obviously want to do this before you place the pictures in indesign so you don’t end up with lots of broken links. if you’ve done it correctly you’ve saved a lot of time!

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so… we are already enjoing our cs3 experience. here’s some of the cool features in indesign cs3:

1. enhancements to the transparency palette (each element can have its transparency adjusted independently, including fill, stroke and text).
can you imagine this kind of flexibility in the layout?

2. ability to apply live effects to objects, always in the transparency palette which calls up a dialog similar to the layer styles dialog in photoshop. (the live effects can be applied to fills, strokes and text independently)
it’s about having fun designing!

3. new ability to assign fitting options to a picture box prior to importing the image. In this way, boxes can be assigned fitting (fit content to frame, fit proportional, scale proportional).
and this way this is much more easier!

4. and … i’ve saved the best for last! this is probably the most significant of the features: a new method for placing images and text into documents.

this indesign feature allows users to place multiple items at once-including text and graphics-and then drop them into their respective text and picture boxes without having to go back and import elements one by one.

this WILL save our time!!
what is that you like?! do you have other cool stuff discovered?

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