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[CreativeGuy - Graphic Design Software Tips, Tricks and Commentary] Following up on this tip for selecting fonts, did you know you can change fonts, font sizes, leading and more in Adobe InDesign using the arrow keys? Simply click in the field you want and use the arrow keys to increase measurements, select the next or previous font, etc.. Perfect for making small adjustments.

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Melody Unchainedhttp://www.livejournal.com/users/melody2tds [Melody Unchained] can you tell i've read a lot of "...For Dummies" books?: I chose to use the larger font size for "i", because it flowed better on the second line than it did on the first, and on the first line would have obscured his face slightly. but the 9pt size looked out of place next to the 11pt. Since i was already emphasizing "ROCK" by double bolding it, the larger font keeps the lonely "i" from looking strange over there all by it's self, and still doesn't change the emphasis in the phrase.

A View From Homehttp://www.momathome.com/viewfromhome [A View From Home] Tomorrow is going to be a very, very long day: InDesign is smart enough to recognize the true name of the font. So my “Adobe Jenson Pro” is alphabetical by “J” for “Jenson”, while Quark has it up under “A” for “Adobe.” In InDesign, “ITC Menodza Roman” is grouped with the “M” fonts, not the other “ITC” fonts. When I'm looking for Garamond, I don't care if it's ITC or Adobe or whatever. I want to look for Garamond so I want to look under “G” not the Foundry name.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com [Photoshopsupport.com] Photoshop Blog - MARCH 03 2005 | Adobe Photoshop Blog: First, highlight the type you want to change, and then press Command-H (PC: Control-H) to hide the highlighting (the type is still highlighted; the highlight is just hidden from view). Then, up in the Options Bar, click once in the front field, then use the Up/Down Arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll through your installed typefaces.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com [Photoshopsupport.com] Photoshop Blog - APRIL 14 2005 | Adobe Photoshop Blog: You can visually control the spacing between your type (which is much better than numerically trying to figure it out) by using the same keyboard shortcuts for adjust type that Adobe Illustrator uses. Here's how: To set the tracking tighter (tightening the space between each letter or work in a group), highlight the type then press Option-Left Arrow (PC: Alt-Left Arrow) to tighten. Press Option-Right Arrow (PC: Alt-Right Arrow) to add more space between a selected group of letters or words. To adjust the space between two individual letters (called kerning) click your cursor between the two letters and use the same keyboard shortcuts mentioned above.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com [Photoshopsupport.com] Photoshop Tips & Tricks - Variety Pack 2 | PhotoshopSupport.com: When Photoshop opens most of it's dialogue boxes it offers you the ability to click OK or Cancel to accept or cancel the task. Some of Photoshop's dialogue boxes offer a hidden "Reset" option. Items like Levels, Curves, and Hue & Saturation.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com [Photoshopsupport.com] Photoshop Blog - December 2004 | PhotoshopSupport.com: If you're struggling to make a selection of an image that's against either a background of a similar color or a very busy background, here's a masking tip to make the process easier: Add a Levels or Curves Adjustment layer above your image layer, and use it to dramatically increase the contrast in the image to help make the edges stand out. This will often help make the difference between the object's edge and the background more obvious. The great part is, you can totally damage the look of the image because you're using an Adjustment layer. When your selection is in place, just drag the Adjustment layer into the Trash icon to delete it, and your image is back to normal, but you've got that "impossible" selection still in place.

[Blogs.geekdojo.net] Andy Baran's Blog : Friday, February 13, 2004 - Posts: Apparently this has to do with the way Word reads a document and your default printer.  When you first open a document in MS Word it flows the text in the document according to your default printer's setting (for example, margins).  If your default printer is not the Acrobat Distiller it won't flow the text according to the settings of the Distiller and thats where you start having problems.  Below is a copy of the techdoc an Adobe Expert sent to me detailing a few ways to handle this problem in Word as well as a solution for WordPerfect users:

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