Control palette
fidel (332 pencils) | Mon, 2005-08-29 09:53While working on a project speed is often required. The client changes his mind all the time, but you, yes you, have to deliver at the earlier agreed on date. So shortcuts for changing things are handy.
We like the Control palette but it is a shame that you have to put your cursor in a specific field, select the item and then change it. Instead of putting your cursor in a specific field in the control bar, just click the icon that is in front of it and the value in the specific field will be highlighted, now you can change it by number or by using the up/down arrows on your keyboard. Using the combination of shift with your arrows will make a jump of 10 pt by character or a 5 jump when transforming with the control palette.
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Sorry readers! I was messing and the image and the title of the post was changed accidently. It's back to normal now.
This may be old news but you can just hover the mouse pointer directly over the icon next to the field you want to change and then click and drag sideways to change the value. CS and above only.
No having to go to the keyboard at all this way.
Another thing I've been doing recently that I found on accident; To change the opacity of any layer that is selected just push a number. For example, say you just have any layer selected and you just hit the 5 key. The layer will become 50% transparent. If you type two 5's a little faster it will become 55% transparent.
I think your options don't work in InDesign. They do work in Photoshop. Also I think that hitting a number and changing the opacity of a certain layer in Photoshop only works if you use the numeric pad of your computer.
Well yea, it's a photoshop thing. I didnt know this was for InDesign till you mentioned it.
But, the opacity number thing works while clicking the regular number keys as well. Havent tried it in InDesign. Hardly use it now that I do all web design.
Some times the short cuts are similar but often they just are different. That's why I posted them.
Which is even faster! ;-)
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(In Photoshop) if you click and drag (left/right or up/down) you can adjust the settings without the keyboard.
Not in InDesign. I don't know why they make those differences, but they are there.