Like most of Adobe’s creative software, it’s also incredibly deep. You can create all manner of documents while barely scratching the surface of what it can do. The menus are jam-packed with options.
But you can save yourself some valuable time by learning all the keyboard and mouse shortcuts. These allow you to do more in less time, making frequently repeated actions less laborious.
You can create your own keyboard shortcuts by heading to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts in InDesign.
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Adobe InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts
Using InDesign With Other Adobe Tools
InDesign is great by itself, but it’s even better when used with Adobe’s other tools, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop. You can do some basic image editing and vector creation in InDesign, but it’s nowhere near as powerful.
Illustrator is, of course, a vector graphics application, so it’s ideal for creating illustrations and background images, which you can then import into InDesign. You can also use Illustrator to create vectors of raster images.
Photoshop, meanwhile, enables you to edit raster images, like photographs. It’s best if you want to apply filters, resize images, or make other edits that would be difficult or impossible in InDesign. It also converts images from one format to another, which can be essential when creating print documents with high-definition pictures.
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