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InDesign: Facing pages with left page as page number...

InDesign: Facing pages with left page as page number 1

Revision 1.2 You might have some use for the following tip, that I’m just adding, as it is a question I receive often. “Can my left hand page be automatically numbered to page 1 when I am using facing pages?” My answer is: yes, it can. Here are the steps to follow. Note: If you […]

Auto number: previous and current page numbers in si...

Auto number: previous and current page numbers in single frame

Digitip 027 – Adobe InDesign CS A little while ago one of my customers (a Pica Award winner), presented me with a graphic design in which a facing pages document had no pagenumbering on the left hand page, yet double page numbering on the right hand page (indicating the left-page number and right-page number). The […]

Shapes magic – nested shapes

Shapes magic – nested shapes

Digitip 026 – Adobe InDesign CS (Revision 1.0) 1+1 = 3. The following shape magic tip has been added thanks to creative thinking by Paul from Snap. In searching for a method to create the following effect, AND have the ability to resize the shape without affecting its contents, the nested shapes came up as […]