#38: Action Wizard in Acrobat X
In this weeks episode of the Creatively Using the Creative Suite, you are shown how to use the new Action Wizard in Acrobat X to streamline your document workflow.
April 27th, 2011
Lightroom Quick-Tip: Hide (All) Panels
Lightroom has a built-in way for you to easily show or hide the the panels surrounding the main image in the middle.
If you want to hide only the left and right panels, press the Tab key. To hide both the side panels and the top and bottom ones (i.e all panels) press Shift + Tab.
These shortcuts are toggle switches so when you want to get the panels back, use the Tab or Shift + Tab shortcut again.
InDesign Quick-Tip: Quicker Page Navigation
Keyboard shortcuts are always helpful to work faster. When you have long documents filled with text, navigating the pages of them in InDesign can be rather painful. Instead, try using the following keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the pages quicker:
- Command + Down Arrow (PC: Control + Down Arrow): Move down to the beginning of the following paragraph.
- Command + End (PC: Control + End): Move down to the end of the current block of text.
- Command + Shift + End (PC: Control + Shift + End): Move down to the end of the text (regardless of whether it is showing or not).
- Command + Shift + Home (PC: Control + Shift + Home): Move up to the beginning of the text block.
Photoshop Quick-Tip: Zoom Faster with Scrubby Zoom
A new feature is Scrubby Zoom that allows you to zoom faster in and out of your documents by dragging the mouse right or left. To enable this, first go into the Preferences, Photoshop > Preferences > General (PC: Edit > Preferences > General) and enable Zoom Clicked Point to Center.
Once you’ve done that, select the Zoom tool (Z) and choose Scrubby Zoom in the options bar. You can now click anywhere in the canvas and drag right or left to zoom in and out of the document at that specific point.
Photoshop Quick-Tip: Unlimited Multiple Undos in Camera RAW
If you want to undo a series of actions in Camera RAW, just use the keyboard shortcut Command + Option + Z (PC: Control + Alt + Z). The beauty of Camera RAW is that it has an unlimited undo history compared to Photoshop’s default 20 steps.
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