Over the last couple weeks we’ve been polling our clients for some of their favorite features in Adobe CS3. One tool mentioned by several designers is InDesign CS3’s new Gradient Feather Tool. For situations where you want to fade a photo into the background, this tool saves you a trip back into Photoshop — for […]

When you find yourself working with more text than you can fit into your InDesign text frame, the easiest way to see how much copy is overflowing is to open the Story Editor. (Edit > Edit in Story Editor)

In the Story Editor, a red line on the left side will show you how much text is overflowing your layout. If you decide to trim the text to fit your available space, you can edit your copy directly in this window.