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October 5, 2017
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Fine & coarse shortcuts for adjusting leading/kerning/type size

  • October 5, 2017
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Hi There,

Is there a way to have both fine and course shortcuts for adjusting type size, leading and kerning in InDesign?

e.g.

OPT + Down Arrow = Coarse leading adjustment

SHFT + OPT + Down Arrow = Fine leading adjustment

Going to preferences every time defeats the purpose, and using the text palette doesn't work when changing multiple leading values - you don't want to make them the same value, you want to increase/decrease separately, but all in one go. It's been a while but I believe Quark allows for this.

After searching around, I noticed some people basically saying 'just use the mouse, it makes no difference'. But after 30 years training staff, the point in click crowd never understand why the shortcut crowd earn more money!

Any suggestions welcome.

Cheers

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Correct answer rob day

You can set any key command for increasing or decreasing at 1x and 5x increments under Key Commands>Text and Tables. The 1x amount is set in Preferences.

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rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 5, 2017

You can set any key command for increasing or decreasing at 1x and 5x increments under Key Commands>Text and Tables. The 1x amount is set in Preferences.

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Inspiring
October 5, 2017

Sweet, thanks heaps!

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