Pagemaker equivalents

[Rick_Yurick@adobeforums.com]

I am transitioning from PageMaker to Indesign and have the following questions
1. I miss the F9 toggle switch that jumps between the direct select arrow and whatever tool you were using previously. Can InDesign do this also? How?

2. Is there anyway to import my dictionary from PageMaker to Indesign as it has a lot of custom words and jargon.

3. Is there a script to perform the function of the wordcount and change case plug-ins.

Thanks
R. Yurick

[Robert_Levine@adobeforums.com]

What version of InDesign are you using?

Bob

[Rick_Yurick@adobeforums.com]

I am using CS

[Robert_Levine@adobeforums.com]

Do you have the PM plugins?

Bob

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

1. I miss the F9 toggle switch that jumps between the direct select arrow
and whatever tool you were using previously. Can InDesign do this also?
How?




You can define your own shortcuts via Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts.

2. Is there anyway to import my dictionary from PageMaker to Indesign
as it has a lot of custom words and jargon.




Don't know.

3. Is there a script to perform the function of the wordcount and change
case plug-ins.




There is an InDesign Scripting Forum, try asking there. Wait a sec, Hey Bob, doesn't ID already do this? I know you can change to Title Case, CAPS, Sentence case and lowercase but wordcount? Do you really need a plug-in for that?

[Olav_Kvern@adobeforums.com]

Gabriel--

re: "doesn't ID already do this?"

Yes. Select some text and choose a case change from the context menu.

Word counting is available in the Info palette.

re: "Do you really need a plug-in for that?"

Yes, because *everything* in InDesign is provided by a plug-in.<g> It's a totally modular application (unlike old-style monlithic applications such as PageMaker or QuarkXPress). But you don't need an *additional* plug-in to get the features--they're provided as part of the basic plug-in set that is InDesign.

Thanks,

Ole

[mikewitherell_at_jetsetcom_dot_net]

1. Edit Keyboard shortcuts
2. NO! Blast it!
3. Info palette

Mike Witherell in Washington DC

[Rick_Yurick@adobeforums.com]

Thank you for all your help. It's good to see some of the same people who helped me in the old PageMaker form.

I did get the PageMaker version of CS and I installed a few of the plug-ins that I thought I would use. I have gone over some of the tutorials for transitioning and have found them useful.

I'm waiting for Mr. Kern's book to be released. I always thought your writing in the old Aldus magazine was very useful and sometimes humorous.

I am also one of those people who kept a Quick Reference guides for all my Adobe programs near my keyboard. Short of printing out the online tables of keyboard conversions, which I admit is very thorough, has anyone come across a PDF version of a Quick Reference card similar to the old ones. I can see that the context sensitive menus will be useful once I get the hang of them.

As for the dictionary transition, I assume that it's just a matter of reentering my unique vocabulary.

Rick Yurick

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

It's good to see some of the same people who helped me in the old PageMaker
form.




If you are referring to me, you're welcome. :)