Category: Tools & Automation

  Signature View Available in the Book module alongside Ladder View and Grid View. Arranges your book pages into 16-page signatures — the chunks of pages used in the printing process. You can interact with pages, make assignments, and open pages in Signature View just as in other views. Each signature has a flag at…

Index Builder compiles and flows an index for your yearbook automatically. For full details, download the Indexing PDF Guide from the Help menu in eDesign. Here’s an overview of the process: Launch Index Builder: Go to the Book module, then choose Edit > Build Index. What Index Builder scans by default: Text frames (sequences of…

← All Video Tutorials Collage Wizard automates the creation of multi-image layouts by selecting images and a template design, then combining them into a professionally arranged collage. This tool is perfect for quickly filling spreads with photos while maintaining consistent design quality. Step 1: Choose Your Layout Type Open the image placement tools and select…

Fill Frames automation intelligently populates empty image frames with photos from your library. This feature streamlines the image placement process, allowing you to fill multiple frames at once instead of dragging images individually. How Fill Frames Works eDesign recognizes shapes with the standard gray fill color as potential image frames. Open the image placement tools…

  Sticky notes let users leave comments and feedback on specific elements of a page. Here’s how to use them: Create a note: Select the Sticky Note tool, click on the element you want to comment on, type your note, and click Post. View/collapse notes: Click the X to collapse a note to its smaller…

  Whether you’re in Ladder View or Grid View, you can use Jump to Page to quickly navigate to a specific spread. If you know the page number: type it in the jump field and press Enter — you’ll jump directly to that page in the ladder. To search by topic name: start typing (e.g.,…

The quick copy function lets you duplicate objects quickly with a keyboard shortcut. How to Quick Copy Select any object on your page and hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Mac), then click and drag. This creates a duplicate of the selected object without having to use copy and paste commands. Quick copy…