Most InDesign users do not realize that the measurement fields in various panels and dialog windows are actually calculators that can add, subtract, multiply and divide. InDesign can also perform more complex calculations within these fields, for example, 1.25in/2 + 10pts.

In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will demonstrate the use of this time-saving InDesign feature to resize, reshape, and reposition objects on a page without doing any math on scape paper or by using a calculator.

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