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Customize the menus for a streamlined workflow

Customize the menus for a streamlined workflow - InDesign Tutorial

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Customize the menus for a streamlined workflow

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- [Instructor] You probably know all about workspaces, but did you know about workspaces with menu customizations? You probably have seen that many times, if you've done anything with workspaces. And just to recap, a workspace is a collection of which panels, are open and where they are located in the window. InDesign ships with a bunch of built-in workspaces, advanced, essentials and so on. You can also create your own workspace, by arranging the panels how you want, and choosing new workspace. So for example, I have one called AMC, that hide some of the panels, and adds other ones like text wrap. But the menus themselves are the same as always. Now it's kind of silly, that I spend time editing the panels, hiding the ones I hardly ever use, like the gradient panel, whereas I don't do the same thing with menus, when I could, right. I mean how often do I go to the edit menu, to choose cut, copy or paste? I think…

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