Don't highlight the two characters you want to kern (that's TRACKING), instead CLICK once between the two characters then you can manually enter numbers via the TOOLBAR or CHARACTER PALLETTE or use OPT + LEFT ARROW and/or OPT + RIGHT ARROW
Submitted by Terry Veiga on Tue, 04/11/2006 - 06:32.
Your article was pretty elementary which is okay for newbies... In indesign I would really like to know if there is a way to kern 2 letters closer together... the optical/metric is an "okay" global feature, but I find indesign falls behind quark when it comes to individual letter kerning. Highlighting 2 characters and adjusting the spacing seems to affect the letters after the selection more than the selection itself. I am also looking for a keyboard command for ease of use in making these kerning changes. (quark has had this feature since day 1)(or at the very least day 2). I like working in indesign and this simple addition would make it the ultimate tool for me.
Submitted by bjohnston on Tue, 04/11/2006 - 03:22.
to the first responder....
Don't highlight the two characters you want to kern (that's TRACKING), instead CLICK once between the two characters then you can manually enter numbers via the TOOLBAR or CHARACTER PALLETTE or use OPT + LEFT ARROW and/or OPT + RIGHT ARROW
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Your article was pretty elementary which is okay for newbies... In indesign I would really like to know if there is a way to kern 2 letters closer together... the optical/metric is an "okay" global feature, but I find indesign falls behind quark when it comes to individual letter kerning. Highlighting 2 characters and adjusting the spacing seems to affect the letters after the selection more than the selection itself. I am also looking for a keyboard command for ease of use in making these kerning changes. (quark has had this feature since day 1)(or at the very least day 2). I like working in indesign and this simple addition would make it the ultimate tool for me.