Need to make a slight variation on a layout or its contents but want to also keep the original? You can duplicate a page in your document by going into the Pages Palette and holding down the Alt/Option key while dragging it to a new location.

Need a color swatch that is a little lighter or darker than the one you've got? Select an object and then adjust the Tint slider in the top right of the Swatches palette. Then simply click the Create New Swatch button. You will have a new color swatch with the same values as the original but in the new tint. If you change the original color, the new tint will change as well!

navigation keyboard shortcuts

Increase your efficiency by learning to navigate around text using keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl+Down Arrow/Command+Down Arrow
jumps to the beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl+Home/Command+Home
jumps to the end of the current text story (even through multiple text frames)

Ctrl+End/Command+End
jumps to the end of the current text story

Ctrl+Shift+End/Command+Shift+End
selects text from the current cursor position to the end of the story