We love having the ability to preview our documents or objects as we apply settings in many of InDesign’s dialogs. Now Adobe InDesign CC has a preview function that shows the document as the options and settings are selected in the New Document dialog. Select the Preview checkbox in the lower left-hand corner to enable this function.

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To be able to see the new document you’re creating before you hit OK is a great time-saver!

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.