keyboard shortcut for step and repeat

Hi,

I've seen some people use a keyboard command shortcut to duplicate, or step %26amp; repeat, without having to enter any coordinates into the step %26amp; repeat dialog box. It will make, say, boxes stack edge to edge / flush.

Do you know how they are achieving this command?

Thanks!

keyboard shortcut for step and repeat

One of the nice features of InDesign is that it displays the keyboard shortcuts for you in the menus. Take a look in the Edit menu for Step and Repeat... and you'll see the default shortcut for your version (it's changed over time). If you don't like that one, feel free to create your own --or a new one for any command that doesn't have one -- from Edit %26gt; Keyboard Shorcuts...

Peter

keyboard shortcut for step and repeat

Sorry, I jumped the gun on this one. Using the shorcut for S %26amp; R will open the dialog with the last entered set of coordinates.

Perhaps your friends are using scripts to which they've attached shorcuts.

Ah! Found it! It's 'Duplicate' ...Alt + Shft + Control + D

Duplicate bypasses the S%26amp;R dialog, making one copy using the last set of entered offsets from the dialog, so you'll need to visit S%26amp;R at least once to get the correct values.

I find duplicating with the mouse by holding down the Alt/Opt key while dragging to be pretty convenient, especially in CS4 where smart guides will tell you when you are aligned and evenly spaced.

Peter