Wrap and PageMaker | InDesign | QuarkXpress

As we switch between different software there are always few extra tricks we have to learn. And how this is done? Well, usually by trial and error. But even trying hard, while doing the same mistake doesn’t make it pleasurable – no, not even nice.
In my desktop publishing career I have used several software packages. First was Adobe’s PageMaker … used it for about 4 years. In between came QuarkXpress – just a quick peek, because I was not able to export pdf at that time … and then this year Adobe’s InDesign – pure pleasure to work with.
I’ll focus on just one trial and error search of wrap function. As you may know in PageMaker |Element>Text Wrap opens a dialog box (or right-click with mouse) while in InDesign you have to go to |Window>Text Wrap and palete opens and it actually can stay open as long as you wish. I rather not go to the same issue in QuarkXpress … but certainly some searching was involved ;)
So keep in mind that although the same function is probabbly available, they are “hidden” in a different classification scheme and therefore placed in another drop down menu – usualy the one you would least think of. Hint: search and you will find – sooner or later.