When you find yourself working with more text than you can fit into your InDesign text frame, the easiest way to see how much copy is overflowing is to open the Story Editor. (Edit > Edit in Story Editor)

In the Story Editor, a red line on the left side will show you how much text is overflowing your layout. If you decide to trim the text to fit your available space, you can edit your copy directly in this window.

We love cheatsheets. Those handy quick-reference guides that keep all sorts of vital information right at your fingertips.

In fact, we’re dedicating one issue each month to provide a growing collection of creative and technical cheatsheets.

Photoshop Lasso Cheatsheet.pdf

This month’s creative cheatsheet covers the Photoshop Lasso tool. We’ve distilled the basic functions of this widely used tool into a concise format that fits on a standard 3×5 index card.

Want to get up to speed on the new versions of Adobe CS3? We’ll make it fast and easy for you: Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts (SVC) is hosting a series of half-day, hands-on workshops to help you get up and running quickly.

We know you are busy, so we’ve packed a lot of great stuff into these morning sessions. You’ll learn all the new CS3 features in a rapid, fun, environment. Each workshop is led by Creativetechs’ powerhouse production guru, Jason Hoppe:

• Making the Move to Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Making the Move to Adobe InDesign CS3
• Making the Move to Adobe Illustrator CS3

Each half-day workshop comes with a class binder, a visual guide to help you apply your learning back at the office, and CDs filled with sample files and resources. The cost is $150 per workshop, or $395 for all three.

The focus of these classes is to help graphic designers and production artists get up to speed with the new features in CS3, and get back to work.