Preferences in Adobe Creative Cloud Apps allow you to customize how an app behaves and allows you to override defaults. Some preference setting changes are essential in speeding up your workflow when creating new documents.
I have created a short video tutorial that will show you how to create a preference setting and make it stick. I have focused on a few of my favorite preferences that include altering the following defaults:
- Changing new document Units and Increments to Points or Inches (if you prefer)
- Adding custom swatches to include your brand colors!
- Changing the default font
Here are some additional tips to keep handy when customizing preferences:
- To open the Preferences dialog box, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe InDesign > Preferences (Mac OS), and select the category of preferences you want to change.
- In Adobe InDesign, preferences are created by closing all open documents and making changes to a feature of the program, including the preferences dialog box or the swatches panel, for example.
- To restore default preference settings, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while the application is starting. You can release the Alt key or Option key when the splash screen appears.
- To restore default preference settings and plug-in cache at the same time, hold down Shift-Alt (Windows) or Shift-Option (Mac OS) while the application is starting. Release the Shift-Alt keys or Shift-Option key when the splash screen appears.
Some preferences are stored locally and some are roaming, meaning they are associated with your Creative Cloud login. To learn more about where preferences are stored, read this help topic: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html
To learn more about the different preference settings, read more on this Adobe InDesign help doc: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html