In creating album designs, one of the greatest tools we have are keyboard short cuts. Although I don’t go over them in my instructional dvd because I do my best to keep things very simple so absolutely anyone of any level of computer knowledge can use InDesign, I use them and over use them every chance I get. Here are some very simple ones to get you started and get you into a rhythm so that you can take the steps you’ve learned to build albums and now fine tune them to build speed.
Apple N = New Document
Apple O = Open Existing Document
Apple D = Place command
Apple S = Save Document
Shift Apple S = Save As
Apple E = Export Document
, = Apply Foreground Color to rectangle or frame
Esc V = Selection Tool
A = Direct Selection Tool
\ = Line Tool
F = Rectangular Frame Tool
M = Rectangle Tool
R = Rotate Tool
G = Gradient Tool
H = Hand Tool
W = Will let you toggle between normal view and preview mode
These are basically all of the standard commands in album building with our system, so change it up, try it out and see how it can really add efficiency to your workflow.