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With the release of the updated links panel is CS4 this information is already present in the link panel (with additional information) therefore I no longer need to look at the info panel for this particular information. Prior to CS4 I used the info panel primarily for images.

Paragraphs – Every paragraph, including a solo paragraph return.

A paragraph return also counts as a line.

Words – Anything separated by a space, including “a” counts as a word.

Character – Each and every keystroke counts as a character, even the spaces.

*Bonus tip from Jongware in the comments: Select any single character and it will show its Unicode in regular U+xxxx format. If you have your a selection of text, it will display only information about the current selection. Although it can’t tell you the number of lines since it is impossible to know. If the text is overset the panel will even tell you by how much. When your text cursor is placed in a story, the info panel will display information about the current story. For more info on scaling please read Davids extensive article on the subject of scaling. The info panel will clear back to 100% as soon as you switch to another tool, but this can let you see your actually scale amount without having to nervously hold down the mouse button. After you scale an object and release the mouse it will display the amount that you have scaled whereas the control panel immediately resets back to 100%.

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Once again, the free transform tool has a unique way of displaying information. Scale – The scale information will not be displayed if you scale with the control panel, however if you scale with the scale tool it will display the exact same information as the control.Shear – If you shear with the shear tool you will see the shear amount, but if you use the control panel you will not.The control panel displays 10° as the objects rotation (20°-10°), while the info panel displays the amount of the previous rotation -10°. Next, I selected the free transform tool and rotated it -10°. In the screen shot below I rotated a square 20° using the control panel. There is also a strange “feature” that involves the free transform tool. In order to see the degree of the angle, you must first select the rotate tool and then preform a rotation. Angle – The angle of the selected object(s).H – The height of the selected object(s).W – The width of the selected object(s).Unfortunately, you have to have the correct tool selected to be able to some some of this information.

For more information on the ruler tool please read AM’s great article from a few years ago.Ī selected object will also be able to tell you its width, height, rotation, scale and shear. The angle between the two points will also be shown in the info panel. When you measure a distance with the ruler tool it will show up as the D1 value, but if you Opt (ALT) click and drag from one of its end points you can draw another line (D2). The ability to measure distance is usually used when you are using the ruler tool (shortcut “k”). When you are moving a selected object on the screen the info panel will display the distance, X-Y change and angle that you are moving the object. I believe that AM referred to this as “ant poop” in a previous podcast. When you click on this menu you are able to change the units of measurement for the document. There is also a hidden feature in a teeny tiny panel menu located to the left of the X-Y that you can click on. It gives you the location of your cursor regardless if you have selected an object or not. The X-Y field is unique within the info panel due to the fact that it does not give information regarding a selected object. After exploring the depths of information that it provides, I figured I better share it with the world before I forgot what I had found. Last week as I was teaching in CS3 and demoed the links panel and I discovered few small treasures inside this wonderful panel. Prior to CS4 I did use it on occasion to determine the effective ppi of placed graphic, but since CS4 redid the links panel I had removed it from my workspace. I am not a regular user of the info panel.