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Synchronised coolness…
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Every now and again I encounter something in InDesign that I really like and that surprises me… I just had one of those “OMG… this is soooo cooool” moments… It’s probably something that’s been working in InDesign for a while… it might have even been announced as a new feature at some point… what ever [...]
InDesign Secrets: Vertical Balance…
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Balancing columns in InDesign CS5 is a breeze in the park… no more stress, no more loss of sanity. Want to learn more? Read my new blog-post on InDesign Secrets: Keeping our (Vertical) Balance.
InDesign & XML Additional Notes
Friday, February 25th, 2011
The following notes might be helpful for those of you who are looking at doing a little more with XML in InDesign. They are by no means complete, and I’ll likely update this post in the near future, to make it more complete.
InDesign & XML
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Figure 1. Reviewing the structure of a design and assigning tags to content. About 2 1/2 years ago I ran a series of seminars on working with XML and InDesign using an ‘out-of-the-box’ approach. I put together some notes at the time, and I recently rediscovered them and thought it was time to share them [...]
InDesign Secrets: Tab, Tab, Tab…
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Finally got around to writing another long-overdue blog-post on InDesign Secrets this morning. Giving InDesign Tabs a little love in this blog-post on Right Indent Tabs, Tab Utility and Repeat Tabs…
Marijan Tompa’s Interactive InDesign Shortcuts Guide
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Serbia’s InDesign User Group Chapter Rep and InDesign guru Marijan Tompa has over the past week’s been working very hard on an interactive InDesign Shortcuts guide. I’ve had the privilege of some sneak previews, and have to say I love what he’s done. Produced completely with Adobe InDesign CS5, the guide is now available online. If you’re a keen [...]
Expanding InDesign – Scripts and Plug-ins
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
During last week’s InDesign User Group meeting in Perth, we took a look at how third-party scripts and plug-ins can help us expand the functionality of InDesign, and make us work more efficiently. The speaker-notes for this session have now been uploaded and provide an overview of the scripts/plug-ins that were reviewed. Download: Expanding InDesign [...]
Measuring with the Gap Tool
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Sometimes we discover things by accident, even if they have been staring us right in the face all along. In following my many Twitter friends, I noticed a tweet by Tim Gouder (InDesign User Group, Köln, Germany) in which he mentions using InDesign CS5′s new Gap tool as a measuring tool. He wrote a short [...]