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…
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 shortcuts applicant, and want to…read more →
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 – Speaker Notes. (5.4Mb PDF)
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 blog-post about it in German.
Happy to announce that I have today successfully completed my required CS5 Recertifications for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Spending the last 6 1/2-days locked in the house (with the airconditioning on, as we’ve been having a heat-wave in Perth) and studying hard…
After receiving several emails and comments in recent months, I thought it was time to finally write up my simple ‘vertical page spreads’ technique for InDesign CS5. You can read it on InDesign Secrets: http://bit.ly/f8Tab9. I hope you guys enjoy the post.
I found myself sitting in the classics library of one of Perth’s beautiful private colleges the other day… staring at the 1875 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Taking a volume off the shelf and flipping through the fragile and slightly yellowish pages brought about a feeling of nostalgia… I couldn’t help but wonder how 135 years from now — in 2045…read more →
The recording of the “10 ways to speed up your PDF workflows with Acrobat X” Adobe eSeminar I presented last week is now available online: http://bit.ly/hp4jTb Covers: Portfolios, Commenting and Review, Adobe SendNow, Live Collaboration and more…