Org. posted 1-Jan-2012, Updated 3-Jan-2012 / Postscript added One of the pitfalls of converting print publications to EBooks, is that designers often use forced line breaks (Shift+Return/Enter) in print-layouts to control where headings and even paragraph lines are broken. Doing so can cause problems when the same document is also converted to EPUB later on. Problems can occur when we…read more →
The “Getting Grip on GREP” speaker notes Cari Jansen put together after speaking at the August 2010 Melbourne InDesign User Group are available for download online.
“How do I set vertical type in InDesign?” was a question that landed in my email box today. In all honesty, setting vertical type in InDesign does require the opening of ‘the box of tricks’. I’m writing this tip in two parts. The first part (found below) will show you a pretty quick and dirty method you can apply just…read more →
The following tip is the fourth tip in a series of tips on GREP. It’s one of my personal favourites. Part 1: Automatically apply a character style to all text between parentheses Part 2: Change the appearance of numbers (figures) within a given paragraph style Part 3: Converting text typed in Capital Letters to Small Caps (OpenType feature) Probably because I’ve worked with…read more →
This is the third in a series of tutorials about InDesign’s GREP styles. Part 1: Automatically apply a character style to all text between parentheses Part 2: Change the appearance of numbers (figures) within a given paragraph style Part 4: Formatting price tags containing dollars and cents with multiple character styles In this third tutorial we look at how we can convert…read more →
This is the second in a series of four short GREP Style tutorials. Part 1: Automatically apply a character style to all text between parentheses Part 3: Converting text typed in Capital Letters to Small Caps (OpenType feature) Part 4: Formatting price tags containing dollars and cents with multiple character styles In this second tutorial we look at how we can…read more →
InDesign CS3 introduced the ability to perform GREP Find/Changes, making it easier for us to apply character styles to text pattern strings such as ‘all text’ between parentheses. InDesign CS4 continued the “GREP-theme’ through its ability to lock this pattern based application of character styles into your Paragraph Styles. The following tutorial is part of a 4-part series on GREP…read more →
Digitip 075 – Adobe InDesign InDesign out-of-the-box, does not contain a ‘Make Fraction” command, like other applications such as QuarkXPress have, so if you’re a Quark converter (Welcome a-board by the way!!!), how do you go abouts creating fractions in InDesign? So how can setting fractions be made easier? Well, there are a number of options available. Let me take…read more →