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Stray points removal in Illustrator and InDesign
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Adobe Illustrator has had a Stray Anchor Points remover for some time. In Illustrator CS3, you can remove stray points by selecting Object > Path > Clean up… The Clean Up command allows for deletion of Stray Points, Empty Text Paths and Unpainted Objects. InDesign on the other hand doesn’t contain such a command.
10.5.4 + 5.0.3 = fixedalot
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
“Mac OSX 10.5.4″ + “Adobe InDesign 5.0.3″ = “fixedalot” . Over the past days Apple’s released 10.5.4 and Adobe’s just released the InDesign 5.0.3 update for Mac and Windows. The 5.0.3 updater incorporates all amendments made in earlier updates.
According to the 5.0.3_Update_ReadMe.pdf, the Navigation Services issues (Mac OS X Leopard) that cause unexpected quits in […]
Typefi AutoFit short video added
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
As promised at last week’s Melbourne InDesign UserGroup, I’ve added a new short Typefi AutoFit video to the Typefi Systems web-page from which you can download this free InDesign plug-in. The video covers soft-bottom frames and bulding of multiple relationships as part of a more complex design element.
Web-reference: Typefi AutoFit (2008, Typefi Systems)
Selection to PDF - New InDesign Add-on
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Modified 15-June-2008 - added Using the Script section
Ever wanted to be able to select some artwork in your InDesign document and turn it into an instant PDF? Maybe an ad you’ve created on the page in InDesign that also needs to be used in another publication or submitted to a publisher in PDF format?
Well, […]
InDesign and Mac OSX 10.5.x
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Adobe’s released the following TechNote to their knowledge-base, outlining work-arounds for fixing InDesign crashes experienced when running Opening, Placing, Importing, Exporting and Saving command on Mac OSX 10.5.
Web-reference: TechNote (2008, Adobe Systems)
The InDesign Conference - Auckland, New Zealand
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Mogo-Media is bringing the InDesign Conference to New Zealand 17-19 June 2008. The conference will host a list of very impressive speakers. If you’ve been reading David Blatner’s or Sandee Cohen’s published books on InDesign, you’ll have the chance to meet them in person! Tim Cole, Adobe’s top InDesign evangalist will also be present, as will […]
Layout Zone for small newspapers
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Digitip 071 - InDesign CS3 / Layout Zone script
Modified 23-April-2008 (improved sound quality)
Modified 22-April-2008 (added transcript).
Martinho da Gloria’s Layout Zone script adds two cool features to InDesign CS3. The script was announced via InDesign Secrets earlier this month, and Tim Cole on his Adobe blog, provided excellent instructions on installation and usage of the script.
With […]
Brisbane - InDesign User Group
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Iain Anderson, who presented at the last Brisbane InDesign User Group meeting has posted the PDF with the notes to the rules on his blog, including a link to a nice script that allows you to transpose Rows and Columns in table.
Thanks Iain! As I said in my comment: Even this veteran InDesign user picked […]
GREP it and sort it
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Digitip 070 - Adobe InDesign
During the GREP session at the InDesign Conference in Melbourne late August last year, I demoed the “swapping of first name and surnames” and have been meaning to add a tip on this to my blog for sometime in which we GREP it and then sort the names alphabetically. Last night’s […]
The InDesigner.com
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Michael Murphy… absolute legend and incredible podcaster is back at theInDesigner.com. If you’re a mad InDesigner, a site visit is a must :) His podcasts are without a doubt the most professionally created video tutorials for InDesign.
Michael thank you for a fantastic contribution!
web-reference: theInDesigner.com