The Find/Change Attributes extension allows you to load formatting attributes from selected text into InDesign’s Find/Change dialog box. That’s a handy feature to have for a range of production scenarios, but for me in particular it’s something I use a lot when cleaning up supplied InDesign files prior to EPUB conversion.
Some time ago Tomaxxi (Marijan Tompa) wrote a small script that allows you to rename images from within InDesign. You might wonder why you’d want to use a script like this? Well, I actually found myself using it this morning as part of an EPUB production process. I’d received client-supplied print artwork in InDesign, and the Links used in the…read more →
Martinho da Gloria (www.automatication.com), this week released the 1.02 update for the Mulit-Find/Change plug-in he developed for InDesign.
Updated 13-Nov-2010, added Footnotes Note. Received an email today in which the following question was asked: “Is there an InDesign add-on that you know of that a) can take static endnotes and transform them to dynamic (i.e. linked) footnotes and b) can change static endnotes to dynamic endnotes”.
Part 3: Handling grouped illustrations This is the third in a series of articles I’m dedicating to conversion of print publications to EPUB. The first article covered handling of content order, the second looked at controlling break points in EPUBs. I was going to dedicate the third article on text-formatting, but have decided to return to the topic of graphics…read more →
The new Multi-Find/Change Plug-in developed by Martinho da Gloria of Automation is simply amazing… It simplifies the Find/Change process in InDesign by allowing us to build Find/Change sets that include many Find/Change Queries, including those saved within InDesign… and run a series of Find/Change commands grouped within a set with a single mouse-click. The plug-in is user friendly and has…read more →
Typefi announced on Friday that the very cool AutoFit plug-in, a FREE plug-in for InDesign has been released for InDesign CS4. With this plug-in you can turn text frames into soft-bottom / soft-top frames that automatically grow as more text is inserted. Additionally an added tool in InDesigns toolbar allows the setting of relationships between frames, lines etc. So that…read more →
Five interesting workflow publishing plug-ins for InDesign developed by Ctrl Publishing; CtrlBridge CrtlCrossTalk CrtlChanges CtrlPrint CtrlLayers web-reference: http://www.ctrl-ps.com/products