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A case for (nested) styles

A case for (nested) styles

Digitip 016 – Adobe InDesign CS (revision 2) Once upon a time Adobe created another best seller… For those who have been avoiding the use of styles in various programs and versions, the day has come to review this newest style feature introduced in InDesign cs. It’s smart, it’s easy-to-use, it’s a time-saver and it’s […]

Easy PDF Browsing in Internet Explorer

Easy PDF Browsing in Internet Explorer

Digitip 015 – Adobe Acrobat 6 If you’re like me and have stacks of PDF reference files stored in multiple directories on your server or workstation, then this tip might useful for you. During a typical installation of Acrobat 6 you install a feature that allows management of converted web pages from Internet Explorer. It […]

Greyscale pic on colour background

Greyscale pic on colour background

Digitip 014 – Adobe InDesign 2 Rather than having to use the duotone image mode in Photoshop (using a flat tint “curve” for the tint colour), there is a simple trick in InDesign, that allows you to overprint greyscale images onto flat-tinted backgrounds. You can use one of two methods. The first method is a more […]