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Your Forgotten Friend – The Info Panel

Sometimes you are so used to something that you never use, that you forget about it. I think it is time we revisit our old friend, the info panel.

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 21

iPad, iPad, iPad... if I say it enough, will it arrive on my doorstep? Here's articles about InDesign, Flash, HTML5, and some cool news you should know about.

Formatting Headings for Inclusion in a Table of Contents

Fixing a TOC doesn't take long if you know what steps to take. But it's even better if you know what formatting to avoid in the first place!

InDesign for the Web Best Practices eSeminar

Interested in a free eSeminar on best practices for using InDesign CS4 to create and publish content for the Web?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 118

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-118.mp3 (14 MB, 26:35 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • Interview with Colin Fleming, Senior Solutions Engineer from Adobe
    • How he became an expert on ePub
    • ePubs on Kindles, iPads and Sony eBooks
    • Videos and whitepapers on ePubs that Colin recommends
  • Update on our Print & ePublishing Conference
    • Early bird registration saves $200!
    • Pre-conference all-day tutorials from Mordy Golding, James Fritz, and Michael Ninness
  • New cities/speakers for our InDesignSecrets Live Seminar tour
  • A lucky InDesignSecrets member gets a TruMatch swatch book as this episode's random winner
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Shared Hyperlink Destination

Massaging Text with InDesign (Getting the Text You Want from the Text You Have)

When faced with a complicated text processing task, why look any farther than InDesign to manage it?

Apple’s iBooks Store Standardizes on ePub Format

For InDesign users, the best part of Jobs' presentation of the iPad was when he said its iBooks app would sell books in "open ePub format."

Acrobat Update Causing Problems for Mac InDesign and Illustrator Users

Adobe is aware of the problem and working on a permanent solution.

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 20

The tablet is... almost here? here? Whatever the case, you need to check out these hot InDesign links!

Workflow Lab

New beta software from Adobe Labs for building, tracking, and communicating about workflows.

Where is that whatchamacallit?

Has someone ever asked where the do-hickey for the text flaven is located? (I think it is next to the flux-capacitor)

Figure Numbering in InDesign (and cross-references to them)

How do you set up automatic figure and table numbers? And how do you point to them from your body text? This quick tutorial spells it all out.

Scaling Effects

With scaling preferences, you can choose custom-tailored effects or one-size-fits-all.

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 19

Oh, there's a whole lot o' goodies in today's issue... scripts, articles, and great links about InDesign!

PR: Teacup releases BarcodeMaker 2D for InDesign

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