No, this isn’t the white space you learned about in design school. Rather, this episode takes an in-depth look at all eight (yes, eight!) different types of white spaces available within InDesign. What are they, where are they, and how do you use them? Find out in this latest episode.
Also…get the inside scoop about the […]
One of the signs of a very rich application is that it includes features that have been around for many years but which even some advanced users don’t realize are there. Such is the case with InDesign’s ability to do math. For example, if you want to move a frame to the right by 9p3 […]
read moreWhen you choose File > Package, InDesign creates a new folder with a copy of the active InDesign file, and optionally, copies of the placed graphics and copies of the fonts used in the document. Most everyone who runs the Package command wants these items included, since the Package command is normally used to create a single folder containing everything an outside vendor will need to output the file. And they’ll need those fonts and native image files to do so.
One thing the Package command doesn’t do, though, is copy/update links to imported files that are sitting entirely in the pasteboard area of a layout, such as the three images you see in the screen shot below. […]
read moreThings just got very interesting in the world of page layout.
Quark Inc. today announced Quark Interactive Designer. From the press release.
Quark Interactive Designer is an optional module for QuarkXPress 7 that extends the capabilities of QuarkXPress to allow designers to include motion, sound, and interactivity in their designs and to output SWF (Flash®) files. This […]
Is this Cell Height season or something? Suddenly I’m receiving lots of requests for help in dealing with overset table cells. David is as well, as you can see from his recent post, “Hidden Limits of Table Cell Heights.”
David’s story was about the default Maximum Table Cell Height in Cell Options, but the questions I’ve […]
Susie wrote:
Can I do a full depth table in A4? It seems to be limiting me to 21.1 cms
Susie, it’s easy to do a table as long as an A4 page… as long as there are more than one row. But I’m guessing you’re wanting a single row to be taller than 21.1 cms or […]
If you want to know more about Acrobat 8, Dreamweaver, and how they fit into the CS2.3 upgrade — and you live near Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York — check out Adobe’s free half-day seminars over the next couple of months. In our experience, Adobe tends to find a good balance […]
read moreI know that virtually everything in InDesign is a plug-in, and therefore virtually everything inside InDesign could theoretically be changed. But DTPtools’ release of a public beta of their Page Control plug-in pushes that limit to a degree that literally made me gasp. The plug-in lets you create custom page sizes inside an InDesign document […]
read moreIn an earlier post, I wrote about free training for printers. But, what if you’re having a hard time finding a good printer?
Doug in the Adobe User to User Forums complains:
“I recently moved from the East Coast US to the West. My print houses in Washington, DC and NYC were very happy with PDFs (press […]
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