Indesign Secrets

Wayne wrote:
Where can I get more information on updating links quickly?
When people want to update links quickly, they’re usually talking about one of two scenarios: Either they have the same image placed multiple times in a document, or they have a bunch of different images that have been modified. Here are two solutions (taken from […]

One of my favorite features in CS2 appears at the bottom of the Word Import Options dialog box: Custom Style Mapping.

This is the feature to use if you’re receiving Word files that the author has applied their own style sheets to, either the ones built into Word (like Heading 1, Heading 2) or ones they created all by themselves, the dears; and you want InDesign to automatically to replace those with equivalent styles (differently-named, though) you created in your layout file as you import the document.

Those of us who are long-time users of InDesign have endured years of insinuations on user forums that InDesign documents or the PDF files created from them won’t print properly. So it’s with some amusement that I post the instructions given to Quark users on the Web site of Modern Postcard:
“*Quark 7.0 Note:
“We are currently […]

Hey, you want to get really efficient with InDesign? Learn the keyboard shortcuts! And there’s no better way to learn all the best shortcuts than to get a copy of the InDesign Secrets keyboard shortcut poster! Designed by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion, this color 18 x 26-inch poster (that’s 45.7 cm x 66 cm!) is double-sided: Mac OS X shortcuts on one side and Windows shortcuts on the other. You’ll love it!

Even better, you can get 30% off if you order before December 30. Just use the special discount code: BARBELL when you check out.

Listen in your browser:
InDesignSecrets-036.mp3 (9.7 MB, 20:14 minutes)
(a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• It’s our anniversary!
• Why you should be using a process-color swatch book
• Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster is on sale
• Those Krazy Keep Options: How and when to use them
• Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The “J” Key (Formatting Affects Text/Container)
  

A quick search in my email folders (which have long doubled as my primary file cabinet system) tells me that today is the our first anniversary of InDesignSecrets. A year ago we recorded our first podcast. The eagle-eyed readers among us will notice that the post date on that episode is actually a week later, […]

Mercier wrote: Is there a way without using indent to align table text in a column on “,” or “.”

Absolutely! InDesign’s tables are sneaky because they pay attention to tab stops even if you don’t have a tab stop…

Those who have worked with fonts for a long time have developed a lore about them, and how to handle them successfully. One of these pieces of knowledge is that if you’re having font problems (fonts which don’t display correctly, for example), a possible solution is to delete the AdobeFnt files on your computer. I […]

It’s the one-year anniversary of The InDesigner podcast — a year that has exceeded all my preset expectations. This episode both looks back on the past year and presents an in-depth video look at the very first tip I gave in the very first audio episode one year ago — taking advantage of Presets. From […]

So I’m now up and running on my new MacBook Pro (Intel Inside) and I thought I’d report my experiences with Creative Suite 2.
First, the speed is not as bad as I had expected. Perhaps it’s the extra speed in my MacBook Pro, but even the spinning beach ball is not too long.
The decimal issue […]