December, 2016 | CreativePro Network

This Month in InDesign Articles, December 2016

Some eagle-eyed readers will be quick to point out that we missed my monthly round-up of articles in November. Well, that just means a giant bonus crop this month! Erica Gamet explains InDesign’s “Smart Text Reflow,” one of InDesign’s lesser-understood (but important!) features. You can easily replace one character with another using this new CC “context” feature Why would […]

10 Cool Creative Things – 2016

For many (most?) people, 2016 hasn’t been the best year. We’ve lost icons, grown busier by the minute, and endured one heck of a rollercoaster ride over here in the good ol’ US of A. But I contend there was plenty of good stuff, too. I felt there was more sharing and collaboration amongst designers, […]

Podcast 239

• The winning InDesign tip (by audience acclaim) from the 2016 ID Conference
• Our top 10 blog and magazine articles from 2016: good reading!
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Customize Control Panel

12 Typographic New Year’s Resolutions

The coming of a new year is a great time to take stock of our professional lives, pat ourselves on the back for work well done, and resolve to do even better next year. It is also the perfect time to reflect on our work habits and notice where we get stuck, lazy, or reluctant to […]

How to Set Column and Row Strokes in Table Styles

This is a super simple tip that every InDesign user who creates tables needs to know, but very few do. Here’s the problem: You want to set the weight and color for all the strokes between your columns and rows as quickly as possible, and preferably save them inside a table style so you can […]

InDesign GREP Essentials: What GREP Is and What It Does

Part 1 in a series of posts on using GREP in InDesign for beginners GREP is scary sounding, especially if you’re not someone who like working with code. While the prospect of learning GREP may be very intimidating to a beginner, the payoff is amazing. It can save you many hours of tedious work, and […]

InDesign in the Middle East

Multilingual publishing and cross-cultural design The Middle East region is home to over 370 million people in 17 countries. It’s the arid land of palm trees, camels, and dunes. The land of the Bible. The birthplace of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. And the home of many enthusiastic InDesign users. I have been a designer for […]