Posts by Bob Levine

Bob Levine is a graphic designer and a consultant focused on providing InDesign training and guidance in developing efficient, collaborative workflows to those moving from QuarkXPress or PageMaker. An Adobe Certified Expert in both InDesign and InCopy, Bob has written articles for InDesign Magazine and is an Adobe User to User forums host. He has more than 15 years of industry experience and has been using InDesign since version 1.0. For more background, visit his website, www.theindesignguy.com.

InDesignSecrets Videocast #16: The Overlay Creator Panel

December 8 2011 • 4:58 AM

Guest presenter Bob Levine shows how to use the new Overlay Creator panel to build interactive content, such as pan and zoom, html content, and slide shows

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Posted in Videocasts | 7 Comments »

When to Use (and Not Use) the Preview Panel

November 1 2011 • 12:40 PM

InDesign’s Preview Panel is for SWF output only. So what should you use for EPUB, PDF and DPS?

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Posted in CS5, Interactive, Printing and Exporting, ePub, iPad and Tablets | 11 Comments »

Adobe Introduces Affordable Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition

October 3 2011 • 10:19 AM

For a one-time fee of $395 small publishers, designers, and agencies can now publish branded apps to the iTunes Store.

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Posted in Creative Suite | 23 Comments »

Digital Publishing Suite Ideas for the “Little Guy”

September 1 2011 • 11:33 AM

There’s no need to spend a fortune to publish interactive apps from InDesign to the iPad. Here’s a few ideas to get the juices flowing.

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Posted in CS5, iPad and Tablets | 14 Comments »

The Joy of Snippets

May 25 2011 • 9:47 AM

Still using libraries? You may just change your workflow after reading this.

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Posted in CS5, Creative Suite, SECRETS | 17 Comments »

A New Workaround for that Pesky Background Export Issue

May 20 2011 • 7:57 AM

This “set it and forget it” fix turns off background exporting of PDF.

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Posted in CS5, Plugins and Scripts, Printing and Exporting, Troubleshooting | 30 Comments »

Digital Publishing Suite Freebies to Make iPad Publishing a Bit Easier

February 8 2011 • 3:38 PM

A few freebies for InDesign users publishing to the iPad

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Posted in CS5, Color, Plugins and Scripts, iPad and Tablets | 4 Comments »

Get the Full Picture With .DOCX

September 17 2010 • 7:03 AM

There’s more under the hood in DOCX than meets the eye.

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Posted in Images, Layout, Long Docs, SECRETS, Text | 23 Comments »

Bug Bites InDesign CS5 Type on a Path.

September 3 2010 • 8:06 AM

A new bug and its simple workaround.

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Posted in CS5, Printing and Exporting, Text, Troubleshooting | 9 Comments »

InDesign CS5 Document Assets Are Just a Click Away in Mini Bridge

July 16 2010 • 8:48 AM

Looking for a previously used graphic? This new feature makes it a snap.

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Posted in CS5, Layout, SECRETS | 7 Comments »

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