Posts by David Blatner

David Blatner is the author or co-author of 15 books, including Real World InDesign and InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs. He is the editorial director of both InDesign Magazine and The InDesign Conference. Over a half a million copies of his books are in print in 13 languages, and his free InDesignSecrets plug-in offers a “tip of the day” to thousands of users worldwide. He has spoken at conferences and workshops around North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. You can find more about David at 63p.com.

New Adobe White Paper on Creating Accessible PDF Files from InDesign

July 3 2009 • 4:41 PM

If you need to export accessible (Section 508) PDF files from InDesign, you need this new white paper from Adobe!

Merging Separations into Composite CMYK plus Spot

July 3 2009 • 12:48 AM

Need to recombine pages that have been separated into individual color channels? Photoshop can help with this arcane but helpful trick!

Making the Page Number and Pages Panel Numbers Match

July 2 2009 • 2:04 PM

What if you want your pages numbered 4A, 4B, and so on… both on the page and in the Pages panel?

Adding Bleed to a Document

June 26 2009 • 1:34 AM

You want objects to extend all the way to the page edge… you need bleed!

Get Your Footnote Number Back

June 24 2009 • 4:21 AM

Deleted one of your footnote numbers? Don’t panic! Here’s a (very obscure) way to get it back.

This Week in InDesign Articles, Part 3

June 23 2009 • 11:20 AM

People send me links to InDesign articles… I find them on people’s blogs… Here’s a few that caught my eye this week:

Claudia uncovers the Library naming bug and then discusses how to get TOCs in PDFs
Thomas Silkjær comes through again with a cool free InDesign template that includes a wide range of styles you can [...]

Setting up a Ghosted Background Behind Text

June 22 2009 • 9:14 AM

Need to lighten up an area behind some text? No problem with this simple and effective technique.

Find an Upcoming InDesign User Group Meeting Today!

June 18 2009 • 9:12 AM

Are you in the UK? Europe? Asia? Africa? North or South America? Australia or New Zealand? If so, check out the local user group!

InDesign Magazine Issue 30 Tackles Biz Cards and TOCs

June 17 2009 • 8:54 AM

In case you’re not already a subscriber, you should know that Issue 30 of InDesign Magazine was recently released and is available at indesignmag.com. Wow, 30 issues already?! This edition covers the usual broad spectrum of InDesign-related topics, but focuses mostly on two subjects:

Business Cards: Nigel French wrote a lovely piece about things to think about [...]

PR: XChange and Popular Developers Announce Unprecedented Summer Promo

June 16 2009 • 8:49 AM

PRESS RELEASE: XChange UK and Popular Developers Announce Unprecedented Summer Promo
XChange UK, the source for extended technology worldwide, along with fifteen popular software manufacturers, are pleased to announce a Summer Promotion that offers users 25% off eligible products from participating developer’s product ranges. The Promotion, which expires 31st July 2009, offers users the opportunity to [...]