Posts by David Blatner

When you want to change the default stroke, you need to remember these few essential InDesign lessons

Want to link your InDesign table to an Excel spreadsheet on disk so that you can update it quickly? It’s easy once you see how!

You’ve copied a bunch of numbered paragraphs from a web page and now you want to use automatic numbering instead. Here’s how to clean up the mess!

How do you style a particular kind of index entry, like making plant species italic when the other entries are non-italic

Want to get up to speed as quickly as possible in CS6? Here’s how!

Yes, it’s true. CS6 is now available. But Creative Cloud members will have to wait a few more days.

CS6 and Creative Cloud, of course, but lots of other great articles for InDesign users, too!

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• News
  • PEPCON (May 14-16) is all about connecting people with the best solutions
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• David’s excursion to find Japanese Dots!
• Behind the scenes at the CS6 launch event on Monday
• Exporting Grayscale PDF
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Time

You need page numbers, but the page numbering feature in InDesign doesn’t give you all the features you want? Here’s the solution!

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-170.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes)

• News
  • PEPCON (May 14-16) is almost sold out with attendees coming from six continents. First five people to use code SF100 save $100!
  • Or join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC
• Anne-Marie’s Top Underappreciated and Underdiscussed Features in InDesign CS6
• From the Mailbag: Install CS5.5 or wait for CS6?
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Auto-Size Link Information