Posts by David Blatner

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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 [...]