Posts by Steve Werner

Steve Werner is a trainer, consultant, and co-author (with David Blatner and Christopher Smith) of InDesign for QuarkXPress Users and Moving to InDesign. He has worked in the graphic arts industry for more than 20 years and was the training manager for ten years at Rapid Lasergraphics. He has taught computer graphics classes since 1988.

Finding Export PDF to Grayscale in InDesign CS6

May 17 2012 • 3:54 PM

InDesign CS6 makes it easier to create a grayscale version of your document…if you can find the feature.

InDesign and InCopy 7.5.3 Is Released

May 3 2012 • 1:08 PM

An update to InDesign CS5.5 has been released with many bug fixes.

A Much Improved Adobe Reader for Tablets Appears

April 11 2012 • 12:58 PM

Adobe Reader 10.2 for tablets is now much improved and worth checking out.

For Interactive PDF, Not All Readers Are Equal

February 8 2012 • 8:42 PM

Don’t expect that every PDF reader will display correctly an interactive PDF file you create in InDesign.

Use Adobe Media Encoder to Convert Video

October 26 2011 • 2:22 PM

The Adobe Media Encoder is a hidden resource for converting video files for InDesign projects—and you probably already have it!

7.5.2 Update for InDesign CS5.5 Fixes ePub and Other Bugs

October 20 2011 • 8:05 AM

Some important bug fixes have been made to InDesign with the 7.5.2 updater

Hiding Sound Files in an Interactive PDF

August 30 2011 • 9:35 AM

When you’re creating interactive PDF files, hiding your sound files is surprisingly tricky. Here are a couple of tricks to help.

Creating Two Kinds of Page Breaks in EPUB with CS5.5

July 12 2011 • 2:09 PM

You might want to set page breaks in an EPUB using two different paragraph styles in InDesign CS5.5. Here’s how.

Guide to Interpreting InDesign Crash Reports

July 7 2011 • 10:19 PM

Ever look at one of the crash reports that InDesign generates and wish you knew what to look for? InDesign guru John Hawkinson shows the way.

Picking the Best Video Format for Digital Publishing

June 21 2011 • 9:36 PM

Video formats for digital publishing can be confusing, but using the H.264 format seems to work best most of the time.