About a year ago, when InDesign CS3 arrived, it brought with it a host of new ways to create transparency effects, using the new Effects panel. However, the question always comes up, “But will it print?”
At the same time that the Effects panel arrived, the solution to the printing problem arrived as well. This was […]
Almost everyone who has used InDesign has encounted the dialog box shown below. It means that one or more of the fonts in the document you just opened are missing. You have a choice here: You can ignore the problem by clicking OK, or you can fix the problem now. Clicking OK will not change […]
read moreOur colleague Tim Cole has passed along some news regarding the InDesign CS3 Certification and Re-certification exams in his blog. As was reported here earlier, a new version of the recertification exam has been posted with revised questions (and some questions have been removed).
Other news: (1) Those who passed the earlier recertification exam for InDesign […]
In the continuing soap opera revolving around whether InDesign CS3 is compatible with Apple’s latest operating system version, Leopard, a new chapter has been added, but the serial continues. On Monday, February 11, Apple released the latest update to Leopard—10.5.2. While it included a very large number of bug fixes and enhancements, it does not […]
read moreAn update to Adobe InDesign 5.0.2 and Adobe InCopy 5.0.2 has been posted today on the Adobe website. As of this writing, the update is not yet available from Adobe Updater. Sadly, it does not fix the Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) problems with InDesign (see below).
Here is the link for the Mac and for […]
A frequent topic of conversation in these blogs and elsewhere is how to view previews of InDesign files. One solution has been to view files in Adobe Bridge. But I don’t always have Bridge open, and I’m usually wanting to view a file while I’m working (in the Mac Finder, or when in an application […]
read moreTim Cole has posted a fabulous new tutorial on how to be productive when creating anchored frames frequently. It makes use of the anchored frames feature in InDesign CS2 and CS3, the InDesign Secrets/DTP Tools Keyboard Shortcuts palette, the Story Editor, and drag-and-drop text.
Here’s how it begins:
InDesign’s anchored frames feature is a life-saver for certain […]
In previous versions of Mac OS X, experienced design and prepress users who wanted to optimize their production computers have removed nonessential system fonts, especially those which conflicted with PostScript Type 1 fonts of the same name—for example, Helvetica or Times. If you are one of those users, you should know that there’s an important […]
read moreAdobe posted an important tech note about how to solve a crashing problem which can occur for some Macintosh users after installing the Adobe Version Cue CS3 3.1.0 update. The crashes can occur in InDesign CS3 and other Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications.
Read the tech note for the details if you’re having crashing problems when […]
Leopard has arrived. The Macintosh OS X 10.5 operating system (known to its friends as Leopard) was released to the waiting public on the evening of Friday, October 26. About the same time, Adobe released its official statement on Adobe Creative Suite 3 compatibility, the “Support for Mac OS X Leopard FAQ.” (PDF, 128K)
According to […]
