Older (CS3) Posts

Color By Frame

June 29 2010 • 8:52 AM

Officially text frame attributes can control the fill and stroke of the frame, but they can’t control the color the text inside them… or can they?

Banking Security Software Conflicts With InDesign

March 25 2010 • 10:17 AM

Trusteer Rapport creating issues for InDesign users.

Quickly Add Line Numbers With This Free Script

March 1 2010 • 7:48 AM

Occasionally, I’ll read requests from users that for whatever reason need to have line numbers in their document.
Our friend Harbs at In-Tools has just posted a free script that does this quickly and easily on a page by page and style by style basis. The script is significantly different than InDesign’s built in numbering feature [...]

Soxy Update Works Around “Missing Required Parameter” Error in Snow Leopard

February 11 2010 • 12:46 PM

A good utility gets even better with this new update.

Windows 7 Now Available: What You Need to Know.

October 23 2009 • 9:28 AM

Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest operating system. Here’s a few tips if you’re thinking of upgrading.

Add a “Print Only” Watermark to PDFs

October 9 2009 • 7:15 AM

This handy trick takes advantage of InDesign’s ability to create PDF buttons.

Notes for “Creating an eBook” Session at MAX Available

October 7 2009 • 7:31 AM

Colin Fleming has posted “slides” from his “Creating an eBook” session at the Adobe MAX 2009 Conference

Creating eBooks in InDesign

September 18 2009 • 6:30 PM

A new Adobe white paper and a couple of blog posts provide essential information for creating eBooks for the Kindle and the iPhone.

Automatically Applying Character Styles to Prices

September 11 2009 • 1:26 PM

Here are few suggestions to help you format lots of prices in your next layout.

Snippet Style Injectors

August 16 2009 • 8:21 AM

Ever wish you could inject a combination of styles and swatches into a document? Just roll up your sleeve, this won’t hurt a bit.