CS5 Posts

Changing sizes…

May 23 2012 • 7:05 AM

This is a story about scaling and sizing objects… InDesign CS5 introduced the ability to resize and scale multiple selected objects using the selection tool and the shift or Cmd+shift (Mac) or ctrl+Shift (PC) keys.

Style Highlighting

May 20 2012 • 1:26 PM

A new free script can reveal at a glance where any style has been applied in your documents.

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.

Create a Pocket Folder Template in CS5

February 10 2012 • 8:38 AM

Keith shows a clever way to create a pocket folder template with the new Page tool.

How to create guides shorter (or longer) than the page

January 5 2012 • 1:02 PM

Did you know you can create guides that are shorter than the width or height of your page? Here’s how!

Center that vertically… (Framed)

December 19 2011 • 1:50 AM

Unthreaded text frames, filled with a colour and a single line of capitalized text that is both horizontally and vertically centered.

Interactive vs Print PDF in InDesign: Adobe’s Frustrating Mistake

November 3 2011 • 12:06 AM

David gets on his soapbox and points out a glaring problem with InDesign’s PDF export workflow

When to Use (and Not Use) the Preview Panel

November 1 2011 • 12:40 PM

InDesign’s Preview Panel is for SWF output only. So what should you use for EPUB, PDF and DPS?

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

Create an Interactive PDF with Animations in 1 Step

September 28 2011 • 12:55 PM

Combine PDFs and animation sounds easy, but it is often harder than it needs to be. Here is another trick that might make it easier.