CS5 Posts

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.

Digital Publishing Suite Ideas for the “Little Guy”

September 1 2011 • 11:33 AM

There’s no need to spend a fortune to publish interactive apps from InDesign to the iPad. Here’s a few ideas to get the juices flowing.

How to Make Your Own Custom InDesign Panel

July 25 2011 • 1:50 PM

You can design and create your own working InDesign panel in 5 minutes!

Adobe’s Free InDesign Templates Now Available at InDesignSecrets

July 20 2011 • 6:05 PM

Adobe stopped shipping their free InDesign templates with CS5. Now you can find them again… here!

Keep Your Pages in Order with Color Labels

June 2 2011 • 7:57 AM

Do all of your pages look the same in the pages panel? Try organizing them with color.