This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 32

David Blatner

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This week’s roundup of fun articles!

• Tony Harmer’s new blog The Suite Spot is running a series of articles/tips about InDesign. Here’s one that explores the Check Spelling features.
• I don’t usually point to articles about QuarkXPress, but I found this one about quarkpromote interesting. My favorite part was tracking down the meaning of “jump the shark,” which I had not heard before. Very funny.
• This article about how the folks at Popular Science make their iPad versions is surprisingly content-free, but it’s vaguely interesting anyway, in an InDesign-to-iPad kind of way.
• This page at Keith Gilbert’s site is interesting for two reasons: First, it has some good ideas for people interested in XML workflows. Second, it’s a clever marketing idea for consultants and trainers, as he talks about what he did, hints about some solutions, but ultimately leaves you wanting to contact him!
• Fractions are a perpetual problem. Here’s a nice article by Barb Binder about one way to deal with fractions (similar to ways we’ve covered here on this blog).
• Are you in to epub on the iPad? If so, check out this issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR). They’ve done a lovely job of making an epub version of their magazine.
• Shawn Fury wrote a funny piece about how spell-check often suggests words you would not expect. I tried a number of his words and did not get the same results as he did, but it’s a fun thing to try nevertheless.
• While I don’t entirely agree with this person’s argument/rant, I think it’s an interesting problem: Why not let Creative Suite users upgrade just one program?
• Liz Castro continues to write some of the most fascinating and helpful blog posts around for people creating ePub documents. Here’s one on forcing line breaks, which has been a perennial problem.
• My friend Brian Lawler continues to write and teach about color, images, and getting the best-possible images. Here’s a piece on how InDesign handles CMYK images.
• As much as I love InDesign, I’m always curious about other page layout applications. I just heard of a new one, called LaidOut, which only works in Linux. Here’s a comparison of it vs. other apps.

Okay, that’s good for now. Back to the real world, whatever that means.

Happy InDesigning!