This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 38

David Blatner

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As the world turns, the world of publishing turns with it. Or sometimes it turns in the opposite direction. These days, it sometimes seems as though it’s turning inside out! But it is turning, churning, and changing all the time. Fortunately, we’re here to keep you up to date. Here’s a few links you should check out to keep on top of the wave:

• I presented an Ask a CS Pro seminar on Friday on the topic of InDesign CS5 (and other good stuff). The webinar recording is available (free) here.
• New version of ePubChecker is now available, now includes epubpreflight and works on mac, windows, and linux!
• Real World InDesign CS5 is now out… hey, if you have it and you like it, please do take a moment to write a nice review about it at amazon.com; that really helps us a lot!
• We [heart] Dingbats from InDesign Magazine
• InDesign and InCopy CS5 Review by Jeremy Schultz
• Rufus Deuchler “How to create intricate Guillloché patterns in Adobe Illustrator“
• Roving Bird ePublisher. Anyone use it?
• “How Can I Still Create PostScript Files with Acrobat’s Adobe PDF from InDesign in Snow Leopard” by Aaron Shepard
• Brian Wood keeps up a nice stream of free video tips. Here’s a super helpful one on how to stop a book from paginating.
• Barbara Binder wrote up a good piece on the importance of creating paragraph styles.
• Do you use Illustrator? Check out the new HTML5 for AI CS5 at adobe labs!
• Do you like InDesign scripts? You must check out this amazing list from Indiscripts!
• Cari Jansen has posted her awesome notes on her talk about GREP (PDF file) to the Melbourne InDesign User Group.
• Our friend and contributor Cari has also posted a great piece on how resampling effects images in EPUB export on her own site.
• Ever felt like you wanted to become an InDesign plug-in developer? Here’s the full SDK for InDesign and InDesign Server!

Happy InDesign-ing!