TypeTalk is a monthly question-and-answer column on typography. You ask, and noted type authority Ilene Strizver answers! Just send your questions to [email protected]. Tabs vs. Indents Q. Tabs in InDesign confuse me. Often I get inconsistent results when using them to indent paragraphs. Can you help? A. It’s a good question that brings up a […]
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Today, PC World released its “101 Fantastic Freebies” article https://find.pcworld.com/56879, which includes a wide range of free services, downloads, Web sites, and more. Also included is the “People’s Choice Awards” https://find.pcworld.com/56820 survey with input from PCWorld.com visitors. The story is featured in PC World’s May 2007 issue, and will be on newsstands April 10. For […]
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Are you someone who dreads April Fool’s Day — still haunted by the whoopee cushion Tommy placed on your chair in 3rd Grade? Or do you plan and conspire for weeks about every detail that will make your prank the talk of the office for years to come? Love it or hate it, 29 percent […]
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Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc., today announced free plug-ins to provide the world’s most advanced font activation and deactivation for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator CS3 documents. The plug-ins ensure that any time users open an InDesign or Illustrator project, the exact fonts are automatically and accurately activated or deactivated. The free plug-ins will be […]
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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a public preview of Adobe® Acrobat® 3D Version 8 software, a major upgrade to the desktop application for driving PDF document-based 3D design collaboration and computer-aided design (CAD) data interoperability capabilities to virtually anyone across the extended enterprise. Starting immediately, users worldwide can download a beta version of the […]
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Adobe has posted the InDesign 4.0.5 update today for InDesign CS2. This includes a variety of bug fixes which are listed in the InDesign CS2 4.0.5 ReadMe file located in the InDesign folder after you install the updater. This update also brings compatibility with InDesign CS3. This will be the version you’ll need to open […]
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Most users in an InCopy/InDesign workflow make at least some use of the Notes feature (Notes > New Note). They’re a great way for editors and designers to communicate with each other within the file itself, without worrying about compromising the text flow or accidentally including some sort of in-house business in a final printout. […]
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Adobe officially unveiled the newest version of its Creative Suite line-up this week. Thirteen applications upgraded to CS3 status, they’re sold stand-alone or in various combinations to comprise one of six Suites, due to ship in late April 2007: https://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/ If you click “Compare Editions” to see the product matrix, you’ll see lots of familiar […]
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Among many exciting new and improved features in InDesign CS3, the totally re-imagined Find/Change function is among my favorite top five. The first time I opened the Find/Change dialog I was literally stunned into silence (shutting me up is not an easy task). What about it could possibly silence, even for a moment, this opinionated […]
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