June, 2019 | CreativePro Network

InDesign to Print & Screen: A Best-of-All-Worlds Workflow

This article appeared in Issue 122 of InDesign Magazine. When the output could be PDF, EPUB, or print—or all three—there’s no need to compromise on color or capability. Here’s a real-world look at how to get it all. Some might think me a control freak. Maybe I am. If it’s within my ability to make something well, I […]

macOS Catalina is Incompatible with InDesign CS6 and Earlier

At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, held June 3 – 7, 2019, one of the key announcements was the introduction of macOS 15, to be known as macOS Catalina. As is usual for new macOS versions, the final version will be released to Macintosh users this coming fall, but beta versions were released immediately to […]

How to Type Special Characters Quickly

Learn how to include any glyphs, including punctuation and other special characters, in InDesign’s autocorrect text.

Controlling Table Strokes

Editor’s Note: this post was excerpted from Diane’s handout from CreativePro Week 2017. This year, Diane spoke about Engaging Interactive Documents and Publish Online. Sign up for a Virtual Pass so you don’t miss out! One of most effective things you can do to improve the appearance of your tables is to change the pattern of […]

InDesign’s Early Days: Versions 1 & 2

In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Andrew Keith Strauss walks us through what the first two versions of Adobe InDesign looked like. He shows us the features that each had (or lacked) and how each brought the design software further into the future. Check out new tutorials every Tuesday on our InDesign Secrets YouTube channel, then […]

Tip of the Week: Using the Spacebar to Adjust Spacing Between Objects

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Creating Editable Extruded Text in Photoshop

Extruded text is a popular effect, and it’s not difficult to create – without having to use any 3D tools. Best of all, with this method once you’ve created your text you can change it for any font, color or wording you want in an instant. Step 1: Type your text That’s it. Make some […]

InReview: MyDataMerge

This article appeared in Issue 122 of InDesign Magazine. Well-thought-out app picks up where InDesign’s DataMerge features leave off As a prepress operator who uses InDesign’s Data Merge features on a daily basis to output plenty of variable data for print, I was asked to take a look at the latest version of the Mac app called […]

Techniques for Copying Pages between InDesign Documents, Part 2

Let’s continue our look at ways to combine pages or objects from one or more InDesign documents? If you missed part 1, check it out before reading this post. Method 6: Snippets Scenario You want to make some or all of the objects on a single page readily accessible to be inserted into other documents. […]