Issue 2: PDF Workflow

• An in-depth guide to creating press-ready PDF files from InDesign
• The secret “easter egg” that uncovers the InDesign martian
• A hands-on lesson for using InDesign’s coolest (and most hidden) feature, Nested Styles
• How to build a simple script to copy and paste data in tables

InDesign in India

A review of publications created with InDesign using Indic scripts.

Top Posts of 2019

It’s that time of year again, when we take one last look back before facing forward to greet the new year. So without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular InDesignSecrets posts written in 2019 (according to Google). Note that some are premium content available only to subscribers. Adobe Launches All-in-One Creative App, InDillushop/XD, […]

Creating Color Variations with Illustrator’s Dynamic Symbols

Steven Gordon shows how to use the power of dynamic symbols to quickly develop a collection of icons in Illustrator.

CreativePro Video: Using InDesign’s Shortcuts in Microsoft Word

In this week’s CreativePro video, Anne-Marie Concepción shows how to set up Microsoft Word’s keyboard shortcuts to match those in InDesign. If you work in both programs, having the same shortcuts can certainly speed up production. New videos every Tuesday on our CreativePro YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any!

InDesign How-to Video: Put a Stroke Along the Edge of Text

In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Anne-Marie Concepción shows how easy it is to put a stroke along the edge of text in InDesign. The best part is that the stroke will shrink, grow, and move with the text as it changes. Check out new tutorials every Tuesday on our InDesign Secrets YouTube channel, then join […]

Make Your Clients Fall in Love with Your Work

Admit it: You live for approval. As a creative pro, you’re not making art for art’s sake most of the time. Your work has a goal. A defined audience. A budget. And then there are the approvers—all the people who have to bless it (and often, request changes to it) before it can see the […]

Book Excerpt: Typography Essentials

This article appeared in Issue 128 of InDesign Magazine. In the following excerpt from her book Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type, Ina Saltz shows how to make use of case, leading, images, and more to create beautiful and effective layouts with type.  

Opening Old Documents in InDesign 2020 Can Cause Text Reflow

Just for a moment, imagine you’re a software developer, working on a program that millions of people have used for, oh let’s say 20 years. And among the bug fixes on your to-do list is one that has been around since the software was released. If you fix the bug, countless old documents might encounter […]