Have you created a PDF and when you look at it on your iPad or iPhone some images are missing? Find out why.
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In celebration of our sesquicentennial podcast, here are 150 links you should follow!
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One problem with an InDesign table is that if its contents are linked to the original Excel file, any formatting you’ve added in InDesign disappears when someone updates the linked spreadsheet. You can either have sticky formatting or dynamic contents, not both. And don’t expect the numeric information inside a table (linked to a spreadsheet […]
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Unlike fonts themselves, which seem to multiply like rabbits, there are only a few font-editing apps. Now a new editor has debuted: Glyphs, developed by type designer Georg Seifert. This $299 app runs only on the Mac (OS X 10.6.6 and above). Whether you want to break new ground and draw a typeface like no […]
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It’s a rare designer who likes to create in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint–usually, we’re much more at home in InDesign. And yet, clients often want files in the format they’re happy with: that very same Word and PowerPoint. Recosoft hopes to make everyone happy with its new InDesign plug-in, ID2Office. ID2Office converts InDesign files (CS4, […]
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Still using libraries? You may just change your workflow after reading this.
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Designers have long been bedeviled by fonts. Without font management software, a large font library is difficult to sort through and may slow your computer’s performance. Fonts can become corrupted, and you can end up with confusing duplicates. This is all a pain, I grant you, but compared to the trouble fonts can cause corporations, […]
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I recently moved from verdant but overcast Portland, Oregon, to dry and sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The transition inspired me to devote this and next month’s installment of Free For All to two contrasting collections of environment-inspired textures, photos, Photoshop Actions, and other freebies. This month I’ll focus on the beauty of the American Northwest; next […]
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Osaka, Japan — Recosoft Corporation, the developer of the PDF2Office family of products, PDF2Office for iWork utility, PDF2ID tool for Adobe InDesign and PDF converters ships ID2Office for Mac OS X and Windows. ID2Office is a new InDesign plug-in to convert InDesign files to the Microsoft Office file formats. ID2Office converts InDesign files to the […]
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