Why does InDesign have two separate tools to draw rectangles? Are there any differences?
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I should be getting work done, especially as Anne-Marie is out teaching epub stuff in Maine this week, but instead I’m rummaging through InDesign articles. Found some good ones I want to share with you! Good article about building a grid-based design for a magazine FontMixer from Indiscripts looks really fascinating… need to write a […]
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A couple of weeks ago I posted 20 free vector patterns that I had made (you can see them here) and the response was so positive that I decided to make another 20 available in this 2nd volume. This time, I’m focusing on straight lines: radial lines, horizontal lines, vertical lines… all sorts of line […]
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Many InDesign users have long wished for an Actions panel similiar those in Photoshop and Illustrator to perform repetitive tasks. Of course, you can automate nearly anything in InDesign with a script, but then you have to know how to script. And most users simply don’t have the time or interest to learn scripting. But […]
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Presentation mode is a terrific way to show a document to a boss or client. Learn how to use it here!
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The Problem I recently encountered a PDF export problem that plagued me for months. I was trying to export a book containing roughly 50 InDesign documents. The last 25 or so documents contained scanned engineering drawings placed as graphics into the InDesign documents. When I tried to export a PDF from the InDesign book file, […]
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If you missed Part 1, be sure to check it out for even more great free fonts. Doodleista db Soda Crop Circle Dingbats C39HrP36DlTt Dingbat (barcode font) Gabrielle Refuse Nemo Nightmares Neou Thin
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Sure, we all love free fonts, but what if you’re in the market for something a little more…artsy? How’s a free Van Gogh grab you? Right now, you can download a high res version of Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises for the low, low price of free. And when I say high res, I mean it. […]
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T.J. wrote: Just wondering if it’s possible to get a rounded corner frame behind some text using Paragraph Rules? No, I don’t want to have half circle on both ends, and I don’t want to use paragraph rules from another paragraph above or underneath; nor a one cell table… T.J. is referring to some solutions […]
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