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New Video Series Introduces You to InDesign's Secretarial Skills

You may not have realized that InDesign can auto-correct words as you type them. That feature has been around for years, but you have to turn it on by going to Edit > Preferences > Autorrect (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Autorrect (Mac) and checking “Enable autocorrect”. The keyboards shortcut is Ctrl/Cmd-K. InDesign’s auto-correct […]

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New Compact Cameras from Nikon Run the Gamut

Nikon introduced six CoolPix cameras. While they’re all compact cameras, these point and shoots are nonetheless distinct from each other. For example, the company says that the 10.1-megapixel Nikon CoolPix P7100 delivers image quality so high that pros who don’t feel like toting their digital SLRs will be happy with their P7100 photos. The P7100 […]

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Easy, Efficient Image Effects with Lightroom Presets

Maybe you want to apply a standard fix to a batch of photos you’re importing into Adobe Lightroom. Or perhaps you’re looking for effects that mimic toy cameras or old film, or that add a cool color. You may just want a really quick—but good-looking—way to convert color to black and white. If any of […]

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Convert QuarkXPress Files to InDesign

Markzware has upgraded Q2ID, a plug-in that converts QuarkXPress files to InDesign documents. Q2ID version 5.5 can now handle files created in QuarkXPress 9, as well as earlier versions of QuarkXPress. The Q2ID version 5.5 plug-in runs in InDesign CS5.5. Q2ID is also available with QuarkXPress 9 support for InDesign CS4 and CS5. The plug-in […]

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Marrying Types: All in the Family

My “Marrying Types” series looks at which typefaces blend well with which others and why. But in the mix-and-match debate, it’s easy to overlook the innumerable collections of faces that were designed from the get-go to work together: typeface families. So let’s consider a singularly successful single-family effort, Marjorie Spiegelman’s original design for Macworld magazine […]

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