You can build a lot of things with InDesign… newsletters, books, ads, interactive documents… but the one thing you cannot build is a wall. Because InDesign is all about connecting people together, and that’s what we’re trying to do here at InDesignSecrets: connect you with other people who have great ideas (see list below), and […]
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It’s time to reveal the solution—and the winners—for this month’s InDesignSecrets contest! Here’s the scenario: You’ve created a lovely layout for an interactive document, complete with several hyperlinks. You can see the hyperlinks are all present and in good working order by the way they appear in the Hyperlinks panel. You ask a co-worker to output the document […]
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Best practices to follow when the best typographic solution for a design project is hand lettering.
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Swatches make using and modifying colors in InDesign easy and efficient. Learn how to create them here!
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There are three new Links panel icons in InDesign CC that you’ll see when working with Adobe Stock images. Here’s what they mean.
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This is a set of advanced paragraph styles to help with long document formatting. Whether you’re working on books, periodicals, catalogs, or just about any other long document, there’s something here that can assist or inspire you to make more efficient use of paragraph styles in your work.
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Adobe has released an update to InDesign CC 2015.4 to address several bugs, including network-related crashes and display issues. Here’s the full list from Adobe’s release notes on 2015.4.1. [Windows only] InDesign crashes while working with documents on network and applying effects on objects. InDesign crashes on launch while working with libraries on network. InDesign crashes […]
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In Adobe Illustrator, one of the more challenging tools for beginners (and even advanced users) is the Pen tool. It’s no easy tool to master, and it’s not particularly intuitive in the beginning either. The Pen tool is challenging because it really requires an investment in time to get proficient at it. I’m often reminded of […]
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