This week’s roundup of fun articles!
- Tony Harmer’s new blog The Suite Spot is running a series of articles/tips about InDesign. Here’s one that explores the Check Spelling features.
- I don’t usually point to articles about QuarkXPress, but I found this one about quarkpromote interesting. My favorite part was tracking down the meaning of “jump the shark,” which I had not heard before. Very funny.
- This article about how the folks at Popular Science make their iPad versions is surprisingly content-free, but it’s vaguely interesting anyway, in an InDesign-to-iPad kind of way.
- This page at Keith Gilbert’s site is interesting for two reasons: First, it has some good ideas for people interested in XML workflows. Second, it’s a clever marketing idea for consultants and trainers, as he talks about what he did, hints about some solutions, but ultimately leaves you wanting to contact him!
- Fractions are a perpetual problem. Here’s a nice article by Barb Binder about one way to deal with fractions (similar to ways we’ve covered here on this blog).
- Are you in to epub on the iPad? If so, check out this issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR). They’ve done a lovely job of making an epub version of their magazine.
- Shawn Fury wrote a funny piece about how spell-check often suggests words you would not expect. I tried a number of his words and did not get the same results as he did, but it’s a fun thing to try nevertheless.
- While I don’t entirely agree with this person’s argument/rant, I think it’s an interesting problem: Why not let Creative Suite users upgrade just one program?
- Liz Castro continues to write some of the most fascinating and helpful blog posts around for people creating ePub documents. Here’s one on forcing line breaks, which has been a perennial problem.
- My friend Brian Lawler continues to write and teach about color, images, and getting the best-possible images. Here’s a piece on how InDesign handles CMYK images.
- As much as I love InDesign, I’m always curious about other page layout applications. I just heard of a new one, called LaidOut, which only works in Linux. Here’s a comparison of it vs. other apps.
Okay, that’s good for now. Back to the real world, whatever that means.
Happy InDesigning!
This article was last modified on December 20, 2021
This article was first published on June 17, 2010
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