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The Zero Leading Solution Through the use of zero leading, you can make text in separate paragraphs appear on the same line. You can use this idea to solve some tricky formatting problems in a TOC.… |
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The Zipper Effect Here’s a tip with zome “zip”: combine InDesign FX with Type on a Path to create a zipper effect.… |
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The Truth About Cell Styles Is there a way to combine the attributes of multiple cell styles in a table? And what does it really mean when a cell style ignores formatting?… |
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Ghost Frames Just in time for Halloween: here’s how to make (or find) a ghost lurking in your InDesign document.… |
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Applying Transparency to Text When it comes to applying transparency to live text, Quark gives you finer control than InDesign. But there ways of working around this limitation. You just have to think outside the box, er, frame. Whatever. Read the post.… |
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A Visual Guide to InDesign Preferences Here’s a little guide showing which InDesign preferences are document-specific and which ones are application-wide.… |
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Scripted Style Lists Did you ever want a list of a document’s paragraph styles where each style name appears in the style’s formatting? Here’s a script that does just that, along with some general tips on copying and pasting script code.… |
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InDesign FX on Tour InDesign FX is going on tour to Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee!… |
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Secrets of the Control Panel Revealed The Control panel is teeming with hidden shortcuts to other panels, preferences, and dialog boxes. Here’s not one, but four maps, to reveal them all.… |
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License Plate FX Learn how to build a cool custom license plate with InDesign FX and pick up some key tips to use with all FX as you go.… |
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New Lynda.com Video Series: InDesign FX Check out these new videos from InDesignSecrets contributor (and now lynda.com author) Mike Rankin!… |
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Creating Instant Charts With Chartwell You can create charts and graphs on the fly from live text with the ingenious font Chartwell.… |
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Why is the Effects Panel Grayed Out? Have you ever tried to apply effects to a text frame, but the whole Effects panel was grayed out? Here’s why.… |
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Water FX Water, water everywhere. Three-quarters of the planet is covered with it. Sixty percent of you is water. And with the help of a blending mode, you can add a drop or two of H2O to your designs.… |
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How to Draw Concentric Shapes Ever want to draw a series of concentric shapes? It may not be obvious how to do it, but really they’re just a few clicks away.… |
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Option-Dragging Back to Default Formatting Did you ever try option-dragging an object to make a copy of it using the Direct Selection tool? If so, you may have witnessed this weird phenomenon.… |
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Peeling Sticker FX Here’s a trick with genuine appeal.… |
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Tools of Change Takeaways Thoughts, opinions, and links from the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing 2011 Conference… |
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Preflighting eBooks for Overrides With the help of the Preflight panel, a plug-in, or a cool script, you can spot some potential problems and correct them before you export to EPUB.… |
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O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing 2011 It’s that time of year again, when Mike boards a bus bound for the Big Apple, in search of perfect bagels, strong wi-fi, and the future of publishing. Coming soon: coverage of the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference.… |
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