The Paragraph Borders feature was a great addition to InDesign CC 2018, but it fell short for many of us who wanted the border to enclose multiple consecutive paragraphs. The new Merge Paragraph Borders option fixes that. Choosing the option ...
READ MOREThe March release of Adobe InDesign CC (version 13.1) is a smaller application update that contains a couple of new features and enhancements to existing ones. Here’s what you will find in this latest version of InDesign: Merge Paragraph Borders The ...
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The endnote feature added to InDesign CC 2018 made adding endnotes in an InDesign file so easy! Now check out just how easy it is to use endnotes created in Microsoft Word. Importing the endnotes from a Word document actually ...
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Object styles are one of the most powerful tools in InDesign. The ability to define dozens of specifications and apply them to an object with one click can have a tremendous impact on your workflow. And now it’s gotten even ...
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Previous versions of InDesign offered users options to filter their font lists to show just their favorite fonts or synced TypeKit fonts. Additional filtering features added in the CC 2018 release and accessed via the font widget in the Character ...
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The Balance Ragged Lines option is not one of those exciting features in InDesign that people often talk about, but it is one you shouldn’t ignore. This option ensures that ragged text is balanced and more visually appealing. If your ...
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Have you ever worked on an InDesign document that suddenly starts to behave badly? Maybe it won’t print, it redraws very slowly, it suddenly balloons in size, or it continuously causes InDesign to quit when you select an object or ...
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The redesigned New Document dialog provides a look that’s more consistent with those of Illustrator and Photoshop. Adobe’s effort to create consistency and decrease eye strain has been going on for some time, starting with changes to the color theme and size, spacing, and flattening ...
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Once again a new release of InDesign (v2017.1) focuses on the user interface. As frustrating as this may be to those users who are looking to be “wowed” by fancy new features, these changes are being made as our workflows continue to ...
READ MOREAdobe announced the release of InDesign CC 2017.1 today. Although it may be quite underwhelming to those users who wait patiently for exciting new features that often come with new versions of InDesign, several “improvements” have been made. Here is a ...
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The latest version of InDesign includes performance improvements made to the Hyperlinks panel. This is great news for anyone who is working with documents that contain multiple hyperlinks. When documents containing hyperlinks with destinations in other documents are opened, InDesign runs a check of ...
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The introduction of the Creative Cloud gave us a way to easily create design assets in multiple applications and on different devices—and then store them in CC Libraries. Having easy access to these library assets and being able to organize and use them ...
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InDesign users have been waiting for straddling footnotes for a very long time, and they are finally here! If you are working with multi-column text frames, inserted footnotes can span across all columns when Span Footnotes Across Columns is selected ...
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An important addition to InDesign CC’s Publish Online feature is Analytics. This service provides publishers with valuable information about the documents they publish online. Usage data is gathered, organized, and presented in the Analytics section of the Web Dashboard (File>Publish Online Dashboard). The Overview window displays information pertaining to ...
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When a designer is working on an InDesign layout there is no telling just how many swatches they will play with before they pick the ones they want or how many swatches are imported when art or text files are placed from ...
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See anything different? It’s not uncommon for InDesign users to sit at their monitors for hours and hours designing and editing projects. Naturally, as with too much of any good thing, this can create problems—with eye strain being one of the ...
READ MOREInDesign CC 2015.4 is now available. Here’s a quick overview of what you will find in this latest release. Improvements to user interface To combat eye strain from using InDesign for long periods of time, which is due in part to the small UI elements ...
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The Style Override Highlighter will identify all the paragraph and character style overrides that have been applied in a document. Easily toggle the highlights on and off to get a glimpse at any additional formatting that has been added to styled text. ...
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InDesign CC 2015.3 is now available. Here’s a quick overview of what you will find in this latest release. Publish Online Enhancements The Publish Online dialog has been redesigned to offer a “more elegant and less cluttered” interface. A new option has ...
READ MOREValue of Print Media, Hearst-Verizon Video Partnership, Vertical Video, Brand Newsrooms, TruEdit 2.0, InDesign CC Tip: Easily Replace a Character with an Alternate Glyph Welcome to Technology for Publishing’s roundup of news and tips for media industry pros! This week, ...
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