Tab leaders are the lines of filler characters in printed lists and tables of contents that connect the aligned content on one side to the aligned content on the other, both leading the eye and filling in what would otherwise be an awkward trapped space. To create tab leaders in InDesign, once the list is…

What do you get when a design & publishing workflow guru teams up with a developer with a history of building productivity enhancing InDesign plug-ins? You get the Holy Grail of layout.

PRESS RELEASE Quark takes dynamic publishing to a new level with on-demand creative communications Chicago (Graph Expo) – October 16, 2006 – Quark Inc. announced today the launch of QuarkXPress Server 7, a dynamic publishing technology that combines the design power and collaboration functionality of QuarkXPress with proven server-based performance to deliver an unparalleled solution…

PRESS RELEASE London, UK — 16 October 2006 — XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the availability of the new Quark Print Collection(QPC), a comprehensive set of prepress tools for organisations involved in the print production process. Users can choose to impose native QuarkXPress layouts using QuarkXPress 7 or…

Once in a while it’s useful to find the center of a Photoshop document–either the horizontal center, vertical center, or both. While you could Select All, get the dimensions from the Info palette, then divide them in half, there’s an easier way (one that works more reliably after a long day than your ability to…

InDesign crashing? Menus and palettes blank or out of sorts? Other strange flutterings from the butterfly? You might have corrupted preferences. Reset them. Just press CMD+OPT+SHIFT (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT) while launching InDesign (or Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, GoLive, or InCopy). Adobe says that’s easy. Trust me, it’s easier to say than do. The problem is, with a decent…