CMD+Z (CTRL+Z on Windows) has ever been the universal keyboard shortcut that undoes the last action. In QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Word, and most other applications, pressing CMD+Z (CTRL+Z) a second time undoes the action prior to the last. Pressing a third time goes three steps back and so on. Not so in Photoshop. In…

PRESS RELEASE September 20, 2006 — InDesignSecrets.com is proud to announce the immediate availability of Michael Murphy’s The InDesigner videocasts on the InDesignSecrets web site (http://www.indesignsecrets.com). “We’re thrilled that Michael has agreed to provide his videocasts through our site,” said David Blatner, co-host of InDesignSecrets. “He has a rare combination of design sense and the…

If assignments have kept you from incorporating InCopy into your publishing workflow, don’t let them intimidate you. You don’t have to use assignments to benefit from using InCopy. In this series of tips, we’ll show several methods to collaborate efficiently in InCopy and InDesign without assignments. Method 3: Most often employed in the last phase…

One day you may find that text, buttons, and even the title bars of InDesign and/or InCopy palettes are barely readable or completely invisible. Adobe can’t help you, but this article can.

If assignments have kept you from incorporating InCopy into your publishing workflow, don’t let them intimidate you. You don’t have to use assignments to benefit from using InCopy. In this series of tips, we’ll show several methods to collaborate efficiently in InCopy and InDesign without assignments. Method 2: Method one discussed beginning the collaboration in…

Monday was a busy day for Adobe with announcements of new products, upgrades, and even potentially catastrophic security holes in PDF.