Between QuarkXPress 6 and 7, numerous improvements were made over previous versions. Some, like the innovation of projects, OpenType support, and, of course, transparency, are huge. Others are more subtle, like multiple undo which allows you to back out of some mistakes you may not yet realize–like linking and unlinking text boxes. Accidentally pour the…

PRESS RELEASE Toronto (ON), Canada–NOVEMBER 20, 2006–Zevrix Solutions today announced the release of InPreflight, a comprehensive quality control solution for Adobe InDesign that will let users quickly and easily locate potential problems and produce error-free documents. InPreflight gives users extensive information about all document’s fonts, colors and links and allows to quickly spot potential problems…

When you first show the Character palette, the Font Family field is selected, with its contents highlighted. This makes for a lightning quick way of changing typefaces–press CMD+T/CTRL+T to show the palette, and immediately type the name of the desired typeface or enough of it that InDesign can fill in the rest. Hit Return/Enter, and…

I’m often asked: What’s the difference between Join and Average? To set the stage, Join and Average commands are on the Object > Path menu. Select two anchor points with the Direct Selection Tool, then execute the command… And there’s where the differences and similarities come into play. Join: Combines two open paths or two…

What do you get when a design & publishing workflow expert teams up with a developer with a history of building productivity enhancing InDesign plug-ins?