Tag: InDesign
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Dragging and Dropping Text to a New Frame – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Using the Hidden Duplicate and Transform Functions – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Saving Printing Costs on VDP in InDesign
Most variable data publishing projects include some variable content and some static content. By printing the two separately, you can save on printing costs. This clip will help you conceptualize how to separate them, accomplish the separation, and plan for the most efficient and cost-effective methods of printing variable and static content. Excerpted from Pariah…
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Generating Shade Swatches (Color Stepped with Black) – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Sorting Menus Alphabetically for Faster Command Access – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Unmuddying Gradient Swatches with Mixed Ink – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Updating Data After Merging with and without XML in InDesign
Most data merge operations create the merged documents and then never update them again. Other projects, like point-of-sale signage, mailers, and a host of other VDP designs, need to be able to update, alter, and even completely replace the data set after merging using a Live Merge document. This clip is a teaser that shows…
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Creating and Saving Glyph Sets of Commonly Used Symbols – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Directing Readers with Jumplines and Callbacks – InDesign Tip of the Week
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Auto-Fitting Images During Data Merge in InDesign
Any time you’re dealing with images from disparate sources and with differing compositions you’ll almost certainly need to do some manual adjustment of the images after merging. It’s just the nature of the work. Add just a couple of simple steps at the beginning, and you can save yourself minutes, hours, even days of individually…