InDesign Tip of the Week

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Resizing Tables by Dragging
You can resize a table with the Type tool by dragging the
right or bottom edge. But if you want to resize all the rows,
hold down the Shift key while you drag the bottom edge.
To resize all the columns proportionally, Shift-drag the right
edge. Or, to resize the table rows and heights at the same
time, just drag the lower-right corner of the table with the
Type tool. Resizing the table using this technique does not
scale the text in the table.
--David Blatner
Editorial Director, "InDesign Magazine,"
co-host, InDesignSecrets.com

Random Tech: Take a Screenshot of DVD Player in OS X

http://highschoolblows.blogspot.com/2005/11/take-screenshot-of-dvd-player-in-os-x.html

Apple introduces the iPology - MarketWatch

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-introduces-ipology/

story.aspx?guid=%7B0109D115-F0E4-4CE7-9FF7-6010FD962B7A%7D

InDesign Magazine: Tip-of-the-Week

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Apply Only Color Attributes with the Eyedropper
If you load the attributes of an object with the Eyedropper tool
while holding down the Shift key, the Eyedropper loads only the
color of the object (ignoring all other object attributes). If you
load attributes of an object with the Eyedropper and hold down
Shift while applying the attributes to another object, InDesign
applies only the color to the object.

-- Eliot Harper, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

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The Learn List

A cool portal for the best Adobe tutorials everywhere and anywhere.
http://www.thelearnlist.com/photoshop.html

InDesign Tip of the Week

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Switch Swatches
The New Swatch button on the Swatches palette duplicates any
selected swatch. To duplicate the swatch and open the New Color
Swatch dialog, hold down Option/Alt while clicking it. To create a
spot color version of a swatch, select the swatch and hold down
Command/Ctrl while clicking the new swatch icon. You can also
switch among RGB, CMYK, and Lab modes inside the Color Swatch
dialog box by holding down Shift while clicking on the color proxy.

-- Eliot Harper, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

InDesign Tip of the week

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Find Missing Fonts
If you search for a missing font using the Find Font dialog box
and can't locate the troublemaker on a page, cancel out of the
Find Font box and bring up the Story Editor. Your cursor will be
where the missing font is.

--Jamie McKee, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

InDesign Tip of the Week

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Quick Single-spread Documents
Do you want a two-page spread all by itself in its own file?
Simply create a new two-page document and check the
Facing Pages option as you create the file. Then turn to page
one and choose Layout > Numbering & Section Options and
start the page numbering at 2. Click OK to leave the dialog
box, and you're done. Because it?s an even number (page 2),
InDesign moves it to the left side of the spread

-- Keith Gilbert, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

InDesign Tip of the Week

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Fix Flaky Files
If your InDesign file is behaving erratically, it may be damaged.
One easy troubleshooting technique is to choose File > Export
and export the file in the InDesign Interchange format. This will
create an .inx file. When you open the .inx file, InDesign rebuilds
the file from the ground up -- hopefully without the problems
of the original.

-- Keith Gilbert, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

CreativeTechs Tips: Quick Skin Tone Retouching in Photoshop.

http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/quick_skin_tone_retouching_in_photoshop.html

Here's a quick and easy fix for fixing blown out highlights on someone's
face.

Adobe - TechNote : Opening InDesign CS3 files in InDesign CS2

Thought you guys might be interested in this. Keep it close for reference
for the next few months or so. We're basically waiting for our suppliers to
catch up with us and purchase CS3.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&id=KC.kb4006
68&extid=kb400668&dialogID=13321945&iterationID=2&sessionID=12128ab6065e7131
3668&stateID=1+0+94626884&mode=simple

InDesign Tip of the Week

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Obtain Exact Color Values
The eyedropper tool lets you view the exact color used in a
psd, .tif, or .jpg file. However, it provides only an approximate
color match for .eps images or for vector artwork. Furthermore,
it doesn't sample spot colors from vector artwork. To see the
exact CMYK or spot color that will be used to output any image
or artwork on your page, activate the Separations Preview palette
(Shift-F6). Choose Separations from the View popup menu and
move your cursor over your artwork. The exact ink percentages
are displayed next to the inks in the Separations Preview palette.

-- Keith Gilbert, from InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

Pantone Colour Bridge and Adobe

It seems that Pantone has updated their swatch books again, calling them Color Bridge. What does this mean? I intend to find out. What I do know is the Solid to Process conversion for Pantone 433 has changed. The previous conversion was CMYK 33/3/0/95 the new version is 90/69/40/89. The new CMYK breakdown is definitely better looking and more accurate, I can't argue with that.

If you use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and/or InDesign you need to update your Swatch Libraries. Adobe's Knowledgebase section has an article with pretty good instructions, including a link to Pantone's website to download Color Bridge. I really fail to understand why the link goes to Pantone's Home Page, useless. Now I have to search for the download link. I got it! It's under MyPantone, create a new account and then on the new page select "Support files + fun tools" from the bottom left menu bar.

RANT: My big beef is that we had to find this out from our printer in the process of working on 8 pieces of collateral for one client. It was fate that we had a press check in the early stages of the process and the printer happened to have the new Pantone books and that our designer happened to notice the new books and order them for us. Why isn't Adobe and Pantone broadcasting this to people who are using these products? This is the second time I've run across this in my career. The first time was probably around 10 years ago, when they changed the process breakdowns to accommodate for Stochastic screening and it seemed like it was a much larger inconvenience then.

Adobe - Design Center : Design considerations for the Web

Very helpful information on preparing files for the web using Illustrator.

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator/articles/illcs2at_webdesign_pr
int.html

Want to change your default printer?

For all of us using a Mac:
Since the HP 5000 has decided to join the Freedom 55 crowd and go into early retirement, we don’t need to have it saved as our default printer anymore. If you want to change your default printer to the photocopier, aka Xerox 430, here’s how:

1. Click on the blue apple in the top left corner, and select System Preferences.
2. Under Hardware, select Print & Fax.
3. Beside “Selected printer in Print Dialog”, choose Xerox430
4. Close the window (click on the red circle in the top left of this window)
   

NCIX.com - Buy Samsung SyncMaster 214T 21.3IN Black LCD 1600X1200 900:1 8MS 0.27MM VGA DVI Black Monitor - LS21BRBAB/XAA In Canada.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=16727&vpn=LS21BRBAB/XAA&manufactu
re=Samsung

Photoshop Web Layouts How to convert your photoshop document to a CSS in less than 30 seconds Tutorial

CSS keeps coming back to haunt me. Is someone trying to tell me something?
Nevermind, I clicked on the link didn't I? Regardless, there are a few very
useful references here. Someday I will find them and read them... someday.
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/How-to-convert-your-photoshop-document-
to-a-CSS-in-less-than-30-seconds/20682

InDesign Magazine: Tip-of-the-Week

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Page Guides vs. Spread Guides
To create a horizontal ruler guide that crosses all pages
of a spread, drag the guide onto the page while your
cursor is on the pasteboard area to the left or the right of
the spread. Or press Command/Ctrl while dragging a guide
to make it a spread guide.

-- Keith Gilbert, from InDesign Magazine #7
http://www.indesignmag.com/idm/issues.html

Researchers warn of flaw in Adobe PDF software

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/04/tech-pdf.html

Inbooklet in-trouble

Gang,

When you produce a document in InDesign with printer spreads and have objects that spread across two pages, make sure you DON"T use the Create a New Document feature because it will surprise you at printing. Just preview your document and use the print button. The only constraint is that you won't have much control over cropping marks.

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