November, 2014 | CreativePro Network

Converting Cross References to Text and Retaining the Information

Cross references were introduced to InDesign in 2008 in version CS4. A cross reference allows you to insert text within one paragraph that references the text in another position across the document. (Hence the term cross references, sometimes shortened to x-refs.) A typical x-ref might be: For more information see “Working with text” on page […]

Styling Code Snippets with GREP Styles

I received an urgent plea for help from a designer in Romania who’d tracked me down through a web forum where I’ve posted answers to a great many InDesign questions. He was on a very tight deadline, and he’d suddenly hit a problem he couldn’t crack. He had a 90-page book with many examples of […]

How to Open InDesign Documents in Older Versions

Many of Markzware’s products really get at the heart of issues we as designers and production folk have to deal with. Their latest offering—MarkzTools—excels at scratching an annoying itch we’ve all encountered. This InDesign plug-in allows users to open up documents in older versions of InDesign than the version in which they were created. Are […]

Tip of the Week: Making Custom Motion Paths for Animation

This tip was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on November 13, 2014. Sign up now and every week you’ll get a new InDesign Tip of the Week and Keyboard Shortcut of the Week, along with roundups of new articles at InDesignSecrets and CreativePro, plus exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! Just scroll all the […]

A Report from Books in Browsers 2014, Part 2

In part 1, I described some exciting new ideas in publishing introduced at the 2014 Books in Browsers event in San Francisco in early October. There were too many sessions and ideas for me to describe them all, but in case you’re curious, here are a few more thoughts that wandered through my brain during […]

A Brief History of InDesign

InDesign 1.0 was released way back in the spring of 1999, so it is 15 years old this year! Since those humble beginnings, there have been 15 versions of InDesign released that contain new features. I put together a PDF called A Brief History of InDesign that shows the name of each version, the version number, whether […]

6 Common Mistakes in Graphic Design

Graphic designers have to be very detail oriented and often are required to wear more than one hat at a time. This can lead to simple mistakes and oversights. Here are some common graphic design mistakes and how to avoid them. Not Breaking Out of the Box “Thinking out of the box” is one thing, […]

Press Release: WoodWing Software Partners with MEI

Detroit, MI/Jenkintown, PA (November 14, 2014) – WoodWing Software and MEI have established a partnership to market WoodWing’s multi-channel publishing solution Enterprise and its digital asset management application Elvis DAM in North America. With this move, WoodWing continues to expand its footprint in the United States and Canada. MEI, founded in 1990, delivers products, services, […]