The Paste Without Formatting command is a simple but effective solution that can cut down on formatting time for users that do a lot of copying and pasting. We love it because it provides an easy way to strip out ...
InDesign templates are the cornerstone of most publishing environments today. Having some basic settings in place in your templates sets the stage for effective, efficient file management, integrated workflows, and content export. When building InDesign templates, Technology for Publishing recommends ...
When creating content for an app in InDesign with the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite tools, the Folio Builder panel is one of the primary panels you will use. The Folio Builder panel has three views: Folio, Article, and Layout View. ...
The Folio Builder panel is one of two panels installed in InDesign with the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite tools. This panel is used to create and manage folio files and can be accessed by going to Window>Extensions>Folio Builder in InDesign CS5 or ...
The Adobe Content Viewer is an application used to preview Adobe Digital Publishing Suite folios and articles on the desktop or on a mobile device. It is installed with the Folio Producer tools in InDesign or can be downloaded to ...
An Adobe Digital Publishing Suite folio is a collection of articles that makes up a digital publication. Each article file consists of one or two layouts—horizontal and/or vertical—depending on whether the orientation requirements are portrait only, landscape only, or dual orientation. Articles ...
Managing articles in an Adobe Digital Publishing Suite app is done in the Folio Builder panel. For example, from the panel menu, you can choose to update, rename, and change article properties. You’d choose to update an article when changes ...
A folio is a collection of InDesign articles that makes up a digital publication. The Folio Builder is a panel that is installed with the DPS tools in InDesign. This panel is used to create and manage folio files and can ...
When building articles in Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, determining how the content will be revealed to readers must be part of the design process. Sometimes it’s desirable for an article to be experienced as a series of pages that a ...
When you’re publishing Adobe Digital Publishing Suite apps for the iPad, you must take into account the different resolutions of the standard-definition and the newer high-resolution models. To target both devices, consider these options when building your app: Creating separate ...
Gone are the days when designers who wanted to manipulate type for design purposes were required to use applications such as Illustrator to first convert that type into paths. InDesign’s Create Outlines feature does just that. When you select Type>Create ...
The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite includes and application called DPS App Builder, which is used to create the physical app that gets submitted to the marketplace. Below is a list of the advanced options currently available in the DPS App ...
InDesign includes the ability to span text —headlines for example— across multiple columns or create subcolumns of text within a single column. Span Columns can be accessed either through the Control panel or through the Paragraph Style Options dialog when ...
Working with and applying master pages to layouts with a primary text flow has become less labor-intensive with the introduction of the primary text frame. Here are some suggestions for using this feature to your best advantage. The Master Text Frame ...
InDesign provides many tools to help automate the placement of objects on a page. The Align Objects, Distribute Objects, and Distribute Spacing functions are three of the most helpful. A new feature was introduced in CS6 that enhances the Align ...
With InDesign CS6, users now have the ability to easily copy, paste, and create links between objects when repurposing content for alternate layouts within a document or in different documents. A significant new feature that’s included is style mapping. Similar to ...
Social sharing functionality can be added to a multi-issue DPS viewer app for the purpose of including links to a publication’s URL or to an article. These links can be distributed via Facebook, Twitter, email, or “Copy Link” sharing. The ...
With the introduction of iOS devices with Retina displays, publishers are looking for efficient ways to build their folios to accommodate both the old standard-definition and new high-definition devices without having to create multiple folios. The multi-rendition feature introduced in ...
Have you ever needed just a bit more viewing area when working on a layout? Here’s an easy way to get it. Hide Panels While Working To temporarily hide all panels on the InDesign workspace and increase the viewing area, ...
By personalizing your workspace, you can create a work environment that is more efficient and customized to your needs. InDesign’s Workspace feature lets you arrange panels and save the configuration so you always have your most-used features right where you ...