Live Captions were introduced in InDesign CS5 and functionality is the same in CS5.5 as well. Live Captions are very powerful when it comes to pulling metadata out of the image and displaying them on the page. But, why are they called “Live”? Because they are! They are like regular text variables, but they are …
This is wonderful news especially for InDesign users! So, what’s new in this mid-cycle release?! Let’s list most important ones: EPUB Export Improvements Style Mapping Articles Panel Linked Stories Object Export Options DPS Tablet Features Easier Anchored Objects Also, bunch of old bugs from previous releases are corrected! But, that’s not all! Some CS5 users …
Keyboard shortcuts are a big time saver! And when I say big, I mean BIG! I love shortcuts, and by time, they become part of you, and your everyday workflow! But! It’s becoming difficult to remember all shortcuts when you use more than one program, and I know you do! So, I decided to create …
I think you still remember my old post about Auto Apply Object Style to Placed Image. That’s great workaround, but I’ve “found” even better one through scripting! Scripting is just awesome! So many things can be done with just few lines of code. WARNING: This only works with InDesign CS5! So, let’s see how to …
Two weeks ago I started small personal project. Main idea was to collect all predefined shortcuts for InDesign CS5 to one place and create interactive guide. While i was digging through files, I got really surprised first by number of shortcuts that can be applied (over than 1400) and secondly that InDesign ships with more …
There is good and simple way to check history of your document, last version of InDesign used while saving file, but also version used to create file for the first time. Also, you can find a little bit more about your application like for example number of plugins installed, versions of some core components and …
What?! Yes, it’s possible, and it’s really useful! I’m sure you already had that situation, when searching for something in menus, you knew where it was, but can’t find it! There is one awesome little feature (undocumented one) that allows you to display menus without separators and sorted alphabetically. This feature is available for a …
Custom shaped corners are available from very first versions of InDesign, but, they were never really improved them till CS5. Now, we can set different diameters and shapes, and for me personally, biggest improvement is ability to modify them Live, without need to go to dialog box! This cool new feature is called Live Corners, …
When creating numbered lists, sometimes we want to have rounded numbers with nice circle, maybe colored… But, how to achieve this effect? One of the ways is to find specific font, or maybe to anchor text frame with number. The most expected way would be to apply Character Style to Automatic Numbering and with help …
This is also, one of my favorite features! (I have so many favorite features! I don’t know why?! Or maybe I do! I just love InDesign! ) There is fast and easy way to transform selected object and create duplicate. So, how to do it? It’s really easy. All you need is Alt (PC) / …