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Step Repeat in InDesign CS4

AJ Wood — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:45:54 +0000

This tutorial covers how to distribute frames evenly across a document using the step and repeat command.

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Using InDesign Multiplace with Adobe Bridge

AJ Wood — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:19:47 +0000

This tutorial shows a method for using Adobe Bridge with the Multiplace command in InDesign CS3 and CS4.

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InDesign Type Tips

AJ Wood — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:54:28 +0000

Here are some quick type tricks and keyboard shortcuts for working with type in InDesign.

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Using GREP Styles in InDesign

AJ Wood — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:10:04 +0000

The GREP style options allow users to make dynamic style applications to their InDesign documents.

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Designing a Photobook in Adobe InDesign

AJ Wood — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:10:34 +0000

In this tutorial, AJ Wood shows you how to use InDesign CS4 to design a photobook that can be exported in JPEG format and sent to the printers.

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InDesign CS4 Link Panel

AJ Wood — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:42 +0000

A.J. Wood explores the new link panel in InDesign CS4. This is an important feature because this is where InDesign users go to check the status of the placed objects in their documents. This includes using the panel to re-link, update, and sometimes even edit the original files.

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InDesign CS4 Smart Guides

AJ Wood — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:20 +0000

Before InDesign CS4, placing image content and aligning it on the page without the use of guides and frames would be difficult, but with the new smart guides feature, InDesign has given users the tool to accomplish these tasks without a lot of layout preparation.

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InDesign CS4 Exporting to Flash

AJ Wood — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:19 +0000

Adobe instructor A.J. Wood shows viewers how to export a Flash presentation from InDesign CS4. This page presentation will include hyperlinks and buttons, created with the buttons panel in InDesign, whose action will be to move through the pages of the presentation once it has been exported to Flash.

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InDesign CS4 Interface

AJ Wood — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:12 +0000

Here’s a quick overview of the changes made in the InDesign CS4 interface. Some of these are; the new applications bar found in all Adobe apps, frame edges on and off, and screen modes, just to name a few.

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