Category Archives: Freebies

Easily decompress EPUB, edit it, and recompress.

Posted on October 8, 2013 by kris

eCanCrusher is a simple drag/drop utility to recompress and decompress EPUB folders/directory structures. It converts folder into an .epub file and vice versa. We have both Mac and Windows versions available. Download links on this page: https://www.rorohiko.com/ePubCrawler Look under the heading … Continue reading →

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Rorohiko TV

Posted on July 30, 2013 by kris

We’ve collected our loose video collection into a single YouTube channel, which should make it easier to find them. Go here to check it out: http://rorohiko.tv At present, we have a bunch of tutorials available for Tada QR! and ePubCrawler. Also a tutorial … Continue reading →

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How To Extend InDesign Text Styling Range To Include Punctuation

Posted on June 21, 2013 by kris

Recently, I received an interesting question: would it be possible to use our StylePainter freebie to exert some GREP magic and judiciously extend the style range of a particular style? This was to clean up some text, were some styling … Continue reading →

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Son of CSSGeometry: ePubCrawler. Generate Fixed Layout ePub from InDesign.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by kris

ePubCrawler is a tool to help you create fixed layout ePub from an InDesign document. It’s work in-progress. Version 0.0.5 is out; it generates a skeleton ePub folder, css files, xhtml files, links to images… It’s not a full ePub … Continue reading →

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Rorohiko Plug-Ins Updated For CS6.

Posted on May 28, 2012 by kris

We have a brand new CS6 version of APIDToolAssistant, a core component of many of our tools. As a result, a range of our tools is now available for CS6: TextExporter (https://www.rorohiko.com/TextExporter) FrameReporter (https://www.rorohiko.com/FrameReporter) MagnetoGuides (https://www.rorohiko.com/MagnetoGuides) StoryParker (https://www.rorohiko.com/StoryParker) TextStitch (https://www.rorohiko.com/TextStitch) … Continue reading →

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Tired of ‘Lorem Ipsum’? Try an ‘Oldie but Goldie’ – ChatterGoofy

Posted on April 12, 2012 by kris

Long neglected, but after some prodding from ChatterGoofy-deprived people, we finally got around to do it. ChatterGoofy (which is a work-alike to the JabberWocky XTension in QuarkXPress) has been updated to work with CS5 and CS5.5. More info … Continue reading →

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Our Plug-ins Work Fine With InDesign CS5.5 version 7.5.1

Posted on June 20, 2011 by kris

In case you’re wondering – we had updated most of our plug-ins a while back, shortly after InDesign CS5.5 was released, and made CS5.5-specific versions available. As long as you make sure to install the CS5.5 versions of our plug-ins … Continue reading →

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Get TextExporter For Free And Help The Earthquake Recovery In Christchurch

Posted on March 4, 2011 by kris

Till the end of March, you can get a free license of TextExporter (a US$19 value). All you need to do is donate at least NZ$20 or equivalent to the New Zealand Red Cross, send us your donation receipt, and … Continue reading →

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TextStitch 1.0.7 Released

Posted on December 28, 2010 by kris

TextStitch is a popular free plug-in; it helps you with threading or separating text frames in InDesign CS or higher – all this without disturbing the look and feel of the page. There are three main functions: auto-stitch, quick stitch and … Continue reading →

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PlaceAndScale Now Available For InDesign CS5

Posted on December 23, 2010 by kris

PlaceAndScale, a popular free plug-in for InDesign CS up to CS5, has been updated to version 1.0.7. This version adds InDesign CS5 support. Another important change: it will now by default work in ‘one-shot’ mode, as a result of user-feedback. … Continue reading →

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