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Generate brand new 6×6 Sudoku puzzles straight into an InDesign page

The SudokuGenerator has been updated to version 1.1.0 – this latest version adds support for 6×6 sudoku, with 3×2 (HxV) subcells. 6×6 sudoku puzzles are smaller, and less intensive to solve than their 9×9 brethern – I estimate they would … Continue reading

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Things that didn’t work – BootCamp and Backup

I thought I’d share some failures with the world – this might save someone some headache and hassle, who knows. Here’s the deal: I had Windows Vista installed on a BootCamp partition on my MacBook Pro. I am pretty religous … Continue reading

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Soxy 0.1.5 Released

Soxy for Macintosh has some new features. The latest version knows how to handle InDesign .jsx script files. Instead of stashing your .jsx files into the InDesign Scripts Panel folder, you can now simply tell the Mac Finder to assign … Continue reading

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Using StoryTweaker to make text updates to an InDesign document

A test version of Rorohiko StoryTweaker can be downloaded here: http://storytweaker.com In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at a scenario where StoryTweaker is used to make text corrections to a few articles in a newspaper. In case you’re more interested … Continue reading

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Using Lightning Brain FrameReporter

Lightning Brain FrameReporter is a US$29.00 plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4. In this recipe, we’ll highlight each of the individual LB FrameReporter tidbits, and explain what they could be useful for. If you want to follow … Continue reading

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Making Mac OS X launch the correct version of InDesign or InCopy

InDesignProxy v1.0.7 CS5 Support? InDesignProxy only supports InDesign versions between CS and CS4. If you need CS5 support, you’ll need to upgrade to Soxy (‘Son of InDesignProxy’), which supports InDesign CS5, as well as Illustrator, PDF files, Photoshop and Illustrator … Continue reading

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Using StoryTweaker to translate an InDesign document into another language

A test version of StoryTweaker can be downloaded here: http://www.rorohiko.com/storytweaker An easy way to get some good understanding of how StoryTweaker ‘thinks’ is to follow along as someone puts the program through its paces. StoryTweaker can be used in a … Continue reading

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FileMaker 7.x or 8.x, Leopard and Instant Web Publishing (IWP)

(Added note 6-Nov-2008: Please check the added notes at the end of the article. Yes, FM 8.x works too, and I’ve also added a way to do the patching much faster) Recently, I was testing some ideas with various versions … Continue reading

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How to add InDesign page item adornments using scripting

Ingredients – Adobe® InDesign® CS or higher (the APIDToolAssistant plug-in is available for InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, Mac and Windows). – A licensed copy or a demo version of APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 or higher. It also works with unlicensed versions, … Continue reading

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