Category Archives: Recipes

ePubCrawler 0.2.0 InDesign to Fixed Layout EPUB converter now available

Posted on July 30, 2012 by kris

We’ve again updated ePubCrawler, our InDesign-to-Fixed Layout EPUB tool: ePubCrawler 0.2.0 and a version history is available from https://www.rorohiko.com/ePubCrawler ePubCrawler is gradually becoming more and more powerful, and if you’re serious about Fixed Layout EPUB, you need to check it out. ePubCrawler … 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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InDesign Text Frame Page Geometry to CSS

Posted on February 10, 2012 by kris

Important: The next generation of the CSSGeometry script is now called ePubCrawler. CSSGeometry is retiring, and will not be updated any more. ePubCrawler does everything CSSGeometry does, and much more. Read all about it here: https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/manuals/fixed-layout-epub-assistant-in-indesign-epubcrawler/ About CSSGeometry: A little while back, Her Geekness … Continue reading →

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Better Auto-Fitting of Images in an Automated InDesign Workflow

Posted on April 11, 2011 by kris

Here’s something for scripters and automators – if you build automated workflows with InDesign Server, this might be useful to you. It’s a blog post that explains how to achieve better auto-fitting of images onto a layout in an automated … Continue reading →

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Age Photos in InDesign With Color2Gray

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kris

This article is a little how-to about making pictures look ‘aged’ without needing to use Photoshop. First the end-result: here is an example image, part of an InDesign page. Below, I’ll explain how I did this without needing Photoshop, and … Continue reading →

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InDesign CS5: TextStitch 1.0.5 with CS5 support released

Posted on June 16, 2010 by kris

TextStitch is a popular tool which helps you with threading or separating text frames in InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5 – all this without disturbing the look and feel of the page. There are three main functions: auto-stitch, quick … Continue reading →

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InDesign ExtendScript Toolkit and Soxy

Posted on January 27, 2010 by kris

If you design and create ExtendScripts targeting Adobe InDesign for other people, like we often do, you probably also need Soxy. Our customers use a diverse range of InDesign versions (CS, CS2, CS3, CS4), so we need to make sure … Continue reading →

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ShowPaths 1.0 for Macintosh Released

Posted on January 7, 2010 by kris

ShowPaths for Macintosh is a very simple app, with only one purpose: give you easy copy/paste access to the file path of a file or folder. It’s released as donationware. Have a look here for the download link: https://www.rorohiko.com/showpaths

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Distinguishing Photoshop EPS From Illustrator EPS

Posted on January 4, 2010 by kris

Soxy 1.0.4 for Macintosh adds support for EPS files. Thanks to Soxy, one can double-click an EPS file icon in the Finder – and any Photoshop EPS file will open in Photoshop; any Illustrator EPS files will open in Illustrator. … Continue reading →

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How and why to use Script Labels in InDesign

Posted on November 17, 2009 by kris

In this blog post, I want to talk a bit about the secretive Script Label in InDesign. You might have noticed the Script Label palette, and wondered what it was used for – it’s under Windows – Automation – Script … Continue reading →

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