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Switching to PluginInstaller

Posted on October 6, 2024 by kris

We’re in the process of changing our activation/licensing/purchasing systems to use PluginInstaller. You can read about and download PluginInstaller here: https://PluginInstaller.com As the switch-over is quite involved, it will take a few weeks before all of our plug-ins have been … Continue reading →

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Free InDesign Script: Generate Live 24hr Tide Charts

Posted on September 30, 2024 by kris

IDTideChart is a free, fully functional script which also serves as a demo of how JSXGetURL can be used to render live data into an InDesign document. IDTideChart is ready-to-run and comes with an embedded copy of JSXGetURL. The script … Continue reading →

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Generate Guitar or Uke Chord Diagrams in InDesign

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kris

StringsAttached is a script for Adobe InDesign 2022 or higher; it can generate chord diagrams for 4- and 6-string instruments from the guitar family, like guitar, guitalele, ukulele, baritone ukulele,… More info: https://www.rorohiko.com/stringsattached/

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Swap key words into images in InDesign

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kris

In a catalog or brochure you might need little icons for ‘microwave safe’ , ‘food safe’,or ‘hand wash’… or such like. Instead of creating inline images manually, you can instead use placeholder words and replace the words with images all at … Continue reading →

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ZXPSignCmd/ExtensionManager alternative: PluginInstaller handles both JSX and CEP

Posted on April 25, 2024 by kris

We added support for CEP into PluginInstaller, a tool that is part of Creative Developer Tools (CRDT). If you have either an ExtendScript script, or CEP extension software that you want to protect/track/monetize…, make sure to check this out. PluginInstaller handles the … Continue reading →

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New for InDesign 2020

Posted on November 5, 2019 by kris

The following tools have been updated to work with InDesign 2020 and Catalina: TextExporter 4.0.8 Color2Gray 2.0.10 Sudoku Generator 1.1.10 TextExporter 3.3.4 (update to APID ToolAssistant 1.0.66) FrameReporter 1.1.8 (update to APID ToolAssistant 1.0.66) MagnetoGuides 1.0.7 (update to APID ToolAssistant … Continue reading →

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macOS Catalina

Posted on October 8, 2019 by kris

APID ToolAssistant APID ToolAssistant is a component of TextExporter 3.x and a number of other plug-ins. If you upgraded to macOS Catalina, you might find that APID ToolAssistant won’t run. To remedy that, we now have version 1.0.66 for InDesign … Continue reading →

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InDesign CC 2019 support status

Posted on October 24, 2018 by kris

InDesign CC 2019 is supported by the following updates. If you don’t have a Personal Activation Code or Workgroup Activation Code, you will probably need to purchase a new code to activate. Without activation, the following downloads will give you … Continue reading →

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Soxy 1.9.1 supports InDesign CC 2018

Posted on December 19, 2017 by kris

Soxy automatically determines the type of each file you open and then directs it to the most appropriate application. Changes Include: Support for InDesign CC 2018 Support for QuarkXPress 2017 Support for Retina displays on Mac Visit the Soxy page … Continue reading →

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AutoStyleTagger – InDesign Database Publishing, Simplified

Posted on May 30, 2017 by kris

I was at the CreativePro Week 2017 in Atlanta, and sat in on one of Russell Viers‘ sessions. He showed us how you can start from a spreadsheet, export the data in tabbed text format, import the data into InDesign, … Continue reading →

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