Tips Tagged ‘InDesign CS4’

Creative Tip: Open InDesign docs in the correct InDesign.

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The cursing has already started. You’ve installed CS4, but most of your studio’s active projects are still in InDesign CS3. Now each time you double-click on an InDesign CS3 document in the Mac Finder, it opens up in InDesign CS4.

InDesignProxy is a free utility that fixes this annoyance by working as a ’stand-in’ for InDesign. Drag any INDD file onto the InDesignProxy application, and it automatically opens your file in the correct version of InDesign.

[Update: Kris Coppieters has provided us a link to InDesignProxy 1.0.5 which allows you to set the Finder to open all INDD files this way automatically. We'll be updating our tip later today to reflect the new version.] Read the Full Tip »

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Creative Tip: InDesign CS4 GREP Styles.

Here is a short 5-minute preview of InDesign CS4 showing off the powerful new “GREP Styles” feature. This video was recorded at a recent CS4 Preview hosted by CreativeTechs and Luminous Works in Seattle. We’re posting new clips from Steve Laskevitch’s CS4 presentation each week until CS4 ships.

Read InDesign CS4 Documentation — Create GREP styles.

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