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Handy List Of Hidden Characters Used In InDesign Text Blocks

Published on April 17, 2008 in resources and tips. 0 Comments Tags: InDesign.

Handy list of all ‘Hidden Characters’ used in InDesign text blocks: http://twurl.nl/sl7py8

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Adobe InDesign CS3 5.02 Update Released – 10.5 Fixes On Apple’s Shoulders

Published on January 22, 2008 in software. 0 Comments Tags: 10.5, Adobe, art, Creative Suite, CS3, graphic design, InDesign, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, software.

Adobe just released anÂ incremental update to InDesign CS3 (5.02), and it’s so new it seems to not be in the auto-update as of yet. Per the Read Me file:

Â This update fixes known issues with Anchored Objects, Character Alignment, Step and Repeat,Â Indexing and Table of Contents, Text and Fonts, Dictionaries, Color, Scripting, Graphics Import/Export, InDesign Interchange files (INX), XML, Library files, and Printing, as well as otherÂ miscellaneous issues.Â

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Serious Issues With InDesign CS3 & Mac OSX 10.5

Published on December 19, 2007 in software. 3 Comments Tags: 10.5, Adobe, Apple, art, Creative Suite, CS3, InDesign, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, software.

Yikes, just read over at MacMerc.com that one of Adobe’s guys posted a blog entry recently regarding some serious issues with InDesign, basically in all the dialog boxes. That means crashes for Save, Place, Open — doesn’t sound like something I would want to deal with. They did say this seems to be primarily with PowerPC based Macs, but that affects those of us still on a G4. These new InDesign bugs Adobe says they need Apple’s help to squash.

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CS3 + G4: Using Adobe Creative Suite CS3 on a PowerMac G4

Published on October 5, 2007 in Apple/OS X, productivity, reviews, software and tools. 2 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, Creative Suite, CS3, G4, graphic design, graphics, graphics tablet, illustrator, InDesign, Intel, Mac, Mac OS X, Mac Pro, MacBook, monitor, opinions, OS X, Photoshop, PowerMac, productivity, rants, review, shareware, software, vector, Wacom.

Apple Macintosh PowerMac G4 desktop computer It’s been about a few months since I upgraded to Adobe’s Creative Suite CS3 suite of graphic & design applications, and am running them all on a PowerMac G4 (dual 1.25 processors, 2 Gb RAM). I thought I would share my experiences with anyone out there contemplating upgrading to CS3 with an older Macintosh. I also have one of the original MacBooks, so there’s a decent comparison with CS3 running on an Intel processor Mac.

In short, I would recommend waiting to upgrade your Mac to at least a G5 or an Intel based Mac before going to CS3, but that said it’s still usable.

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