Tables. Sometimes they’re unavoidable, but they’re always a pain in the butt to work with.
Since I am going to have to work with a lot of data coming from a Microsoft Excel file soon, I wanted to see if I could get around using tables once I’ve pasted or imported everything into my Adobe InDesign file. To my surprise, it’s quite easy to recreate a table look using two or three character styles and one paragraph style.
Keyboard shortcuts will be shown for Windows and Mac, separated by a forward slash.
Basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign is necessary as I won’t go in-depth into every setting.
I’ll be using InDesign CS5, but this technique works with InDesign CS4 too. I can’t say for sure if earlier versions have all necessary features.
If you’re pressed for time, or for whatever other reason don’t want to do it yourself, I have an IDML file containing the necessary styles available for download at the bottom of this post.
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Some time ago I was asked to make a new letter head. Nothing unusual about that, or so we thought. Until earlier this week a man came to see me about the company whose name was on the letter head. While I can’t say anything about the specifics, the quick & dirty is that someone appears to have used that letter head and false paperwork to acquire road transportation jobs from big corporations.
From what I’ve learned so far, several trailers filled with electronics are now missing, with a combined value of … well, let’s say it’s more than I’ve made in my entire life.
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Last month I wrote a post called “Blu-Ray or DVD?”, thinking about whether or not Blu-ray actually offers advantages over DVDs. I’ve watched about 8 movies on Blu-ray now, and can offer my opinion, although there are two small side-notes to keep in mind: I don’t have an HD-TV, and as such can’t judge picture quality, and I used my PS3 to watch the movies, which may operate differently from other players.
The first thing I noticed was that every disc needs to load something, for some reason, and often does that more than once. This takes up far more time than I like, as I also am forced to watch all sorts of warnings and (often unskippable) previews.
Then there’s the main menu. While they’re all different in looks, the best thing about them is that they expand and collapse, rather than taking you to new screens when you want to see what’s in them (for example: subtitles and extras).
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Last week I got a “new” cell phone. It’s “new”, not new because my brother got a new one with his new cell phone contract, and so I got his less than a year old phone; a Samsung M8800 Pixon. A touch-screen (3.2″) phone with 8 megapixel camera. My first touch-screen phone.
Of course I had to figure out if I’d like the touch-screen interface. It took little getting used to and is surprisingly nice once you figure out how everything works. The basic functions are a given, but the browser is something I hadn’t encountered on any of my previous phones yet. That too works nicely, even though the screen is so small (compared to a regular computer monitor) it’s truly something I’ll use in emergencies only.
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I’ve had my PS3 for quite a while now, but don’t yet have an HD-TV. That means that while I can play Blu-Ray movies, I can’t benefit from the higher image quality. With that seeming to be the main draw to Blu-Ray, I’ve held off buying any Blu-Ray discs so far. Until today.
It’s been a while since I’ve bought any “new” movies, so I figured I might as well shop around. If I’d find something to my liking, I could always decide whether to buy or not.
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