A common layout requirement is to create a table based on an imported Excel spreadsheet but styled to match the rest of a publication. What’s especially annoying is to get a table finished only to find the supplied data has changed. This can be avoided by maintaining a link between the original Excel file and your Quark or InDesign document. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 18, on sale now.
Showing all entries tagged ‘QuarkXPress’
Tabling amendments
on 4 September 2009
Carry on up the charts
on 31 July 2009
For layout artists, the bane of corporate reports and technical reviews is the presentation of data. But most graphs aren’t complicated to create, so why spend time fiddling with Excel when you can draw them far more elegantly yourself? Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 16, on sale now.
Using QuarkXPress 8 design grids
on 19 June 2009
Guides and grids are critical to the layout process. Just as important as vertical column guides is a horizontal baseline grid. continue
Bring back hanging
on 5 June 2009
No, it’s not a policy announcement from UKIP, it’s a tutorial on the new hanging punctuation options in QuarkXPress 8. In MacUser Vol 25 No 12, on sale now.
PDFs for non-dummies
on 5 June 2009
Adobe PDF is a superbly flexible file format that’s become the norm for sharing documents. It’s also increasingly dominant as a way of delivering desktop publishing (DTP) jobs to print shops, but the plethora of output options has many users questioning whether it really makes things easier. Find out how to get it right every time in MacUser Vol 25 No 12, on sale now.
The lighter side of layout
on 24 April 2009
See how comic book design principles can liven up your page layouts – even when you’re not designing comic books. In MacUser Vol 25 No 9, on sale now. continue
Inky fingers
on 9 April 2009
Ever wondered how to go about sending layouts to a print shop? Or tried it and found your expectations and the printer’s were two different things? This straightforward guide to everyday print buying will get you on the right track. In MacUser Vol 25 No 8, on sale now.
Like dancing about architecture
on 3 April 2009
‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ as somebody said. I wonder what they’d have thought of writing books about computing. continue
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An interview with David Carson
on 18 June 2008
It’s not every day you get to meet the world’s most famous graphic designer. Not even when it’s in his diary. continue
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Goe forth and multiply!
on 28 September 2007
So Pantone has launched a brand new colour system. Frankly, it’s about time. continue
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