Networking is one of those computer tasks that strikes fear into even the bravest heart. Fortunately, the whole business really isn’t as tricky as it looks. Read the full article from MacFormat issue 212 on TechRadar
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Get yourself connected
on 21 August 2009
Mastering mastering
on 14 August 2009
InDesign’s nested master pages provide a uniquely powerful way to construct longer documents. By basing one master spread on another, you can build up a set of masters without duplicating effort, from a ‘top and tail’ containing just navigation slugs, folios and guides to complete templates for each section of a publication. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 17, on sale now.
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.
Photo effects in iPhoto and Picasa
on 3 July 2009
Cool photo treatments aren’t the exclusive preserve of Photoshop users. Find out how to create effects including lomography, aged film and tilt-shift using only iPhoto or Google’s free Picasa. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 14, 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.
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More cappuccino, Rev Wojciechowski?
on 22 May 2009
Find out how to vary words and pictures through a series of items in Adobe InDesign. In MacUser Vol 25 No 11, on sale now. continue
Everybody was kung-fu designing
on 8 May 2009
When the going gets rough, you’re super-tough… with these high-impact InDesign effects based on concentric and radial paths. In MacUser Vol 25 No 10, 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
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