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Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by InDesign CS6 and PDF Forms « Caveat Lector

InDesign CS6 and PDF Forms « Caveat Lector — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:11:58 +0000

[...] last year’s at Pepcon Tony Harmer did say: Adobe, add PDF forms to my InDesign [...]

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by Here’s What We Love about InDesign CS6 | InDesignSecrets

Here’s What We Love about InDesign CS6 | InDesignSecrets — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:09:32 +0000

[...] PDF Forms are in CS6 mainly due to Tony Harmer’s ignite session at last years PepCon where he beautifully crafted a poem pleading with Adobe to add PDF forms. This just goes to show that if you really want a feature added to InDesign, pleading your case to [...]

Comment on Explaining “Shading Gradients” by Captain America’s Shield from One Shape: Illustrator | The Suite Spot

Captain America’s Shield from One Shape: Illustrator | The Suite Spot — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:44:14 +0000

[...] I added a couple of shading gradients – these are essentially black to black and white to white gradients that have different [...]

Comment on Layer/Layer Mask – Switch Focus by Tony

Tony — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:43:59 +0000

Thanks for posting (sorry for the delay in replying, I’ve been away doing some Adobe shows and events).

You’re quite lucky at the moment that you’re on CS3 in one way as the shortcut mentioned here no longer works in CS5! You’re also quite right about not being able to find it in the KBSC window – it’s one of the hidden ones (like create selection based on luminosity: it exists, but try and find it – just FYI, it’s Cmd-alt-2). As for asigning, if you’re on a decent Wacom tablet, you should be able to add a “special” shortcut to one of the buttons on your tablet, and that shortcut can be anything, including this one.

Comment on Layer/Layer Mask – Switch Focus by ldmonster

ldmonster — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:24 +0000

I have a question. I always thought having to switch from layer to layer mask by physically clicking on it was really annoying, but it’s a little annoying to have these hot keys at polar opposites of the key board as well. Kind of like having to click on your mouse to switch. I also keep my kepboard a little further north from my desk because of my wacom tablet so the hot keys for this command is a little annoying. Granted I do use my function keys for action commands, but some how they aren’t as cumbersome. I can’t find these hot keys in the KBSC assigning window. Not under Application or Palette. Is there a way to assign them another hot key. I also think having two hot keys for something that would be easier to just be one that by clicking on it twice would switch back and forth. I also can’t program it on the quick keys on my wacom either. It’s being used for other tasks more often used. I’m still using CS3 because I have an older system that refuses to work well if updated. Hopefully I would be able to switch to CS5 or 6 by the time I can get a new mac.

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by InDesignSecrets Podcast 155 | InDesignSecrets

InDesignSecrets Podcast 155 | InDesignSecrets — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:24:48 +0000

[...] > Print & ePublishing conference sponsors > Marijan Tompa’s new site > Tony Harmer’s poem lamenting InDesign’s inability to create Acrobat form fields > Blog post on Creating Form [...]

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by InDesignSecrets Podcast 151 | InDesignSecrets

InDesignSecrets Podcast 151 | InDesignSecrets — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:24:31 +0000

[...] > Print & ePublishing conference sponsors > Marijan Tompa’s new site > Tony Harmer’s poem lamenting InDesign’s inability to create Acrobat form fields > Blog post on Creating Form [...]

Comment on Forms in InDesign – becoming a reality! by InDesignSecrets Podcast 151 | InDesignSecrets

InDesignSecrets Podcast 151 | InDesignSecrets — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:02:21 +0000

[...] Acrobat form fields > Blog post on Creating Form Fields in InDesign (the Acrobat script) > Tony Harmer’s updated poem > Send feedback about your InDesign wishlist items to our Uservoice site > Adobe’s [...]

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by Forms in InDesign – becoming a reality! | The Suite Spot

Forms in InDesign – becoming a reality! | The Suite Spot — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:51:56 +0000

[...] few weeks ago at PePCon in washington DC, my rhyming presentation went down quite well and I’ve had a lot of back-and-forth chatter ever since regarding the [...]

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by The Holy Grail Has Been Found – Create Forms Fields in InDesign | InDesignSecrets

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:10:04 +0000

[...] Print & ePublishing Conference Tony Harmer presented an amazing feature request to Adobe via a poem during his ignite presentation. Like a lot of users, he had been waiting for native form field [...]

Comment on InDesign Should Have Support For AcroForms by PePCon 2011 Recap: People, Pictures, Poems, and More | InDesignSecrets

PePCon 2011 Recap: People, Pictures, Poems, and More | InDesignSecrets — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:33:58 +0000

[...] InDesign User Group leader from the UK, performed an original, Beowulf-length epic poem entitled “Dear Adobe: InDesign Should Have Support for AcroForms” Russell Viers, Mordy Golding, Michael Ninness, and Mike Rankin discussing The Future of [...]

Comment on HTML and CSS for Beginners (5): Definitions Lists by HTML and CSS for Beginners (7): Named Anchors and ID Attributes | The Suite Spot

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:14:14 +0000

[...] this exercise we’ll use a nice big chunk of text. Open a new copy of blank.htm (see this post if you haven’t been following along) and save that as named.htm, then visit [...]

Comment on HTML and CSS for Beginners by HTML and CSS for Beginners: 2 | The Suite Spot

HTML and CSS for Beginners: 2 | The Suite Spot — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:00:41 +0000

[...] Yesterday you made the simplest of pages with just a couple of lines of text and then marked those up with HTML to give them some structure. Today we’re going to build on that – you’re going to learn a bit more about markup, and also the skeleton of a page. [...]

Comment on Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs by Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs | The Suite Spot | Painting and Paintbrush

Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs | The Suite Spot | Painting and Paintbrush — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:35:00 +0000

[...] here to read the rest: Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs | The Suite Spot Leave a [...]

Comment on Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs by Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs | The Suite Spot | Painting and Paintbrush

Photoshop CS5: HUD Prefs | The Suite Spot | Painting and Paintbrush — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:14:56 +0000

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Comment on 4T.22 Sorted by Dreamweaver Day: Sort Lists | The Suite Spot

Dreamweaver Day: Sort Lists | The Suite Spot — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:09:59 +0000

[...] document, run the sort list by paragraphs script (don’t know about that? – then this podcast will enlighten you) and then paste it back into Dreamweaver – really [...]

Comment on 4T.24 Next Style by InDesign Fortnight 9: Super-powered Styles | The Suite Spot

InDesign Fortnight 9: Super-powered Styles | The Suite Spot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:07:36 +0000

[...] can format type incredibly quickly – one of my two minute tip podcasts covers it and you can watch that here. So how is it going to help us with that list if it’s meant to work when you’re typing? [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by InDesign Fortnight 7: Lists: Numbers and Nested Lists | The Suite Spot

InDesign Fortnight 7: Lists: Numbers and Nested Lists | The Suite Spot — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:06:34 +0000

[...] never come across it before read the section ‘applying the style quickly’ from day one of InDesign Fortnight) the top-level items are [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 32

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:30:00 +0000

[...] Tony Harmer’s new blog The Suite Spot is running a series of articles/tips about InDesign. Here’s one that explores the Check Spelling features. [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by Tony

Tony — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:35:10 +0000

Hi
The tips are really aimed at existing users, so you would at least need to have opened the program before.
If you want learn InDesign from scratch, you might consider something like a course at Lynda.com.

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by magus

magus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:44:33 +0000

Saw your blog and decided to check it out. If only I had half a clue what InDesign does! Thought about learning a new product and this was suggested as a good place to learn InDesign. I guess InDesign helps you design? Something? And it looks like text is involved.

As this apparent first tip in your series has me lost, I’m guessing it wasn’t one aimed at a n00b.

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by John Espirian

John Espirian — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:07:10 +0000

Nice result. Best stop there for now lest I get the inclination to put on a beret and neck scarf.

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:09:33 +0000

Thanks, John you could then try this:

Select the layers you have already and convert them into a smart object

Turn the smart object’s blend mode to multiply

Add a new blank layer beneath your smart object and try a bit of painting

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by John Espirian

John Espirian — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:18:41 +0000

Great tip, Tony – simple and effective. Top bombing!

Comment on Random Tip 36 (Suite Spot 04) by Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:18:35 +0000

The resource I mention in this cast is available directly from O’Reilly: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156015/

Comment on Random Tip 33 by Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:07:06 +0000

There are numerous other places that this works - try the technique with text in the story editor inside of InDesign, with a path in Photoshop, or with an appearance attribute inside of Illustrator, for starters. Some of the apps allow you to repeat the last operation, too. In Illustrator, for example, alt-drag a duplicate and then use the transform again shortcut cmd-d (that's ctrl-d on Windows) and see that you rduplicate is repeated. Do the same thing in Flash only this time the shortcut is cmd-y or in InDesign cmd-alt-3.

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip 27 - 4T

Random Tip 27 - 4T — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:15:10 +0000

[...] they even work in Dreamweaver! If you’re used to using the Select Parent Tag button in the Code View Toolbar then you’ll be even faster if you use your system key (command on the Mac, ctrl on PC – [...]

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip 24 - 4T

Random Tip 24 - 4T — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:19:14 +0000

[...] you’ve got the Format Source Code command which can be found in the Commands menu or in the coding toolbar (it’s the last icon at the very bottom) – one click and you’re done. You can edit [...]

Comment on Random Tip #13 by Tony

Tony — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:26:06 +0000

I can’t believe that I missed out the Rotate Tool! It is there now though…

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip #11 - 4T

Random Tip #11 - 4T — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:14:52 +0000

[...] make it difficult to maintain focus on one particular area. My podcast from January this year (http://www.tonyharmer.co.uk/wordpress/?p=96) demonstartes the Code View toolbar, but here are a couple of shortcuts for [...]

Comment on Random Tip #6 by Tony

Tony — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:23:47 +0000

OK, I feel like I did skimp on the tip a bit, so here’s a bit more:

If you’re in a folder of images, you can view them as a carousel by going into Review Mode (cmd-B on the Mac, ctrl-B on a PC.

To view that folder as a slideshow, use Cmd-L (Ctrl-L on PC) and to exit both of those modes you can just hit the esc key.

Comment on Layer/Layer Mask – Switch Focus by Tony

Tony — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:50:28 +0000

Update for CS4: the controls have changed to Cmd-\ and cmd-2 (ctrl-\ and ctrl-2 on the PC).

Comment on Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 by Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 | Adobe Tutorials

Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 | Adobe Tutorials — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:08 +0000

[...] Bournemouth-based designer Edd Fahy has created a handy Lorem Ipsum text generator panel for Photoshop CS4 (I ought to make my web acceleratore one available – watch this space) – ideal for graphic designers who need some placeholder text for a layout! Haven’t got CS4? Don’t worry, you can use the Lorem Ipsum Generator (or InDesign users could always use some placeholder text and paste it in). Read more here: Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 [...]

Comment on Blurred Text in InDesign by Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials

Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:20:23 +0000

[...] My life is a blur at the moment – I’m finding just about enough time to make the odd Twitter ‘tweet’ and that’s about it. There’s a small stack of podcasts that need finishing and I apologise for the delay as I do for the lack of posts recently; I promise to get back on track soon! In the meantime, here’s a tip that I picked up a while back for making blurred text in InDesign – it’s appropriate at the moment! Step 1: Create your text Step 2: Select the text and set the fill to pap More: Blurred Text in InDesign [...]

Comment on Blurred Text in InDesign by Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials

Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:49:00 +0000

[...] My life is a blur at the moment – I’m finding just about enough time to make the odd Twitter ‘tweet’ and that’s about it. Excerpt from: Blurred Text in InDesign [...]

Comment on Ooops! by Tony

Tony — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:22:49 +0000

Hopefully, all of the episodes should now be restored. If you do experience any difficulty with them or the resources, please let me know and I’ll get it fixed as soon as I can. Thanks!

Comment on 4T.03 Preflight Droplet by Tony

Tony — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:22:10 +0000

I appreciate that some of the screen items are difficult to make out, especially if you are actually looking at the podcast from an iPod, so I have also produced an accompanying PDF that is available by following this link.

Comment on 4T.02 Jump Text by Tony

Tony — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:26:49 +0000

The podcast is also available in the flash video (.flv) format on this page.

Comment on Master the pen tool by cattfield

cattfield — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:33:42 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about this, Tony. I can recommend those PDF’s – got to be one of the best fivers I’ve ever spent!