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    Artworking and Typesetting

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    Automating repetitive graphs and charts in InDesign

    The adage ‘work smarter, not harder’ often comes to mind when composing documents. Thankfully, scripting can help save the day, as Typefi Senior Scripting Engineer,…

    Peter Kahrel May 2, 2022
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    Accessibility in journals: What are the roadblocks and how to overcome them?

    Publishing accessible content is no longer an added feature but a requirement of today’s changing landscape. It is especially pertinent for educational institutions and scientific…

    Prashant Narekuli March 14, 2022

    Four top InDesign tips: Using paragraph styles

    When formatting documents, InDesign users regularly face challenges—many of which can be easily fixed with Paragraph Styles, if you know how. From fixing formatting issues…

    Damian Gibbs January 31, 2022
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    Are you ready to use InDesign on the web?

    A look at new and upcoming new methods for online copy editing, commenting and review and considering whether we should be changing our publishing wor…
    Ken Jones January 18, 2021
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    Alice’s Adventures in Alt-Text Land

    Down the Rabbit Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:…

    Huw Alexander May 25, 2020
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    A typesetting goldmine: Peter Kahrel’s online repository of free scripts

    At first glance, it may not look like much—but Peter Kahrel’s extensive online repository of free scripts is an essential resource for anyone who works…

    Peter Kahrel February 24, 2020
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    BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Production – exploring the world outside Adobe

    Wednesday 12 February saw the first BookMachine Unplugged event of 2020, with a packed house filling the Arboretum in Covent Garden. Just as with the…

    Abbie Headon February 14, 2020
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    Just your type – new font formats come to InDesign

    The most interesting new feature of InDesign 2020 – the latest major update of our industry standard page layout software from Adobe – was the…

    Ken Jones February 10, 2020
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    Automation is great, but it won’t work for my books…

    The most common feedback from publishers when chatting about automation is the belief that their publications are beyond what automation can do. As a book…

    Damian Gibbs February 3, 2020
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    88 mentions of Brexit. The election manifestos are published.

    We are now halfway though the six-week build-up before the 2019 UK General Election and this is the week that all the major political parties…

    Ken Jones November 28, 2019
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    The Publishing Machine: How automation makes space for creativity

    It is a curious thing, publishing books. I’ve never been sure if it is more art or science; either way, there is no doubt that…

    Damian Gibbs November 25, 2019
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    Content vs. Design: a tug of war?

    Working in ELT, Content and Design should have a symbiotic relationship. The design supports the content and the content works effortlessly within the parameters of…

    Kristina Bullen September 17, 2019
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    Vector graphics: a no-nonsense guide

    Rich Hardiman, founder of Comic Printing UK, tweets about everything from the best way to format a bleed to Taylor Swift’s latest album, providing useful…

    Rich Hardiman August 30, 2019
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    What does your proof actually prove?

    proof /pru:f/ noun • a trial impression of a page, used for making corrections before final printing. verb • make a proof of (a printed…

    Ken Jones June 16, 2018
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    The first Unplugged event of 2018: Talking Production

    Abbie Headon is BookMachine’s Commissioning Editor and runs Abbie Headon Publishing Services. She champions fresh approaches to solving the industry’s challenges and can be found…

    Abbie Headon February 22, 2018
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