#25417
If you use Microsoft Word, you are used to the fact that if when your text will get to the end of a page, another page will be automatically added. With InDesign and most layout programs, this is a little bit different. This is because layout programs work with text boxes (or tex frames) which allow you more freedom when you lay out your document.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#18694
Tips For Developing Smarter Documentation 
Eight tips for preparing documentation that might require localization at some point in the future.
Lingo Systems (2002). Design>Language>Localization>Documentation
#20898
Tips for Practical Newsletter Design
Good newsletters, both HTML and plain text, explain themselves clearly and are focused, well-written information sources.
Baker, Adam. Merges.net (2001). Articles>Document Design>Journalism>Newsletters
#14620
Tips for the Help Developer: Reliability Testing
Walstad presents a process for reliability testing in the development of help systems. She offers tips for ensuring reliability in each of the three steps: designing, planning, and testing. This article includes a list of online resources.
Walstad, Catherine M. Intercom (2000). Design>Documentation>Help
#25457
Tips to Save Money When Printing Translated Work
When designing things in several languages, the cost of production can become quite high. However there are ways to save money and make the printing cost of flyers, magazines, etc. much lower. These tricks also apply when doing several versions of one job even if it's in the same language.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Prepress
#21957
Total Control: The Next Generation
There's never been a better time to free yourself from boring, repetitive tasks using PageMaker's scripting language.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#21915
'Tree-free' paper - made from fibers other than wood - isn't just a gimmick.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Articles>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#18333
Troubleshooting PageMaker Documents
This document will attempt to tell you what causes corruption, how to prevent it, and — if it’s already too late — how to attempt recovery. There are even a couple of tips for when you can’t open the document at all. There are also some links to other documents that may be of interest. Finally, you can download some scripts that may help you.
Kvern, Olav Martin, Gordon Woolf, Carol Majors, Christine Hummel, Kristina McCook and Peter C.S. Adams. Makingpages.org (2002). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#29047
Typographic Settings for Structured Abstracts 
Structured abstracts contain more information, are of higher quality, and are easier to search and read than are traditional abstracts. However, there is a bewildering variety of ways in which structured abstracts can be printed and little is known about how the typography of structured abstracts can affect their clarity. The aim of this article is to delineate some of these major typographic variables and to comment on their effects upon the layouts of structured abstracts.
Hartley, James. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (2000). Design>Document Design>Typography
#29483
Typography and Page Layout: Classification of Type 
The number of type faces in use today runs into the thousands and as such presents difficulty in selecting the appropriate design for a particular job. Because there are so many type designs to choose from, it is easier to first choose a general type style or classification to suit your graphic design, and then, look for a particular type face that relates to that classification.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
#29478
Typography and Page Layout: Copy Preparation
Copy preparation is a skilled job which, if done properly, assists the smooth flow of work through later stages of the production cycle. All personnel, especially those involved in the composition areas, have seen the results of ineffective copy preparation.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Editing>Typography
#29482
Typography and Page Layout: Layouts for Desktop Publishing and Printing
A printed product or job must be well planned. The combination of ideas used in planning and designing the product is called a layout. It can be defined as the arrangement of all the units or elements into a printed, usable format. These units or elements include the heading, sub-heading, text matter, illustrations, and photographs. The preparation of a complete set of layouts will require: thumbnail sketches, rough layout, and a comprehensive layout. A definite plan, predetermined, is very necessary.
#29481
Typography and Page Layout: Margins
Margins are the imaginary vertical demarcations for text or tabular columns. Overall or primary margins are established by the line length function or the cumulative total of secondary margins (tab or text columns). Establishing margins requires careful consideration. The amount of white space surrounding printed material effects both appearance and the readability of the page. Plenty of marginal space indicates luxury or formality; small margins indicate commercialism.
#29480
Typography and Page Layout: Principles of Design
Principles of design should always be incorporated in any graphic design project to assist its communicating and graphic interest, however in the planning of a basic design, the designer must produce a job to suit the class of work, the copy, and the tastes of the customer.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
#29479
Typography and Page Layout: The Printers' Point System
In the year 1898 the English typefounders, as a body, adopted a system (which had been in use in America since 1878) of casting their types to a certain fixed standard. That standard was the American pica, 83 of which equalled 35 centimetres. The pica, which measured 4.21mm, was divided into 12 equal parts called 'points', which makes the size of a point approximately 0.35 mm.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography>History
#25308
Typography and Page Layout: Type Faces
To identify type or recognise a wrong font, you must know what the variables are, because differences amongst the thousands of type faces available today can be minute. Since an untrained eye cannot distinguish even gross differences, you should become familiar with the fundamental features of type.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
#29484
Typography and Page Layout: Typesetting
Typing or setting text lines to the same length so that they line up on the left and the right is known as 'justification.' The information that you are now reading has been typeset using this method. The practice originated with Mediaeval scribes who ruled margins and text lines so as to speed writing and fit as many characters on a line as possible.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
#29487
Typography and Page Layout: Typesetting Terminology
A glossary of typographers' terms.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography>Glossary
#28058
The frame grid feature enables you to use multiple baseline grids on your pages.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Evangelists (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#31659
The system of paper weights used in North America dates back to medieval Europe. It is important to understand this system, in which 50# (50-pound) paper can well be thinner and lighter than 24# (24-pound) paper.
Copresco (2002). Articles>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#26511
Understanding Print Preview in Photoshop
This is a quick rundown of the Print with Preview function of Photoshop. While it is not a complete guide, it will satisfy the most common needs for the non-designer or the in-house designer. While this article is not meant to explain the Print Preview in all of its details, it will shed light on the most important ones.
Bruno, Elisabetta. About.com (2005). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe Photoshop
#26560
Unexpected White Outlines Around Graphics In InDesign
Sometimes when making PDFs from InDesign, white outlines appear around graphics. Here's why and how to solve it.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Design>Software>Document Design>Adobe InDesign
#27470
Margaret Richardson explores South African magazine i-jusi.
Richardson, Margaret. Font Magazine (2005). Design>Document Design>Typography
#23867
Usability SIG Web Site Tests Macromedia FlashPaper
The Usability SIG is always interested in new ways to put publish our newsletter on the Web. When an upgrade to Macromedia’s Contribute 2.0 included a new program called FlashPaper, we decided to give it a try.
Dick, David J. Usability Interface (2004). Articles>Document Design>Software>Flash
#20483
When you place content, Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 doesn't just add the graphics and text to your document—it keeps track of the original files as well. You can use the links to update the data if the original file changes, to track down missing graphic information, or to replace a graphic with another, without losing the transformations you've applied. And when you work with text files, it's usually best to remove the link altogether.
Adobe. Articles>Information Design>Document Design>Hypertext
