2023-08-31 17:40
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2023-01-20 01:19
Animation can add a dynamic and engaging element to your designs, but can animation be used in PDFs? Unfortunately, the Read the full article Read More
2023-01-12 23:58
Learn why using video in PDFs can be problematic and discover reliable alternatives such as the Publish Online option in InDesign or using a tool like in5 (InDesign to HTML5). Learn how to e… Read More
2022-02-09 00:27
A Skip Link lets disabled users easily skip over purely visual content and jump ahead to substantial content (e.g., skip Read the full article Read More
2022-01-31 20:05
The article is written as a parallel to Adobe’s article on Creating Accessible PDFs, so that you can compare the Read the full article Read More
2021-12-10 01:21
in5 is the main alternative to using InDesign’s Publish Online. There are many ways that the two solutions are similar, Read the full article Read More
2021-11-22 21:18
Liquid Layouts were an idea ahead of their time. They let you create “rules” governing how the items on your Read the full article Read More
2021-11-12 01:00
in5 lets you create interactive content using InDesign, and without coding. What kinds of projects can you publish with in5? Well… Read the full article Read More
2021-02-01 23:18
If you were an Adobe Muse user, you might now be looking for an alternative that lets you create web content with no coding. This article will show you how you can use in5, an add-on for Ado… Read More
2020-04-09 21:26
With in5 v3.6, it’s now possible to create responsive web (and app) designs visually using InDesign’s Alternate Layouts feature. Yes, you can now create responsive designs withou… Read More
2019-10-12 02:03
Animated GIFs are a great way to hand off an animation as a single file that works all over the web (though notably not in a PDF). A few great use cases for animated GIFs are Email newslette… Read More
2018-11-08 15:19
When I added Presentation Mode to in5, I didn’t quite know all the ways that people would be using it, but I quickly received some reports about really cool projects. José Gouve… Read More
2018-10-15 06:15
My goal when I first conceived of in5 was to put more control into designers’ hands. There was a new world of tablets and smartphones and it was difficult to create content for those d… Read More
2018-08-17 01:03
“I just printed out a poster on foam core, cut out a space for my iPad, and stuck it to kiosk unit.” That’s Dave Hickey, designer of The Artful Astronomy of L.M. Montgomery… Read More
2018-05-30 16:04
Adobe InDesign has long had methods for publishing presentations—directly from InDesign using the Presentation Mode or via PDF using Full Screen Mode—but these methods… Read More
2018-03-26 15:25
It sounds like I’m exaggerating doesn’t it? I’m not. Almost none of the interactivity in an interactive PDF actually works, even in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. What doe… Read More
2018-02-05 16:21
Inside the latest issue of InDesign Magazine, Keith Gilbert’s review of in5 includes the clearest introduction to using in5 (InDesign to HTML5) and presents the most likely use cases o… Read More
2018-01-11 16:04
Creator, Matthew Goodman (who previously made the FunLab Nature Sounds apps), has made another cool project with in5. This time, he’s created a digital magazine called Visual Thin… Read More
2017-12-27 20:38
When I initially conceived of in5 (InDesign to HTML5), I imagined that designers would be laying out pages specifically for digital projects. With the Page Formats available inside of in5&md&hell…Read More
2017-11-12 03:03
This article will walk you through the process of creating a digital magazine: from the layout in Adobe InDesign to sharing your content on the web or through a mobile app. It will show you… Read More
2017-11-07 22:30
By creating a flipbook directly from InDesign—rather than from a secondary format like PDF—you’ll be able to take advantage of all the rich interactivity from InDesign that… Read More
2017-10-25 16:04
Five years ago I had an idea. I wanted to help my fellow designers publish digitally without relying on coders, and without being beholden to restrictive publishing pipelines. I launched the… Read More
2017-10-23 16:04
I’ve got one last sneak peek of in5 v3.1 to show before releasing it later this week. The Mobile Article Explorer lets your reader’s see the pixel-perfect layout as well as a sim… Read More
2017-10-16 16:04
We’re nearing the release of in5 version 3.1 later this month. Today I’m announcing Interactive Widgets that will be available with in5. These widgets will make it easy… Read More
2017-09-25 16:04
It’s well-known that Adobe InDesign is a powerful layout tool. It’s slightly less well-known that InDesign is loaded with interactive capabilities (buttons, object states, animat… Read More
2017-09-18 16:09
For a long time, in5 users have been wanting to include content from Adobe Animate or Tumult Hype in their projects. And there has been a way to do it with HTML files and the Web Overlay pan… Read More
2017-09-11 16:04
While in5 is super easy to customize, sometimes it helps some prebuilt tools that your viewer can use to navigate your publication. In the video below, you can see the new Viewer Display opt… Read More
2017-09-04 17:04
in5 (InDesign to HTML5) is incredibly flexible. It’s easy to attach custom functionality to your output. I’ve shared several customizations on this blog and on the Answer Exchang… Read More
2017-08-28 16:04
Are you moving from print to digital? Need help exporting your spreads to HTML? Version 3.1 of in5 (InDesign to HTML5) will come with a script that lets you merge multi-page spreads into sin… Read More
2017-08-21 16:04
Even Photoshop doesn’t create the smallest web images possible. I typically recommend a service like TinyPNG because it can shrink your images by as much as 50% (and more in some cases… Read More
2017-08-14 16:04
This quick video shows some of the new things you’ll be able to create with in5 (InDesign to HTML5) version 3.1. There’s a new page transition: Flipbook with Page Peel. You can s… Read More
2017-08-07 16:04
The team at Hal Leonard publishing has created an amazing digital experience for music teachers and students. Music Express magazine is in its 18th season and is available as a private downl… Read More
2017-07-31 16:04
Matthew Goodman of FunLab, LLC has created some really cool Nature Sounds apps for kids. Check out the video below to see the apps in action. The apps were built visually in InDesign using b… Read More
2017-07-24 16:04
I often get asked about accessibility and 508 compliance. In this article, I’m going to demystify this topic by doing the following. Explain accessibility and 508 compliance in simple… Read More
2017-07-17 16:04
Way back in 2008, I wrote my first InDesign extension at the behest of then InDesign Product Manager, Michael Ninness. The MergeText Frames extension combines multiple textframes into a sing… Read More
2017-07-10 16:04
I’ve heard from a few people lately asking for introduction to in5. This post has some resources to help you go from “zero to hero.” I’ll explain what in5 does and ho… Read More
2017-07-03 16:14
A lightbox—which opens on top of the site (or app) that you are currently viewing—is a great way to load external content, but remain on the same page once the content is closed… Read More
2017-06-26 16:09
A question came in on the in5 Answer Exchange about how to create a progress bar to indicate the reader’s position within the page count. This technique is popular with online news mag… Read More
2017-06-19 16:04
Another fantastic project created with InDesign and exported with in5. Check out the video below to see what Jake Hoisington and Brenda Fletcher created for Lincoln Financial Group. Test Dri… Read More
2017-06-12 16:06
An expandable menu is a great way to collapse content that is only needed some of the time. Hiding the navigation helps the user focus on the content. This sample article from the InDesign U… Read More
2017-05-29 15:59
Check on this new video on how automate the exporting of HTML5 from InDesign using in5’s API. The scripting automation makes it easy to batch process large numbers of InDesign fil… Read More
2017-05-22 15:59
I love seeing what people are making with in5. It absolutely blows me away! Check out the video below to see a walk-through of some of the great sites and apps that designers are exporting f… Read More
2017-05-15 16:15
SimpleHTML is a new tool for InDesign that exports bare naked HTML from a Text Frame or Story. There’s no or tag, no classes, no wrappers, no clutter—just the HTML that y… Read More
2017-05-08 16:14
The banner above this text was made with Adobe InDesign. Yes, InDesign. The page layout tool. InDesign Hidden Gems While InDesign is known for print layout, it also has extensive intera… Read More
2017-04-10 16:19
in5 (InDesign to HTML5) makes it easy to create HTML from InDesign. You can take the HTML right to the web, or convert it into a mobile app. The new WordPress plugin makes the publishing par… Read More
2017-03-16 17:05
I’ve written a couple of times about how much I like PePcon. Why I’m excited about PePcon 2016 Why I’m Excited About PePcon 2015 Somehow the team at CPN has managed to asse… Read More
2017-03-13 16:11
Creating hyperlinks from one InDesign page to another or to an outside site is one thing…but what if you’ve exported multiple documents from InDesign and want to connect them to… Read More
2017-02-27 16:05
This tutorial will show you how to add a simple password to your app or Web App created with InDesign and in5 (InDesign to HTML5). Disclaimer This technique is very easy to bypass on the web… Read More
2017-02-20 16:09
In this article, I’m going to show you how to create a self-running slideshow using Adobe InDesign and in5 (InDesign to HTML5). This will let you create animated slideshows that will r… Read More
2017-01-25 17:11
InDesign CC 2017 compatible in5 version 3 has a completely re-designed user interface and works seamlessly with InDesign CC 2017. Better output Here are some of the new features that are&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-08-23 16:28
Here’s another highly requested feature for in5 (InDesign to HTML5): the ability to save export settings and apply them to other InDesign documents. And soon it will be a part of the l… Read More
2016-08-10 16:25
You probably want to publish your content digitally—to tablets, phones, E-readers, and Web sites (ideally from a visual layout application like Adobe InDesign). But there are so many d… Read More
2016-07-26 16:06
Here’s a first look at the upcoming version of in5 (InDesign to HTML5). This video below shows The new in5 user interface Live text support for advanced formatting features, such as Ta… Read More
2016-06-22 16:19
First, Adobe took away DPS Single-edition, which allowed individuals and smaller business publish apps from InDesign. Now Adobe DPS has been AEM Mobile. It’s even more expensive, and m… Read More
2016-05-12 16:32
I’m going to be a little lazy and reuse much of what I posted last year—but I’ve got a good reason—it’s all still true about PePcon this year. I spoke at PePcon… Read More
2016-05-10 16:25
FrameSync lets you rapidly lip-sync your characters with an audio track. The newest installer now works with Adobe Animate CC. Feature recap Modes to suit your style Use keyframe numbers (sh… Read More
2016-03-15 16:50
An iFrame lets you embed a website inside of another HTML document. It’s often used to add online content to otherwise offline publications. When a viewer is offline, the iframe fails… Read More
2016-03-09 16:24
There are several great tools for testing mobile layouts. The iOS and Android Simulators can test almost every aspect necessary, without actually needing a device. Browserstack is a subscrip… Read More
2016-03-08 16:24
What if you were missing out on web content just because your Mac wasn’t telling you that you could scroll? It turns out that this is the default on the current version of OS X. So the… Read More
2016-03-03 16:24
Queasy (Quick and Easy) Tools takes a whole bunch of the most common actions that you make as a designer or an animator and groups them into a single panel. More than that, Queasy tools lets… Read More
2016-03-01 16:24
Lip syncing is one of the most tedious jobs in animation, because it means listening (and re-listening) to the audio on every frame and matching that sound to the right mouth shape. The Smar… Read More
2016-02-16 16:25
Thanks to suggestions from Bob Levine and Laurie Ruhlin, I’ve updated the Split Text extension. It will remove line breaks from the end of the newly created text frames when using the… Read More
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2006-06-07 11:16
Faster Exporting Yes, you read that headline right. Up to 100x faster exporting from InDesign to HTML! There’s nothing extra for you to do, just run the latest version of in5 and you&r&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By default, in5 will export all pages in your InDesign document into a single HTML file. But there are a couple of reasons why you might want an HTML file generated for each page in the InDe… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As I mentioned in a previous post, the Adobe CC 2015 update broke the extension installation process for 3rd-party extensions. Instead of waiting for Adobe to fix the problem, we’ve cr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As I mentioned in a previous post, the Adobe CC 2015 update broke the extension installation process for 3rd-party extensions. Instead of waiting for Adobe to fix the problem, we’ve cr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One challenge with fonts on the web (aside from font licensing) is that different browsers support different formats for embedding. There are wonderful services like the FontSquirrel Web Fon… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My latest Lynda.com course is now available. Here are more details on the course, or you can jump right to the course page Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Cyril Ernou has a great post detailing all of the in5 settings in French Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We’re looking forward to attending PePcon (the Print + ePublishing Conference) in June. If you’re even remotely interested in digital publishing, I recommend taking a look at the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is a guest post by Sandee Cohen, adapted from Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign CC by Sandee Cohen and Diane Burns. This article highlights the methods for adding interactivit… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Adobe InDesign is full of wonderful interactive capabilities. The DPS Overlays panel adds several additional options, such as scrolling frames. While this extra interactivity is supported by… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We previewed an extension idea a few months back that could Place HTML into InDesign for ePub. We’ve been working on it ever since, but have run into several hiccups with InDesign. We… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Problems are usually reported by clients or end users. After all, if you already knew about the problem, it would probably be fixed, right? 😉 In this article, I’ll show you som… Read More
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