Category Archives: Mac OS X

Rorohiko TV

Posted on July 30, 2013 by kris

We’ve collected our loose video collection into a single YouTube channel, which should make it easier to find them. Go here to check it out: http://rorohiko.tv At present, we have a bunch of tutorials available for Tada QR! and ePubCrawler. Also a tutorial … Continue reading →

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Export Multiple InDesign Documents to RTF or Text

Posted on July 28, 2013 by kris

Here’s a cookbook article that explains how you can automate TextExporter by means of Batcher in order to export a whole batch of InDesign documents in one go: https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/batch-textexport/ Cheers, Kris

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Soxy 1.6.6 Released!

Posted on July 24, 2013 by joris

Soxy automatically determines the type of each file you open and then directs it to the most appropriate application. Changes since 1.6.4 include: Added automatic usage data reporting option. Added support for Adobe InDesign CC files. Added support for Adobe … Continue reading →

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How To Extend InDesign Text Styling Range To Include Punctuation

Posted on June 21, 2013 by kris

Recently, I received an interesting question: would it be possible to use our StylePainter freebie to exert some GREP magic and judiciously extend the style range of a particular style? This was to clean up some text, were some styling … Continue reading →

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InDesign CC: We’re Porting Our Plug-Ins

Posted on June 18, 2013 by kris

Our plug-ins and apps (e.g. Soxy) are in the process of being ported over to InDesign CC. At the time of this writing, most important plug-ins have been converted. The remainder will gradually become available over the next few weeks … Continue reading →

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StoryTweaker 1.9.7b Released!

Posted on May 21, 2013 by joris

StoryTweaker is a tool that allows people who don’t have InDesign or InCopy to edit the text content of an InDesign document, no matter which platform it was created on. StoryTweaker will export any InDesign file into a special editable … Continue reading →

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RepeatAfterMe’s first release!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by wouter

RepeatAfterMe allows you to make simple changes to a single object, and then repeat those changes for all similar objects throughout your entire document! It is great for quickly doing things like moving and resizing, applying object styles/strokes.etc throughout your … Continue reading →

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Soxy 1.6.4 Released!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by joris

Soxy automatically determines the type of each file you open and then directs it to the most appropriate application. Changes since 1.6.2 include: Fixed issue where Soxy couldn’t remain the default program for Illusrtator files. Fixed issue where Soxy couldn’t … Continue reading →

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How To Get InDesign Nested Styles in RTF Export

Posted on December 13, 2012 by kris

I’m grateful to Dorothy Hoskins because she brought to my attention that when an InDesign document uses nested styles, the resulting styling does not get exported to RTF by TextExporter. Further investigation showed that this is a limitation of the built-in InDesign … Continue reading →

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“And Then You Crack The .epub File Open…”

Posted on December 12, 2012 by kris

I want to shed some light on the reasoning behind ePubCrawler, our InDesign-to-fixed layout EPUB conversion tool. 1. Take as much or as little as you want. It’s totally OK to use ‘a little bit’ of ePubCrawler. For example, if all … Continue reading →

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