Category Archives: News

Batch-process Multiple Documents. Enable Drag/Drop For InDesign ExtendScripts.

Posted on August 13, 2012 by kris

We’ve just released a beta for a new tool called Batcher. Batcher can enhance a wide range of existing InDesign ExtendScripts (CS3 and upwards), and make them work with drag/dropped documents, book files or even whole folders. Instead of the tedium … Continue reading →

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ePubCrawler 0.2.0 InDesign to Fixed Layout EPUB converter now available

Posted on July 30, 2012 by kris

We’ve again updated ePubCrawler, our InDesign-to-Fixed Layout EPUB tool: ePubCrawler 0.2.0 and a version history is available from https://www.rorohiko.com/ePubCrawler ePubCrawler is gradually becoming more and more powerful, and if you’re serious about Fixed Layout EPUB, you need to check it out. ePubCrawler … Continue reading →

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Soxy compatible with OS X 10.8

Posted on July 27, 2012 by kris

Soxy 1.6.2 is compatible with Mountain Lion a.k.a. OS X 10.8 We’ve made a codesigned version of Soxy 1.6.2 available on our main Soxy page. This updated installer will keep the the GateKeeper in OS X 10.8 happy.

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Son of CSSGeometry: ePubCrawler. Generate Fixed Layout ePub from InDesign.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by kris

ePubCrawler is a tool to help you create fixed layout ePub from an InDesign document. It’s work in-progress. Version 0.0.5 is out; it generates a skeleton ePub folder, css files, xhtml files, links to images… It’s not a full ePub … Continue reading →

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Rorohiko Plug-Ins Updated For CS6.

Posted on May 28, 2012 by kris

We have a brand new CS6 version of APIDToolAssistant, a core component of many of our tools. As a result, a range of our tools is now available for CS6: TextExporter (https://www.rorohiko.com/TextExporter) FrameReporter (https://www.rorohiko.com/FrameReporter) MagnetoGuides (https://www.rorohiko.com/MagnetoGuides) StoryParker (https://www.rorohiko.com/StoryParker) TextStitch (https://www.rorohiko.com/TextStitch) … Continue reading →

Posted in APIDToolAssistant, BarredText, CS6, FramedWeb, FrameReporter, Freebies, ImageHorn, ImageLibraryLoader, InCopy, InDesign, LayerLifter, Mac OS X, MagnetoGuides, News, Soxy, TextExporter, TextStitch, Windows | Comments Off

Soxy 1.6.2 has CS6 support!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by joris

Soxy 1.6.2 has been released for Mac OS X and Windows and it now supports CS6 and QuarkXPress 9 documents. There’s a stumbling block when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress®, Adobe Illustrator®… installed on the … Continue reading →

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InDesign Text Frame Page Geometry to CSS

Posted on February 10, 2012 by kris

Important: The next generation of the CSSGeometry script is now called ePubCrawler. CSSGeometry is retiring, and will not be updated any more. ePubCrawler does everything CSSGeometry does, and much more. Read all about it here: https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/manuals/fixed-layout-epub-assistant-in-indesign-epubcrawler/ About CSSGeometry: A little while back, Her Geekness … Continue reading →

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FramedWeb 0.0.7 Has Cleaner Style Names For Mapped Styles

Posted on September 5, 2011 by kris

FramedWeb 0.0.7, the next version of our HTML+CSS importer for InDesign has just been released. This version has much improved naming of the styles that result from the HTML+CSS to InDesign style mapping. More info here: https://www.rorohiko.com/framedweb/ And the FramedWeb … Continue reading →

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FramedWeb 0.0.6 Beta With Smart CSS-to-InDesign Style Mapping

Posted on August 28, 2011 by kris

The next FramedWeb beta has been released. This version adds more intelligence to the style mapping between CSS styles and InDesign styles while importing HTML into InDesign. InDesign paragraph and character styles are now optimized and arranged into a tree-like … Continue reading →

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Convert Web Pages to Editable InDesign Layouts

Posted on August 22, 2011 by kris

We’ve just released an early beta of our new FramedWeb tool. FramedWeb supports Adobe InDesign CS3 an upwards. Further below a sample of what it does – we started out with a text frame that contained the URL of the … Continue reading →

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