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  8105 readersIf you use a Mac and you’re having trouble with a problematic printer, try resetting your Mac’s entire printing system. To do this, open System Preferences> Print & Scan, then right- or Control-click on the white box that contains your list of printers and choose Reset Printing System. Be aware that this step will delete all of

• How to Preview Non-Embedded Fonts in PDFs

  5088 readersWhen you choose not to embed fonts in a PDF, how can you know how the PDF’s fonts will appear on another computer? Acrobat has a feature that lets you see just that: Use Local Fonts. When Use Local Fonts is disabled, Acrobat temporarily forgets about all the fonts currently active on your Mac and

• Set Default Printer and Paper Size for Your Mac

  4185 readersMac users: One little tweak in your System Preferences could save you lots of time, and possibly reduce the number of wasted prints: In the Print & Fax Preference pane, you can click on the Default Printer popup menu to control which printer appears each time you choose File> Print — it can either be the Last Printer

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  Reenable Lion’s Window Scroll Bars

  6757 readersIn Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Apple decided to hide window scroll bars unless you’re actually moving up or down in a window’s view. Unfortunately, those bars don’t always appear when they should, but you can make them always show. Just go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences> General, and click the “Show scroll

• Compare Any Two Documents, including scans or Web pages!

  6692 readersYou can see what’s different between any two documents or Web pages by using Acrobat, no matter what their original format! Just export both documents to PDF format, or if you only have printed copies, scan them and open them in Acrobat. (Tip: you can scan directly into Acrobat, or generate a PDF from a website

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  Apple Matches QuarkXPress Feature — 20 years later!

  18926 readersLast week, Apple announced the details of OS X 10.7 (Lion), due in July. Two of the most useful new features for designers is auto-save and auto-versioning — which Quark introduced in QuarkXPress back in the early 1990s! In case you missed it, here’s how to automatically save revisions of your QuarkXPress documents: ———————— QuarkXPress’s Auto Save feature can

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  Print Booklets in Acrobat

  8555 readersIf you need to print a booklet, and your application doesn’t have a booklet-printing feature, try using the Print Booklet feature in Acrobat X or Adobe Reader X. You’ll find it in the Print dialog under the Page Scaling popup menu. You can print one side or both sides, and choose Left or Right binding.

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  Activate Soft Proofing in Acrobat and QuarkXPress

  5823 readersAcrobat’s soft proofing feature simulates onscreen how your final print will look once it’s printed. How you activate it depends on your version of Acrobat. Here’s how to find it in Acrobat X: choose View> Tools> Print Production> Output Preview. In earlier versions of Acrobat, choose Advanced> Print Production> Output Preview. Then, select a profile from the Simulation Profile

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  See Everything Your Mac Printed

  15084 readersMac OS X keeps track of all the jobs each Mac has printed to any printer. To see the list, open the Print & Fax preference pane, choose a printer, click the Open Print Queue… button. Choose Jobs> Show Completed Jobs to see a list of jobs that were printed from that Mac. Choose Jobs>

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  Overview: InkScribe Preferences

  6393 readers In this article I will show you how to customize the InkScribe Tool for easy work. InkScribe is designed to allow all users to get comfortable with the vector design process, from novices to professionals. The Preferences offered is key to ensuring this. We will learn about all the options of this tool and will talk