Document Geek

Last year I inherited a publishing company, which used a FrameMaker workflow. I have strong opinions on such thing as FrameMaker versus InDe...

One of my recent projects took me to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where after work one day, I played in the Atlantic for the very fir...

I worked on a project today that required incorporating two technical datasheets into a PDF portfolio. One datasheet was given to me about ...

I often send files to my local copy shop in order to have them printed. My copy shop isn't a traditional printer, but is actually more o...

I write technical manuals. Each of our photo-heavy documents requires hundreds of photos, most of which have multiple pieces of equipment i...

My technical publishing workflow involves figures, lots and lots of figures. I often put callouts on the photos, with pointer lines. Then I ...

So for years, I thought that I knew the way to fix InDesign when it was crashing. Simple, right? Hold down the four buttons in the bottom le...

I am a big fan of Acrobat stamps. The ones that come included with Acrobat are marginally useful, but very generic. But since most of my wo...

I love the Acrobat's commenting tools. I especially enjoy the highlighter tool, with it's dozens of colors and ability to change op...

People have often asked me how I got into graphic design. I chuckle. Then I share my story, starting my degree in a completely unrelated fie...