TechByter Worldwide 2018-12-16: InDesign 2019 Gains Some Magic Features. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

Published: Dec. 16, 2018, 4 a.m.

Adobe's InDesign 2019 adds several new features that are close enough to magic for designers to wonder where Merlin is hiding. The two most remarkable enhancements use artificial intelligence to size and position images and to modify page contents if the page size needs to be changed. In Short Circuits: Renaming your computer is as easy as renaming your cat and sometimes it's a good idea because the computer's default name will be useless. You're on your own with the cat. Crooks who use phishing emails are getting smarter and that means that we users need to get smarter, too. Updates to Adobe's photography applications in December are subtle, but some of them will make profound workflow changes -- at your discretion. In Spare Parts (only on the website): This is the time of the year for phony shipping messages. • If you're looking for cheap air fares, one on-line service says the key to success is flexibility. • A new service aims to make log-ins from mobile devices easier and thereby to improve financial performance for companies.