Table of Contents

This is a list of all posts published on DK Handbook. Clicking on each subject will take you directly to the relevant page.

Adobe Acrobat Pro Document Cloud

Adobe CC 2024 and Pantone usage

Americanization of UK titles (for americanizers)

Archiving

Barcodes

Bit Depth

Blads (includes Spec Box for dummies)

Book folder set-up

Boxshot overview

Brand guidelines

CMYK (colour) PDF

Co-edition coloured text, pictures, illustrations and photographs

Colour accuracy checks and proofing

Colour management and profiles

Contact sheets with metadata in InDesign

Corrections and mark-ups

Cutouts

Design and editorial spread review

Digital Glossary

DK app tiles (PO revising)

DK core titles – technical workflow

DK Shadow Guide

DK special sales – technical workflow

Duping spreads for Americanization / Anglicisation

Exporter PDF output options

FSC logos

File naming convention

Flash cards set-up

Flatplan templates

Flatplans / Series Boards

Focus stacking

Font usage and best practice

Fuse installation

Fuse release notes

Fuse tools

Fuse tools: Stylist2013

Gatefold set-up

Greyscale page image PDFs (eg. for Education answer sheets)

How to sign in to Adobe Creative Cloud

“How to use this book” pages

Illustrator artworks

Illustrator files with PSDs embedded as layers

Image colour modes

Image properties in Adobe Bridge

Image supply and naming

Imprint pages

In-house new starter information

In-house plotter workflow

InDesign display settings

InDesign Preflight is running (in the background)

Ink manager (InDesign and Acrobat)

Jacket set-up (includes jacket/cover form)

Layers in Photoshop

Logos

Merging InDesign files

Mono books workflow

Mono images

Novelty book pagination

Outsourcing for DK

Overprint and Knockout

Pantone vs Process

PDF (Preflight) check

PDF output

PDF Output preview (Acrobat DC)

Pixel image file formats

Position Guides

Press sheet certification

Print Glossary

Production editors, CTS and IT support roles

Proof verification

Proofing in-house

Resolution

Safety logos

Sales material

Setting up outsourcers to work on DK projects

Simulate overprint (print window)

Software settings and preferences

SourceReport checks

SourceReport Illustrator

SourceReport release notes

SPDs

Special finishes course

Special finishes course – 1% masks

Special finishes course – 3D embossing

Special finishes course – Bitmap files

Special finishes course – checking PDFs

Special finishes course – creating spot colours

Special finishes course – die cutting

Special finishes course – embossing and debossing

Special finishes course – foils

Special finishes course – Grayscale files

Special finishes course – Illustrator .ai files

Special finishes course – image file types

Special finishes course – InDesign elements

Special finishes course – layers

Special finishes course – overprinting

Special finishes course – separations

Special finishes course – special inks

Special finishes course – spot varnish

Special finishes course – trapping

Special finishes course – troubleshooting

Sticker book procedure

Templates and page layout instructions (includes Template and Understanding Style Sheets training videos and template checklist)

Translation PDF

Uncoated books

Unique Identifier Code

Using the colour room

Video general setup

What is SourceReport?

Why we use RGB images

Word Count