InDesign 2019 and 2020 both contain new features of interest to scripture typesetters. This brief articles highlights some key additions.
InDesign uses a paragraph Composer to perform many different operations when formatting a paragraph of text – such as evaluating and controlling word and letter spacing and the location of line breaks. The paragraph Composer also interprets and supports the (sometimes very complex) information about formatting and positioning of individual characters (glyphs) provided by a font.
More than one type of paragraph Composer is provided in InDesign. The Composer is selected through the Justification properties for a paragraph style. (Publishing Assistant offers the ability to select the Composer for a job on the Job settings Layout tab).
Publishing Assistant 6.1 will provide a significantly improved and more flexible interface for creating and configuring custom page layouts.
This update focuses on 2 major areas:
Scripture translation projects working in Paratext 9 can choose to use new and updated USFM markup available in USFM 3. Publishing Assistant 6.1 has added support for USFM 3.
This article presents a summary of new USFM 3 markup which you may encounter when typesetting a project from Paratext 9 (or newer). It is not an exhaustive summary of USFM 3 changes, but focuses on the changes and additions which will be of particular interest to a Bible typesetter.
For a complete list of changes in USFM, please refer to the release notes found in the online USFM documentation.
[Read more…]The stable release of Publishing Assistant 6.0 is now available for all PA users (as 6.0.100.1). In order to install PA 6.0 you need Paratext 8 installed on your computer. Please keep in mind that PA 6.0 requires 64-bit Windows on your computer.
For those who decide to stay with Paratext 7 there is an opportunity to upgrade to Publishing Assistant 5.1 (as 5.1.100.1). Read the Upgrade and Migration FAQ page to find out more about PA 6.0 and 5.1.
Here is the full list of new features of PA 6 and 5.1.
You can find the install file and updated user manual on the Download page.
