Creative Tip: Proofreading Marks Cheat Sheet.

Just because most of your work is done on the computer screen doesn't mean marking up hard copy is obsolete. Print out a copy of this proofreading cheat sheet and post it near your desk.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Proofreading

The Chicago Manual of Style started in the 1890s as a single sheet of typographic fundamentals drawn up by a University of Chicago Press proofreader. Over the years this authoritative style guide has been updated roughly once a decade. The 15th edition was published in 2003, and was heavily revised to reflect the emergence of computer technology and the Internet in publishing.

Source: This tip inspired by dozens of old, faded, photocopied, proofreading guides we see tacked to the walls and cubicles of designers, copywriters, and e-pro artists across Seattle. This cheat sheet comes from The Chicago Manual of Style (Full book is $35 at Amazon).

Tech Tip: Test Your Website on Apple's iPhone Simulator.

If you are a web designer, your clients may soon start worrying how their websites work on an iPhone. That's because after only eight months, iPhones now account for a remarkable 71% of all US Mobile Browser web traffic.

Designing websites that take advantage of the iPhone web environment requires more than simply designing for a smaller screen size. The iPhone automatically scales websites when needed. iPhone readers use multi-touch gestures to zoom or move around the page. Flash isn't supported, and neither are larger animated GIFs (a surprise to me).

Tucked away in Apple's free iPhone Software Development Kit is a terrific iPhone Simulator you can use to test and preview your websites. In the full version of this tip we'll show you where that iPhone Simulator application is hidden, and include a few tips on how to test various iPhone features.

Full Tip: Test Your Website on Apple's iPhone Simulator.

Source: This tip inspired by the last hold-out consultant at CreativeTechs who finally switched over to the iPhone this week. For a glimpse at what's ahead for Apple's iPhone, make sure to watch the remarkable March 6th presentation by Steve Jobs and company.

Seattle Training: Upcoming Weekly Workshops.

Wed, Mar 19 - Acrobat: Prepress with PDFs.
Thu, Mar 20 - Photoshop CS3: Layer Effects.
Wed, Mar 26 - Mac OS X Font Management.
Wed, Apr 2 - Using Adobe Lightroom.
Thu, Apr 3 - Photoshop CS3: Nondestructive Retouching. FREE!
Wed, Apr 9 - InDesign: Working with Microsoft Word.
Thu, Apr 10 - Photoshop CS3: Nondestructive Cloning.

Would you like to recommend or suggest a topic? Please send an email to training@creativetechs.com.

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Web designer Steve Hansell.
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CreativeTechs QuickTips is a free weekly newsletter for creative professionals who use Macs. Each week we publish a fresh mix of left-brain and right-brain tips based on our real world experience supporting hundreds of creative teams in the greater Seattle area. For a complete archive of previous tips, visit www.creativetechs.com/tips

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