A3 Paper Dimensions

Standard ISO A3 paper dimensions are 297mm x 420mm.

A3 size uses

In print, the A3 paper size is very versatile - it's amazing what you can get out of a single sheet of paper! A3 can be used as a small poster. It can be folded once to create a four page A4 document. It can then be folded twice more to create a finished size of one third A4, leaving a six page brochure, which if opened out reveals a small poster inside,

Spotlight for Quark and InDesign - Recommendation

Until now, if you've wanted to find or extract a piece of text from an InDesign or Quark document, you've had to do it by hand. Apple's Spotlight is very good at seeking our text within documents, except when it comes to InDesign and Quark XPress. At the end of 2009, Markzware released a new utility called Page Zephyr which enables you to search your Quark InDesign archives for blocks of text, which can then be extracted or uploaded direct to a blog without your needing to purchase either Quark XPress or InDesign.

Page Zephyr review here, screenshot below

Cheap Royalty Free Images - Recommendations

There are two photo libraries I use more than any other nowadays, and they are iStock and Dreamstime. They are both user-driven sites, and they offer great opportunities for designers and photographers to make extra cash by submitting photos or illustrations for sale. The contributors gets a percentage of each sale, as well as a slice of income from other photographers referred by them.

The quality of their images is generally very good, and it's rare that I can't find what I need for a very good price.

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