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Displaying Office Documents in Adobe DPS on an iOS Device

Many of my Enterprise customers use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite as a means to privately distribute marketing and sales enablement materials to their employees on iPads. Often, they have existing...

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Sending email and email attachments from DPS publications

Many of my customers have asked how to send an email from within a DPS publication. For instance, in a sales enablement situation, it’s often necessary to share documentation after the salesperson has...

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Using Adobe Captivate projects in DPS folios

I have many customers who ask whether eLearning and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite can play well together. While DPS isn’t designed to support Learning Management System (LMS) based course management...

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DPS Examples app now available for iPad and iPhone

Many of you have asked for an app that provides examples of the DPS techniques that I outline in this blog. Well, at long last, I’ve pulled it together. DPS Examples is an app for iPad and iPhone,...

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Programmatic Navigation in DPS article live on Adobe DevNet!

Often I get the question: how can I just push a button and reset my folio to its initial conditions? The answer can be found in my latest article in Adobe’s Developer Connection article. Be sure to...

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Launching external apps from a DPS folio

Inter-app communication is a frequent request from my DPS customers. For instance, they would like to be able to launch Mail with a message already populated, or send a tweet, or post to LinkedIn....

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Determining DPS Reader context with JavaScript and HTML

I have many customers who ask how to deliver different content to readers based on their reading context. For instance, I have a magazine customer who wants to ensure that readers who are using...

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Content Context article live on Adobe DevNet!

Often I get the question: how can my Web Overlay “know” where it is in a folio? Is there a way to determine the current folio, or article, or even what the name of the overlay’s HTML file? The answer...

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Embedding YouTube Videos into your DPS project

I get the question all the time: “How can I embed a YouTube video into my DPS project? My answer: a YouTube video that shows how to embed a YouTube video into your DPS project! It is possible that...

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Using Edge Animate CC projects as HTML DPS articles with InDesign CC

Since its release (or pre-release…), designers have used Edge Animate to bring HTML5 animations to their DPS projects. While most designers place their projects into InDesign-based articles, some have...

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Content protection for DPS article available on DevNet

I have a new article available on the Adobe Developer Network that explains how to protect your DPS content on your iPad. Read the article Share on Facebook

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Adobe DPS ACE Exam now available!

Many people who work with DPS want a way to prove to their employers (and potential employers…) that they indeed know their stuff when it comes to DPS. Adobe has offered Adobe Certified Expert (ACE)...

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Using Captivate 7 projects with DPS

I had posted a fix for using Captivate 6 HTML5 projects in DPS. In that article, I showed how to remove embedded browser check code so that your project would render without a browser check in DPS....

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Restore your Twitter feed to your DPS application

Since the advent of the Twitter API V1.1, DPS customers found their embedded Twitter feeds no longer working. With the help of geniuses Josh Penrod and Emily Ragle of at Joe Zeff Design, I wrote an...

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Considerations for using Secure Content with DPS

In Release 30 of the Digital Publishing Suite, Adobe introduced a feature for Enterprise customers that lets a publisher encrypt folios. This feature arose out of many requests from Corporate customers...

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Easy way to get notifications about the status of the DPS Services

An example of the DPS Status Dashboard Many of my customers ask how to see a dashboard that shows the status of the DPS services. You can find it at status.adobedps.com In addition to the nice...

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I’ll be speaking at Adobe MAX this year!

I will be presenting a session on Variable Data Design at Adobe MAX this year. While I’ve presented at MAX previously, recently it’s been all DPS or AEM-related discussions. This talk digs deep to my...

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Protecting your Outlook database with Creative Cloud

I use Outlook on my Mac for email and calendaring. While I have access to Office 365 and the web versions of the apps that comprise it, I am more comfortable using the desktop application. In addition,...

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Come learn about integrating DPS and CRM systems @AdobeMAX

I will be tag-teaming a session at Adobe MAX with my good friend David Schmidt. He and I will talk about how to integrate Adobe DPS applications with CRM systems such as salesforce.com. If you’ve been...

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