Flux InDesign Eyedropper Tool Plug-in for InDesign CS5!
It's here! Pick up colors and formatting without switching tools! While selecting objects or text, you can temporarily access InDesign's Eyedropper tool by holding down the Control + Option keys. This allows you to pick up formatting for objects or text without having to switch between tools using the mouse. Once the keys are released, you're back in the Text tool. Macintosh only.

If you'd like to try it, you can download a 60-day fully functioning demo, after which the Eyedropper plugin will expire. To purchase, click the link above.

To install the Eyedropper plug-in, add it to the Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Plug-Ins folder on your hard drive. Then relaunch InDesign.

Flux InDesign Eyedropper Tool Plug-in for InDesign CS4!
Pick up colors and formatting without switching tools! While selecting objects or text, you can temporarily access InDesign's Eyedropper tool by holding down the Control + Option keys. This allows you to pick up formatting for objects or text without having to switch between tools using the mouse. Once the keys are released, you're back in the Text tool. Macintosh only.

If you'd like to try it, you can download a 60-day fully functioning demo, after which the Eyedropper plugin will expire. To purchase, click the link above.

To install the Eyedropper plug-in, add it to the Applications/Adobe InDesign CS4/Plug-Ins folder on your hard drive. Then relaunch InDesign.

Flux InDesign Eyedropper Tool Plug-in for InDesign CS3.
Macintosh only.
The Eyedropper Tool for InDesign CS3 is no longer shareware. You can download a 60-day fully functioning demo, after which the plugin will expire. To purchase, click the link above.

To install the Eyedropper plug-in, add it to the Applications/Adobe InDesign CS3/Plug-Ins folder on your hard drive and relaunch InDesign.

Flux InDesign Eyedropper Tool Plug-in for InDesign CS & CS2
Pick up colors and text formats without switching tools! While editing text, you can temporarily access the Eyedropper tool by holding down the Control + Option keys. This allows you to pick up colors or styles for your text without having to switch between tools using the mouse. Once the keys are released, you're back in the Text tool. Macintosh only.
To install the Eyedropper plug-in, simply add it to the Applications/Adobe InDesign CS2 (or CS)/Plug-Ins folder on your hard drive and relaunch InDesign.

Adobe InDesign CS Script: GUIDE TO BOX
This script creates a new guide on a single side or multiple sides of a selected InDesign object, or a selected group of InDesign objects.

Adobe InDesign CS Script: WORD COUNT
This script provides a word count for selected text, the current story or entire InDesign CS document.

Flux Advantage
Over the years we have developed many custom solutions for publishing workflows. Drawing on these assets and our experience allows us to dramatically shorten the amount of time it takes to implement a custom automation.


InDesign STYLE PRESERVATION: Preserve italic, small cap, and other significant copy formats.
Some magazine workflows require layouts to be designed prior to receiving article text. And, not all magazine designs lend themselves well to style sheets. In situations like this a designer might lose critical formatting like italics or small caps when merging the live text with their design. Our style preservation solution preserves select formatting of an article as it's merged with the InDesign page, so accuracy is maintained and duplicate work is not performed. Please contact Flux Consulting for more information.

XML DATA BRIDGE: Connect InDesign pages to a database or asset management system.
The XML Data Bridge solution connects databases and other data sources to InDesign in two directions. First, InDesign page data (prices, descriptions, sku, etc.) can be linked to external data sources, allowing the latest information to be imported at a moments notice with formats intact. Reversing direction, sections of the InDesign or InCopy document can be marked and exported to various database servers or XML files. Additional options exist to standardize article content for reproduction on the web. Please contact Flux Consulting for more information.

For more information about our software or services, please email Flux Consulting or call us at 212-414-1662.