InDesign Secrets
Adobe InDesign tips, techniques and insider info from Anne-Marie Concepcion and David Blatner.

Chris Kitchener interview; Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: Butt Cap

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  • Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
    • Thoughts on CS "Next"
    • New releases: Too many? Too few?
    • The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features
  • Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Butt Cap
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-165.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:51 PM

Layer Tricks; Hides/Show keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Stylistic Sets

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  • Layer Tricks!
    • Stacking, dragging, show/hide layout objects
    • Dragging objects from one group to another
    • Managing nested objects
    • Using the "southern double-click"
    • Show (in layout) selected layer object
  • Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know: Command-3 (Ctrl-3) and Command-Option-3 (Ctrl-Alt-3)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Stylistic Sets
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-_164.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:18 PM

John McWade; InDesign CS6+ Wishlist; WTH - Allow Document Pages to Shuffle; Obscurity of the Week: Star Inset

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-163.mp3 (17.5 MB, 32:06 minutes)

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  • 2012 PePConference update: John McWade (Before & After) added to speaker list
  • InDesign wishlists for CS6, CS7, and beyond
    • Create form fields (for PDFs)
    • In-app, non-destructive image editing
    • Enhance MiniBridge with metadata and keywords panel
    • Set screen resolution in preferences
    • Integrate InDesign digital publishing with Dreamweaver
    • User-modifiable Application Bar icons a la Acrobat X
    • Many more from our user-driven InDesign Wishlist site
  • WTH (What the Heck?) Feature of the Week: "Allow Document Pages to Shuffle"
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Star Inset
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-163.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:14 PM

PePConference News; Matthew Diener interview; Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Create Guides

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  • 2012 PePConference news; secret goodies for early early registrants
  • Interview with Matthew Diener, editor of EPUBSecrets.com
  • InDesign Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-I/Ctrl-Alt-I
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Guides (the menu command)
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-162.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:37 AM

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  • New sister site: ePubSecrets.com!
  • All about the new Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon
  • Creating accessible PDFs with InDesign: Tips and Resources
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Artifact
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-161.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:14 AM

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  • News: Anne-Marie's Las Vegas recap, Podcast survey results, Goodie boxes
  • Interview with Josh Nguni, Namibia's InDesign User Group leader
  • Adobe's Creative Cloud: A brief overview and discussion
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Objects Move with Page
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-160.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:28 PM

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (14.6 MB, 26:28 minutes)

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  • Podcast listener survey, with prizes!
  • Smackdown: The Print dialog box vs. the Printer dialog box
  • WTH? The Color panel
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reverse Path
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:44 PM

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-158.mp3 (19.9 MB, 36:34 minutes)

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-158.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:19 AM

Live performances coming up; InDesign to Kindle; KBSC of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Leading Edge

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-157.mp3 (17.1 MB, 31:39 minutes)

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  • Live performances
  • InDesign to Kindle eBook productionL Tips, software, resources
  • Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command/Ctrl - ~ (tilde key)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Leading Edge
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-157.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:46 PM

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:21 minutes)

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  • News and Announcements
    • James Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Milwaukee, Sept 27
    • Anne-Marie's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas, Nov 2
    • David & Fritz are presenting with Russell Brown at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5
    • Mike Rankin's 3-city InDesignFX tour of midwest IDUGs, Sept 13–15
  • All about Change Case; tips and secrets and scripts and plug-ins and GREP, oh my
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Contextual Alternates
  • Quizzler! All you need is a web connection to figure it out
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:44 AM