InDesignSecrets Podcast 162

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

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

• 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)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is the developer of  World Tools Pro, InDesign plug-ins that represent “the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more.” Company founder Harbs is also the "Guru" of PrintUI.com, which provides a number of custom InDesign Server-based solutions, like the StoreSigns.com solution we talked about in the podcast.

>> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! In this episode we take a close look at their Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19US) that helps you open files (InDesign, EPS,PDF, and others) in the correct version of the program when you have more than one version installed. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS162 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility.

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Go to PePConference.com and check out the new logo by CMYKate Designs

> Register for the 2012 PePConference by Dec. 31 2011 for speaker-only t-shirt and bag

> Check out EPUBSecrets.com, and say hi to editor Matthew Diener (@epubsecrets)

> Matthew lives in Evanston (NU Wildcats) but follows Michigan State football :D

> An EPUB Primer written by @epubpupil in EPUBSecrets.com

> David's article about PrintUI.com will be in issue #45 of InDesign Magazine

> SMIL ("smile") is how you associate sound files with HTML to add Read Aloud ability to EPUB books

> SVG files and InDesign

> Anne-Marie's video, A Field Guide to Special Characters in InDesign and PDF guide

> David wrote a post about some mysterious hidden characters too

> All the InDesignSecrets tips videos on Lynda.com (some only available to subscribers)

> Blog post about Deleting All the Guides