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Syndication

Table Scripts:

Fixed Issues in InDesign 20.0.1

CreativePro Events: The Design + AI Summit, CreativePro Week, and more

Obscure Feature: Cell Division

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-325.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:27pm EST

What's New in InDesign 2025:

New "wow" products at MAX

Interview with: Karen Brewer, Adobe

Obscure Feature: "Show Subset"

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-324.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:00am EST

News:

Sponsors of this episode:

Adobe MAX: The Creativity Conference

PageProof: All your proofing in one place. Online.

 

Embedding Graphics: 

Paula Scher:

Math Typesetting: we recommend MathType

Obscure Feature: Paste Nudge

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-323.mp3
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News

Sponsored by PageProof

Update note on InDesign 19.5

Three interesting InDesign Secrets forum posts

Obscure Feature: Contextual Task Bar

  • (everyone loves it… not)
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-322.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:19pm EST

News

Sponsored by PageProof

Unboxing InDesign 19.5

Obscure Feature: .joboptions

 

 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-321.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:37pm EST

News
Interview with Sabine Lenz, "The Paper Queen"
Must-Have Scripts

Even more scripts:

Obscure Feature of the Week: Neutral
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-320.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:50pm EST

News
Marcus Radich interview
Exploring InDesign 19.4
Obscure Feature of the Week: Adjust Dashes and Gaps
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-319.mp3
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News

Kara Plicanic interview
Secrets of the Live Preflight Panel
Obscure Feature of the Week: Recompose All Stories When Modified

 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-318.mp3
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News
Hot Threads:
Obscure Feature of the Week: Proxy

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-317.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:48pm EST

News
Julie Shaffer
Secrets of the Scripts Panel
Obscure Feature of the Week: Wavy
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-316.mp3
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All about Pi…

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  • In the news
  • All about Adobe InDesign 2024 (v19.0)
  • Adobe MAX 2023 review and ID Tips from Attendees
  • Obscure Feature of the Week: Show Structure

Sponsor for this episode

>>  Priint:Suite is an enterprise platform that reduces the time to create marketing publications up to 80% and enables creative marketers to focus on being creative.  Automate layouts following business/layout rules without limits on creative freedom. Instantly create personalized or language variants. Learn more about where and how to use it with InDesign here! 

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  • In the news
  • Our own InDesign Sneaks
  • Obscure Feature of the Week: Text Rotation

Sponsor for this episode

>> Adobe MAX 2023 Creativity Conference is happening October 8–12 in Los Angeles, California. Learn from experts and innovators, top creatives in design, photography, illustration, video, 3D, and more. Of course, the highlight is that  many InDesign experts will be presenting, live and online — even the Adobe engineering team from India. Hope to see you there!

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-311.mp3
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Sponsor for this episode

>> Santa Cruz Software is the maker of LinkerUI, a best-in-class extension that connects InDesign and other CC applications to your DAM and cloud-based services like Dropbox. Box, GoogleDrive and more. It enables direct searching, opening, placing, and syncing of assets. A new feature in LinkrUI called Smart-Linkr now automatically finds and fixes broken asset links at a single click, so you never need to search for lost assets again. Download LinkrUI for free today at SantaCruzSoftware.com

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-310.mp3
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  • In the news:
  • Podcasts we like (and please review ours)!
  • David's story about recovering from Can't Save/Save As disasters
  • Deep Dive: Secrets of the Glyphs panel
  • Obscure Feature of the Week: Styles Override Highlighter

Sponsor for this episode

>>Santa Cruz Software: Did you know that 66% of sales professionals can’t get their sales or marketing collateral in time, often creating assets without oversight? Solve this with BrandingUI. Try it today at SantaCruzSoftware.com!


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  • In the news: 
  • Getting geeky with IDML, Tagged Text, ICML, and Snippet files
  • Obscure Feature of the Week: Remove Forced Line Break

Sponsor for this episode

>> Noble Desktop: For over 30 years, Noble Desktop’s project-based classes and certificate programs have given professionals the tools to pursue creative careers in design, coding, and beyond. Learn more about them on our Training Provider page or at NobleDesktop.com.


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Adobe MAX 2023 speakers
Including ...

Fonts:

  • Great Fonts To Use:
    • CreativePro Font Collection #1: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-1/
    • Font Collection #2: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-2/
    • Our awesome "InDesignSecrets Font Collection" on Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/collections/indesign-20
    • Google Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-google-fonts-indesign/
    • Adobe Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-adobe-fonts/
  • Font Tools
    • Astute Graphics Vector First Aid: https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/vectorfirstaid
    • Justin's "Copy InDesign Fonts to Folder" script: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2013/04/16/copy-indesign-fonts-to-folder/
  • Identifying Fonts:
    • What the Font: https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont
    • How to identify fonts: https://creativepro.com/identifying-fonts/
  • Glyphs panel:
    • Learning about the Glyphs panel: https://creativepro.com/get-know-indesigns-glyphs-panel/
    • Tips: https://creativepro.com/tip-week-glyphs-panel-display/
    • Finding characters: https://creativepro.com/find-characters-using-the-glyphs-panel/
    • Custom glyph sets: https://creativepro.com/working-with-custom-glyph-sets/
    • Laura Worthington's Hummingbird font: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hummingbird
  • Making Fonts:
    • IndyFont: https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2012/06/indyfont-build-opentype-fonts-from-within-indesign
    • If you have a LinkedIn Learning subscription: our video on IndyFont: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/055-making-a-font-with-indesign-using-the-indyfont-script?u=0
    • FontSelf in Illustrator: https://creativepro.com/create-fonts-illustrator-cc-fontself/
  • Installing Fonts:
    • Document Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/easy-font-activation-using-document-fonts/
    • InDesign application's Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/getting-indesign-to-see-your-fonts/
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Sponsor for this episode

>> Noble Desktop: For over 30 years, Noble Desktop’s project-based classes and certificate programs have given professionals the tools to pursue creative careers in design, coding, and beyond. Learn more about them on our Training Provider page or at NobleDesktop.com.


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-306.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:08pm EST

Sponsors for this episode

>>PageProof is the top online proofing workflow platform for your creative process: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, image files, and more. It’s free for reviewers, and flat rate pricing for you and your designers makes it easy to get started! Learn more about PageProof in David’s in-depth interview in this CreativePro Conversation on YouTube. 

>>Microsoft PowerPoint has a mission: To empower people and organizations to tell the world's most compelling stories to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Check out our newest feature, Cameo, which lets you integrate a live camera feed into your presentation. Learn more about Cameo here.

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More on Measurements

  • Changing InDesign’s Default Ruler Measurements: link
  • InDesign Measurements Changing Unexpectedly: link
  • Scaling an Object to an Exact Size: link
  • Measuring Angles: link
  • Measurement Field Secrets: link
  • Measure Distance with Ruler Guides: link
  • Set the Size of Text Exactly (based on cap or x-height): link
  • A Great Script Lets You Add Measurements in InDesign or Illustrator: link
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-305.mp3
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In This Episode:


Sponsors for this episode

>>PageProof is the top online proofing workflow platform for your creative process: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Powerpoint, image files, and more. It’s free for reviewers, and flat rate pricing for you and your designers makes it easy to get started! Learn more about PageProof in David’s in-depth interview in this CreativePro Conversation on YouTube. 

>>Microsoft PowerPoint has a mission: To empower people and organizations to tell the world’s most compelling stories to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Check out our newest feature, Cameo, which lets you integrate a live camera feed into your presentation. Learn more about Cameo here.


Links mentioned in this podcast

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-304.mp3
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Sponsor for this episode:

>>PageProof is the top online proofing workflow platform for your creative process: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Powerpoint, image files, and more. It’s free for reviewers, and flat rate pricing for you and your designers makes it easy to get started! We interview Marcus Radich, CTO, in this episode, and you can hear David’s more in-depth interview in this CreativePro Conversation on YouTube. 


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News

InDesign Dashboard

ChatGPT, DALL-E, and other Generative A.I.

Obscure Feature: Adjust spacing automatically when cutting and pasting words

 
 
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-303.mp3
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In this episode…

  • News
  • Good Grief: Goodbye to Type 1 Fonts and bundled Pantone spot colors
  • Interview with Marcus Radich, chief tech officer of PageProof
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: Select Unused Parents

Sponsor for this episode:

>>PageProof is the top online proofing workflow platform for your creative process: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Powerpoint, image files, and more. It's free for reviewers, and flat rate pricing for you and your designers makes it easy to get started! We interview Marcus Radich, CEO, in this episode, and you can hear David's more in-depth interview in this CreativePro Conversation on YouTube. 

Links mentioned in this podcast:

LinkedIn Learning Video Series for InDesign users

End of PostScript Type 1 Support

Pantone Libraries Disappearing

Parent pages: How to make running heads that change without using multiple parent/master pages: https://creativepro.com/indesign-how-to-automate-chapter-headers/

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-302.mp3
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In this episode:

Sponsor for this episode:

>> Santa Cruz Software is the creator of BrandingUI, LinkrUI, and PrintUI: BrandingUI empowers your global team to customize materials at scale, all while staying brand compliant. More on LinkrUI:

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-301.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:23pm EST

In this landmark 300th episode… 

  • News
  • Whoa! 300 episodes!
    • A look back at 17 years of the InDesign Secrets podcast
    • Snippets from the first episode, Nov. 29, 2005
    • Audio snippets from friends and colleagues with limericks, favorite features, memories, and more
  • The FIRST Obscure InDesign Feature: Friendly Alien (A young David explains this in the first episode)

Sponsors for this episode:

>> Canto is a leader in digital asset management (DAM) software, with customers that include many of today’s top brands. This is an incredibly intuitive and easy to use platform that gives creative teams a centralized location to organize, find, and share all of their digital brand assets, including videos, images, graphics, etc. Canto integrates directly with Adobe Creative Cloud software. For more information and a personalized demo, visit https://go.canto.com/CreativePro

>> Adobe MAX is one of the largest gatherings of graphic, web, UX and multi-skilled designers, creative and art directors, illustrators, film, video, and motion graphics pros, photographers, and creative leaders. And this year, for the first time ever, you can attend in person or online (for free), so there’s a MAX for everyone. Save $400 off the live event's registration fee by using our promo code M22CPN Register at https://max.adobe.com


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-300.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:02pm EST

In this episode…

Sponsor for this episode:

> > Santa Cruz Software has a solution for the “83% of respondents who have said they have to spend time finding a lost sset.” The answer is LinkrUI, a plugin that enables direct searching, opening, placing, and syncing of assets stored in a DAM or other storage services such as Box and Dropbox from within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Download the free version here.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-299.mp3
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In this episode…

Sponsor for this episode:

>Canto is a leader in digital asset management (DAM) software, with customers that include many of today’s top brands. This is an incredibly intuitive and easy to use platform that gives creative teams a centralized location to organize, find, and share all of their digital brand assets, including videos, images, graphics, etc. Canto integrates directly with Adobe Creative Cloud software. For more information and a personalized demo, visit https://go.canto.com/CreativePro

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The settings for a custom stroke that Bart demonstrated, which can be used for a static rule length in Rule Above/Below:

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-298.mp3
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In this episode…

Sponsors for this episode:

>Microsoft and AdobeBoth of these fine companies are CreativePro partners and will be represented at CreativePro Week 2022. Adobe is flying in a group of Adobe CC engineers from India, and MS Office product manager Stephanie Horn is doing a session on using video in Powerpoint. 

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-297.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:39pm EST

In this episode…

  • News
    • Adobe InDesign 17.2 update patch released
    • CreativePro Week agenda is up! May 9-13, live in DC and online
    • The cover story in the March 2022 issue of CreativePro magazine dives deep into alternatives to Adobe software (including how Affinity Publisher stacks up to InDesign) 
    • And the April issue is all about making data visual; a must-read for anyone who makes charts, graphs, infographics, and so on 
  • Interview with Andreas Michalski of CI-HUB
  • Control Panel vs. the Properties Panel: Total Smackdown!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: Key Object 

Sponsor for this episode:

>Canto (they dropped the “Cumulus” name a few years ago) is a leader in digital asset management (DAM) software, with customers that include many of today’s top brands. This is an incredibly intuitive and easy to use platform that gives creative teams a centralized location to organize, find, and share all of their digital brand assets, including videos, images, graphics, etc. Canto integrates directly with Adobe Creative Cloud software. For more information, visit https://go.canto.com/CreativePro.


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Sponsors for this episode:

>Ajar Productions is the developer of the phenomenal in5 add-on for Adobe InDesign, which lets you export interactivity from InDesign to different formats  that actually work. Create websites, digital magazines, mobile apps, animated banners and presentations, by simply using InDesign, no coding involved! They’re now adding accessibility features, see their YouTube video. Learn more and download a free trial of in5 at in5.us


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-294.mp3
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In this episode…


Sponsors for this episode:

> 3M’s VAS: 3M’s Visual Attention Software (VAS) is powerful, science-based AI that simulates the human vision system to analyze visual content and predicts with 92% accuracy what is attracting viewer attention. VAS is available as a web app and plugins for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and XD. Start your free trial today, and enter promo code CREATIVEPRO5 for 5 additional trial credits!


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  •  
  • Obscure Feature: Roger, hungry, ate 236 peaches and cantaloupes in 1904
    If you make the sample text small, the Birch font will fit the whole line in the column. 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-293.mp3
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In this episode…


Sponsors for this episode:

> Santa Cruz Software has a solution for the "83% of respondents who have said they have to spend time finding a lost asset." The answer is LinkrUI, a plugin that enables direct searching, opening, placing, and syncing of assets stored in a DAM or other storage services such as Box and Dropbox from within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Read about the freemium version here.


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-292.mp3
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In this episode…


Sponsors for this episode:

> Santa Cruz Software has a solution for the "83% of respondents who have said they have to spend time finding a lost asset." The answer is LinkrUI, a plugin that enables direct searching, opening, placing, and syncing of assets stored in a DAM or other storage services such as Box and Dropbox from within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Read about the freemium version here.

> Adobe MAX 2021: Once again, the Creativity Conference is online and free! Register today to see all the 300+ sessions covering everything from app "how-to's" to managing design and promoting creativity. 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-291.mp3
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In this episode…

  • News
  • Interview with Angelo Montilla, InDesign YouTube star and new MAX speaker
  • Nested Styles vs. GREP Styles: What's the difference?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: Extensions

Sponsor for this episode:

> Adobe MAX 2021: Once again, the Creativity Conference is online and free! Register today to see all the 300+ sessions covering everything from app "how-to's" to managing design and promoting creativity. 


Links mentioned in this podcast:

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-290.mp3
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In this episode…

  • News
  • Best practices for working with Illustrator documents in InDesign
  • Keyboard shortcut of the month: Capital E (yes, Shift-E)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: Crop to Art

Sponsors for this episode:

> 3M's VAS: 3M's Visual Attention Software (VAS) is powerful, science-based AI that simulates the human vision system to analyze visual content and predicts with 92% accuracy what is attracting viewer attention. VAS is available as a web app and plugins for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and XD. Start your free trial today, and enter promo code CREATIVEPRO5 for 5 additional trial credits!

>> Ajar Productions is the developer of the phenomenal in5 add-on for Adobe InDesign, which lets you export interactivity from InDesign to different formats, that actually work. in5 supports all of InDesign’s native interactivity—like animation, buttons, object states, audio and video; and adds its own. Create websites, digital magazines, mobile apps, animated banners and presentations, by simply using InDesign, no coding involved! Learn more and download a free trial of in5 at in5.us


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Using the Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) space to auto-feather a headline (set the Paragraph alignment to Justify All Lines first)

 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-288.mp3
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In this episode…

  • News
  • Making presentations with InDesign
  • Keyboard shortcut of the month: Control-B (Command-B on Mac)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: On Click (Self) 
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-287.mp3
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In this episode…


News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Ajar Productions is the developer of the phenomenal in5 add-on for Adobe InDesign, which lets you export interactivity from InDesign to different formats, that actually work. in5 supports all of InDesign's native interactivity—like animation, buttons, object states, audio and video—and in5 adds additional interactivity to InDesign, like 3-D Flip Cards, Responsive Layouts, Parallax, and more. Create websites, digital magazines, mobile apps, animated banners and presentations, by simply using InDesign, no coding involved! Learn more and download a free trial of in5 at in5.us

>> Cacidi Systems has been developing solutions for Adobe InDesign users since InDesign began! They offer a number of plug-ins and workflow system for content integration and efficient marketing production. We especially love Cacidi Charts, which has been updated and leveled up for InDesign 2020 and 2021. No more need to jump into Illustrator or Powerpoint; create gorgeous charts right in InDesign. Free trial available!

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News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Cacidi Systems has been developing solutions for Adobe InDesign users since InDesign began! They offer a number of plug-ins and workflow system for content integration and efficient marketing production. We especially love Cacidi Charts, which has been updated and leveled up for InDesign 2020 and 2021. No more need to jump into Illustrator or Powerpoint; create gorgeous charts right in InDesign. Free trial available!


Links mentioned in this podcast:

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-284.mp3
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In this episode…

  • News
    • Minor updates to InDesign 2021 released
    • The 2021 InDesign Conference (part of CreativePro Week) is online-only, May 17-21. Registration is open!
  • All about Transparency in InDesign — looks great, but will it print?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature: Lights 

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  •  
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Special episode recorded LIVE at our 2020 Holiday Special!


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News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> CI HUB is a platform for content integration and efficient marketing production. No more jumping between tools and windows to find the right asset! The CI HUB asset panel plugin for Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office applications essentially connects your brand assets living within your various asset repositories to your native creative apps. Check out David's interview with Andreas Michalski, CI HUB's CEO and founder.


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-280.mp3
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In this episode:

  • News:
    • David and Anne-Marie are presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (online only, free registration)
    • Save the Date: Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20
    • October issue of InDesign Magazine features 20 free scripts you can download
    • Now live! Erica Gamet's "Introduction to GREP in InDesign" online course for CreativePro University
  • Surprising and useful finds in Find/Change
  • Obscure Feature: Open a Clone 

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020.

>> Markzware offers so many solutions for InDesign users, it's hard to know where to start. Here are three: Check out IDMarkz for previewing InDesign files and converting them without needing to open (or own) InDesign; PDF2DTP for converting PDF files to editable InDesign files, and read about their File Recovery service for wonky InDesign files.


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News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020.

>> Avenza Systems' MAPublisher (for Illustrator) and Geographic Imager (for Photoshop) are powerful tools for all graphic designers who want to dive more deeply into cartography and map making. Learn more by watching David's recent Facebook Live interview with Avenza, and see their session from CreativePro Week 2020.


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In this (super-sized) episode:

  • News:
  • InDesign 2020 new features: Hits, Duds, and Workarounds
  • Interview with Dave Clayton, InDesign writer, designer, podcaster, and speaker
  • OIFOTW: Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking

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David on a camel! 

 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-269.mp3
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In this episode:

  • News:
  • Autocorrect tips and a great hack from Keith Gilbert
  • OIFOTW: Prevent Duplicate User Colors

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The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass Couldn't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today!


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The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass Can't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-266.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:16am EST

In this episode:

  • News:
    • InDesign Conference 2019
      • Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign!
    • Tweaks and fixes in just-released InDesign CC 14.02s
  • Five, or Six, or more Amazing Tips for Find/Change
  • Favorite Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-N/Control-Alt-N

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The InDesign Conference If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details.


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In this episode:

  • News:
  • How can you measure how well you or others know InDesign?
  • Obscure Feature of the Week: Shadow Honors Other Efects

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-264.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:33pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • Changing margins? Adjust Layout tips and techniques
  • Obscure Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Reflow All Text

News and special offers from our sponsor:

The InDesign Conference If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details.


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In this episode:

  • News:
  • Soft proofing for CMYK output in an RGB layout
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Guide Type

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In this episode:

  • News:
    • Tons of new videos on InDesignSecrets YouTube channel
    • InDesign Conference 2019
      • 20th anniversary of InDesign! We'll have some special events
      • New speakers include Ina Saltz, Tony Harmer, Conrad Chavez, and Dax Castro
  • Commenting on PDFs in the cloud with Acrobat DC
  • Import PDF Comments (new feature in CC 2019) in depth
  • GREP in InDesign, 3rd edition released
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Arabic Diacritic Color

News and special offers from our sponsor:

The InDesign Conference If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details.


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News and special offers from our sponsor:

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In this episode, Anne-Marie flies solo!


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News and special offers from our sponsor:

Adobe MAX brings together the world’s top creatives and best-in-the-business experts to get inspired, learn skills, and play. October 15–17 in Los Angeles. Anne-Marie and David are both speaking at separate hands-on InDesign labs. Come to the Community  Pavilion and say hi to us at the CPN booth (#408)! Use our code CDCcreate2018 to save $400 off registration!   


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And here's that obscure alert!!!

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Category: -- posted at: 6:37pm EST

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  • News:
  • Applying object styles to groups of object-styled objects
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Use Native Digits When Typing in Arabic Scripts

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Middle Eastern license plate with Eastern Arabic numerals on top and Western Arabic numerals underneath (photo by Jerry "Woody")

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In this episode:

  • News:
  • The problem with default RGB [Black] and CMYK [Black]
  • Interview with Khoi Vinh, Adobe's Principal Designer
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Greek Vector Objects on Drag

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Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They’ve been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until July 31, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 

Ripon Printers is a full-service commercial printer based in Wisconsin with clients around the country. They do the printing for our InDesignSecrets Keyboard Shortcut posters and a lot of the CreativePro Week conference materials. Our friend James Wamser has been their Customer Education Director for many years. James is the creator and maintainer of the InDesign New Features Guide that lists all the features added to the program with each version, starting with version 1.0! Check out the resources and blog at Ripon's web site, lots of great info there, and consider asking them for a quote for your next print job!

 

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Here's the 256-level histogram (0 to 255) we were talking about:

 

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Category: -- posted at: 4:43pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • We review all the features/fixes in just-released InDesign CC 2018.1 update
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Knockout Group

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The InDesign Conference 2018 is June 4–7 in New Orleans, one of four back-to-back conferences in the same venue during CreativePro Week. Dozens of speakers—returning favorites and new faces—are busy prepping right now for some of the most useful and exciting presentations on InDesign you'll ever encounter. Sign up for just this conference, two of them (maybe add the Ps/Ai: Photoshop and Illustrator Conference for Designers as well?) or the whole week! Premium members of InDesignSecrets.com get a discount code worth $150 off any multi-day registration. To find the discount code, click on the blue My Account button at the top of the InDesignSecrets site and then click Benefits.


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Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until March 31, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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In a heated discussion during the podcast, the question was debated: If you alias a spot ink to another spot ink, will it separate out to CMYK correctly? Answer: YES. David's report from his post-podcast testing (see the episode 251 Show Notes on our site for screenshots that illustrate these steps):

STEP ONE: I placed an .AI file (it could also be a PDF) that contains two spot colors (Pantone Blue, and a yellow called Pantone 114). I then applied that Pantone Blue spot color to some text in a text frame. I also created a new color that is a spot color, but defined with a CMYK value, called "MyColor 50/10/85/0".

STEP TWO: I opened Ink Manager (from the Swatches panel menu), selected the Pantone Blue and then chose MyColor from the Ink Alias popup menu. And then I selected MyColor and clicked on the icon in the left column, which means convert this color to process.

STEP THREE: When I open the Separations Preview panel and turn the View popup menu to Separations, the Ink Aliasing kicks in, converting all instances of Pantone Blue to MyColor… and also showing that MyColor is being converted to CMYK (using the CMYK values I set up when I created the color).

 

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In this episode:

  • A little bit of news:
  • Managing threaded stories manually and with free scripts
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Repair All
     

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Go to the show notes on the web site to see some pictures!

 

 

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In this episode:

  • News:
  • Sleuthing InDesign Mysteries: Fonts and TOCs and Style folders
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Incompatibility with Flash Player

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>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, offers exceptional instructor-led training for Adobe InDesign and other software programs at London Covent Garden, Cardiff, Bristol, and now, live online! Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class —including online!—if you mention InDesignSecrets and this podcast episode number while booking the class, on the phone or at their site.


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David did it! To get InDesign's Preflight to report something incompatible with the Flash player. Place a MIDI Quicktime movie file, circa 1994, and click Continue at the alert.



Direct download: InDesignSecrets-248.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 12:56pm EST

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News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, offers exceptional instructor-led training for Adobe InDesign and other software programs at London Covent Garden, Cardiff, Bristol, and now, live online! Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class —including online!—if you mention InDesignSecrets and this podcast episode number while booking the class, on the phone or at their site.


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Category: -- posted at: 7:08pm EST

In this episode:

  • David's special guest co-host was Jonathan Levit, InDesign trainer and professional magician
  • News:
    • CreativePro Week 2018 (including the InDesign Conference) will be in New Orleans, June 4-8, 2018
    • InDesign Magazine's July 2017 issue was on automated Publishing w/InDesign
    • Our 100th issue of InDesign Magazine is in August, so it'll have 100 tips and 100 free scripts!
  • Auto-sizing of text frames
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Tool Hints (the loneliest panel)

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-246.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 4:30pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • Space before/after lists hack
  • The [Basic Paragraph] style conundrum
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check in

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-245.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 7:24pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • CreativePro Week 2017 recap and fave moments
  • Useless InDesign Tool: Poll Results
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Submit Bug/Feature Request

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-244.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 10:25pm EST

In this episode:

  • News and Updates:
  • We examine the stunning achievement that is InDesign 2017.1
  • Interview with Theresa Jackson, Adobe guru, trainer, and designer
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Recently Published

News and special offers from our sponsors:

> Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until May 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-243.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 6:17pm EST

In this episode:

  • News and Updates:
  • Using Acrobat's deeply buried Object Inspector on your InDesign PDFs!
  • The Next Big Thing for interactive PDFs? We hear things ...
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flip Pages (it's not what you think)

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-241.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:07pm EST

In this episode:

  • News and Updates:
  • GREP!
  • QuickApply and Hyperlinks crash fix
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entire Pasteboard

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-240.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 4:50pm EST

In this episode:

  • News and Updates:
  • The winning InDesign tip (by audience acclaim) from the 2016 ID Conference
  • Our top 10 blog and magazine articles from 2016: good reading!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Customize Control Panel

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. All courses have been updated for CC 2017! Don't miss their 5-day InDesign zero-to-hero courses, culminating in taking the ACE exam at their site at the end. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-239.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:54am EST

A very special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at The InDesign Conference 2016! Scroll down to see a couple pictures.

In this episode:

  • News and Updates:
    • Quick history lesson about our podcast
    • InDesign CC 2017 released last week
    • Fun times at AdobeMAX!
    • InDesign Magazine Nov. 2016 is magical (literally) and comes with videos!
    • Registration open for the 2017 InDesign Conference, May 22-25, part of CreativePro Week
  • Interview with Mohammed Javed Ali, InDesign product manager
  • Our top 10 OIFOTW's (Obscure InDesign Features) from episodes 3 to 237
  • And this episode's Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Alpha Channel

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Teacup Software is a consulting firm and a vendor of simple, elegant, and unobtrusive plug-ins for InDesign, including BarCodeMaker, PatternMaker (developed with our own David Blatner), and DataLinker, for linking to databases. They've recently updated their plugins to support InDesign CC 2017, too. Support your local InDesign developer!


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Here are a couple pictures from The InDesign Conference 2016:

Anne-Marie and David welcoming the crowd to The InDesign Conference 2016
Anne-Marie and David welcoming the crowd to The InDesign Conference 2016
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Anurag Wahi and Javed Ali, InDesign product managers/engineers, answering questions during the Ask Adobe Anything session
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-238.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:53pm EST

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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-237.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:03pm EST

In this episode:

  • Latest news:
  • We each describe 3 of our favorite free InDesign scripts
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Satin
  • The QUIZZLER answer and winner! She had a 1 out of 1 chance of winning ;-)

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).


QUIZZLER ANSWER and WINNER:
In podcast 235, we asked listeners to email us locations in InDesign where the command "Place" appears, other than File > Place. We were looking for Library panel menu, right-click menu on images in CC Library, and the obscure button lower right on the Media panel, Place Video or Audio file. Only one person submitted an answer, and none of these were included in her email. But she wins an InDesignSecrets Keyboard Shortcut poster anyway! 
 

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-236.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:28pm EST

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News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Teacup Software is a consulting firm and a vendor of simple, elegant, and unobtrusive plug-ins for InDesign, including BarCodeMaker, PatternMaker (developed with our own David Blatner), and DataLinker, for linking to databases. Teacup moved to a subscription-based pricing model earlier this year. You can take 15% off the first year of any subscription when you enter the code IDSECRETS15. Hurry, this offer will end in a few weeks.


QUIZZLER:
Listen to the podcast for the Quizzler, a simple question about InDesign that you can answer with a little searching. When you find the answer, email it to us at info at indesignsecrets.com with QUIZZLER in the Subject line (not in a comment here!). We'll choose a winner from all the correct answers we've received by SEPTEMBER 20. Winner will be notified by email and announced in the next podcast, and we'll send the prize to them too!
 

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The mysterious Zoom Setting:

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-235.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:48pm EST

In this episode:

  • Latest news:
  • PePcon Recap! And we each share one tip we learned at the show
  • A number of tips to know about (Auto-) Numbered Lists
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Dimensions Include Stroke Weight

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Two of their trainers have been voted in as the top 10 trainers in the world!  Marek Mularcyk and Martin Prehiniak have achieved this over the last 12 months and accredited by Metrics that Matter. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff when you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-234.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25pm EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).

 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-233.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 12:23pm EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-232.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:33am EST

In this episode:

  • Latest news:
  • Interview with Daniel Dejan of Sappi Paper
  • Using One-Hit-Wonders: Single Attribute Live Preflight Profiles
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Limit Number of Rows Per Error

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> PePcon (the Print + ePublishing Conference) is for anyone who's on the front lines of creating publications and wants to peek over their own cubicle to see how others are tackling the same challenges. In the two-day multitrack event (plus pre- and post-conference workshop days) we dive into the "how-to" and "why" of print and digital publishing in a broad and deep way, covering InDesign, HTML5, PDF, print production, iBooks Author, mobile app development, CMS's, Editorial workflows, EPUBs, Kindle publishing, and more. Each speaker provides a detailed PDF handout, and typically the final compiled Speaker Handout distributed to attendees is over 400 pages long(!). The seventh annual PePcon is in San Diego, June 5–8, 2016. Register and reserve your spot today! 


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Screenshots:

Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu to manage and edit Preflight Profiles. The "OHW" ones on the left are different "One Hit Wonder" profiles (as discussed in the podcast), like the active one, OHW - Interactive, that flags any interactive elements.

f-profile2
 
Choose which Preflight Profile you want Live Preflight to check against on the fly from the pop-up menu, found to the left of the Live Preflight reporting section (red dot or green dot) at the bottom of the window:
f-profile1
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-231.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:57am EST

In this episode:

  • Latest news:
  • Interview with Bart Van de Weile
  • A Shaded Paragraph Conundrum!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: [[:xdigit:]]
     

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko is a fine purveyor of many InDesign scripts and plug-ins. One of our favorites is TextExporter, a utility that comes in so handy, so often, that you forget it's not part of InDesign itself! Use TextExporter for those times when you need to extract all the text from a layout and put it into a single external text file, as plain text or formatted (RTF). Free 20-day trial, and when you realize how essential it is, you'll be happy to see the affordable, flexible pricing for single users and groups.

 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-230.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:41pm EST

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>> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko (or email dev@rorohiko.com) for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-229.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 9:30pm EST

In this episode:

  • The InDesign Conference 2015: Our recap of the highlights
  • New features in InDesign CC 2015.2, just released
  • Tips on Using Adobe Stock photos in your layouts
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check Links Before Opening Document

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko (or email dev@rorohiko.com) for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff!


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Watch this video from the 3 Minutes Max final session at the InDesign Conference 2015!  (if you can't see this in your feed reader, please visit the Show Notes page at InDesignSecrets.com: http://indesignsecrets.com/watch_listen/indesignsecrets-podcast-228)

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-228.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:01pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
    • David's Big Climb
    • DTP Tool's Cloud service
  • Our favorite things we saw at Adobe MAX
  • New features and services at Adobe Communities
  • Two side-by-side views of one InDesign layout: Why and how?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Skip First

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-227.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 5:53pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • Interview with Erica Gamet
  • Publish Online feature: Pros, Cons, and more
  • Ranting about the CC App
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Content Offset

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).


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Thank you to Adobe's Michael Ninness for the following examples of what folks are doing with interactivity and rich media with Publish Online!

Brown University football:
 
John Kelly's interactive art catalog
 
SHIFT online catalog:
 
Kia SUV Sportage brochure:
https://indd.adobe.com/view/a68c4aec-906a-44b8-9656-6be52fbb18be
 
 
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-226.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 6:46pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • The Urge to Merge: All about combining INDD files
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Prevent Selection of Locked Objects

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClellandLesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-225.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 6:29pm EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).

 
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Here's the bagel with its inside edges being included in the text wrap!
 
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-224.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 8:02pm EST

In this episode:

  • News:
    • PePcon session recordings are up!
    • New features in InDesign CC 2015
  • Interview with Mark Heaps
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Collaborate

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> The InDesign Conference is coming up in November in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and join us for this deep dive into your favorite program, and leave with a truckload full of new tools and techniques you can apply to your projects. Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The Photoshop Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-223.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:05am EST

In this episode:

  • News:
  • Changing Case: Tips, scripts, GREP, plug-ins
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Spread Flattening

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> ID-Extras has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts. Some are especially for book and other long-document publishing, but many are great for any kind of publishing work you do in InDesign. For example, wouldn't you love to be able to carry over all the font specs from the form fields you create in InDesign over to Acrobat? Of course you would! That's what the FormMagic scripts do. There's a free version and a Pro version, check them out! You can get a special podcast-only 20% discount price until June 30, 2015 on ANY ID-Extras product by using the coupon code save20.

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-222.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:39pm EST

In this episode:

  • News: Adobe Comp CC, Typekit upgrades, PePcon
  • All About I (the keyboard shortcut that changed with CC 2014)
  • Interview with Roberto Blake, Graphic Designer/YouTube Star
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Masters Fixed
     

News and special offers from our sponsors:
 
>> movemen (pronounced move-eh-men) is the developer of MathTools, an outstanding equation editor plug-in for InDesign and InCopy.  It's the tool of choice for science, math, and engineering textbook publishers worldwide. New in MathTools v2.0 is the ability to convert the equations to MathML (open source industry standard for math equations in XML/HTML5 /CSS3) upon export to HTML, XML, and EPUB! Learn more about MathTools v2.0 on movemen's site, and about its MathML feature in this FAQ.

 
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-221.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 9:01am EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-220.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 11:47am EST

In this episode:

  • New features in InDesign v10.2, aka "February 2015 release of InDesign CC 2014"
    • Hey there's more than a couple! Listen up
    • Our opinion on why some are useful, others not so (but may become so)
  • Interview with Russell Viers
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Processing Instructions

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014. They also offer ID2Office v2 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint, and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. Get 15% off with special promo code ID_TIP_OF_THE_WEEK.   


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-219.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 6:58pm EST

In this episode:

  • Latest content from InDesign Magazine
  • Selecting text frames in multiple spreads? Whaaa?
  • Interview with Diane Burns
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: No Text

News and special offers from our sponsors:
 
>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014. They also offer ID2Office v2 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format.  
 
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Cool cell joins with an object style/anchored object! Check out Diane's screen shots:
1-table
 
2-detail
 
3-detail_w_object_style
 
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-218.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:22pm EST

In this episode:

  • Top Posts of 2014: A look back
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Report Abuse
  • Quizzler answer, and the winner!

News and special offers from our sponsors:
 
>> ID-Extras has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts especially for book and other long-document publishing, many of which are great for any kind of publishing work you do in InDesign. For example, wouldn't you love to be able to do a Find/Change for attributes in your Paragraph Styles, and the Change step would update all your styles at once? Of course you would! That's what the Search In Styles script does. You can get a special podcast-only discount price ($39 instead of $49) until Jan. 31, 2015 by going to this special page: http://www.id-extras.com/searchinstylesextendedoffer and use the password "podcast" (no quotes).
 
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol (in newly expanded offices). Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe, including their latest, "Illustrator for Fashion"! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!
 

QUIZZLER answer and winner!
There are 32 (yes that many) trash can/dust bin icons "littered" (sorry) throughout the InDesign interface. Intrepid listener Jim Leonardson of Chicago, Illinois came up with the top answer, which you'll find below the show links.  Honorable mention to blog contributor/InDesign author Sandee Cohen, who sent us a PDF containing screen shots of the 27 that she found.  Jim won two of our eb0oks, our Top Forty InDesign Tips and the Guide to Graphic Effects bundle by Mike Rankin.
 

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It's all about the Trash:
  • In Panels: Animation Articles Assignments Bookmarks Button and Forms Cell Styles Character Styles Conditional Text Cross-References Effects Folio Builder Folio Overlay* Hyperlinks Index Layers Notes Object States Object Styles Pages Paragraph Styles Table Styles Tags Trap Presets Swatches
  • In the Structure Pane at the top
  • To the right of the Find/Change Query pull-down menu
  • Next to the Find Format frame (Text, GREP, and Object tabs) counts as 3
  • Next to the Change Format frame (again Text, GREP, and Object tabs) counts as 3
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-217.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 3:10pm EST

In this episode:

  • News: Adobe drops DPS Single Edition benefit from CC, New lynda.com titles from Anne-Marie and David
  • What we learned at The InDesign Conference in Seattle
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Clear Inner
  • Quizzler! If you know how to count you could win

News and special offers from our sponsors:
 
>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014 (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint, and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC 2014 and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. SPECIAL OFFER: ID Secrets Users get 15% off PDF2ID or ID2Office Standard v2.0 with coupon code ID_Secrets for a limited time.
 
>> eDocker: Convert your InDesign files to HTML5 digital publications with eDocker Create! A major new upgrade allows you to "interactivate" your publications with hyperlinks, slideshows, pop-up windows, videos (MP4 or YouTube), HTML windows, even a text reading mode and snippets. A new Adobe InDesign extension called eDocker Tools lets you add almost all of these features directly in InDesign. You can even host your publications with their eDocker Publish service.
 
 
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol (in newly expanded offices). Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe, including their latest, "Illustrator for Fashion"! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!
 

QUIZZLER!
Listen to the podcast (towards the end) to hear this episode's Quizzler. If you think you know the answer, email it to info@indesignsecrets.com with the phrase "Quizzler 216" in the Subject line! Deadline for Quizzler answers is midnight December 15, 2014.  In the case of a tie, we'll randomly choose one submittal from the correct answers. We'll announce the winner in the next podcast, and contact them by email too, with information on how to get their FABULOUS PRIZES! (see below)
 

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-216.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 2:38pm EST

In this episode:

  • News about InDesign and our industry
  • Adobe MAX Recap
  • New Feature Round-up in InDesign CC 2014.1
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Run Length
 
 
News and special offers from our sponsors:
 
>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014 (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC 2014and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. SPECIAL OFFER: ID Secrets Users get 15% off PDF2ID or ID2Office Standard v2.0 with coupon code ID_Secrets  good till Nov. 30, 2014.
 
>> Rorohiko: You know them as a prolific source of free and low-cost scripts and plug-ins for InDesign (e.g. TextExporter, Sudoku Generator, EPUBCrawler) but did you know the bulk of their business is doing custom scripting and workflow analysis for publishers just like yourselves? Learn more about how this works by reading about (and downloading) the SwatchWatch script, presented as a case study for their custom automation solutions. They will be at the InDesign Conference in Seattle if you'd like to talk about a project, and you can email them at dev@rorohiko.com.
 
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol (in newly expanded offices). InDesignSecrets.com contributor and popular PePcon speaker Bart Van de Wiele will be conducting a "celebrity" 2-day Photoshop class with them in early November. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-215.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:20pm EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko: You know them as a prolific source of free and low-cost scripts and plug-ins for InDesign (e.g. TextExporter, Sudoku Generator, EPUBCrawler) but did you know the bulk of their business is doing custom scripting for publishers just like yourselves? Learn more about how this works by reading about (and downloading) the SwatchWatch script, presented as a case study for their custom automation solutions. 
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-214.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:39am EST

In this episode:


News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CS4 to CC 2014 right from InDesign's File menu with their latest version of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! And just released: iPad and iPhone apps to convert PDFs to Office and iWorks. So cool. 

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-213.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:03pm EST

In this episode:

  • News: Registration opens for The InDesign Conference, Free InDesign template of the month
  • Getting HTML 5 out of InDesign: Why and How?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Missing Glyph Protection



News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko: Check out Rorohiko's upcoming "Crawler," a new InDesign plug-in that will let you export a layout's content to HTML, ePub, Fixed Layout, and even Markdown (like the "RTF" of HTML). Its Fixed Layout output will have an option to export "Clean CSS" and "Clean HTML" making the files much easier to edit than the ones InDesign creates. Go to the Crawler page to learn more, and click the link there to contact Kris at Rorohiko with your questions about it. Or if you're in the mood for something that you can download and use today to make your InDesign-ing easier (like Sodoku Generator and Text Exporter, mentioned in the podcast), visit the main Rorohiko.com site and just click on the Products List button. Whoa! So much too choose from, and many of them free!


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Officer Glyph (the Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week) is on the case:

missingGlyphProtection-2
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-212.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:02am EST

In this episode:

  • News: PePcon 2015 announced, Adobe releases CC 2014, InDesign Conference, new Lynda.com videos
  • PePcon 2014 highlights and our favorite sessions and new tips
  • New features in InDesign CC 2014
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ink Alias


News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Managing Editor (MEI): Their new service TruEdit is a turnkey solution that integrates with InDesign and DPS, allowing your teams to collaboratively create, manage and deliver digital content -- regardless of whether contributors are remote or working within InDesign. Learn more about TruEdit here.
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-211.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:59pm EST

In this episode:

  • News: InDesign Conference 2014, CC update, Mike Rankin new EIC of InDesignSecrets.com
  • A few great third-party companies you should know about
  • The State of the Flattening Universe: Still need to flatten transparency when exporting to PDF for press?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: False Italic

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> eDocker: With eDocker CREATE! it's very easy to build interactive publications directly from Adobe InDesign to be published as standalone HTML5 web-app or eDocker PUBLISH! publication. With eDocker PUBLISH! service anyone can easily share eDocker CREATE! files or plain PDF to all computer and iPad users, publications can be free/public, paid/subscribed or private. Special offer for InDesignSecrets podcast listeners saves hundreds of dollars off either or both services, check it out!
>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. ID Secrets Users get 15% off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office Standard v2.0 with coupon code ID_Secrets, offer good until June 30, 2014.  


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-210.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:50pm EST

In this episode:

  • AM's field report from the Edward Tufte one-day course
  • Huge InDesign Magazine issue coming up, all about Adobe DPS
  • Interview with Ben Schott, author of Miscellany and Schottenfreude
  • Hidden uses for Live Preflight
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entry End

 


News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference is the place to be to learn more about using Adobe InDesign for print, PDF, epub, and tablet publication projects. Come to Chicago June 15–18 and join us and hundreds of your hard-working colleagues from around the world, from all sorts of companies and universities, all there for the same purpose: to learn, to share, and be inspired. Special for InDesignSecrets podcast listeners: Use the coupon code CH73G to receive $50 off your PePcon registration!
>> The long-running InDesign Conference is now part of the InDesignSecrets family, and plans are in the works for the next event. We'll make an announcement in the upcoming few months. Keep an eye on the blog and in your email's inbox!
 

Links mentioned in this podcast:
 
Here are some of examples of Ben Schott's writing and artwork (click each thumbnail to enlarge): fd-new-cover schott-sign-dining-custom3 Schottenfreude_P11 Schottenfreude_P21 sgi-new-cover  som-new-cover sqm-new-cover
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-209.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:53pm EST

EpubSecrets.com, InCopySecrets.com, Spring-loaded shortcuts, Chad Chelius interview, Obscurity of the Week: Indic Script Preferences

In this episode:

  • News from the land of InDesign
  • Spring-loaded shortcuts
    • When they save time and not
    • Other obscure "dynamic" shortcuts
  • Interview with Chad Chelius, new Editor-in-Chief of InCopySecrets.com
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Indic Preferences Script

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> InfoLogic's MathMagic Pro lets you quickly insert mathematical equations and scientific symbols into your InDesign document. It anchors an EPS of the equation at the text insertion point, automatically aligning the baseline of the equation to the text baseline, and can accept incoming equations from Word's Equation Editor, MathML, MathType, or LaTeX. Just double-click the anchored EPS to edit! Available for InDesign CS3 to CC, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Follow the instructions on this page to receive a free two-month subscription to MathMagic Pro ($100 value). Offer expires March 31, 2014!
>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC (Creative Cloud). They also just released ID2Office v2.0 which adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and (new!) Keynote format. Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, through April 15 2014, get 15% discount off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office v2.0 with code ID_Secrets


Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-208.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:05pm EST

InDesign Magazine; PePcon 2014; Typekit; Hyperlinks; Workspaces; OFOTW: Clear All

Details below!

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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> InfoLogic's MathMagic Pro lets you quickly insert mathematical equations and scientific symbols into your InDesign document. It anchors an EPS of the equation at the text insertion point, automatically aligning the baseline of the equation to the text baseline, and can accept incoming equations from Word's Equation Editor, MathML, MathType, or LaTeX. Just double-click the anchored EPS to edit! Available for InDesign CS3 to CC, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Follow the instructions on this page to receive a free two-month subscription to MathMagic Pro ($100 value). Offer expires March 31, 2014!
Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-207.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:03pm EST

In this Very Special New Year's episode:

  • News: PePcon speakers and sessions posted, Anne-Marie at ADIM14, new lynda.com InDesign CC to EPUB title released
  • All about the latest InDesign CC update (9.2)
    • Easier and more stable Hyperlinks
    • Typekit integration
    • EPUB improvements and new features
  • 3 New Things we each want to learn in 2014
    • Anne-Marie: Cloud publishing, In5 plug-in, and Editorial/Design workflow platforms
    • David: Web apps from InDesign, Phone Gap and Baker Framework, and the violin!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Autogrow

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. They have just been awarded the CompTIA Trustmark award in the UK, which affords them recognition as a modern I.T. training company with standards. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-206.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:46pm EST

In this episode:

  • News: InDesign Conference; PePcon; Lynda Weinman creative keynote!
  • Neglected Panels (some you may not even know about)
    • Worth a(nother) look: Info, Tool Hints, Kuler, Background Tasks, Story, Attributes
    • Forgettable for most users: Trap Presets, Timing (until HTML 5 export!), Script Label, Tags, Transform (redundant!), Flattener Preview
    • Wait-and-see: Adobe Exchange
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Consolidate All to Here

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow Pro (among other cool InDesign plug-ins) that allows you to do real-time collaboration with off-site editors using Google Docs. Place early-draft stories or spreadsheets from Google Docs into your layout, map its styles to your InDesign styles and start your production work while your authors and editors continue working on the original documents. Merge their updated work at any time into your InDesign layouts with a single command, without losing anything, and with InDesign notes left at any points of conflicts. Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: Pro 2.0 is 25% off in the EmSoftware.com store (for new licenses only) using the code DFP1213 until the end of December 2013!
>> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign's File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS4 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, through January 2014, get 25% discount off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office v1.5 with code ID_Secrets


Links mentioned in this podcast:
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-205.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:30pm EST

CreativePro.com reader survey; Getting started with InCopy; Obscurity of the Week: Apply Gamma Correction

In this episode:

  • News: CreativePro.com survey
  • Getting Started with InCopy
    • Cost (comes with Creative Cloud!)
    • Basic setup for small and large groups, local and remote
    • Using its unique features for InDesign purposes
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Apply Gamma Correction

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Lynda.com  is the nation's premiere provider of online instruction for creatives in the design, photography, and publishing fields. Check out David's latest title: Insider InDesign Training: Interactive PDFs, and Anne-Marie's Using Word and InDesign Together. They also have an ongoing series of free and subscriber-only videos called InDesign Secrets. Check out all the InDesign videos at lynda.com!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-204.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:25am EST

The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

In this episode:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud — 6 Months Later
    • Working? Broken? Anne-Marie and David argue it out
    • Reports from the field
    • Some options that could help those who are stuck
    • Issues specific to InDesign users and developers as opposed to other Adobe apps
    • Open source and other page layout competition
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Adobe Product Improvement Program

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko has this neat add-on called Frame Reporter. It adds a little label next to any page object which you can configure to show whatever information you need to see without having to dig through panels: Effective resolution, Name and/or path of the placed image, so many more, and now, stacking order, crucial to creating accessible PDFs. They've written up a detailed explanation of all the options and how their customers have used FrameReporter to streamline their work.  Normally $39.00 US, you can get it for 30% off if you enter the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS203 upon purchase.

>> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign's File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS4 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until Nov. 30, get 25% discount off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office v1.5 with code ID_Secrets


Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-203.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:08am EST

Call for speakers; TypeKit; Text Wrap Rap; Obscurity of the Week: Largest Area

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  • A little bit of news:
  • Text Wrap Rap
    • Confusing bits clarified
    • Little-known tips and tricks
    • What are all those contour options?
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Largest Area

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow, two "time machine" plug-ins for your production workflow. Place early-draft stories or spreadsheets from Google Docs with DocsFlow, or Word/Excel documents with WordsFlow, and start your production work while your authors and editors continue working on the original documents. Merge their updated work at any time into your InDesign layouts with a single command, without losing anything, and with InDesign notes left at any points of conflicts. Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: DocsFlow Pro 2.0 is 25% off in the EmSoftware.com store until the end of October 2013! Grab it now.
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. They are officially in the Cloud! (Creative Cloud that is.) Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe! Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-202.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:27pm EST

PePcon.com is live; Word to InDesign Nightmares and Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility

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  • A little bit of news:
  • 5 Word-to-InDesign "Nightmares" and how to solve them!
    • Formatting, links, pictures, styles, oy!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>>  Rorohiko brings the illusion of multiple strokes and fills to InDesign frames with its Magneto Paths plug-in for InDesign! Only $19.00, or try a fully-functional (time limited) demo. Illustrator's Attributes panel ... we're coming for ya!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-201.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:48pm EST

200th episode spectacular extravaganza; Memories, time travel, and outtakes; Obscurity of the Week: Credits

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  • Our 200th episode! (and our 25th year (each) in the field)
  • Milestone memories from David and Anne-Marie
  • Time traveling through the podcast episodes
  • Podcast outtakes!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Credits

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign?s File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS4 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until Sept 30, get 25% discount off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office v1.5 with code ID_Secrets

Links mentioned in this podcast:
We used to be in the credits! creditsCS6
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-200.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:57pm EST

News; Five Gotchas and their fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Comb

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The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

  • News
  • Five Common (and easily-fixed) InDesign Gotchas!
    • Jumping text, disappearing guides, copy/paste between versions, and more
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comb

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol.Their "Uncovered Series" seminars cover the cutting-edge technologies in Adobe's latest products — view them all at seminars.certitec.com. If you sign up for a seminar or class and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!
>>  Rorohiko has two things they want InDesignSecrets podcast listeners to know about. First, they have a 20% discount off their QR plug-in for InDesign CS5 and later, "Tada QR!" (which Sandee and David talked about in the last podcast episode, and you can watch Rorohiko's video on it here). Enter the code INDESIGNSECRETS199 at the Rorohiko store and get the Tada QR! plug-in for $12.00 instead of $15.00. Second, they're in early beta for a new plug-in that adds an Actions panel to InDesign, similar to the ones in Photoshop and Illustrator. Record a series of actions and then play them back on another selection or page ... very cool. If you want to beta test ActionRecorder, click the link and read the instructions. (Here's a video on how it works!)

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-199.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:08am EST

QR Codes; Sandee Cohen guest co-host; Obscurity of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits

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  • Sandee Cohen, our guest star in the studios!
    • Innovative use for InDesign CC's QR Code feature!
    • More tips for QR codes than you can imagine
    • The cool TaDa! QR plugin from Rorohiko
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow, two plug-ins for Adobe InDesign that dynamically link your text frames to online Google Docs (DocsFlow) or placed Word files (WordsFlow). These products enable a breakthrough publishing workflow, one where your authors and editors can keep changing the source document, and you can merge in their changes automatically and painlessly, even after you?ve made changes to the InDesign story (without losing your changes or formatting!). Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code ids0813 in the EmSoftware.com store when buying either of these plug-ins and get 20% off! This code is only good until August 31 2013, so grab them both!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-198.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:10pm EST

Getting HTML out of InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers

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  • Getting HTML out of InDesign
    • Layout "geometry" issues
    • Useful plug-ins
    • HTML and CSS options
    • Resources (aka Michael Murphy)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign’s File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS3 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office — export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until July 31, get 25% discount off PDF2ID or ID2Office with code ID_Secrets
>> Rorohiko has this neat add-on called Frame Reporter. It adds a little label next to any page object which you can configure to show whatever information you need to see without having to dig through panels: Effective resolution, Name and/or path of the placed image, Name of the currently selected story, word count, and many more (you can even make your own if you know a little Javascript!). They’ve written up a detailed explanation of all the options and how their customers have used FrameReporter to streamline their work.  Normally $39.00 US, you can get it for 50% off if you enter the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS197 upon purchase.

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-197.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:26am EST

HOWDesign and print; Paper love; Obscurity of the Week: Candy

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  • David re-fell in love with print at HOW!
    • Sappi, washi, and plastic!
    • Hamilton Type Museum
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Candy

News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow, two plug-ins for Adobe InDesign that dynamically link your text frames to online Google Docs (DocsFlow) or placed Word files (WordsFlow). These products enable a breakthrough publishing workflow, one where your authors and editors can keep changing the source document, and you can merge in their changes automatically and painlessly, even after you’ve made changes to the InDesign story (without losing your changes or formatting!). Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code ids0613 in the EmSoftware.com store when buying either of these plug-ins and get 20% off! This code is only good until July 31, so grab them both!
>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Adobe and Certiport released the InDesign (and Illustrator) ACA qualification a month ago – so visit Certitec, take one of their InDesign ACA courses and get Certified!  Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. If you sign up for a class and mention you heard about them on “InDesignSecrets,” you get 20% off any class! 

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-196.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:44pm EST

InDesign CC ships; Upcoming appearances; All About Frames; Obscurity of the week: Link Images

Direct Link http://traffic.libsyn.com/indesignsecrets/InDesignSecrets-195.mp3

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Show Notes:


News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko: Check out their newest plug-in, RepeatAfterMe (CS1 to CS6). It lets you make simple changes to a single object, and then repeat those changes for all similar objects throughout your entire document! You get to pick in which way the other objects must be similar from a dropdown list. It's like a combination of Illustrator's "Select Similar" and "Transform Again. RepeatAfterMe is $19.00 per seat, but you can use the coupon code: INDESIGNSECRETS195 to get 30% off.

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-195.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:10am EST

PEPCON 2013 recap; InDesign CC new features; Creative Cloud pros and cons; Obscurity of the week: Autotag


In this episode (41:01 minutes):

  • PEPCON 2013 recap! We share some of our favorite moments
  • InDesign CC is coming June 17! What's it all about? What are the new features?
  • Adobe moves all-in to the Creative Cloud: The good, the bad, the undecided; we duke it out!
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Autotag
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-194.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:30am EST

Diane Burns guest co-host; Multilingual Publishing; Sharing DPS apps; Obscurity of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-193.mp3 (17.8 MB, 33.54 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
Special! David and guest co-host Diane Burns rock this episode.
  • How to publish in more than one language
  • How to share a DPS app with a group (bypassing the App Store)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-193.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:14am EST

News, Kelly Vaughn co-host, Conditional Text; Quizzler 190 Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Hidden Destination

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-192.mp3(14.4 MB, 27:45 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
A very special episode with guest co-host Kelly Vaughn!
  • News
  • Deep Dive into Conditional Text
  • Quizzler 190 Answer! (see below) .. And the winner is announced
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hidden Destination
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-192.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:36pm EST

CreativePro and InDesign Magazine now part of InDesignSecrets; PEPCON networking and sponsors; Spell checking tips; Quizzler reminder; Obscurity of the Week: Sort Items

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-191.mp3(13.1 MB, 23:53 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-191.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:39pm EST

Conference News; Overlooked InDesign Resources; Wacky New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Desaturate Black

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-190.mp3 (12.5 MB, 23:17 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • Conference News: SXSW, MAX, HOW, Maine Media Workshop, new PEPCON speakers
  • Overlooked InDesign Resources (sites, pubs, books,etc.)
  • Quizzler! "Awesome and Wacky," says David
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Desaturate Black
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-190.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:11pm EST

PEPCON Facebook page, Creative Cloud news, Vectors and Bitmaps in InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Show Linked Files

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-189.mp3 (13.9 MB, 25:45 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • News: PEPCON networking site and Facebook page, New Adobe pricing for Creative Cloud
  • Vectors vs. Bitmaps: What they are, how to get them, when to use one over the other
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Linked Files
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-189.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:15pm EST

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-188.mp3(12.5 MB, 23:20 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • News:  PEPCONIDUG site and our forum
  • All about the "Forbidden Formats" in InDesign: JPEG, GIF, and PNG
  • Bonus! We get sidetracked and rant about Adobe Digital Editions (epub reader utility)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Letter V
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-188.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:37pm EST

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-187.mp3(18.6 MB, 34:47 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Special episode with Anne-Marie and co-host James Fritz!
  • News: Upcoming speaking gigs at Macworld, PEPCON, and Adobe MAX
  • Solving Paragraph Composer Annoyances
  • Fritz's UberCool Moo.com Business Card Project with InDesign
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Protractor
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-187.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:38pm EST

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-186.mp3 (17.4 MB, 32:37 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • News: Upcoming speaking gigs, InDesign User Group web site, Scripts for Indexes in EPUBs, Our mascot Zoey (picture below!)
  • New Year's InDesign Resolutions (and non-InDesign related)
  • About the Primary Text Frame
  • "Negative Number" Quizzler Answer and Winner
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Relink File Extension
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-186.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:34pm EST

Layout Adjustment; Dear Santa; Quizzler Winners; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Load Conveyor

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-185.mp3(15.8 MB, 29:16 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
  • Layout Adjustment: Where did it go?
  • Letter to Santa: Our InDesign Wishlist
  • Two Quizzler Winners from episode 184
  • New Quizzler! Hunt this one down
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Load Conveyor
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-185.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:39pm EST

PEPCON 2013; Animation in InDesign; Horror Story; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Motion Path

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-184.mp3(13 MB, 24:17 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
  • News: PEPCON 2013!
  • Animation Features in InDesign: What Can You Use them For?
  • Another "InDesign Horror Story" with an Acrobat flair
  • Quizzler! Get out your Find Font thinking caps
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert to Motion Path
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Mag+ (magplus.com) is an efficient and affordable digital publishing platform to create apps for tablet devices straight from InDesign. In the latest version (4.0), you can now publish to Smartphones as well –including iPhone 5. The Mag+ tools are FREE to download from their website, and work with CS4, CS5 and CS6. You can use the bundled InDesign templates, and take advantage of their innovative Review button to quickly see fully-functional touchscreen previews. For more information go to www.magplus.com.
>> Rorohiko’s StoryTweaker ($99) plug-in lets editors and writers access your InDesign file’s text without needing to own InDesign or InCopy. The plug-in is associated with one InDesign seat, but allows that user to create an unlimited number of AssignmentTweaker sets, which is what the editors open and work on. The workflow is spelled out on the StoryTweaker site, and there’s a 20-day free trial available. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners.
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INDESIGN HORROR STORIES: We want to hear your stories! Send us a short (less than 3 minutes) "InDesign doc/client/user Horror Story" that we can play on the air (you'll be anonymous) in an upcoming episode: leave us a voice message at +1-801-459-4477 to record it, or send in your own voice recording. Please follow-up with an e-mail, which we will keep private, including any additional information that you'd like us to know. You'll get a nifty gifty from us if we play it in a podcast!
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QUIZZLER: To enter this episode’s Quizzler, send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and the correct answer to the puzzle (as described in the podcast).  You have until December 9, 2012 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast in December, and receives the prize: a copy of three of our eBooks!
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> All about QuarkImmedia and here's David's Real World Quark Immedia book!
> PDF of Adobe Success Story, Belle & Wissel's Born Magazine (SWF Magazine)
> Anne-Marie's blog post with links to Born Magazine source files
> eDocker Publisher enhances InDesign SWF magazines & makes HTML5 tablet apps
> PressRun converts InDesign animations to HTML5/CSS3 for its tablet apps
> SWFPresenter script from Martinho DeGloria's Automatication website
> Fritz's blog post about the SWFPresenter script
> Anne-Marie's free lynda.com video on Making Your Own Motion Paths in InDesign
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-184.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:56pm EST

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-183.mp3 (17.1 MB, 32:02 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
  • News:
    • Milestone: 2,000 blogposts!
    • Erica Gamet's ID Power Pack
    • New version of Export to Kindle plug-in
    • Creative Cloud Education discount
    • Teacup Software's new 2D barcodes
    • EmSoftware Wordsflow
  • Five MORE Overlooked and Lonely InDesign Features (Autocorrect anyone?)
  • Another "InDesign Horror Story" (née "Training Client from Hell")
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Use Master Page Size
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-183.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:42pm EST

News; 5 Overlooked Features; Training Client from Hell story; Obscurity of the Week: Jumbo

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-182.mp3(14.8 MB, 28:12 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • News:
  • Five Overlooked and Lonely InDesign Features
  • Our First "Training Client from Hell" story
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Jumbo
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-182.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:31pm EST

David and Anne-Marie trips; News; Data Merge Tips and Tricks; Obscurity of the Week: Delete End Punctuation

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-181.mp3(15 MB, 28:06 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
  • Out and About: David's trip to Lindau, Anne-Marie's trip to California
  • News: Adobe Digital Editions 2.0, Kindle Plug-in for InDesign 0.971, new open source Adobe fonts
  • Data Merge: Beyond the Basics! Tips and Tricks
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Delete End Punctuation
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-181.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:23pm EST

Creative Cloud discount extended; All About GREP; Quizzler Results (filenames of links); Obscurity of the Week: Jump Object

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-180.mp3 (18.8 MB, 35:30 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • Creative Cloud subscription discounted rate extended!
  • All about GREP in InDesign
  • Quizzler results: The right and wrong answers, and the winner! (See list of answers at the end of this post)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Jump Object
Creative Cloud subscription offer is $29.99/mo instead of $49.99/mo for first year for any CS3+ upgrader
> We talked about GREP way back in episode 80!  Here's the transcript
> Michael Murphy's Learning GREP with InDesign lynda.com course
> Convert uppercase to lower with GREP, post 1 and post 2
> Creating a filename list of linked images, post 1 and post 2
> Clients from Hell web site
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QUIZZLER ANSWERS
In podcast 179, we asked listeners:
"How many ways in InDesign can you figure out the filename of a placed image without using the Links panel or Links panel menu?"
The winning entry was submitted by Jim Leonardson, InDesign freelancer in Chicago! For his prize, he chose an autographed copy of Real World InDesign CS6, which is on its way. Here is Jim's list:
  1. In the Info panel flyout menu; select File Info to see the image name in the Title of the window
  2. Hover the cursor over the link icon in the upper left corner of the image frame. A tool tip appears with the file name.
  3. In the Structure pane of the document window, flip down the Root tag, and other tags until you see the “href” and the full path name (In the contextual menu “Select in Structure”) [ED: after first applying an XML tag to the image with the Tags panel]
  4. Use the Layers panel; flip down the layer name to show the contents. The link name is shown inside angle brackets.
  5. In the Preflight panel, if there is a broken link or document profile violation the link name will be shown.
  6. Use the Object > Captions menu or contextual menu to generate a caption.
  7. Use the contextual menu, in the Graphics flyout menu select Reveal in Finder, Bridge or Mini-Bridge.
  8. If there is a caption that happens to be overflowed, it can be seen in the story editor, tagged as “Text variable live metadata caption name” [We didn't think this should count but it's interesting because it has "Story Editor" in it]
  9. In the Package dialog box, under Links and Images it displays name, type, page, status and ICC profile. [He thought of this one "while doing yard work" after we told him he'd won]
A wonderful effort, but Jim missed a few. Here are additional correct answers, compiled from all the entries we received:
  1. Add image to Library, name appears in Library preview
  2. Select image and open the Animation panel, name populates the Name field
  3. Apply any preset animation to the image to see its filename in the Timing panel
  4. Add image to Articles panel [pulls the filename from the Layers panel, see Jim's #4 above]
  5. In the File > Package dialog box, click the Show Report button, all image filenames are listed there [listen to our argument about this in the podcast — fun times!]
  6. Add an Image Name variable (Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable > Image Name) to a text frame that touches the image
  7. If the image name was included in its XMP metadata [not a default state, and not something you could do in InDesign] you could reveal it by choosing the relevant XMP field in the Object Export Options > Alt Text (or Tagged PDF) area
  8. Option/Alt-double click to Edit Original (or choose the command from contextual menu), name is revealed in native editing program. [Technically not an "in InDesign" solution but it's fairly close]
  9. Export to EPUB or HTML and look in the mark-up code [Ditto]
  10. Use a script that creates a list of filenames [see Links above]
Final note: We love that Bonnie Barrett told us in her entry that she tried to find one in CS6's Content Collector — great idea! — but, alas, no luck.
    Direct download: InDesignSecrets-180.mp3
    Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:02am EST

    Collaborating with non-InDesign users; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions
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    Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-179.mp3(16.8 MB, 31:28 minutes)
    See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
    • Creative Cloud subscription special offer ends Aug. 31!
    • How to collaborate with non-InDesign users
      • PDF solutions: useful plug-ins, little-known features
      • Microsoft Word, Google Docs, InCopy
      • MediaTrad, Story Tweaker, more
    • Quizzler! How many ways can you ...
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-179.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:02am EST

      Find Color; Ridiculous Features; Obscurity of the Week: Save Query

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-178.mp3(16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes)
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      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Golden Oldie post: Find Where That Color's Used
      • Readers Nominate Most Ridiculous Features in InDesign
        • So many, so little time  (Story panel?)
        • How dare you call my fave feature ridiculous!
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Query
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-178.mp3
      Category:general -- posted at: 12:34pm EST

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-177.mp3 (16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • Interview: Brooks Jensen, LensWork magazine
        • Using InDesign to create the print and enhanced PDF publications
        • Nuances of color and duotones with fine-art photography and the printing process
        • Moving to an InCopy workflow over a holiday weekend (!)
        • Optimizing rich-media PDF eBooks for iPad and Android tablets
      • Golden Oldie post: Select Text All the Way to the End
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Clip Contents to Cell
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-177.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:34pm EST

      New bug fixes from Adobe; Cool Keyboard Shortcuts; CS6 Features for EPUBs; Obscurity of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-176.mp3(18.1 MB, 34:25 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • InDesign News:
        • Fix for InDesign Crashing on 2012 Macs
        • Fix for InDesign CS6 "Revert to Trial Mode" bug
      • Some useful new ideas for Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
      • New features in InDesign CS6 for EPUB publishers
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-176.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:46am EST

      Creative Cloud; Option-double-click; Obscurity of the Week: Split Cell Vertically
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-175.mp3(19.5 MB, 35:32 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • The Adobe Creative Cloud: What is it?
        • In the "cloud" vs. on your hard drive
        • The good, the bad, the foggy
      • Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Option/Alt-double-click
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Split Cell Vertically
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-175.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:00pm EST

      IDSLive-NYC recap; EPUB3 and Fixed Layout; Options for iPad publishing; hyperlinks myths; Obscurity of the Week: Copy Platform Style Path
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-174.mp3 (23.1 MB, 41:06 minutes) (Yikes!)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • News in the land of InDesign
      • Best options for getting your publication onto an iPad or other tablet
        • PDF?
        • Fixed-Layout EPUB?
        • Flowable EPUB?
        • Stand-alone or Newsstand App?
      • Top 3 Hyperlinks Myths Debunked!
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Copy Platform Style Path
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-174.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 6:44pm EST

      New eBook on InDesign CS6; PePcon 2012 and 2013; Charts and Graphs; Obscurity of the Week: Monochromatic
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-173.mp3 (15.4 MB, 27:20 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • News
      • Getting charts and graphs into InDesign: Solution round-up
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Monochromatic
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-173.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:51am EST

      New lynda.com InDesign videos; Creative Cloud; Acrobat forms tools in InDesign CS6; Obscurity of the Week: World-Ready Composer

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-172.mp3(18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Yikes! We recorded this on May 9 (pre-PePcon), but didn't get a chance to publish it until today, a week later (post-PePcon). Apologies for time-shifted content!
      • News
      • InDesign CS6's PDF Forms Features in depth
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: World-Ready Paragraph Composer
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-172.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:48pm EST

      Japanese Dots; CS6 Launch Event, Creative Cloud, Grayscale Export; Obscurity of the Week: Change Time
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-171.mp3(18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • News
      • David's excursion to find Japanese Dots!
      • Behind the scenes at the CS6 launch event on Monday
      • Exporting Grayscale PDF
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Time
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-171.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:46pm EST

      PEPCON discount; Underappreciated IDCS6 features; Obscurity of the Week: Auto-Size Link Info

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-170.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      • News
        • PEPCON (May 14-16) is almost sold out with attendees coming from six continents. First five people to use code SF100 save $100!
        • Or join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC
      • Anne-Marie's Top Underappreciated and Underdiscussed Features in InDesign CS6
      • From the Mailbag: Install CS5.5 or wait for CS6?
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Auto-Size Link Information
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-170.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:52am EST

      News; Keith Gilbert Interview, Changing Document Size, Obscurity of the Week: Scissors Tool

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-169.mp3 (18.2 MB, 32:32 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • News
      • Interview with Keith Gilbert, InDesign trainer and consultant
      • Changing Document size: Not as straightforward as you think
        • The problem with File > Document Size
        • Using the Page tool and the Pages panel control
        • Changing document pages vs. changing Master pages
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Scissors Tool
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-169.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:13am EST

      Drawing in InDesign; Quizzler Winner (finally); Shortcut of the Week: Paste Into; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Direction Point

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-168.mp3 (18.2 MB, 32:32 minutes)

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      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Announcements
      • Drawing in InDesign
        • Pen tool and its shortcuts and permutations
        • Every frame and text wrap is actually an editable path
        • Pathfinder panel or menu to combine overlapping frames
        • Playing with type outlines
        • Using object styles
      • Finally: A Quizzler Winner!
      • Keyboard shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-V (Ctrl-Alt-V)
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert Direction Point
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-168.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:44am EST

      InDesign Events; ID to EPUB scripts; Shortcut of the Week; Quizzler Update; Obscurity of the Week: Japanese Dots

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-167.mp3 (15.9 MB, 28:51 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-167.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:18am EST

      Upcoming events and deadlines; TOCCON recap; John McWade Interview; Quizzler Results; Obscurity of the Week: Sample Buttons

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-166.mp3 (19.8 MB, 35:56 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-166.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:45pm EST

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

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-165.mp3 (16.2 MB, 30:11 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 8:51am EST

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

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-164.mp3 (15.8 MB, 28:55 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 10:18am EST

      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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      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 1:14pm EST

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

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-162.mp3 (15.2 MB, 28:04 minutes)

      [media id=83 width=* height=20]
      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)
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-162.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:37pm EST

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-161.mp3 (16.4 MB, 30:32 minutes)

      [media id=82 width=* height=20]
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 11:14pm EST

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (15.3 MB, 28:32 minutes)

      [media id=81 width=* height=20]
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 12:28pm EST

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

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 12:44pm EST

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

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-158.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:19pm EST

      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)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 4:46pm EST

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

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • 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: 11:44pm EST

      Back to School episode; Best resources for lifelong learners of InDesign; Upcoming events; Obscurity of the Week: Select Next Object
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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-155.mp3 (15.5 MB, 28:27 minutes)
      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe.
      • Back to School episode! Resources for life-long learners of InDesign
        • Books, videos, forums, templates, for users at any level
        • Rededicate yourself to learn! Try our suggested lesson plans for every user
      • Upcoming events, including a peek at PePCon 2012
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select Next Object
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> In-Tools has a number of great InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. In-Tools is one of the best sources for scripts and plug-ins for anyone working with long documents (see the Publisher Suite), anyone creating multilingual publications (see World Tools Pro), and any user who wants to check out some great scripts, many of which are free.
      --
      Links mentioned in this podcast:
      > InDesign Secrets, our the new video series at Lynda.com
      > Recommended books and videos, our handpicked list
      > InDesign videos at VTC.com, Video2Brain, Adobe TV, Software Cinema
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-155.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:00am EST

      Milwaukee Seminar; Writing in InDesign; WTH feature: Fit Selection to Window; Obscurity of the week: Odd Page Break

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-154.mp3 (17.8 MB, 34:27 minutes)

      The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe.
      • Writing in InDesign: why would you write from scratch in a page-layout program?
      • Our first-ever What-The-Heck (WTH) feature: Fit Selection to Window
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Odd Page Break
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      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-154.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:25am EST

      Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-153.mp3 (16.9 MB, 30:27 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Tables Tables Tables! Answers to:
        • Table styles with column widths?
        • Find (and change) tables with Find/Change?
        • Merge two tables into one, easily?
        • Fill table cells with placeholder text?
        • Insert consecutive numbers in a column?
        • Make a cell show the sum of its column or row (or other math)?
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion
      • Quizzler Winner - and Answers!!!! ("How many ways can you tell the current page number?")
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-153.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:45pm EST

      Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Ron Bilodeau interview; Geeky Blog Posts; Obscurity of the Week: Remember Font with Bullet

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-152.mp3 (24.2 MB, 44:52 minutes!)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Keyboard shortcut "of the week"
      • Interview with Ron Bilodeau, InDesign Master at O'Reilly Media
      • Incredibly geeky blog posts you should check out
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Remember Font with Bullet
      • Quizzler!

      To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and as many correct answers as you can think of. You have until Monday, July 25 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after July 25, 2011!

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-152.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:51pm EST

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-151.mp3 (24.2 MB, 44:52 minutes!)

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      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • PePCon 2011 recap: It was great! Let's do it again! ;-D
      • Marijan's new Acrobat script (lets you create form fields in InDesign)
      • Our Uservoice web site for InDesign feature requests
      • Interview with Douglas Waterfall, InDesign senior software engineer
      • Quizzler winner! (and answer)
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Load Selected Glyph
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-151.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:59pm EST

      Our Sesquicentennial Episode; Favorite Resources; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Background Tasks

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-150.mp3 (15.2 MB, 27:18 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-150.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:37pm EST

      News; Book Cover Layout; Obscurity of the Week: Change Bars; Quizzler Winner

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-149.mp3 (21.2 MB, 37:06 minutes)

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

      • InDesignSecrets News
      • Laying out book covers (spine, covers, flaps): tips and scripts
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Bars
      • Quizzler winner and answer!
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-149.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:36pm EST

      Russell Viers interview; Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Select First Range of Same-Size Pages; Quizzler!

      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-148.mp3 (21.2 MB, 37:06 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Interview with Russell Viers
        • On teaching InDesign, the suite, and his favorite tips
        • The struggles of regional newspaper publishers (his specialty)
      • Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-7/Control-Alt-7
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select First Range of Same-Size Pages
      • Quizzler! With a prize worth hundreds of dollars ... listen for details
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-148.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:05am EST

      Newsbits; InDesign CS5.5; Moving custom settings; Obscurity of the Week: 6-up

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-147.mp3 (15.4 MB, 27:27 minutes)

      See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
      • Newsbits!
        • New Social Media sharing links on InDesignSecrets.com
      • InDesign CS 5.5: Why is it important for Adobe? What's new?
      • Moving custom InDesign settings between computers
      • Obscurity of the Week: 6-Up
      Direct download: IndDesignSecrets-147.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:40pm EST

      Newsbits; Live Captions; Liza Daly interview; Obscurity of the Week: Create Tagged PDF

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:03pm EST

      Database and spreadsheet publishing; Obscurity of the Week: ATC (Adobe Type Composer)

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-145.mp3 (16 MB, 29:43 minutes)

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      • Laying out data from a database or spreadsheet
        • The built-in Data Merge feature
        • InData, InCatalog (emSoftware)
        • EasyCatalog (65bit software)
        • DataLinker (Teacup software)
        • AutoPrice, DesignMerge (Meadows software)
        • XMPie's products
      • Obscurity of the Week: ATC (Adobe Type Composer)
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-145.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:28pm EST

      The tech support episode! Mailbag answers; InDesign TechNotes; Nigel French interview; Obscurity of the week: Add items on page as separate objects

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-144.mp3 (21 MB, 38:24 minutes)

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      • The Tech Support episode! From the mailbag ...
        • Select objects under other objects
        • Frame colors
        • Panel redraw problems
        • Making a layer non-printing
        • Tips for finding the best tech support
      • Adobe InDesign Tech Notes
      • Interview with Nigel French, UK-based designer, grids guru, and InDesign typography expert
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Add items on page as separate objects
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-144.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:43pm EST

      EPUB and Kindle utilities, cross-reference formats, obscurity of the week: Save Count

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-143.mp3 (16.2 MB, 30:41 minutes)

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      • Three discoveries about InDesign to eBook conversions
        • TextWrangler opens ePubs
        • Sigil's housekeeping is a feature-not-a-but
        • Kindle Previewer runs KindleGen for your
      • Cross-references: Roll your own formats!
        • Remove the quote marks
        • Add a delimiter (partial paragraph)
        • Change the wording
      • Print & ePublishing Conf: New schedule is up!
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Count

      Errata: TextWrangler lets you open and browse EPUB content files without unzipping them first, but not edit them in place, contrary to what we said in the podcast, sorry! Use Sigil or Oxygen for that.

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-143.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:31pm EST

      Cool stuff David found at Macworld; Information about new ID2Office plug-in; Quizzler Answers; Great table tip from Diane Burns; Obscurity of the Week: Search in Spotlight

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      • Macworld 2011: Even stuff Windows users would be interested in!
      • Interview with Paul Chada from Recosoft
      • A great table tip from Diane Burns of Transpacific Digital
      • Winner of last episode's Quizzler: How many places does Load show up in InDesign?
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Search in Spotlight
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-142.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:52pm EST

      11 New Document tips; new Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Easing Path

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      • New Year's list of 11 (as in 2011) recommended New Document steps, including:
        • Checking Presets and Defaults
        • Head starts with styles
        • Master pages, layers, and workspaces
      • A new Quizzler!
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Easing Path
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      News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools creates InDesign plug-ins mainly for people doing multi-lingual or long document publishing, but many of their products are useful for anyone. In his free time, company owner Harbs is constantly churning out useful and often free scripts, such as the Preference Manager we talked about in this episode. >> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done. For instance, have you ever wished you could add a vertical bar next to a paragraph and have it flow with the text, even if the paragraph breaks between columns or pages? Rorohiko's new BarredText plug-in ($19US) can do that for you, whether you use CS3, CS4, or CS5. A free trial is available, and when you decide to purchase it, be sure to use the discount code INDESIGNSECRETS141 for a significant discount.
      To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and your best answer in the body of the message. You have until Friday, Jan. 28 , at midnight CST to send in your answer, one per user! We will choose the most correct answer, or in the case of a tie, we will randomly choose from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in a subsequent podcast—good luck!

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      Links mentioned in this podcast:
      > Post about Print vs. Web intent in InDesign CS5
      > All about Color Settings in InDesign (David's masterpiece article of 2010!)
      > You've registered for our 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, haven't you?
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-141.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:30pm EST

      Twitter for InDesign users; KBSC of the Week; New eBook; New speakers for the 2011 PeP Conf.; Obscurity of the Week: Row Separator

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-140.mp3 (18.7 MB, 33:57 minutes)

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      • All about Twitter for InDesign users:
        • Who to follow and why
        • Design-oriented Twitter lists
        • InDesign tips found in tweets
      • Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Cmd-Y/Ctrl-Y
      • Newsbits
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Row Separator
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:  
      >> In-Tools is owned by our friend Harbs, who helps out so many users here on the blog and in our forum. In this episode we talked about his company's awesome Reflective Objects plug-in ($39 US), which lets designers specify "align to/away from spine" for objects as well as paragraphs without having to make them anchored objects. If you've every had the layout of a left-facing page turn into a mess when it became a right-facing page, this plug-in is for you!  
      >> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done. We love their handy (and free!) plug-in called "Like Finds Like." It lets you select an object, then tell InDesign to select all the other objects on that page or spread that share the same fill or stroke or frame type or width or ... you get the idea. Check it out! Meanwhile, you can support Rorohiko by buying one of their commercial plug-ins, such as the wonderful TextExporter ($19 US) that we talked about in the last episode ... it's the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. You can still go to this special URL: http://www.rorohiko.com/indesignsecrets139.html in the Rorohiko.com store to get a "10 pack" of TextExporter for only $109 instead of $149.

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      Links mentioned in this podcast:
      > Anne-Marie's Twitter & Facebook Marketing videos at Lynda.com
      > The GraphicDesign Twitter list at Listorious
      > Twitter user @Typography posts type-related info
      > Blog post about 50 web designers to follow on Twitter
      > Look for InDesign Tips on Twitter
      > Learn more about Rufus Deuchler, Cari Jansen, and Russell Viers (new speakers at the Print & ePublishing Conference)
      > Follow (or just read) @indesignsecrets on Twitter, and also our individual Twitter posts: @amarie, @dblatner, @idguy, @jmvrankin, @jamesfritz, @carijansen
      > A few of our favorite Tweeple: @mninness, @lizcastro, @scottcitron, @rufusd, @mordy, @indesignmag, @indesign
      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-140.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:33pm EST

      Object style tricks; Quizzler winner (floppy disc icons); KBSC of the week: Recall Zoom; Obscurity of the Week: Spacing Options

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-139.mp3 (16 MB, 29:17 minutes)

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      • Super tips and tricks for Object Styles, such as:
        • Apply first/next paragraph style
        • Set position of the object
        • Set width of the text frame
      • Quizzler winner: How many floppy disc icons in InDesign? (more than you think!)
      • Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Ctrl-Alt-2 / Cmd-Option-2
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Spacing Options
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:  
      >> In-Tools is owned by the famous “Harbs” who helps out so many users here on the blog and in our forum. He and his company develop many scripts and plug-ins that are so useful for InDesign users. In this episode we talked about the amazing Power Headers plug-in for automatically creating running headers with a wealth of options and filters, and AutoFlow Pro, which was reviewed in the current issue of InDesign Magazine. And in his spare time, Harbs writes an engaging blog on his company site at In-Tools.com, check it out!  
      >> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, Anne-Marie uses their plug-in TextExporter so often she thought it was part of the program! This wonderful timesaver lets you intelligently export text from multiple stories in InDesign out to a single, concatenated RTF or text file. It’s the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS139 in the Rorohiko.com store to get a "10 pack" of TextExporter for only $109 instead of $149.

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-139.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:18pm EST

      2011 PeP Conference; InDesign to EPUB; Acrobat X and InDesign; Quizzler winners (and a new Quizzler); Obscurity of the Week: Output Condition Name, Output Condition Indentifier, Registry Name

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-138.mp3 (19.9 MB, 36:48 minutes)

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      • 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference announcement!
      • InDesign to EPUB: Recap and tips from Liz Castro's webinar
      • Acrobat X and InDesign
      • InDesignSecrets newsletter Quizzler winners ("How many InDesign users to change a lightbulb?")
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Output Condition Name, Output Condition Identifier, Registry Name
      • New Quizzler! Listen to the episode to learn how to win
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:  
      >> Recosoft is the developer of PDF2ID, the miraculous solution for converting PDF file to editable InDesign files. Install the software and you’ll be able to open (not just Place) PDFs in InDesign. Styles, tables, layers, threaded text, it all gets reconstituted. It’s amazing! The latest version, PDF2ID 3.0, is compatible with InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5 on Macintosh and Windows platforms.  
      >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word’s Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they’re offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that’s $199US or more, until Dec. 30, 2010 (extended deadline!). Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.
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      To enter this episode's Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and your best answer in the body of the message. You have until Friday, Dec. 10, at midnight CST to send in your answer, one per user! We will choose the most correct answer, or in the case of a tie, we will randomly choose from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after Dec. 10. 2011!

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-138.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:47pm EST

      Hexadecimal colors and a free Hex script; CMYK color management in ID for the rest of us; InDesign to EPUB webinars; Obscurity of the Week: Show Single Plates in Black

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-137.mp3 (16.1 MB, 29:13 minutes)

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      • Defining, matching, and converting hexadecimal colors in InDesign
      • The 3 things you need to know about CMYK color images in InDesign
      • Liz Castro's upcoming InDesign to EPUB webinars
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Single Plates in Black
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:  
      >> In-Tools is owned by the famous "Harbs" who helps out so many users here on the blog (such as the Hex color script). They just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent “the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more.” Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages.
      >> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, Anne-Marie uses their plug-in TextExporter so often she thought it was part of the program! This wonderful timesaver lets you intelligently export text from multiple stories in InDesign out to a single, concatenated RTF or text file. It's the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS137 in the Rorohiko.com store to get TextExporter for only $15 instead of $19.
      >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-137.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:08pm EST

      Acrobat X; Hyperlinks in InDesign CS5; Adobe's new Digital Publishing Suite; Obscurity of the Week: Preflight Report Template

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-136.mp3 (15.9 MB, 29:13 minutes)

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      It's learning week!
      • Anne-Marie learns a couple Acrobat X tips
      • David learns of a fix that helps InDesign CS5's Convert to Hyperlink feature
      • We all learn the details of Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Preflight Report Template
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      News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft is the developer of PDF2ID, the miraculous solution for converting PDF file to editable InDesign files. Install the software and you'll be able to open (not just Place) PDFs in InDesign. Styles, tables, layers, threaded text, it all gets reconstituted. It's amazing! The latest version, PDF2ID 3.0, is compatible with InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5 on Macintosh and Windows platforms. >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:56am EST

      Quizzler answers (InDesign limits); Steve Werner interview (preflighting digital publications); Obscurity of the week: Postscript Level

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-135.mp3 (17.2 MB, 30:44 minutes)

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      • Quizzler Winner (and answers)!
        • Largest number of tab stops in a paragraph
        • Largest document page size, smallest page size
        • Most number of columns on a page
        • Most number of pages in a document, highest page number (screen shot below!)
      • Steve Werner interview, InDesign trainer and blog contributor
        • Preflighting for print and for digital publications
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PostScript Level
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:  
      >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial offer! And be sure to vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award right now! (InDesign represent!)  
      >> In-Tools just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent "the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more." Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages. In-Tools also makes the free ScriptBay: If you use scripts with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the other Creative Suite apps, you need this freebie Scripts panel replacement.  
      >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-135.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:00pm EST

      Beyond Print: EPUB; Digital Magazines; Quizzler Announcement; Obscurity of the Week: Resize by 5%

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-134.mp3 (17.6 MB, 31:02 minutes)

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      • Beyond Print: EPUB and Digital Magazines from InDesign (and DC Seminar Recap)
      • Quizzler Announcement
      • Upcoming InDesignSecretsLive! seminars for Fall 2010: Los Angeles CA, Spokane WA, Santa Fe NM
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Resize by 5%
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      News and special offers from our sponsors: >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount. >> 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 nifty plug-in, Magneto Guides, an ideal add-on for anyone who works with structured, repetitive documents. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS134 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off MagnetoGuides.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:13pm EST

      Podcasts and Videocasts; Changing Page Color; InDesign Seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Prevent Manual Positioning

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      Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-133.mp3 (15.9 MB, 29:02 minutes)

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      • Podcasts and videocasts you'll love
      • Mailbag Answer: Changing the page background color
      • Upcoming InDesignSecretsLive! seminars for Fall 2010: Washington DC, Los Angeles CA, Denver CO, Spokane WA, Santa Fe NM, more tba
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Prevent Manual Positioning
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >>UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
      >> 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 newly updated Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19US single license, $159US for a site license) that helps you open files (InDesign, 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 INDESIGNSECRETS133in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility.
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      Recommended Podcasts and Videocasts:
      > Copyediting podcast
      > CreativeSweetTV videocast
      > DesignSchool videocast
      > InstantInDesign videocast
      > The iPad Show podcast
      > MacTech Live videocast
      > PixelPerfect videocast
      Did we overlook your favorite design- or publishing-related podcast? Please add it below in a comment!

      Direct download: InDesignSecrets-133.mp3
      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:18am EST

      Twitter poem; CID fonts; Quizzler results; Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000

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      • Anne-Marie: Twitter poet laureate
      • David's ongoing battle with CID encoding
      • Quizzler Results (Making things invisible) and winners
      • Upcoming seminars debuting in September
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> Rorohiko’s SudokuGenerator plug-in lets you to generate Sudoku puzzles directly in InDesign. Spice up the next newsletter with your own Sudoku, or go into the Sudoku puzzle book business! There are many options and settings you can customize. The $149 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS132 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the SudokuGenerator plug-in.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:58pm EST

      7.02 patch update; Bob Levine interview; Quizzler and Seminars news; Obscurity of the Week: Comma, period, slash

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      • 7.02 patch update for InDesign/InCopy CS5: What does it fix?
      • Interview with Bob Levine, the "InDesignGuy" and InDesignSecrets.com contributor
      • Upcoming seminars debuting in September
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comma, period, slash (they have a secret life as obscure keyboard shortcuts)
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:17pm EST

      Survey winner; Navigating long docs; Two new seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Select and Fit Item

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      • Congratulations to Laurie from Columbus, Ohio, our Survey prize winner!
      • Navigating through long InDesign docs: tips, tricks, and hidden features
      • Two new seminars debut in September
        • PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
        • 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item (screen shot below)
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> Rorohiko's Color2Gray plug-in lets you convert placed color images to grayscale without modifying the original color image; no trips to Photoshop required! A huge timesaver for many publishers, the $29 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS130 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the Color2Gray plug-in.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:01pm EST

      User survey; Sorting tables; PDFs from Print Booklet; Obscurity of the Week: Include Menu Commands

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      • Take our quickie InDesignSecrets user survey, win a prize!
      • Sorting Tables, a story with three morals
      • PDFs from Print Booklet: Solutions for Mac users
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Menu Commands
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> WinSoft International designs, develops, and localizes software for emerging markets, including InDesign ME (Middle Eastern). Their new plug-in ScribeDOOR for InDesign ($89) adds the ability to edit and treat text in 21 complex languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and many Indian scripts. It can be installed, as a plug-in, in all Roman versions of InDesign CS4 or CS5, and those files can be opened and viewed by any other CS4 or CS5 user without them needing the plug-in. There is a free trial of the plug-in available.
      >> Rorohiko's TextExporter 3.0 plug-in makes exporting text out of InDesign CS2-CS5 so simple! You can export all the stories in an ID file into one single RTF, plain text, or ID tagged text file, and you control how it orders the text as it extracts and concatenates it. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS129 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the TextExporter plug-in.

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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:35pm EST

      InDesign to ePub; Quizzler results (triangles); Obscurity of the week: Single Word Justification

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      • InDesign to ePub
        • What is it, why should you care?
        • Essentials of getting your InDesign file ePub-ready
        • Common glitches and tweaks
      • Quizzler Results! Two winners and many honorable mentions for their creative triangle-creation methods (full list after Links, below)
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Single Word Justification
      • InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Santa Fe, Denver, and more in the fall!
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
      >> Rorohiko's StoryTweaker ($99) plug-in lets editors and writers access your InDesign file's text without needing to own InDesign or InCopy. The plug-in is associated with one InDesign seat, but allows that user to create an unlimited number of AssignmentTweaker sets, which is what the editors open and work on. The workflow is spelled out on the StoryTweaker site, and there's a 20-day free trial available. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS128 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the StoryTweaker plug-in.
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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:43am EST

      All about Leading; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Master Color

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      • All About Leading
        • Leading-related Preference settings
        • When to use Auto-Leading and when not to
        • Baseline grid and leading, First line offset and leading, and more!
      • Quizzler! Ladies and Germs, man your InDesign tools
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Use Master Color
      • InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!
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      Quizzler instructions: Think you have the answer to this episode's Quizzler? Do not post it here in a comment! Instead, send your answer(s) in an e-mail to info@indesignsecrets.com, with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line. (Note: InDesignSecrets.com contributors, past and present, aren't eligible. Sorry, Fritz!) Deadline for receipt of entries is midnight PST on Friday, June 18, 2010. The top two winners will each receive a copy of Real World Illustrator CS4 — we will notify you by email if you win. In the case of a three- or more-way tie, we'll choose two winners randomly. Good luck!
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> Rorohiko (“Slash the time it takes!”) has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! We love FrameReporter ($29 US) because it lets you see small informational tags when you click on a frame, such as the image’s effective resolution or how many words are overset. You can even use it to name frames, and then navigate around your layout via the names. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS127 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the FrameReporter plug-in.
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      CtrlPublishing offers a highly useful plugin called CtrlChanges that lets you track text changes in InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5, just like in Microsoft Word and InCopy. With the CtrlChanges plug-in you can see the tracked changes markup in the layout as well as the Story Editor, and you can print them too! (Two features that not even the new Track Changes feature in CS5 has.) There’s a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing’s web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.
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      Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:06pm EST

      Best and Worst little CS5 features; Blog posts of the week; Obscurity of the Week: Folder 0
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      • Favorite little features in InDesign CS5
        • New control panel widgets, Patient user mode always on (AM), Minion Pro default, more
      • Least-favorite, little annoyances in InDesign CS5
        • Change in panel tabs, New Window menu organization, Patient user mode always on (DB), more
      • Hot Blog Posts of the Week
      • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Folder 0
      • InDesignSecretsLive SeminarsSan Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!
      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> Rorohiko (“Slash the time it takes!”) keeps improving their so-useful Soxy utility—the latest beta now supports InDesign CS5. With Soxy installed, users with multiple versions InDesign installed can go back to simply double-clicking INDD files to open them, because Soxy makes sure they open in the correct version of the program. Soxy also supports file/version matching with multiple versions of Illustrator, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, among others. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS126 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the $19 Soxy utility. 
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       CtrlPublishing makes CtrlCrossTalk, a magical plug-in that lets InCopy users edit any story in an InDesign layout file, without the designer needing to export the stories to InCopy format first. They have another plugin, CtrlCrossTalkID that lets the InDesign user "lock" the frames that the InCopy user should not be able to edit. Listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.
      >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.
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      Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:41pm EST

      PeP Conference recap; ePub cover art tip; Graphic FX ebook; Top 40 Tips ebook; Dropbox; Chicago and San Francisco seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Master Page Overlay
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> CtrlPublishing empowers InDesign's Layers panel with its CtrlLayers plug-in, such as creating new documents from visible layers. There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.
      >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.
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      Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:59pm EST

      CS5 ships; Michael Ninness interview; Conference and Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Set Tab Order
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      News and special offers from our sponsors:
      >> CtrlPublishing offers a highly useful plugin called CtrlChanges that lets you track text changes in InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5, just like in Microsoft Word and InCopy. With the CtrlChanges plug-