InDesignSecrets Podcast 098

ACE Exams, Wherefore Magenta; Linking Templates to Layouts; More on Special Characters; Obscurity of the Week: Share My Screen

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• News: InDesign CS4 ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) tests are now available; Test Prep e-book coming soon
• Is magenta a color? An trippy trip into rods, cones, spectra, and process inks
• How to update files created from the same template when it's modified
• Three interesting special characters
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Share My Screen

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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Register for the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam (or download the Prep guide)
The original "Magenta Ain't a Color" article and the Ars Technica rebuttal
It was in Podcast episode 25 (transcript) that we talked about leaders for right-aligned tabs
Start sharing your screen with the free ConnectNow

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