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

ID Conference news; Rotate text tip; Photocompositing in InDesign; Cari Jansen interview; Obscurity of the week: Adjust View Settings

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InDesignSecrets-032.mp3
(26.7 MB, 29:08 minutes)
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  • InDesign Conference news (Stockholm, Seattle, Adobe Developer Conf.)
  • Rotating text without rotating its frame, courtesy of Adobe's Tim Cole
  • Photocompositing in InDesign: Mike's latest videocast is on one of our favorite techniques
  • Guest guru Cari Jansen, top InDesign trainer/consultant from Australia, talks about the ID CS2 features that allowed her to complete a huge Australian Vineyard Directory project in 15 percent (not a typo!) of the time it took before CS2
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Adjust View Settings

Links mentioned in the podcast:
InDesign Conference: Master Class (Seattle, WA, Nov. 6–8, 2006)
Adobe's Plug-in Developer Summit (Nov. 6–8, 2006; multiple locations)
Tim Cole's Rotated Text tutorial (PDF, 930K)

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The InDesigner videocast; Free plug-in for Find/Change; Adding the current date automatically; Obscurity of the Week: Notes tool and menu.

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InDesignSecrets-031.mp3
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  • The InDesigner videocast is part of InDesignSecrets!
  • Free plug-in, "CleverFindChangeCloser" from Aextra Software
  • Adding the current date to your pages, automatically
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Notes (tool and menu)

Links mentioned in the podcast:
The InDesigner videocast
CleverFindChangeCloser plug-in (CS2 only): Download for Mac or Windows. (For help installing the plug-in, see this post)
The
PrinterMark file David referred to (instructions are included)

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Site News; Quizzler #3 Winner; OpenType Fractions Helper; Pages Palette; Obscurity of the Week: End Nested Style Here

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InDesignSecrets-030.mp3
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  • InDesignSecrets.com news: Our Store, New Contributors, Named to Top 5 Podcasts, 100K+ Downloads, Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference
  • Quizzler #3 ("Where is Bevel?") Winner!
  • OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet
  • Pages Palette Mystery/Mastery: Targeted vs. Selected Pages
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: End Nested Style Here

Links mentioned in the podcast:
The InDesignSecrets Store — those aprons are going fast!
Colleen Wheeler: Top 5 Audio Podcasts on Visual Topics
Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference; Seattle, WA; Nov. 6-8, 2006
Download: OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet (PDF, 400K)

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:40am EDT