Fri, 21 December 2007
New InDesign books, Miami Conference, XML and InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Formatted Only Once ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-067.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33:48 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Maivald and Palmer's book: A Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML Powell's book: Instant InDesign Documentary movie, Helvetica InDesign Conference (Miami, FL; Feb 26-March 1 2008) We interview Cari Janssen about her XML project Anne-Marie's blog post on exporting HTML using XML tags InData plug-in from Em Software |
Fri, 7 December 2007
TypeFi AutoFit; Numbered Paragraphs; Obscurity of the Week: Assignments Panel ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-066.mp3 (12.0 MB, 26:11 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: TypeFi AutoFit plug-in (CS1, 2, or 3) Cari Janssen's AutoFit tip Anne-Marie's blog post on numbered paragraphs Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Tue, 20 November 2007
Plug-in-palooza! What, how, why; Twenty-plus great InDesign plug-ins; Obscurity of the Week: Configure Plug-ins ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-065.mp3 (15.8 MB, 34:30 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Adobe's comprehensive InDesign Plug-ins list DTP Tools (Page Control, Layer Comps, History, Tetris, Cross References, Keyboard Shortcuts) Markzware (Q2ID, ID2Q) EmSoftware (InData, XTags) Teacup Software (DataLinker, TypeFitter, PatternMaker, BarcodeMaker) Rorohiko (TextExporter, LikeFindsLike, Color2Gray, ChatterGoofy) Recosoft (PDF2ID) i.t.i.p GmbH (InMath) Gluon (ProScale ID) Triple Triangle (Color Spec Cubed) Knowbody Software (CoolKerning) Zevrix Solutions (LinkOptimizer) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 8 November 2007
Leopard reports; Mailbag answers; Obscurity of the week: Reset Indents ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-064.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tim Cole's Using InDesign on Leopard post on his blog Steve Werner's Leaping to Leopard post here Adobe's TechNote on Vista and CS3 (installation troubleshooting) (Sorry, Vista Home Basic users) Adobe Feature Request form Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in from DTP Tools/InDesignSecrets How to Rebuild Prefs in InDesign Fontlab's TransType font converter utility Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 25 October 2007
Chicago CS Conf Recap; David's New Toy; Calendar Layouts; CS3 and Leopard; Obscurity of the Week: Reset to Base ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-063.mp3 (12 MB, 26:15 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Upcoming InDesign Conference (Miami, Feb 2008) Fujistu ScanSnap for Mac or Windows Guided Tour of Apple's new OS, Leopard (10.5) Parallels Desktop software Anne-Marie's Calendar Layout post CalendarMaker script (Mac only) on the Adobe Exchange Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Sat, 13 October 2007
5.01 Update; New ID CS3 Books; Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually; Quizzler Winner and Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Miter Join and Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-062.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:10 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: InDesign 5.01 Update: Mac or Windows, 5.01 ReadMe PDF New books: Real World InDesign CS3; InDesign CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide; Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production; InDesign CS3 Video Training Book; A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML; Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Free Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in from DTP Tools London, UK InDesign User Group Adobe Exchange Beta Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 5 October 2007
Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Celebrity Shortcuts, When Shortcuts Collide, Poster Discount, Quizzler!, Obscurity of the Week: Context ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for show notes, links mentioned in the episode, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: Keyboard Shortcut Extravaganza-za-za!
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode's Quizzler, e-mail it (don't post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Friday, October 12. Please put the word "Quizzler" in your Subject line. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. Sponsor Link and Offer: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Fri, 21 September 2007
Newsbits; XML; GREP; Tagged Text; CS3 Indexing bug; Obscurity of the Week: the Eraser Tool ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-060.mp3 (13.1 MB, 28:19 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Creative Suite and Web Design Conferences (Chicago, Oct. 15–20) Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in for InDesign CS2/CS3 The InDesigner post about using GREP outside of InDesign CS2 Em Software's XTags for InDesign Adobe forum thread about the CS3 Index bug (script is at post #31) The InDesigner videocast about indexing in InDesign Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Wed, 5 September 2007
Default Style Glitches; Rebuilding Preferences; Not Possible in ID; Obscurity of the Week: PN and PB ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-059.mp3 (14.2 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Free 7-day pass to Lynda.com videos David and Olav Kvern's upcoming Real World InDesign CS3 InCopy CS3 video reviews on Amazon.com Adobe's Feature Request page Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 24 August 2007
AutoCorrect; Hidden Characters; Right-to-Left Typesetting; Shrinking PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Non-Joiner ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, see the links mentioned in the podcast, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-058.mp3 (13.7 MB, 28:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) *NOTE* [8/25/07]: We're having a (hopefully) temporary technical glitch with our iTunes feed, and it's not picking up this episode. In the meantime, you can right-click on the .mp3 link above and choose Save Link As to download the .mp3 to your computer and add it to iTunes that way if you want, or of course you can just click the link to listen to it in your browser.
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Melbourne and Tokyo InDesign Conferences Chicago Creative Suite Conference (enter IDSECCSWEB in the coupon code field for $100 off any 2-day, 3-day, Gold, Platinum or Plus pass) Adobe Live Docs page with list of Hidden Characters Adobe Live Docs page with GREP examples Sharon Steuer's upcoming Illustrator CS3 Wow! book Tim Cole's blog post about Non-Joiner U.S. source for InDesign ME (Middle Eastern) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 10 August 2007
Tips Extravaganza; Customizing the Control Panel; Obscurity of the Week: Isolate Blending ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-057.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:00 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Miami InDesign Conference Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Mon, 30 July 2007
Conferences; Quizzler Answer; Huge File Sizes; Scaling in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Gap Color ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-056.mp3 (14.6 MB, 30:54 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tokyo and Melbourne InDesign Conferences InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (for CS2 or CS3) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 20 July 2007
Upcoming ID Seminars; Help Files Live; Composition Highlighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Balance Ragged Lines ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, Quizzler instructions, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode's Quizzler, e-mail it (don't post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Friday, July 27. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Wed, 4 July 2007
Quizzler update; Mixing CS2 and CS3; Hot Button Post: Text Do's and Don'ts; Corner Effects Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Point/Pica Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Wed, 20 June 2007
News; Non-breaking vs. No Break; Quick Apply menu commands; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Mon, 11 June 2007
Recorded live at the ID Conference! Intro; News; Audience Q&A; Live Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Text ----- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Quizzler answers, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: Recorded live at the 2007 InDesign Conference in New York City!
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Quizzler answers! Wow! Who knew there were so many ways? Listen to the podcast to learn who won the contest. Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Fri, 25 May 2007
Announcements; Hyperlinks; Text Variables; One-Button Mice; Obscurity of the Week: File Info ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-051.mp3 (16.2 MB, 34:02 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the podcast: InCopy CS3/InDesign CS3 Integration video training (link leads to post with details) Our post about fixing hyperlinks from Word documents Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 17 May 2007
We're 50!; Quizzler Winner (OS Color Picker); News; Unembeddable fonts; Printing Link Info; Obscurity of the Week: Crop Amount ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for details, show notes, or to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-050.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:01 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign CS3 tryout and documentation from Adobe Tim Cole's InDesign BackChannel blog The InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off the registration fee. Melbourne, Australia InDesign conference, Tokyo InDesign conference (link to come), Chicago CS3 Summit Letterheadfonts.com and the Typophile.com thread about it Download Martin Fischer's LinkExport.jsx script (zipped file) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Tue, 8 May 2007
News; Threading and Unthreading; Transparency and Spot Colors; PDF/X-4; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, May 15, 2007. The winner will be mailed our beautiful InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! |
Wed, 18 April 2007
CS3 Ships; Our IDCS3 In-box videos; Conferences; Trapping in ID; New Text Wrap options in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Detach Selection from Master ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ----- Listen in your browser:
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Wed, 4 April 2007
4.05 Update; CS3 Pricing; Display Preferences; Export to XHTML (CS3 Feature); Obscurity of the Week: First Baseline Offset ---------- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ---------- Listen in your browser:
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Mon, 26 March 2007
InDesign CS3! New features, fixes, pricing; Obscurity of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, Links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave your comments. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-046.mp3 (13 MB, 27:19 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)
Our sponsor for this episode: DTP Tools, makers of cool InDesign plug-ins like History, Layer Groups, Tetris, and PageControl (the latter the brainchild of InDesignSecrets contributor Pariah Burke). Special offer for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code IDSECRETS for 15% off any plug-in from their on-line store. Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Magazine special offer. Go to the link, choose "2-year subscription for $69" option, and enter indesignsecrets to receive two years of back issues, free, along with your subscription. The upcoming issue is full of in-depth articles about InDesign CS3 new features. The InDesigner videocast. Michael's latest episode (#38) shows off InDesign CS3's new interface, and all the neat tricks you can do with it. Adobe.com for Creative Suite 3 info from the horse's mouth Gutenberg Project is Anne-Marie's favorite source for placeholder.txt copy Lorem-Ipsum Generator caught David's fancy Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Mon, 19 March 2007
Evil Color Picker; Illustrator Bleeds; Obscurity of the Week: Mixed Ink Group ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser:
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Tue, 6 March 2007
CS3 Announcement; Skewing and Shearing; Annoying Section Prefixes, Obscurity of the Week: Simulate Paper Color ----- Details below, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
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Tue, 20 February 2007
Newsbits; Contest Winner; Straight Lines; Readable Text; Obscurity of the Week: Metrics ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show notes, links, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) InDesignSecrets-043.mp3 (10.6 MB, 25:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)
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Tue, 6 February 2007
Placing Multi-page PDFs; Clear Overrides Button; Useless Palette Award and Contest; Obscurity of the Week: Align Based on Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, contest details, and to add a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: The Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Mon, 29 January 2007
Quizzler winner and wrap-up; InDesign News; Designer Wars; Obscurity of the Week: Slug ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser:
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Fri, 5 January 2007
Quizzler winner (triple-clicking); Top 5 things InDesign newbies should know; Best online resources for ID help; Newbie-friendly Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Save a Copy ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: Happy New Year! In keeping with this "new" them, this episode is especially for the *new* InDesign users out there -- what you should know, best places to learn more. Grizzled veterans may also learn some new things, too!
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, January 12, 2007. The winner will be mailed our beautiful InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
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