Plug-in-palooza! What, how, why; Twenty-plus great InDesign plug-ins; Obscurity of the Week: Configure Plug-ins

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-065.mp3 (15.8 MB, 34:30 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

• Plug-in-palooza!
• What's a plug-in? Why are they valuable?
• Finding InDesign plug-ins on the Internet
• Installing plug-ins
• Fast descriptions of over 20 InDesign plug-ins that users are loving (the tip of the iceberg, there are at dozens more we didn't have time to cover)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Configure Plug-ins

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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)

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Leopard reports; Mailbag answers; Obscurity of the week: Reset Indents

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-064.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

• News: Leopard and CS3 (reports from the field)
• "You Asked For It!" We answer a slew of listener e-mails:
• Resize from center
• Select overset text
• Images on a path
• Vertical justification
• Clear Character style color spec
• Vertical gradients in tables
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Indents

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

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