Fri, 23 January 2009
Trip reports; Software updates; Master page text frames; Quizzler winners; Obscurity of the Week: Skip by Leading ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, sponsor discount links, and other links mentioned in this episode. And to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-095.mp3 (17.6 MB, 32:28 minutes)
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Download the PDF of the Quizzler results! (Which popular posts of 2008 did you miss?) Includes links to the posts and comments from the entrant about why it was their favorite.
Quizzler winners were selected randomly from qualifying e-mails:
Grand Prize, the Spyder3 Elite: Noel Burgess
Runners-up, a copy of Schott's Almanac 2009: Jean-Claude Tremblay, Nigel Harris, Les O'Neil, and David Parker
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Fun article about David's Dubai seminar InDesignSecrets' Twitter Tweets Fritz's post about Master Text Frames Anne-Marie's InDesignProxy and Leopard update posts
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Sat, 3 January 2009
Upcoming Events; Resolutions; Table Calculations; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Smart Match Style Groups ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-094.mp3 (15.7 MB, 30:08 minutes)
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Info and deals from our sponsors:
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-- Links mentioned in this podcast:
David's Dubai seminar and at Macworld Anne-Marie's videos at Lynda.com Pre-order Real World InDesign CS4 Nancy at Southern Progress' Pure Silver Jewelry
David's post (with links to scripts etc.) about Calculating Numbers in Tables (Ben) Schott's Miscellany/Almanac 2009 Uber-cool Spyder3 Elite color-calibration tool from Datacolor -- To play the Quizzler, email your answer to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the subject line. We will randomly choose the five winners from all entries we've received by midnight on Sunday, January 11, 2009.
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