Tue, 24 March 2009
News; Simplest GREP Style; Styles Hierarchy; Vote for the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-099.php for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour begins in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, in various cities across the U.S. Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop with one more date in Chicago on March 26, and Flash Without Tears will tour five cities in June 2009. Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration.
>> Woodwing has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: 20% off the price for their neato fast-styling plug-in, SmartStyles. SmartStyles works with all CS versions of InDesign and InCopy on both platforms. Use the INDESIGN-SECRETS code at their web store to get the 20% discount (expires April 30, 2009) . >> Adobe Systems has extended the deadline for their CS4 upgrade special offer: Customers with earlier versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Adobe Production Studio software can upgrade for the same price as those moving from CS3, up to a US$200 savings. The offer ends on April 30, 2009, in North America, after which they move to "tiered upgrade pricing." You can see the special offer's upgrade pricing chart at a glance, and then buy the upgrade at the Adobe.com store or your favorite reseller. (Sorry, no discount code—we tried!)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Please complete the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards ballot! (deadline is March 31, 2009) New Adobe Forums Preview: adobeforums.adobe.com Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter David's author page on Lynda.com (watch for the GREP Styles video in April) Anne-Marie's InDesign CS4 New Features videos, style hierarchies are in Chp. 8 We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast
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Wed, 4 March 2009
ACE Exams, Wherefore Magenta; Linking Templates to Layouts; More on Special Characters; Obscurity of the Week: Share My Screen ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-098.mp3 (16.7 MB, 32:33 minutes)
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News from our sponsors:
>> Mogo-Media's Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop that has open dates in March 2009 for various cities, starring CS genius Brian Wood. Flash Without Tears, a one-day workshop hosted by the inimitable Sandee Cohen, will tour five cities in June 2009 and is open for early registrations.
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this page. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books, and the InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publicatons. >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is once again giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
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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 I see sixth spaces and Battlestar Galactica (read comment #74)
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