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Thu, 29 July 2010
InDesignSecrets Podcast 130

Survey winner; Navigating long docs; Two new seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Select and Fit Item

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Details below, or go to the Show Notes page at http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-130.php for links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment!

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-130.mp3 (16.3 MB, 30:51 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • Congratulations to Laurie from Columbus, Ohio, our Survey prize winner!
  • Navigating through long InDesign docs: tips, tricks, and hidden features
  • Two new seminars debut in September
    • PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
    • 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item (screen shot below)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Our post about Jim Maivald's new XML/InDesign video series from Lynda.com > Use our Lynda.com 24-hour Free Trial to see all their videos
> Love the Quizzler? We have a great one coming up in the next InDesignSecrets newsletter
> David's Real World InDesign CS5 book (with Bob Bringhurst!) is coming soon
> Not using CS5 yet? Here's what "Select and Fit Item" looks like:
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-130.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:01pm PDT
Tue, 6 July 2010
InDesignSecrets Podcast 129

User survey; Sorting tables; PDFs from Print Booklet; Obscurity of the Week: Include Menu Commands

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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-129.php for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment!

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-129.mp3 (15.8 MB, 30:07 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
  • Take our quickie InDesignSecrets user survey, win a prize!
  • Sorting Tables, a story with three morals
  • PDFs from Print Booklet: Solutions for Mac users
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Menu Commands
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>> Rorohiko's TextExporter 3.0 plug-in makes exporting text out of InDesign CS2-CS5 so simple! You can export all the stories in an ID file into one single RTF, plain text, or ID tagged text file, and you control how it orders the text as it extracts and concatenates it. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS129 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the TextExporter plug-in.

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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> InDesignSecrets User Survey deadline is July 15 2010. Only 5 questions, and there's a $150 Lynda.com video raffle prize!
> Peter Kahrel's Sort Table script and David's post about it
> Steve Werner's posts about Print Booklet (168 comments since April 2007) and Snow Leopard & the Adobe PDF Printer (127 comments since August 2009)
> Download the Acrobat 9.0 PPD (you might want to right-click and Save Link As)
Direct download: InDesignSecrets-129.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:35pm PDT