Fri, 29 July 2011
Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-153.mp3 (16.9 MB, 30:27 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
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>> In-Tools develops incredibly useful InDesign scripts (like MergeTables, mentioned in today's podcast) and plug-ins, but they would like you to know that they also develop custom solutions for clients. For example, company owner Harbs tells us, they're putting the final touches on a web-to-print solution for a customer that uses browser-editable InDesign templates with the InDesign server in the background (neat!). Check out Harbs's blog to see what he's up to, and contact him directly on his Contact page.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Marijan's Fill Table with Placeholder Text script: TomaxxiFillTable.zip
> Browse all of Marijan's InDesign scripts and other goodies
> Harbs's Merge Tables script page
> Browse all of Harbs's InDesign scripts
> DTPTools's Active Tables plug-in
> See the comments below for some of our favorite answers to the Quizzler sent in by listeners
> Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler
> Diane Burns's InDesign Table Magic webinar, and a list of all InDesignSecrets webinars
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Wed, 13 July 2011
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Ron Bilodeau interview; Geeky Blog Posts; Obscurity of the Week: Remember Font with Bullet Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-152.mp3 (24.2 MB, 44:52 minutes!) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a number of great InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. One of the most powerful plug-in is his AutoFlow Pro ($79). It puts you in complete control of automating the flowing and reflowing of your layout’s text and images, using both master frames and non-master frames, across entire documents. It's a great solution for creating horizontal and vertical layouts of the same content, too.
>> Rorohiko is offering 50% off their SodukuGenerator ($149) plug-in until the end of July 2011; after that the discount drops to 20% off. As the name implies, the plug-in uses InDesign to create "easy" to "diabolical" level Soduku puzzles, great for any newsletter, magazine, newspaper, or even a book full of these puzzles. To get the discount, use the promo code INDESIGNSECRETS152 when you purchase it.
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To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and as many correct answers as you can think of. You have until Monday, July 25 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after July 25, 2011! --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
> InDesignSecret's collection of GREP-related posts and resources
> Twitter #eprdctn posts
> Ron used to work at Cook's Illustrated magazine > Now he works at O'Reilly Media
> Geeky post #1: Guide to Interpreting InDesign Crash Reports
> Geeky post #2: Favorite GREP Expressions You Can Use
> Geeky post #3: Picking the Best Video Format for Digital Publishing
> Geeky post #4: Free Script to Batch Apply ALT Tags
> Seybold Report reviewed Soduku Generator with Patterns
> Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler
> Jim Maivald's book, Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML
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