InDesign Secrets
Adobe InDesign tips, techniques and insider info from Anne-Marie Concepcion and David Blatner.

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In a heated discussion during the podcast, the question was debated: If you alias a spot ink to another spot ink, will it separate out to CMYK correctly? Answer: YES. David's report from his post-podcast testing (see the episode 251 Show Notes on our site for screenshots that illustrate these steps):

STEP ONE: I placed an .AI file (it could also be a PDF) that contains two spot colors (Pantone Blue, and a yellow called Pantone 114). I then applied that Pantone Blue spot color to some text in a text frame. I also created a new color that is a spot color, but defined with a CMYK value, called "MyColor 50/10/85/0".

STEP TWO: I opened Ink Manager (from the Swatches panel menu), selected the Pantone Blue and then chose MyColor from the Ink Alias popup menu. And then I selected MyColor and clicked on the icon in the left column, which means convert this color to process.

STEP THREE: When I open the Separations Preview panel and turn the View popup menu to Separations, the Ink Aliasing kicks in, converting all instances of Pantone Blue to MyColor… and also showing that MyColor is being converted to CMYK (using the CMYK values I set up when I created the color).

 

Direct download: InDesignSecrets-251.mp3
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  • Managing threaded stories manually and with free scripts
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Repair All
     

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-250.mp3
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-249.mp3
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  • Sleuthing InDesign Mysteries: Fonts and TOCs and Style folders
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Incompatibility with Flash Player

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David did it! To get InDesign's Preflight to report something incompatible with the Flash player. Place a MIDI Quicktime movie file, circa 1994, and click Continue at the alert.



Direct download: InDesignSecrets-248.mp3
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>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, offers exceptional instructor-led training for Adobe InDesign and other software programs at London Covent Garden, Cardiff, Bristol, and now, live online! Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class —including online!—if you mention InDesignSecrets and this podcast episode number while booking the class, on the phone or at their site.


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-247.mp3
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  • David's special guest co-host was Jonathan Levit, InDesign trainer and professional magician
  • News:
    • CreativePro Week 2018 (including the InDesign Conference) will be in New Orleans, June 4-8, 2018
    • InDesign Magazine's July 2017 issue was on automated Publishing w/InDesign
    • Our 100th issue of InDesign Magazine is in August, so it'll have 100 tips and 100 free scripts!
  • Auto-sizing of text frames
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Tool Hints (the loneliest panel)

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-246.mp3
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  • News:
  • Space before/after lists hack
  • The [Basic Paragraph] style conundrum
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check in

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Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until July 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-245.mp3
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  • News:
  • CreativePro Week 2017 recap and fave moments
  • Useless InDesign Tool: Poll Results
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Submit Bug/Feature Request

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-244.mp3
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  • News and Updates:
  • We examine the stunning achievement that is InDesign 2017.1
  • Interview with Theresa Jackson, Adobe guru, trainer, and designer
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Recently Published

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> Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until May 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-243.mp3
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  • News and Updates:
  • Using Acrobat's deeply buried Object Inspector on your InDesign PDFs!
  • The Next Big Thing for interactive PDFs? We hear things ...
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flip Pages (it's not what you think)

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-242.mp3
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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-241.mp3
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  • News and Updates:
  • GREP!
  • QuickApply and Hyperlinks crash fix
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entire Pasteboard

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Direct download: InDesignSecrets-240.mp3
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