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

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In this episode, Anne-Marie flies solo!


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Adobe MAX brings together the world’s top creatives and best-in-the-business experts to get inspired, learn skills, and play. October 15–17 in Los Angeles. Anne-Marie and David are both speaking at separate hands-on InDesign labs. Come to the Community Pavilion and say hi to us at the CPN booth (#408)! Use our code CDCcreate2018 to save $400 off registration!   


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News and special offers from our sponsor:

Adobe MAX brings together the world’s top creatives and best-in-the-business experts to get inspired, learn skills, and play. October 15–17 in Los Angeles. Anne-Marie and David are both speaking at separate hands-on InDesign labs. Come to the Community  Pavilion and say hi to us at the CPN booth (#408)! Use our code CDCcreate2018 to save $400 off registration!   


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And here's that obscure alert!!!

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  • Applying object styles to groups of object-styled objects
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Use Native Digits When Typing in Arabic Scripts

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Middle Eastern license plate with Eastern Arabic numerals on top and Western Arabic numerals underneath (photo by Jerry "Woody")

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  • The problem with default RGB [Black] and CMYK [Black]
  • Interview with Khoi Vinh, Adobe's Principal Designer
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Greek Vector Objects on Drag

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Here's the 256-level histogram (0 to 255) we were talking about:

 

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  • We review all the features/fixes in just-released InDesign CC 2018.1 update
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Knockout Group

News and special offers from our sponsors:

Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, 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, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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The InDesign Conference 2018 is June 4–7 in New Orleans, one of four back-to-back conferences in the same venue during CreativePro Week. Dozens of speakers—returning favorites and new faces—are busy prepping right now for some of the most useful and exciting presentations on InDesign you'll ever encounter. Sign up for just this conference, two of them (maybe add the Ps/Ai: Photoshop and Illustrator Conference for Designers as well?) or the whole week! Premium members of InDesignSecrets.com get a discount code worth $150 off any multi-day registration. To find the discount code, click on the blue My Account button at the top of the InDesignSecrets site and then click Benefits.


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News and special offers from our sponsors:

Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, 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 March 31, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20. 


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