InDesignSecrets Podcast 296

In this episode…

• News
  • Adobe InDesign 17.2 update patch released
  • CreativePro Week agenda is up! May 9-13, live in DC and online
  • The cover story in the March 2022 issue of CreativePro magazine dives deep into alternatives to Adobe software (including how Affinity Publisher stacks up to InDesign) 
  • And the April issue is all about making data visual; a must-read for anyone who makes charts, graphs, infographics, and so on 
• Interview with Andreas Michalski of CI-HUB
• Control Panel vs. the Properties Panel: Total Smackdown!
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Key Object 

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Sponsor for this episode:

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• InDesign 17.2… what’s new: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
• The mystery of PlugPlugOwl: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/36861886-indesign-crashes-on-launch-in-plugplugowl-dll
• How to rebuild your preferences: https://creativepro.com/rebuilding-indesign-preferences/
• Canto has been around forever! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_(software)
• Working with a DAM: InDesign Magazine Issue 109: https://creativepro.com/indesign-magazine-issue-109-digital-asset-management/
• Anne-Marie shows how to get the Control panel back: https://creativepro.com/video-how-to-bring-the-control-panel-back-and-keep-it/
• Andreas Michalski from CI-HUB 
  • https://ci-hub.com
  • 17-minute video by CI-HUB from CreativePro Week: https://creativeproweek.com/session/ci-hub-sponsored-session-2020/
• Anne-Marie’s course on Collaborative Workflows: 
  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/collaborative-workflows-for-editors-and-designers/