Sat, 29 May 2010
Best and Worst little CS5 features; Blog posts of the week; Obscurity of the Week: Folder 0
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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-126.php for show notes, links, and to leave a comment! -------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-126.mp3 (19 MB, 36:14 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko (“Slash the time it takes!”) keeps improving their so-useful Soxy utility—the latest beta now supports InDesign CS5. With Soxy installed, users with multiple versions InDesign installed can go back to simply double-clicking INDD files to open them, because Soxy makes sure they open in the correct version of the program. Soxy also supports file/version matching with multiple versions of Illustrator, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, among others. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS126 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the $19 Soxy utility. >> CtrlPublishing makes CtrlCrossTalk, a magical plug-in that lets InCopy users edit any story in an InDesign layout file, without the designer needing to export the stories to InCopy format first. They have another plugin, CtrlCrossTalkID that lets the InDesign user "lock" the frames that the InCopy user should not be able to edit. Listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5. >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: |
Wed, 19 May 2010
PeP Conference recap; ePub cover art tip; Graphic FX ebook; Top 40 Tips ebook; Dropbox; Chicago and San Francisco seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Master Page Overlay
------- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-125.php for show notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-125.mp3 (14.6 MB, 27:39 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> CtrlPublishing empowers InDesign's Layers panel with its CtrlLayers plug-in, such as creating new documents from visible layers. There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.
>> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Our ePub cover art tip is courtesy of Gabriel Powell
> Visit our eBooks page for store links and sample chapters
> Sign up for your free Dropbox account (Mac/Windows/Linux)
> San Francisco and Chicago InDesignSecretsLive seminar info/registration
> Kris Coppieter's EnslaveMaster plugin (now called TransformMaster)
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Sat, 1 May 2010
CS5 ships; Michael Ninness interview; Conference and Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Set Tab Order
------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-124.php for details, Show Notes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-124.mp3 (19.9 MB, 39:28 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> CtrlPublishing offers a highly useful plugin called CtrlChanges that lets you track text changes in InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5, just like in Microsoft Word and InCopy. With the CtrlChanges plug-in you can see the tracked changes markup in the layout as well as the Story Editor, and you can print them too! (Two features that not even the new Track Changes feature in CS5 has.) There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.
>> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Our posts about CS5 shipping and our round-up of InDesign CS5 new features
> Michael Ninness' post about InDesign CS5
> Adobe's official CS5 Design Premium and InDesign CS5 pages
> David's InDesign CS5 Essential Training
> Anne-Marie's InDesign CS5 New Features video tutorials at Lynda.com
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Sun, 18 April 2010
InDesign CS5 Released; New contributor Keith Gilbert; Russell Viers interview; Obscurity of the Week: Straight Hash ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-123.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-123.mp3 (16.9 MB, 34:16 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> PrePress Studio just released eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.
>> Rorohiko sells a fascinating plug-in called MagnetoGuides that makes it easy to quickly layout grid-based designs because page objects become "magnetized" to the guides. You've got to try it for yourself; it’s FREE for 20 days, and then when you can't live without it, you’ll want to buy it for the low price of $59. Or, reduce the cost by 10% if you enter INDESIGNSECRETS123 in the coupon code area of Rorohiko’s shopping cart.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Adobe's official CS5 Design Premium and InDesign CS5 pages
> Anne-Marie's InDesign CS5 New Features video tutorials at Lynda.com
> Keith Gilbert's first InDesignSecrets blog post (and here's his company's web site)
> All about Russell Viers
> InDesignLive Seminar is coming to Vancouver, Austin, Atlanta, and (just announced!) Chicago and San Francisco!
> Print and ePublishing Conference agenda and speaker bios |
Wed, 31 March 2010
Conference Agenda; InDesign CS5 Launch; Quark Features Missing in InDesign; Hot Forum Post; Obscurity of the Week: Best Joins ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-122.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-122.mp3 (13.8 MB, 27:27 minutes) See our Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> DTPTools offers a suite of 12 InDesign plug-ins in a single package called BlatnerTools (because our own David Blatner designed it)! It works with CS3 and CS4 on both Mac and Windows. You can see a video of a lot of the cool things BlatnerTools can do, and when you're convinced you just gotta have it, you can get 10% off the normal $149 price by using the discount code IDSBLATNERTOOLS in the DTPTools online store.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Members! Watch your e-mail for discount codes to InDesignSecretsLive.com events: InDesign Seminars and the Print and ePublishing conference
> Print and ePublishing Conference Agenda is now up! The $200 early bird discount ends on April 9, so register as soon as you can. > CS5 is coming! CS5 is coming!
> Page Tools lets you have more than one page size in one ID document
> You may be interested in that CoolKerning "kerning table" plug-in we mentioned
> Or do it the old-fashioned way by editing the kern pairs in the font itself
> Fritz wrote up a workaround for character-level opacity changes
> Synchronized text in InDesign solution 1 and solution 2
> David's uplifting post, Things that InDesign Can't Do > Adobe's Feature Request form that they actually read!
> Hot Forum Post about Cool Keyboard Shortcut Changes
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Sat, 13 March 2010
Tips for organizing styles; Gabriel Powell interview; ePub info; Obscurity of the Week: Sort Bookmarks ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-121.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, or to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-121.mp3 (15.2 MB, 30:19 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Members! Watch your e-mail for discount codes to InDesignSecretsLive.com events: InDesign Seminars and the Print and ePublishing conference)
> Vancouver InDesign User Group (where David's speaking soon)
> O'Reilly's Tools of Change conference
> Gabriel Powell's InstantInDesign web site > CreativePro.com reprinted Gabriel's ePub articles from InDesign Magazine
> Learn about the OPDS
> Lexcycle's Stanza application (Note: Lexcycle rhymes with Bicycle)
> David's Joy of Pi book
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Thu, 25 February 2010
Ole Kvern interview; Member prizes; Cross-References; Obscurity of the Week: Connections ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-120.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-120.mp3 (16.4 MB, 32:08 minutes) [media id=41 width=* height=20]
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko has an innovative plug-in, FrameReporter, that can add little non-printing info labels (name of an image, if the frame is overridden from the master, and more) to any kind of frame in your layout, saving any hard-working InDesigner a ton of time. It's FREE for 20 days, and then when you're completely spoiled, you'll want to buy it for the low price of $29. Or, reduce the cost by 25% if you enter INDESIGNSECRETS120 in the coupon code area of Rorohiko's shopping cart.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Adobe's InDesign Scripting home page
> Ole is also speaking at the Creative Suite Developer's Summit
> Members! Watch your e-mail for discount codes to InDesignSecretsLive.com events (seminars and PeP conference)
> InDesignSecrets keyboard shortcut posters (just like Tim and Brian's!) ;-)
> David's post about Harbs' amazing Cross-References script
> DTPTool's wonderful Cross-References PRO plug-in for InDesign/InCopy CS2-CS4
> InDesign documentation on the Connections feature
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Fri, 19 February 2010
Mordy Golding interview; Obscurity of the Week: Tiling ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-119.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:InDesignSecrets-119.mp3 (13.8 MB, 28:47 minutes)
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The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko offers a free plug-in called TextExporter that we love. But to get even more functionality from that free plug-in (and many other free Rorohiko plug-ins) you need to license their APID Assistant. Normally $25, you can get $5 off the APID Assistant if you enter INDESIGNSECRETS119 in the coupon code area of Rorohiko's shopping cart.
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is once again giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Register for Mordy's Illustrator/Flash Catalyst tutorial in Seattle on May 12 -- follow the Registration link in the 2010 Print & ePublishing Conference information page
> Mordy's web site, Mordy.com, and his Flash Catalyst Beta video tutorials
> Download Flash Catalyst from the Adobe Labs web site
> New PeP Conference sponsor, WinSoft (check out their Arabic typography contest)
> InDesignSecretsLive.com for seminar and conference info & registration links
> Another post that's related to tiling in InDesign, sort of
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Sun, 31 January 2010
Colin Fleming interview; Conference/Seminar news; Members drawing winner; Obscurity of the Week: Shared Hyperlink Destination ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-118.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-118.mp3 (14 MB, 26:35 minutes)
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The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko sells a neat plug-in called SudokuGenerator, (and offers a free, more limited version called SudokuGeneratorLite) that lets you create those mind-bending number puzzles for fun and profit. Normally $49, you can get $10 off by entering INDESIGNSECRETS118 in the coupon code area of Rorohiko's shopping cart.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Colin's Adobe MAX presentation, "Creating an eBook for Distribution on Sony Reader Digital Book, Amazon Kindle, and Apple iPhone"
> New Adobe whitepapers on Producing ePub eBooks from InDesign
> InDesignSecretsLive.com for seminar and conference info & registration links
> Make sure you're in our Members database (free) for upcoming prize drawings!
> Katey's DocumentGeek.blogspot.com blog
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Sun, 10 January 2010
InDesignSecretsLive.com 2010 seminars and conference; Diane Burns interview; Prize winners; Obscurity of the the Week: Paste without Formatting ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-117.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-117.mp3 (15 MB, 29:48 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko has a new version of Soxy out, that oh-so-useful utility that knows (or learns) which program/version should open which file on your computer. Great for when you have multiple versions of InDesign installed, or when you work with mix of vector and raster EPS files, or many other situations! Normally $19, you can get $5 off by entering INDESIGNSECRETS117 in the coupon code are of Rorohiko's shopping cart. Download the demo!
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> InDesignSecretsLive.com for seminar and conference info
> Diane Burns' company, TransPacificDigital.com
> You can watch a recording of Diane's InDesignSecrets webinar, "Table Magic" > Make sure you're in our Members database (free) for upcoming prize drawings! |
Wed, 30 December 2009
Fantastic and Free Production Scripts; Obscurity of the Week: Display Unsupported Files ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-116.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-116.mp3 (9.6 MB, 18:22 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> We're loving the In-Tools plug-in Power Headers, which does everything you wish InDesign's Running Header variable could do but can't! InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of In-Tool's InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include Power Headers -- it's the 2.0 update to Running Headers) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Our forum thread about Remove End-of-Line Underlines script
> Download the RemoveUnderlines.jsx script (right-click and choose Save Link As) > Harbs' blog post and link to his Freeze Composition script > Kasyans' blog post and link to his CompareTwoDocuments script > Kasyans' post and link to his Package for Archive script > Our Top 10 Must-Have Free Scripts list > Marc Autret's InDiScripts blog post, Top 80 Script Links > Blatner Tools 1.0 was not mentioned once in this episode! |
Tue, 15 December 2009
InDesignSecrets Conference; Find Where That Color is Used; Obscurity of the Week: Information ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-115.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-115.mp3 (12.3 MB, 23:47 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> We're loving the In-Tools plug-in Power Headers, which does everything you wish InDesign's Running Header variable could do but can't! InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of In-Tool's InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include Power Headers -- it's the 2.0 update to Running Headers) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Blatner Tools 1.0 is officially released!
> Original post about Finding Colors, also discussed in Podcast 85
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Thu, 26 November 2009
All about object transformations; Blatner Tools beta 3; Obscurity of the Week: Pattern Length ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-114.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-114.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:42 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a very cool plug-in called Column Flow which among other things let you create straddle heads on the fly!. As always, InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of In-Tool's InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include Column Flow) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here.
>> Rorohiko ("Slash the time it takes!") has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! In this episode we take a close look at their new Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19 US) that helps you open files (InDesign, and others) in the correct version of the program when you have more than one version installed. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS113 (that's "one one three" at the end) in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility. --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Blatner Tools free beta or demo on the DTP Tools web site
> David's posts about Pattern Length for corners and brackets (thanks Rufus!) |
Sat, 21 November 2009
InDesignSecrets membership; our new forum; Guide to the InDesign ACE Exam eBook; Adobe layoffs; Obscurity of the Week: Choke ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-113.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-113.mp3 (18.6 MB, 36:04 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko ("Slash the time it takes!") has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! In this episode we take a close look at their new Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19 US) that helps you open files (InDesign, and others) in the correct version of the program when you have more than one version installed. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS113 (that's "one one three" at the end) in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility.
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> All about the new free membership program for InDesignSecrets
> InDesignSecrets forum > The InDesignSecrets Guide to the InDesign ACE Exam eBook (PDF, 150 pp, $9.95) by Mike Rankin > Download a sample chapter from the eBook (11-page PDF, 3.7MB) > Mike's personal blog, Publicious.net > Adobe's Certified Expert instructions and links |
Sat, 31 October 2009
Posts of Note: Windows 7, Story Editor, PowerPoint, Balance Lines; Unicodes, GIDs and CIDs; Obscurity of the Week: Missing Glyph ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-112.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-112.mp3 (17.2 MB, 32:59 minutes)
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a very cool plug-in called Running Headers which does variable headers, multi-line headers, chapter headers, and more. Special deal: If you can come up with a Running Heads situation that this plug-in can't handle, they will give you a free copy or apply the cost ($59 US) to any other plug-in they sell! That's confidence. As always, InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of In-Tool's InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include Running Headers) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here.
>> Rorohiko (aka Lightning Brain) has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, FrameReporter ($29 US) lets you see small informational tags when you click on a frame, such as the image's effective resolution or how many words are overset. You can even use it to name frames, and then navigate around your layout via the names. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS111 (that's "one one one" at the end) in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the FrameReporter plug-in. --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Balance Ragged Lines was the Obscure Feature in episode 55, here's the podcast transcript
> Keith Gilbert's blog post about Sorting the Glyphs panel > Unicode Code Charts > Check out Anne-Marie's new Lynda.com video title, Social Media Marketing with Facebook & Twitter > Read about and download the public beta of David's "Blatner Tools" suite of InDesign plug-ins on the DTPTools site
> Anne-Marie will be one of the presenters at the InDesign Conference in Washington DC, Nov 4-6 2009 > Steve Werner's Preflighting Deep Dive webinar has early-bird tickets on sale until Nov 4, the webinar will be on Nov 10 2009
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Thu, 15 October 2009
Blatner Tools; Screen Appearance Tweaks and Tips; Webinars and Seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Orientation ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-111.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-111.mp3 (14.6 MB, 28:12 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko (aka Lightning Brain) has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users. For example, FrameReporter ($29 US) lets you see small informational tags when you click on a frame, such as the image's effective resolution or how many words are overset. You can even use it to name frames, and then navigate around your layout via the names. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS111 (that's "one one one" at the end) in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the FrameReporter plug-in.
>> In-Tools has a very cool plug-in called AutoFlow Pro. It lets you set autoflow attributes for individual stories within your layout, letting you fully control which stories will automatically generate new threaded frames and pages as you enter text, and which ones simply overset. The plug-in is $99, but InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include AutoFlow Pro) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here. --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
> David's upcoming webinar, Long Documents Pt. 2: Automating Your Work, is Oct. 21 2009
> Anne-Marie will be one of the presenters at the InDesign Conference in Washington DC, Nov 4-6 2009
> Steve Werner's Preflighting Deep Dive webinar has early-bird tickets on sale until Nov 4, the webinar will be on Nov 10 2009
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Tue, 29 September 2009
6.04 Update; Snow Leopard and PDFs; Word and InDesign Part 2; Obscurity of the Week: Cancel Package ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-110.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-110.mp3 (15.9 MB, 30:41 minutes)
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a very cool plug-in called AutoFlow Pro, which we talked about in the show. It lets you set autoflow attributes for individual stories within your layout, letting you fully control which stories will automatically generate new threaded frames and pages as you enter text, and which ones simply overset. The plug-in is $99, but InDesignSecrets fans can get $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, (both of which include AutoFlow Pro) if you purchase from this special page on their site. The full list of plug-ins bundled in the packages is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Blog post about the InDesign/InCopy 6.04 Update
> Post about the Snow Leopard/Adobe PDF Printer issue, and the Adobe help page about it
> Anne-Marie's "Convert InDesign to Word" article
> Footnote to Endnote scripts: Peter Kahrel's (see his comment to the post about endnotes); and Miguel Sousa's
> All-day InDesign Seminar in Chicago, starring Anne-Marie on 10/6/2009, use AMCTIME09 for 15% off
> Full list of InDesignSecrets webinars (including recorded eSeminars)
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Tue, 8 September 2009
Happy Birthday InDesign; Essential Tips for Importing Word files; Upcoming Seminars and Webinars; Obscurity of the Week: Select All Unused ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-109.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-109.mp3 (16 MB, 30:15 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Happy Birthday to ID post
> Post about stripping out hyperlinks from Word files
> PaperSpecs reprinted Anne-Marie's "Clean Up Word Files" article
> David insists we include a map showing Where Milwaukee Is
> All InDesignSecrets webinars (including recorded eSeminars)
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Thu, 20 August 2009
New eSeminars and live Seminars by David and Anne-Marie; Character Styles Deep Dive; Obscurity of the Week: Go to Selected Bookmark ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-108.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-108.mp3 (14 MB, 26:53 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Sign up for Anne-Marie's eSeminars: InCopy/InDesign: Getting Started (Sept 9), and/or InCopy/InDesign: Tips and Techniques (Sept. 23) (early-bird pricing expires Aug 25 2009)
> David's two eSeminars on Long Documents will be in October, links coming soon! > InDesignSecrets LIVE (Sept 17) starring David Blatner! All-day seminar, link includes $10 savings > Collaborative Workflows with InCopy/InDesign (Sept 15) AM's all-day live seminar, enter coupon IDS15 for $25 off
> InCopy/InDesign Master Class (Sept 16) AM's all-day live seminar, enter coupon IDS16 for $25 off > Indexmatic script for indexing from Character Styles (link goes to blog post) > Dave Saunder's Preserve Local Formatting script for CS1, CS2, and CS3 (link downloads .jsx script)
> Jongware's PrepText script for CS4 (link downloads .zip of script); Adobe forum thread discussing its use
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Fri, 31 July 2009
Interview with contributor James Fritz; Unwanted color seps/plates; Obscurity of the Week: Float ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-107.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
In-Tools blog with links to free scripts from Harbs
Sign up for Typography Deep Dive, James Fritz's InDesignSecrets eSeminar
And here's Sir Fritz's bio and InDesignSecrets posts
Steve Werner's eSeminar recording, Preparing for Print: InDesign Best Prepress Practices
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Tue, 14 July 2009
eSeminar recordings available; Chris Kitchener interview; Creating accessible (Sec 508) PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Crop to Media ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-106.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
In-Tools blog with links to free scripts from Harbs
Diane Burns' eSeminar recording, InDesign Table Magic
Steve Werner's eSeminar recording, Preparing for Print: InDesign Best Prepress Practices
Anne-Marie's Graphic Design in 2009 webinar; you need to phone in registration to use GEEKNESS coupon code ($30 discount)
Obama Time Capsule book site
Creating Accessible PDFs from InDesign (300K PDF)
InDesignSecrets' new Accessibility page with links to many resources
Adobe Labs' Presentations, an Adobe app in development
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Mon, 6 July 2009
Multiple-place tip; Acrobat.com; 6.03 Update; Obscurity of the Week: POSIX ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-105.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
>> Adobe Systems has a new promotion called A Suite Deal which lasts until August 31, 2009. Until that date you can save $100 when you upgrade to Creative Suite 4. Visit the Suite Deal page for details.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
James Fritz's blog post about multiple-placing
Download the InDesign/InCopy 6.03 update Acrobat.com promotion discount (save $50 on annual subscription) Adobe Labs' Presentations and Tables, Acrobat.com apps in development Jay Nelson's DesignTools Monthly newsletter More on POSIX |
Sat, 20 June 2009
News: Seminars, Webinars, Videos; Special Effects; SWF Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Arrange by Columns ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-104.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
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InDesign Seminar Tour Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration.
Anne-Marie's 10 Things for InDesign videos: 10 Troubleshooting Steps; 10 Habits of Professionals; 10 Things Designers Should Know about Bridge
Mike's Eye Candy series: Gravity's Shadow; Shine On; Punch-outs, Stickers, and Rips; Pattern Swatches; and Blending a la Mode
David's SWF Discovery post and Martinho's SWF script
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Fri, 29 May 2009
Seminars and Webinars; InCopy CS4 Guide; CS Developers Summit; Moving Pages Between Layouts; Obscurity of the Week: Line End ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-103.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! -----
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>> myMacMac is the developer of a really neat InDesign plug-in called InDemand (see the Quicktime demo). InDemand adds an automation panel to the Mac (only) versions of InDesign CS2, CS3, or CS4 with all sorts of useful buttons and functions, such as a Repeater Grid and a Clipboard Filter. Great solution for many types of projects that require tedious formatting and arranging like catalogs and electronics ads. Use the coupon code CPN1141670880 for a 10% InDesignSecrets discount, valid until July 20, 2009.
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> Adobe Systems continues to show their support for InDesign users via their sponsorship of the InDesignSecrets podcast and videocast, so thanks, Adobe! They're trying to get the word out about how much time you can save if you move to the latest version of the Creative Suite, CS4. To see the Pfeiffer report we talked about in the podcast which documents the time savings ("CS4 Productivity for Design Professionals"), you can download the PDF here: http://tr.im/cs4time. It's interesting reading! --
InDesign Seminar Tour in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles (DB); and Boston, Minneapolis, and Chicago (AMC). Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration.
InCopy CS4 Hands-on Guide (blog post with links) Andreas Pfeiffer report on CS4 productivity gains Check out the recorded sessions from the 2009 Creative Suite Developer's Summit Interviewed in the podcast: Mark Niemann-Ross (Adobe); Paul Chada (Recosoft); Lawrence Horwitz (Teacup Software); and Kris Coppietiers (Rorohiko) DesignGeek story on the Adobe App Store |
Fri, 8 May 2009
Listener survey (with prizes!); Upcoming ID webinars and seminars by DB and AMC; Scaling and Resampling in ID; Obscurity of the Week: Snap-to Flag ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-102.phpfor Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesignSecrets Listener Survey now with prizes! InDesign Seminar Tour in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles (DB); and Boston, Minneapolis, and Chicago (AMC). Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration.
InDesign Troubleshooting & Repair Webinar, May 21 (Anne-Marie) Introduction to GREP in InDesign Webinar, May 28 (David) |
Tue, 21 April 2009
Videocast stats; InDesign 101; Barcodes; Spell-checking; Obscurity of the Week: Threshold ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-101 for Show notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
>> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour travels through five cities in the US in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, with more dates in the fall. Deke McClelland's Photoshop Channels and Masks seminar; and Paul Trani's Getting Started with Flash seminars are also coming up! Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration off any of these. >> Adobe Systems has extended the deadline for their CS4 upgrade special offer: Customers with earlier versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Adobe Production Studio software can upgrade for the same price as those moving from CS3, up to a US$200 savings. The offer ends on April 30, 2009, in North America, after which they move to "tiered upgrade pricing." You can see the special offer's upgrade pricing chart at a glance, and then buy the upgrade at the Adobe.com store or your favorite reseller. (Sorry, no discount code—we tried!) --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesignSecrets Videocast 001: Line Styles and GREP Styles Barcodes in InDesign hot button post
Spell-checking hot button post Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter |
Fri, 10 April 2009
A Very Special Episode! (Happy Anniversary to Us): New Videocast; Trip Back in time to Episode 001; Funny Outtakes; Winners of the 1st Annual Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Font Version ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-100.php for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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"A Very Special Episode" in honor of our 100th podcast ...
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
>> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour travels through five cities in the US in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, with more dates in September by other presenters. Deke McClelland's Photoshop Channels and Masks seminar; and Paul Trani's Getting Started with Flash seminars are also coming up! Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration off any of these.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Winners of the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards InDesignSecrets Videocast 001: Line Styles and GREP Styles |
Tue, 24 March 2009
News; Simplest GREP Style; Styles Hierarchy; Vote for the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-099.php for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-099.mp3 (17.5 MB, 33:19 minutes)
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour begins in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, in various cities across the U.S. Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop with one more date in Chicago on March 26, and Flash Without Tears will tour five cities in June 2009. Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration.
>> Woodwing has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: 20% off the price for their neato fast-styling plug-in, SmartStyles. SmartStyles works with all CS versions of InDesign and InCopy on both platforms. Use the INDESIGN-SECRETS code at their web store to get the 20% discount (expires April 30, 2009) . >> Adobe Systems has extended the deadline for their CS4 upgrade special offer: Customers with earlier versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Adobe Production Studio software can upgrade for the same price as those moving from CS3, up to a US$200 savings. The offer ends on April 30, 2009, in North America, after which they move to "tiered upgrade pricing." You can see the special offer's upgrade pricing chart at a glance, and then buy the upgrade at the Adobe.com store or your favorite reseller. (Sorry, no discount code—we tried!)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Please complete the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards ballot! (deadline is March 31, 2009) New Adobe Forums Preview: adobeforums.adobe.com Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter David's author page on Lynda.com (watch for the GREP Styles video in April) Anne-Marie's InDesign CS4 New Features videos, style hierarchies are in Chp. 8 We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast
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Thu, 5 March 2009
ACE Exams, Wherefore Magenta; Linking Templates to Layouts; More on Special Characters; Obscurity of the Week: Share My Screen ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-098.mp3 (16.7 MB, 32:33 minutes)
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News from our sponsors:
>> Mogo-Media's Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop that has open dates in March 2009 for various cities, starring CS genius Brian Wood. Flash Without Tears, a one-day workshop hosted by the inimitable Sandee Cohen, will tour five cities in June 2009 and is open for early registrations.
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this page. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books, and the InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publicatons. >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is once again giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Register for the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam (or download the Prep guide) The original "Magenta Ain't a Color" article and the Ars Technica rebuttal It was in Podcast episode 25 (transcript) that we talked about leaders for right-aligned tabs Start sharing your screen with the free ConnectNow I see sixth spaces and Battlestar Galactica (read comment #74)
We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast |
Thu, 19 February 2009
Sandee Cohen interview; Interactive PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Show/Hide Paragraph Break Marks ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-097.mp3 (15.8 MB, 30:50 minutes)
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News from our sponsors:
>> Recosoft’s PDF2ID Professional 2.0 is a new version of the the amazing program that converts PDFs to editable InDesign (Mac/Windows) files. New features include conversion presets, smart frame linking, and bringing in just the annotations (comments) from a PDF.
>> In-Tools: Adobe Design Premium CS4 ME is now available! (And Design Standard CS4 ME too, of course.) Or just get InDesign CS4 ME, it's up to you. Order any of these from In-Tools and enjoy free shipping to anywhere other than the Middle East. In-Tools is also the developer of the WorldTools plug-in, which allows InDesign CS4 users to set Right-to-Left text without needing InDesign ME. --
Links mentioned in this podcast:
Jay Nelson's DesignTools Monthly newsletter Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast Sandee's InDesign CS4 Visual QuickStart book, available now. Download the Interactive & Multimedia chapter as a PDF by clicking the link next to "Already own this?" on the IDCS4: VQS Peachpit Press web page and registering it to your (free) account. You'll need the book's ISBN number to register it. Or, on the same page, you could just purchase the entire book as a PDF. Pre-order Sandee's From Design Into Print book Contact Premedia Systems for the JavaScript Buttons script ($15) What "our" Robin Williams is up to these days David and Ole's Real World InDesign CS4 |
Sun, 8 February 2009
Paper white; Printing screen captures; Downsave snippets; Callout lines; Contact Sheet Placing; Poster Giveaway; Obscurity of the Week: Reset Workspace ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment!
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InDesignSecrets-096.mp3 (18.9 MB, 36:00 minutes)
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News from our sponsor:
>> In-Tools: Adobe Design Premium CS4 ME is now available! (And Design Standard CS4 ME too, of course.) Or just get InDesign CS4 ME, it's up to you. Order any of these from In-Tools and enjoy free shipping to anywhere other than the Middle East. In-Tools is also the developer of the WorldTools plug-in, which allows InDesign CS4 users to set Right-to-Left text without needing InDesign ME.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Mike's Downsave Snippets post David's posts on Photographic frames and Callout lines Anne-Marie's post on Yearbook layouts/Contact sheet placing SnapzProX from Ambrosia Software (Mac only) Snag-It from TechSmith (Windows only) Layers from, umm, Layers (Mac only) Subscribe to InDesignSecrets' Twitter feed or Mailing list to be eligible for the poster giveaways |
Fri, 23 January 2009
Trip reports; Software updates; Master page text frames; Quizzler winners; Obscurity of the Week: Skip by Leading ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, sponsor discount links, and other links mentioned in this episode. And to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-095.mp3 (17.6 MB, 32:28 minutes)
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Sweet Deals from our sponsors:
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don't win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering.
>> Recosoft's PDF2ID Professional 2.0 is a new version of the the amazing program that converts PDFs to editable InDesign (Mac/Windows) files. New features include conversion presets, smart frame linking, and bringing in just the annotations (comments) from a PDF. Limited-time offer for InDesignSecrets fans, get $30 off the $369 cost for the Pro version by ordering it at this link by January 31, 2009.
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Download the PDF of the Quizzler results! (Which popular posts of 2008 did you miss?) Includes links to the posts and comments from the entrant about why it was their favorite.
Quizzler winners were selected randomly from qualifying e-mails:
Grand Prize, the Spyder3 Elite: Noel Burgess
Runners-up, a copy of Schott's Almanac 2009: Jean-Claude Tremblay, Nigel Harris, Les O'Neil, and David Parker
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Fun article about David's Dubai seminar InDesignSecrets' Twitter Tweets Fritz's post about Master Text Frames Anne-Marie's InDesignProxy and Leopard update posts
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Sat, 3 January 2009
Upcoming Events; Resolutions; Table Calculations; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Smart Match Style Groups ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-094.mp3 (15.7 MB, 30:08 minutes)
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Info and deals from our sponsors:
The WorldTools plug-in from In-Tools (owned by InDesign guru "Harbs") allows InDesign CS4 users to set Right-to-Left text without needing InDesignME. The plug-in retails for $149 and has an introductory price of $99, until 1/31/09 is further discounted to $94 for InDesignSecrets users if you use our link. Flux Consulting's supremely useful EyeDropper Plug-in (Mac only) is now available for CS4. It lets you pick up and apply formatting for text and objects without switching tools. The demo is fully enabled for 60 days, after that is costs $29.95. (CS3 version is $20, CS/CS2 version, text-only, is $5.)
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David's Dubai seminar and at Macworld Anne-Marie's videos at Lynda.com Pre-order Real World InDesign CS4 Nancy at Southern Progress' Pure Silver Jewelry
David's post (with links to scripts etc.) about Calculating Numbers in Tables (Ben) Schott's Miscellany/Almanac 2009 Uber-cool Spyder3 Elite color-calibration tool from Datacolor -- To play the Quizzler, email your answer to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the subject line. We will randomly choose the five winners from all entries we've received by midnight on Sunday, January 11, 2009.
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Wed, 24 December 2008
New Contributor; We're on Twitter; CS4 sales; ID CS4 ACE Exam; RTL text solutions; PICT format; Free guide to hidden character; Obscurity of the Week: Hide Master Items ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-093.mp3 (17.3 MB, 32:33 minutes)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
All about James Fritz Follow the InDesignSecrets Twitter feed Adobe's press release mentioning slower CS4 sales Learn about becoming an ACE Bob Levine's post about RTL text plug-ins for CS4 More ways to set RTL text in any ID version (read the comments!) David's rant about PICT and other formats We found an interesting online image format converter Our Guide to Special (Show Hidden) Characters in InDesign |
Tue, 9 December 2008
Black Wednesday; Stripping Styles; InDesign to Illustrator; Obscurity of the Week: Custom Text ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-092.mp3 (14.7 MB, 28:03 minutes)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Details about "Black Wednesday" for publishers and Adobe
David's post about Stripping heh heh
MergeText script for Adobe Illustrator CS1–CS4
Selection to PDF script for Adobe InDesign CS3
PDF2ID plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS2–CS4
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Sun, 23 November 2008
CS4 Posters; Stolen Laptop; Tips from the Master Class; Obscurity of the Week: Isolated Form ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, or to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-091.mp3 (15.9 MB, 33:33 minutes)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesign CS4 Poster details page (or jump right to the store)
SuperDuper back-up program (Mac only)
CrashPlan off-site automated back-ups (cross-platform)
David's post about the stolen laptop ... great comments!
Anne-Marie's post about composition highlighting
GRACOL home page
Microsoft's page about developing positional form glyphs (caution: will make head explode)
Karim Regular is an OpenType font that has isolated form glyphs
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Sat, 8 November 2008
News; CS4 Poster; FindChange script; Quizzler Winner; Obscurity of the Week: Continued Footnotes ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-090.mp3 (13.5 MB, 29:29 minutes)
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Sweet Deals for you:
InDesignSecrets eSeminar: What's New in InDesign CS4, available as a recording for one week afterward you register to view it. Get $10 off by entering IDS11 in the coupon field on the registration page.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Posts we talked about: ID CS4 Master Page Bug, SmallCaps, Thread Between Documents, Free CS4 Movies, InDesign on Vacation
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Quizzler Answer for CS3 and CS4 (use GREP panel of Find/Change):Find: \S
Change: $0
Then click the Change All button.
For CS2, use the TextCount.js script (find it in the Goodies folder of the installation CD)
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Thu, 23 October 2008
3 great deals; Table tips; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Clear Attributes Not Defined By Style ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-089.mp3 (13.5 MB, 29:29 minutes)
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Sweet Deals for you:
Markzware: Makers of the Q2ID plug-in (convert QuarkXPress v3-v7 files to InDesign) and many other fine products have a TIME-LIMITED offer for InDesign Secrets fans: 25% off their plug-ins. To get the discount, purchase online at http://markzware.com and enter SECRET in the coupon code field.
MogoMedia: InDesign Conference Master Class, Nov. 10–14, 2008 in Seattle, WA (at InDesign HQ, Adobe's Seattle campus!). Get $100 off for any 3 or 4-day pass, or $25 off for any full-day tutorial, by entering IDSECRET08 in the coupon field on the registration page.
InDesignSecrets eSeminar: What's New in InDesign CS4, presented live by David and Anne-Marie on Oct. 29, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (PST), plus follow-up Q&A and access to the recording for one week afterwards. Get $10 off registration by entering IDS11 in the coupon field on the registration page.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Posts about tables: Merging tables, Moving rows, Rounding table corners, Adding tab stops in cells, Editing overset cell text, More
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Mon, 6 October 2008
News; New contributor; Master Class discount; Quizzler for quizzlers; Frame types; Obscurity of the week: Flattener Preview ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment!
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InDesignSecrets-088.mp3 (14.5 MB, 31:42 minutes)
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Sweet Deals from our Sponsors:
Recosoft: Clever developers of the PDF2ID plug-in (convert PDFs to InDesign), has a TIME-LIMITED offer for InDesign Secrets fans: $20 discount only via this URL: http://www.recosoft.com/pdf2idspecial.htm
Markzware: Makers of the Q2ID plug-in (convert QuarkXPress v3-v7 files to InDesign) and many other fine products have a TIME-LIMITED offer for InDesign Secrets fans: 25% off their plug-ins. To get the discount, purchase online at http://markzware.com and enter SECRET in the coupon code field.
Other Deals: InDesign Conference Master Class, Nov. 10–14, 2008 in Seattle, WA (at InDesign HQ, Adobe's Seattle campus!). Get $100 off for any 3 or 4-day pass, or $25 off for any full-day tutorial, by entering IDSECRET08 in the coupon field on the registration page.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesign CS4 online documentation
Mike Rankin's blog, Publicious.net
Claudia's post about frames
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Mon, 22 September 2008
InDesign CS4 New Features Overview; Obscurity of the Week: User ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-087.mp3 (15.2 MB, 33:06 minutes)
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Sweet Deal from our Sponsors:
Markzware: Makers of the Q2ID plug-in (convert QuarkXPress v3-v7 files to InDesign) and many other fine products have a TIME-LIMITED offer for InDesign Secrets fans: 25% off their plug-ins. To get the discount, purchase online at http://markzware.com and enter SECRET in the coupon code field.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
Adobe's web site, of course, for official CS4 info
Upcoming Lynda.com InDesign CS4 titles: InDesign CS4 New Features (Anne-Marie), InDesign CS4 Essentials (David), InDesign CS4 Beyond the Basics (David), and InDesign CS4/InCopy CS4 Workflow Essentials (Anne-Marie)
InDesign Magazine ... issue 26 is all about InDesign CS4
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Thu, 4 September 2008
InDesign CS4; New blogs; Great posts; Obscurity of the week: Merge Swatches ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-086.mp3 (11.8 MB, 25:46 minutes)
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Sweet Deal from our Sponsors:
Markzware: Makers of the Q2ID plug-in (convert QuarkXPress v3-v7 files to InDesign) and many other fine products have a TIME-LIMITED offer for InDesign Secrets fans: 25% off their plug-ins. To get the discount, purchase online at http://markzware.com and enter SECRET in the coupon code field.
Recosoft: Makers of the PDF2ID plug-in (convert PDFs to InDesign), has a limited-time offer for InDesign Secrets fans: $20 discount only via this URL: http://www.recosoft.com/pdf2idspecial.htm Links mentioned in this podcast:
John Nack's blog post about DearAdobe.com
Slendro's StyleReporter plug-in
Back-to-School 50% discount for ID Keyboard Shortcuts posters!
InDesign Magazine free trial issue
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Sun, 24 August 2008
News, Color Tips, Obscurity of the Week: OnFocus/OnBlur
----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-085.mp3 (13 MB, 28:26 minutes)
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Sweet Deal from our Sponsor (Last chance!):
This is your final chance (for the near future at least) to get in on this deal. UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center (Centre?), is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener per sponsored podcast. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for this episode's free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 7 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. More information is available on their web page.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesign Magazine free trial issue |||
Find Where That Color is Used (Anne-Marie's post)|||
Two things you missed, but will happen again:
--The Creative Transitions Conference |||
--Tips, Tricks and Techniques in InDesign CS3 Webinar |||
All about onfocus and onblur
Sandee Cohen's InDesign CS3 Visual Quick Start
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Fri, 8 August 2008
Scott Citron interview; Our upcoming webinar; Redesign update; Export All Stories; Obscurity of the Week: Visibility ----- Details below, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to post a comment!
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InDesignSecrets-084.mp3 (12.9 MB, 28:06 minutes)
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Sweet Deal from our Sponsor:
UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center (Centre?), is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener per sponsored podcast. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for this episode's free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 7 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. More information is available on their web page.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
Keep up with Scott's recovery: GetWellScottCitron.blogspot.com ----- Sandee's GetWellScott CafePress store ----- InDesignSecrets' eSeminar, Aug 19, 2008; use coupon code IDS88 for $20 off (or sign up here to include discount automatically) ----- Rorohiko's TextExporter plug-in for ID CS1/2/3 for Mac/Win
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Tue, 29 July 2008
Gotchas; Obscurity of the Week: Deactivate
----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! -----
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InDesignSecrets-083.mp3 (7.2 MB, 15:47 minutes)
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Sweet Deal from our Sponsor:UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center (Centre?), is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener per sponsored podcast. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for this episode's free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 7 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. More information is available on their web page.Links mentioned in this podcast: Adobe InDesign forum post about the Button issue |
Sun, 20 July 2008
Do's and Don'ts of Text; Weird Hair Space Kerning; Obscurity of the Week: Join
----- For details, see below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-082.mp3 (14.6 MB, 31:50 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Sweet Deal from our Sponsor:
UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center (Centre?), is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener per sponsored podcast. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for this episode's free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 7 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. More information is available on their web page.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
Anne-Marie's presenting two InDesign sessions at the Creative Transitions conference (Milwaukee, WI; Aug 13-15); enter AMC0808 on the conference registration page for a $100 discount
David's original post, Do's and Don'ts of Text in InDesign
Robin Williams' The Mac is Not a Typewriter or The PC is Not a Typewriter
Nigel French's InDesign Type: Professional Typography in Adobe InDesign
The Chicago Manual of Style (U of Chicago Press staff)
Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves
William Strunk's The Elements of Style
Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style
Teacup Software's TypeFitter plug-in
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Wed, 9 July 2008
Our new blog design; Free script extravaganza; PDF Presets problem; Obscurity of the Week: Orthogonal Line
----- For details, see below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-081.mp3 (13.4 MB, 29:19 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Links mentioned in the Podcast:
Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (this is the last week for the discount!) Support your local scripter! Home pages for Dave Saunders, Steve Wareham, Marc Autret, Kris Coppetiers, Martinho da Gloria Anne-Marie's post about PDF Presets |
Fri, 27 June 2008
NZ Conference; Camera Raw in InDesign; Quizzler answer and winner; "Sphinx" pangram t-shirts; GREP; Obscurity of the Week: Fixed Column Width ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-080.mp3 (16.3 MB, 35:40 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) David's post about Mike's Camera Raw tip Mike McHugh's videocast, CreativeSweetTV.com Wikipedia explains what a pangram is Our "Sphinx of Black Quartz" t-shirts! David's Joy of Pi book Mac OS X GREP-friendly text editor (free) TextWrangler Windows GREP-friendly text editor ($50US) UltraEdit Peter Kahrel's GREP in InDesign CS3 e-book Links to GREP-related posts on InDesignSecrets.com |
Mon, 9 June 2008
Acrobat 9; Free script to swap swatches; Colored frames; InCopy videos on Adobe TV; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Update Content in Data Fields ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-079.mp3 (14.6 MB, 31:50 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 product pages InDesign Conference in New Zealand Swap Swatches Script (zipped) "Stop the Transparencide" video featuring the ghostly head of Russell Viers AM's whitepaper The Collaborative Editorial Workflow with ID/IC CS3 (5MB) InCopy CS3 Revealed video series on Adobe TV Check out our sister site, InCopySecrets.com Data Merge post and a Data Merge video All about pangrams Have an answer for the Quizzler? Don't post it here as a comment. Instead, e-mail your answer (put "Quizzler" in the Subject line) to us at info [at] indesignsecrets.com by midnight on Monday, June 16. We'll randomly choose a winner from all correct answers received by then, and announce the winner (and the answer!) in the next podcast. |
Mon, 26 May 2008
New contributors; Nashville conf.; New Window; 20 Activation limit; Neat script for indexing; Dynamic spelling; Transparencide PSA; Master page text frames; Obscurity of the Week: Place Item(s) ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/categor/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-078.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33.5 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Other links mentioned in the Podcast: New sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users See what Bob and Ted look like and read their bios (scroll down) Ted Locascio's The InDesign Effects Book The IndexBrutal script (in the original French, or Google-ized into English) Main page for the Adobe PDF Print Engine Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code mentioned in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) |
Mon, 12 May 2008
Toronto recap; CS3 Re-cert exam; 50% poster discount; Quizzler winner; Tips from the ID Conference; Obscurity of the Week: Download PPD Fonts ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-077.mp3 (13.5 MB, 29.3 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Nashville CS Conference, New Zealand ID Conference Casey D'Andrea's ID CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts PDF Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code announced in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) Free ID Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in Top Ten Double-Clicks in ID post on Publicious.net |
Sat, 26 April 2008
News: MTV, Poster discounts, InCopySecrets.com; Binary EPS files; InDesign Preflighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Altitude ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-076.mp3 (10.8 MB, 23.4 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code announced in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) Check out the new InCopySecrets.com! Markzware FlightCheck Pro for Macs or Windows Zevrix InPreflight (Mac only) See you in Toronto! Quizzler Instructions: Found the answer? Don't leave it in a comment! Instead, e-mail it to us at info [at] indesignsecrets.com, with the word "Quizzler" in the subject line. We'll randomly choose one winner from all correct answers we have received by midnight on Friday, May 2, 2008. Winner (and answer) will be announced in the next podcast. |
Sat, 12 April 2008
Discount codes; Adobe TV; An End to Transparency Woes; Context Menus; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Optical Margin ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-075.mp3 (11.6 MB, 25.2 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
This time, David's audio gets a little glitchy halfway-through. When will these sunspots end? (Seriously, our apologies, and we're investigating...) Links mentioned in the Podcast: For $75 off MogoEvents conference fees (Toronto, Canada; Nashville, TN and Auckland, New Zealand) use our IDSTNCS08 coupon code (case-sensitive) Nice InDesign mag. discount for our listeners/readers until Apr 28, 2008 Check out Adobe TV! The "Fibonacci" in Caffe Fibonacci's logo Hallelujah, c'mon, get APPE Why one-button mice are bad |
Wed, 2 April 2008
News; CS3 ACE exam; Leopard and Vista; Document Size; Free Layout Zone script; Obscurity of the Week: Greek Images ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-074.mp3 (15.1 MB, 32:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sorry for the tinny sound in Anne-Marie's audio! We blame sunspots. Links mentioned in the Podcast: ID Conferences in Toronto, Canada; Auckland, New Zealand; and Seattle, WA Tim Cole's blog post about the Recertification exam Adobe's Get Certified page (register for exams, download prep guides) Layout Zone script (Mac/Windows, CS3 only); David's post about it |
Fri, 21 March 2008
News; Overprint by swatch; Preserve Numbers glitch; Em, En and Hyphens; Obscurity of the Week: the Measure Tool ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-073.mp3 (14.2 MB, 31:05 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: David's InDesign: Beyond the Basics at Lynda.com Free week's trial of lynda.com ID Conferences in Miami, Toronto CA Check MogoEvents for news on the Auckland NZ ID Conf. (June) and the Seattle ID Master Class Conf. (November) HerGeekness Says column at creativepro.com Anne-Marie's free DesignGeek e-zine InDesign User Groups |
Tue, 11 March 2008
Recorded live at the InDesign Conf in Miami, FL! Last episode's Quizzler answer and winner; Contestler for the audience; tips and tricks; Q&A; Obscurity of the Week is on vacation ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-072.mp3 (25.5 MB, 55:43 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Special episode! This podcast was recorded live in front of a
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Design Tools Monthly and companion podcast, Design Tools Weekly, Branislav Milic's InDesign Site (in French), History plug-in from DTP Tools, EasyHistory from 65bit, Free MultiDo plug-in from 65bit, Adobe's Feature Request form, InDesign Scripting forum at Adobe.com, Footnote-to-Endnote script at Adobe Exchange, Rorohiko's free ChatterGoofy plug-in, Post: Converting color layouts to grayscale PDFs |
Thu, 14 February 2008
News; CS3 ACE Test; Shifting Grayscales; Jessica Chase Interview; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Digital Editions ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-071.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) (Also coming up: Toronto ID Conference, Nashville CS Conference) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Jessica's ZigZagZine site; download Jan/Feb 2008 issue (PDF, 872K) Adobe's Digital Editions Library (free e-books) Quizzler Instructions: Think you know the answer? Don't post it here! E-mail it to us at info@indesignsecrets.com, with "Quizzler" in the Subject line. Entries will be accepted until midnight Friday, February 22. A random winner will be chosen from the correct answers and announced in our next podcast. |
Fri, 1 February 2008
Free scripts, Beginner's category, Quizzler Winner, EPS Challenge, Uppercase, Obscurity of the Week: Normal ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, the winning Quizzler answer, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-070.mp3 (13.4 MB, 29:22 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) InDesign 5.02 patch for Windows or Mac OS X (ReadMe) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Dave Saunders' donationware script, WrapNudger, that fixes Droopy Wraps Scott Zinelli's Multipage PDF Import script (David's post about it) Our new Beginner's Corner category Scott Citron's new book, Professional Design Techniques Quizzler Answer: How many ways can you add a CMYK color to Swatches without using the Swatches panel? Turns out there are too many to list in our show notes, so we compiled them into a PDF for you to download: Swatches_Answers.pdf (260K). Our winner received a copy of Deke McClelland's new book, Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One. |
Thu, 10 January 2008
New Year's Podcast responses; Deke McClelland interview; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: View Box ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-069.mp3 (15.7 MB, 34:23 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Deke's new book Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One David's post about modifying Basic Styles Quizzler Instructions: Think you have the best answer? Write it up in an e-mail and send it to us at info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject line. (Don't post your answer as a comment!) Deadline for entries is midnight on Friday, Jan. 18. We'll announce the winner -- and the Quizzler answer, boy howdy we'll never forget to do that again -- in our next podcast. |
Wed, 2 January 2008
New Year's Resolutions for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: JPEG 2000 ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-068.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Happy New Year!
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Looking for a script or plug-in? Try here Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in Robin Williams' The Mac is Not a Typewriter or The PC is Not a Typewriter Our recommended InDesign books and videos for reference How to rebuild Preferences in InDesign Do you use JPEG 2000? Adobe wants to know 2008 New Year's Resolutions: Our Suggested List for InDesign Users
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Fri, 21 December 2007
New InDesign books, Miami Conference, XML and InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Formatted Only Once ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-067.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33:48 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Maivald and Palmer's book: A Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML Powell's book: Instant InDesign Documentary movie, Helvetica InDesign Conference (Miami, FL; Feb 26-March 1 2008) We interview Cari Janssen about her XML project Anne-Marie's blog post on exporting HTML using XML tags InData plug-in from Em Software |
Fri, 7 December 2007
TypeFi AutoFit; Numbered Paragraphs; Obscurity of the Week: Assignments Panel ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-066.mp3 (12.0 MB, 26:11 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: TypeFi AutoFit plug-in (CS1, 2, or 3) Cari Janssen's AutoFit tip Anne-Marie's blog post on numbered paragraphs Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Tue, 20 November 2007
Plug-in-palooza! What, how, why; Twenty-plus great InDesign plug-ins; Obscurity of the Week: Configure Plug-ins ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-065.mp3 (15.8 MB, 34:30 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Adobe's comprehensive InDesign Plug-ins list DTP Tools (Page Control, Layer Comps, History, Tetris, Cross References, Keyboard Shortcuts) Markzware (Q2ID, ID2Q) EmSoftware (InData, XTags) Teacup Software (DataLinker, TypeFitter, PatternMaker, BarcodeMaker) Rorohiko (TextExporter, LikeFindsLike, Color2Gray, ChatterGoofy) Recosoft (PDF2ID) i.t.i.p GmbH (InMath) Gluon (ProScale ID) Triple Triangle (Color Spec Cubed) Knowbody Software (CoolKerning) Zevrix Solutions (LinkOptimizer) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 8 November 2007
Leopard reports; Mailbag answers; Obscurity of the week: Reset Indents ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-064.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tim Cole's Using InDesign on Leopard post on his blog Steve Werner's Leaping to Leopard post here Adobe's TechNote on Vista and CS3 (installation troubleshooting) (Sorry, Vista Home Basic users) Adobe Feature Request form Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in from DTP Tools/InDesignSecrets How to Rebuild Prefs in InDesign Fontlab's TransType font converter utility Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 25 October 2007
Chicago CS Conf Recap; David's New Toy; Calendar Layouts; CS3 and Leopard; Obscurity of the Week: Reset to Base ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-063.mp3 (12 MB, 26:15 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Upcoming InDesign Conference (Miami, Feb 2008) Fujistu ScanSnap for Mac or Windows Guided Tour of Apple's new OS, Leopard (10.5) Parallels Desktop software Anne-Marie's Calendar Layout post CalendarMaker script (Mac only) on the Adobe Exchange Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Sat, 13 October 2007
5.01 Update; New ID CS3 Books; Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually; Quizzler Winner and Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Miter Join and Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-062.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:10 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: InDesign 5.01 Update: Mac or Windows, 5.01 ReadMe PDF New books: Real World InDesign CS3; InDesign CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide; Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production; InDesign CS3 Video Training Book; A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML; Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Free Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in from DTP Tools London, UK InDesign User Group Adobe Exchange Beta Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 5 October 2007
Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Celebrity Shortcuts, When Shortcuts Collide, Poster Discount, Quizzler!, Obscurity of the Week: Context ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for show notes, links mentioned in the episode, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: Keyboard Shortcut Extravaganza-za-za!
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode's Quizzler, e-mail it (don't post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Friday, October 12. Please put the word "Quizzler" in your Subject line. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. Sponsor Link and Offer: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Fri, 21 September 2007
Newsbits; XML; GREP; Tagged Text; CS3 Indexing bug; Obscurity of the Week: the Eraser Tool ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-060.mp3 (13.1 MB, 28:19 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Creative Suite and Web Design Conferences (Chicago, Oct. 15–20) Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in for InDesign CS2/CS3 The InDesigner post about using GREP outside of InDesign CS2 Em Software's XTags for InDesign Adobe forum thread about the CS3 Index bug (script is at post #31) The InDesigner videocast about indexing in InDesign Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Wed, 5 September 2007
Default Style Glitches; Rebuilding Preferences; Not Possible in ID; Obscurity of the Week: PN and PB ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-059.mp3 (14.2 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Free 7-day pass to Lynda.com videos David and Olav Kvern's upcoming Real World InDesign CS3 InCopy CS3 video reviews on Amazon.com Adobe's Feature Request page Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 24 August 2007
AutoCorrect; Hidden Characters; Right-to-Left Typesetting; Shrinking PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Non-Joiner ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, see the links mentioned in the podcast, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-058.mp3 (13.7 MB, 28:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) *NOTE* [8/25/07]: We're having a (hopefully) temporary technical glitch with our iTunes feed, and it's not picking up this episode. In the meantime, you can right-click on the .mp3 link above and choose Save Link As to download the .mp3 to your computer and add it to iTunes that way if you want, or of course you can just click the link to listen to it in your browser.
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Melbourne and Tokyo InDesign Conferences Chicago Creative Suite Conference (enter IDSECCSWEB in the coupon code field for $100 off any 2-day, 3-day, Gold, Platinum or Plus pass) Adobe Live Docs page with list of Hidden Characters Adobe Live Docs page with GREP examples Sharon Steuer's upcoming Illustrator CS3 Wow! book Tim Cole's blog post about Non-Joiner U.S. source for InDesign ME (Middle Eastern) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 10 August 2007
Tips Extravaganza; Customizing the Control Panel; Obscurity of the Week: Isolate Blending ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-057.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:00 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Miami InDesign Conference Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Mon, 30 July 2007
Conferences; Quizzler Answer; Huge File Sizes; Scaling in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Gap Color ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-056.mp3 (14.6 MB, 30:54 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tokyo and Melbourne InDesign Conferences InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (for CS2 or CS3) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 20 July 2007
Upcoming ID Seminars; Help Files Live; Composition Highlighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Balance Ragged Lines ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, Quizzler instructions, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode's Quizzler, e-mail it (don't post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Friday, July 27. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Wed, 4 July 2007
Quizzler update; Mixing CS2 and CS3; Hot Button Post: Text Do's and Don'ts; Corner Effects Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Point/Pica Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Wed, 20 June 2007
News; Non-breaking vs. No Break; Quick Apply menu commands; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 |
Mon, 11 June 2007
Recorded live at the ID Conference! Intro; News; Audience Q&A; Live Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Text ----- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Quizzler answers, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: Recorded live at the 2007 InDesign Conference in New York City!
Links mentioned in the Podcast: Quizzler answers! Wow! Who knew there were so many ways? Listen to the podcast to learn who won the contest. Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Fri, 25 May 2007
Announcements; Hyperlinks; Text Variables; One-Button Mice; Obscurity of the Week: File Info ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-051.mp3 (16.2 MB, 34:02 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the podcast: InCopy CS3/InDesign CS3 Integration video training (link leads to post with details) Our post about fixing hyperlinks from Word documents Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Thu, 17 May 2007
We're 50!; Quizzler Winner (OS Color Picker); News; Unembeddable fonts; Printing Link Info; Obscurity of the Week: Crop Amount ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for details, show notes, or to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-050.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:01 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)
Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign CS3 tryout and documentation from Adobe Tim Cole's InDesign BackChannel blog The InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off the registration fee. Melbourne, Australia InDesign conference, Tokyo InDesign conference (link to come), Chicago CS3 Summit Letterheadfonts.com and the Typophile.com thread about it Download Martin Fischer's LinkExport.jsx script (zipped file) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Tue, 8 May 2007
News; Threading and Unthreading; Transparency and Spot Colors; PDF/X-4; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, May 15, 2007. The winner will be mailed our beautiful InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! |
Wed, 18 April 2007
CS3 Ships; Our IDCS3 In-box videos; Conferences; Trapping in ID; New Text Wrap options in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Detach Selection from Master ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Wed, 4 April 2007
4.05 Update; CS3 Pricing; Display Preferences; Export to XHTML (CS3 Feature); Obscurity of the Week: First Baseline Offset ---------- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ---------- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Mon, 26 March 2007
InDesign CS3! New features, fixes, pricing; Obscurity of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, Links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave your comments. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-046.mp3 (13 MB, 27:19 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)
Our sponsor for this episode: DTP Tools, makers of cool InDesign plug-ins like History, Layer Groups, Tetris, and PageControl (the latter the brainchild of InDesignSecrets contributor Pariah Burke). Special offer for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code IDSECRETS for 15% off any plug-in from their on-line store. Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Magazine special offer. Go to the link, choose "2-year subscription for $69" option, and enter indesignsecrets to receive two years of back issues, free, along with your subscription. The upcoming issue is full of in-depth articles about InDesign CS3 new features. The InDesigner videocast. Michael's latest episode (#38) shows off InDesign CS3's new interface, and all the neat tricks you can do with it. Adobe.com for Creative Suite 3 info from the horse's mouth Gutenberg Project is Anne-Marie's favorite source for placeholder.txt copy Lorem-Ipsum Generator caught David's fancy Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Mon, 19 March 2007
Evil Color Picker; Illustrator Bleeds; Obscurity of the Week: Mixed Ink Group ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser:
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Tue, 6 March 2007
CS3 Announcement; Skewing and Shearing; Annoying Section Prefixes, Obscurity of the Week: Simulate Paper Color ----- Details below, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Tue, 20 February 2007
Newsbits; Contest Winner; Straight Lines; Readable Text; Obscurity of the Week: Metrics ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show notes, links, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) InDesignSecrets-043.mp3 (10.6 MB, 25:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Tue, 6 February 2007
Placing Multi-page PDFs; Clear Overrides Button; Useless Palette Award and Contest; Obscurity of the Week: Align Based on Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, contest details, and to add a comment! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: The Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Tue, 30 January 2007
Quizzler winner and wrap-up; InDesign News; Designer Wars; Obscurity of the Week: Slug ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Fri, 5 January 2007
Quizzler winner (triple-clicking); Top 5 things InDesign newbies should know; Best online resources for ID help; Newbie-friendly Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Save a Copy ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: Happy New Year! In keeping with this "new" them, this episode is especially for the *new* InDesign users out there -- what you should know, best places to learn more. Grizzled veterans may also learn some new things, too!
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, January 12, 2007. The winner will be mailed our beautiful InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Thu, 28 December 2006
Quizzler winner (measurement units); Basic Paragraph Style; Native .indd file vs. press-ready PDF for your printer; Last Quizzler with a Trumatch prize; Obscurity of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser:
Link we forgot to mention in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, January 2, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! Sponsor for this episode: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Wed, 13 December 2006
Lynda.com free trial; Quizzler results (font version); Using agates in InDesign; Linking to text files; Insert glyph script; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Patient User Mode ------- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ------- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, December 18, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! Sponsors for this episode: Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Mon, 4 December 2006
Quizzler answer and winner; Export to PDF vs. Distill Postscript; Updating multiple images; Another Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: The Smooth Tool ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes and to comment on the episode. ------ Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-037.mp3 (12.2 MB, 25:31 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)
Links mentioned in the podcast: Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster Adobe's Find a Print Service Provider page Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, December 8, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone! Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners extended until Dec. 31 2006: 20% off any Markzware product! Go to their online store and enter the coupon code IDSECRET during checkout to get the discount. Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books, Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value. Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Wed, 22 November 2006
Anniversary, Process swatchbooks, Keep Options, Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: The J key (Formatting affects text/container) ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Links, and other goodies. ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, November 30, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!
Sponsors for this episode: Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Sun, 12 November 2006
Conference recap; Clips from the live podcast; Outlining type tips and gotchas; Butterly Island questions; Obscurity of the Week: The Barbell ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, sponsor offers, or to leave a comment. ------- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Sponsors for this episode: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Wed, 1 November 2006
Free Stuff for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: Unassigned Content Frames ------- Listen in your browser: Free Stuff for InDesign Users: A follow-up to David's recent Adobe eSeminar
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Sat, 14 October 2006
Upcoming events; Creating font catalogs; Mirroring objects; Two unusual keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Transformations are Totals ---------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show notes, Links, and to comment on this episode. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-033.mp3 (9.0 MB, 18:53 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)
Links mentioned in the podcast: Teacup Software Seminar (New York City, NY, Oct. 17, 2006; free) InDesign Conference: Master Class (Seattle, WA, Nov. 6-8, 2006) Chris Paveglio's InDesign Font Catalog Applescript for CS1/CS2 Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Mon, 25 September 2006
ID Conference news; Rotate text tip; Photocompositing in InDesign; Cari Jansen interview; Obscurity of the week: Adjust View Settings ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, access links mentioned, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Thu, 14 September 2006
The InDesigner videocast; Free plug-in for Find/Change; Adding the current date automatically; Obscurity of the Week: Notes tool and menu. ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesign.com/category/podcasts to read the Show notes, links mentioned, and leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Wed, 6 September 2006
Site News; Quizzler #3 Winner; OpenType Fractions Helper; Pages Palette; Obscurity of the Week: End Nested Style Here ------- Details follow; or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to post a comment------- Listen in your browser:
Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Sat, 26 August 2006
InDesign Conference: Master Class; Q2ID plug-in; Making proper Fractions; Quizzler #3; Obscurity of the Week: Update Library Item ----- Details follow, or see show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts ----- Listen in your browser: -- Preview of the upcoming InDesign Conference: Master Class Quizzler #3 instructions: As we mentioned in the podcast, DON'T post your Quizzler answer (or any discussion about it) here as a comment. Instead, e-mail your answer to us at info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the subject line. All correct answers we receive by midnight PST on Thursday, August 30 2006 will be included in our random dart throw that will choose a single winner. Duplicate entries from the same person will result in your being made fun of in the next podcast as well as disqualifying you. Links mentioned in the podcast: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Wed, 16 August 2006
With guest star: Sandee Cohen; Interactive PDFs; Buttons and States; Obscurity of the Week: Flush Space ------ Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and comments ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-028.mp3 (14.4 MB, 27:58 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) With special guest star, Sandee Cohen! --A "deep dive" into creating interactive PDF files, especially Buttons and States --Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flush Space Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message! |
Fri, 4 August 2006
2nd Quizzler Winner, Drop Shadows Secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Transform Sequence Again Individually ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes and links. ------- Listen in your browser: • The Winner of the 2nd InDesignSecrets Quizzler! Links mentioned: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Mon, 24 July 2006
Align to Spine; Quiz Contest #2; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile -------- Details follow, or visit the Show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts -------- Listen in your browser: -- The Pleasures of CS2's Spine Alignment (Align to/Away from Spine) feature Links mentioned: Note: Comments will be closed for 24 hours (to this post only) to give people a chance to listen to the podcast and figure out the answer to the Quiz. After 24 hours, the first complete and correct quiz answer posted here as a comment will win. We'll officially declare the winner as well, via a comment like last time. Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Mon, 17 July 2006
Mailbag Episode: Change underline thickness, ID user groups in Canada, Dotted leaders, Disk error with custom sets, Obscurity of the week: View Threshold ||| Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to view show notes and links ||| Listen in your browser: The Mailbag Episode! All topics discussed today were questions listeners e-mailed us about, and their answers (along with a few embellishments of our own). Links mentioned: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Tue, 4 July 2006
London ID Conf. recap; Sandee on scripting; Branislav on master page text frames; Rufus on pasteboard fixes; Mysteries of the Align palette; Obscurity of the week: Go Forward/Go Back ------ -- London InDesign Conference recap from David, and he recorded interesting tidbits from a few of the conference speakers: Links mentioned: Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Sun, 25 June 2006
Contest winner; Tip of the Day plug-in; Lab values and spot colors; Add-a-Page script; Obscurity of the week: Position tool
---- Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. ----- * The answer to — and winner of — our first InDesign Quiz Contest Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Tue, 13 June 2006
Comment line and transcripts; Copy/paste text formatting; Spot colors and transparency; Our first contest question; Obscurity of the week: Lab color mode ||| Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. • Announcement of new enhancements to the podcast: Transcripts and our Listener Comment Line And we also announced the first InDesignSecrets Podcast Contest! Listen to the show, write down the contest quiz question, and post your answer as a comment below (first correct one wins) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) |
Sat, 3 June 2006
Real-time black reverses; Auto-numbering angst; Ink Manager secrets; Obscurity of the Week: Script Label palette ||| Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode.
• Branislav Milic solves the Real-Time Reverse Out of Black challenge! Download his 7-page PDF, "Transparency Cool Effects" (1.1 MB), the solution is on pages 6-7. Other links mentioned in the show: |
Thu, 25 May 2006
InDesign 2006 Conference Recap; Hear from Pamela Pfiffner, Sandee Cohen and Kacey Crouch; Real-time reversed text effect, Obscurity of the Week: Browse
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Wed, 10 May 2006
New version (with new tip) of framegrids.pdf tutorial; Text frames and the Fitting command; Beyond the Zoom tool; InDesign Magazine freebie; Obscurity of the week: Appearance of Black
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Fri, 28 April 2006
Prevent InDesign from turning everything into a text frame; Ways to "unthread" a single text frame; Fix unalphabetized styles; Custom view scales with a shortcut; Obscurity of the Week: The Magnet
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Sat, 22 April 2006
Mix transparency in image frames, Secret "wake up the font menus" keyboard shortcut, Merging InDesign documents -- techniques and cautions, Obscurity of the week: Align First Line to Baseline Grid
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Tue, 11 April 2006
Baseline grids, Tim Cole's PDF tutorial on frame grids, Vertical justification, 50 ways to use the Direct Selection tool, Obscurity of the Week: Vertical Depth Ruler
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Wed, 29 March 2006
Find/Change Unicode characters, Apply Paragraph styles via Find/Change without losing local formatting, Default frame backgrounds in XPress vs. InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Purchase This Image
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Tue, 21 March 2006
Mailbag: Creating lines for forms and moving custom Workspaces between computers; Secrets of creating interactive PDFs in InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Lock Zero Point
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Tue, 14 March 2006
Listener tips on keyboard shortcuts and gravity, Eyedropper tool (copy/paste formatting) secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Justify Text Next to an Object
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Tue, 7 March 2006
SPECIAL EDITION! Anne-Marie takes her turn as solo host with this follow-up of her e-seminar for Adobe, "Adobe Bridge: Your Creative Hub." She reviews what Bridge offers InDesign users and answers some of the ID/Bridge questions sent in by the e-seminar audience.
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Thu, 2 March 2006
SPECIAL EDITION! David flies solo here and answers tons of questions he received from the audience (but didn't have a chance to get to) during his recent e-seminar for Adobe, "InDesign for QuarkXPress Users."
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Wed, 1 March 2006
Mailbag: Make page one start on the left side, and 2-sided printing in InDesign? Obscurity of the Week: Ink Manager
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Thu, 23 February 2006
Listener e-mail: Enlarge pasteboard width, Change layer visibility in placed Illustrator files; Discretionary Returns in InDesign? ("They said it couldn't be done!"); Obscurity of the Week: Transparency Blend Space
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Fri, 10 February 2006
Listener e-mail: Correction for inserting tabs into table cells in Windows; Preset Secrets; Obscure Feature of the Week: Gravity
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Mon, 30 January 2006
Listener E-Mail: Insert Special Character (Tab), Make Non-Printing, Find/Change Quotes; Best options for exporting InDesign pages for inclusion in a QuarkXPress layout; Obscure Feature of the Week: Allow Pages to Shuffle
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Wed, 25 January 2006
Quick Apply, Convert Polygon, Favorite InDesign Secrets of Will Eisley, Group Product Manager at Adobe Systems, Obscurity of the Week: Section Marker
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Tue, 17 January 2006
InDesign Recovery Data, Scaling Text Attributes, Curling Straight Quotes en masse, Obscurity of the Week: Hyphenation Slider
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Wed, 4 January 2006
Actual Size, Add a Script, Keep with Next Paragraph, InCopy, Obscurity of the Week
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Mon, 26 December 2005
Keyboard Shortcuts Secrets, Interchange format, Obscurity of the Week
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Fri, 9 December 2005
Master page text frames, Mixing page sizes, Ruler guides secrets, Document history window
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Tue, 29 November 2005
Introductions, Embedding graphics, Multi-column frames, CMYK Swatches, Friendly Alien
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