InDesign Secrets

inDesignSecrets Podcast 165

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:51:52 +0000

Chris Kitchener interview; Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: Butt Cap

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
- Thoughts on CS "Next"
- New releases: Too many? Too few?
- The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features
Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Butt Cap

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center based in the UK, is one of the first companies to offer Adobe's official Digital Publishing Suite courses for all you budding tablet publishers out there! See details on their 2-day courses for Single Edition DPS and Enterprise Pro DPS. Mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering for any course and get 25% off the fee! That's an incredible deal. If you're near one of their regional training centers in London Covent Garden or Cardiff, you're a lucky chap.

>> Rorohiko offers dozens of cool plug-ins and scripts for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, have you checked out their free plug-in called Like Finds Like? Just select an item on the page and with a simple click (or with a keyboard shortcut you assign) you can have InDesign select all other "matches" to the selection on the page or spread. Check out the LikeFindsLike product page at Rorohiko.com, and be sure to mosey around their other offerings while you're there. --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out PePConference.com, register by March 2 2012 for $200 early bird discount

> David's The Creative Sweet at the 2012 Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco, Jan 26

> Anne-Marie's InDesign to EPUB & Beyond workshop at the O'Reilly TOCCON, Feb 13

> Mike Rankin's Renovating Print Assets for Digital session at TOCCON, Feb 14

> Save 15% off any TOCCON registration with the coupon code AMCon

> Kiyo Toma's sneak peak of InDesign liquid layout from Adobe MAX

Quizzler!

Listeners: The mystery image is below.

To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and the correct answer to the puzzle (as described in the podcast). You have until January 31 2012 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast in February, and receives the prize: a copy of every single one of our eBooks!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 164

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:18:08 +0000

Layer Tricks; Hides/Show keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Stylistic Sets

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Layer Tricks!
- Stacking, dragging, show/hide layout objects
- Dragging objects from one group to another
- Managing nested objects
- Using the "southern double-click"
- Show (in layout) selected layer object
Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know: Command-3 (Ctrl-3) and Command-Option-3 (Ctrl-Alt-3)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Stylistic Sets

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is the developer of AutoFlow Pro, an InDesign plug-in that lets you fully control the layout of both text and images, using both master frames and non-master frames, with minimal user intervention. (And it's a great solution for easy alternate layouts for DPS.) Company founder Harbs is also the “Guru” of PrintUI.com, which provides a number of custom InDesign Server-based solutions.

>> Recosoft makes PDF2ID (converts PDFs to editable InDesign files), ID2Office (converts InDesign files to editable Word or Powerpoint files) and PDF2ID Enterprise, which batch converts PDFs to InDesign and/or to the IDML format; just the ticket for automating workflows. Check them out! --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out PePConference.com, register by March 2 2012 for $200 early bird discount

> David (and Recosoft) will be at the 2012 Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco

> Blog post: Hidden Layer Tricks in CS5

> "Betcha By Golly Wow," the famous Stylistic set AM was singing

> More info on Open Type alternate glyphs and stylistic sets

> Adobe page about Tom Phinney's Hypatia Sans typeface

> Check out the stylistic sets in Gabriola, an OT font free with Office 2010 and Windows 7

Minion Pro's Stylistic set 1

Hypatia Light Stylistic set 1 (top) vs. set 2 (bottom) showing the difference in the lowercase "g's"

InDesignSecrets Podcast 163

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:14:58 +0000

John McWade; InDesign CS6+ Wishlist; WTH - Allow Document Pages to Shuffle; Obscurity of the Week: Star Inset

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

2012 PePConference update: John McWade (Before & After) added to speaker list
InDesign wishlists for CS6, CS7, and beyond
- Create form fields (for PDFs)
- In-app, non-destructive image editing
- Enhance MiniBridge with metadata and keywords panel
- Set screen resolution in preferences
- Integrate InDesign digital publishing with Dreamweaver
- User-modifiable Application Bar icons a la Acrobat X
- Many more from our user-driven InDesign Wishlist site
WTH (What the Heck?) Feature of the Week: "Allow Document Pages to Shuffle"
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Star Inset

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Andromeda Software lets you untether your desktop with their new CollabSystem for InDesign users and the clients who love them. It’s a collaborative environment; a central, cloud-based community where you can share your works in progress from within InDesign. Upload your work to the cloud from within InDesign and share access with up to 30 users via a simple URL or free iTunes app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out PePConference.com for updated speaker info and bios

> Register for the 2012 PePConference by March 2 2012 for $200 earlybird registrations

> Video simulation here and here of Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies colliding

> Tony Harmer's poem (performed at PepCon 2011) asking for PDF Form objects

> Marijan Tompaa's script solution for ID > Acro forms

> Anne-Marie was actually recalling how InDesign CS could "hotlink" export to GoLive (not Dreamweaver)

> InDesign UserVoice (wishlist) web site

> MiniBridge in InDesign basics

> Starbursts and star insets free scripts

InDesignSecrets Podcast 162

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:37:25 +0000

PePConference News; Matthew Diener interview; Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Create Guides

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

2012 PePConference news; secret goodies for early early registrants
Interview with Matthew Diener, editor of EPUBSecrets.com
InDesign Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-I/Ctrl-Alt-I
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Guides (the menu command)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is the developer of World Tools Pro, InDesign plug-ins that represent “the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more.” Company founder Harbs is also the "Guru" of PrintUI.com, which provides a number of custom InDesign Server-based solutions, like the StoreSigns.com solution we talked about in the podcast.

>> Rorohiko 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 Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19US) that helps you open files (InDesign, EPS,PDF, 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 INDESIGNSECRETS162 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Go to PePConference.com and check out the new logo by CMYKate Designs

> Register for the 2012 PePConference by Dec. 31 2011 for speaker-only t-shirt and bag

> Check out EPUBSecrets.com, and say hi to editor Matthew Diener (@epubsecrets)

> Matthew lives in Evanston (NU Wildcats) but follows Michigan State football :D

> An EPUB Primer written by @epubpupil in EPUBSecrets.com

> David's article about PrintUI.com will be in issue #45 of InDesign Magazine

> SMIL ("smile") is how you associate sound files with HTML to add Read Aloud ability to EPUB books

> SVG files and InDesign

> Anne-Marie's video, A Field Guide to Special Characters in InDesign and PDF guide

> David wrote a post about some mysterious hidden characters too

> All the InDesignSecrets tips videos on Lynda.com (some only available to subscribers)

> Blog post about Deleting All the Guides

InDesignSecrets Podcast 161

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:14:03 +0000

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

New sister site: ePubSecrets.com!
All about the new Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon
Creating accessible PDFs with InDesign: Tips and Resources
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Artifact

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Andromeda Software lets you untether your desktop with their new CollabSystem for InDesign users and the clients who love them. It's a collaborative environment; a central, cloud-based community where you can share your works in progress from within InDesign. Upload your work to the cloud from within InDesign and share access with up to 30 users via a simple URL or free iTunes app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out our new baby, EPUBSecrets.com, and say hi to editor Matthew Diener

> Learn more about Amazon's new eReader/Android tablet, the Kindle Fire

> Adobe's Colin Fleming video shows DPS on the Kindle Fire

> Read EPUBs on a Kindle Fire with the Aidiko app (may need to install AndroXplorer or similar first)

> Anne-Marie talked about DataViz's Documents to Go Android app

> David's Maynard reference, Anne-Marie thought he meant this Maynard

> Adobe's InDesign Accessibility page with links to videos and PDFs

InDesignSecrets Podcast 160

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:28:57 +0000

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

News: Anne-Marie's Las Vegas recap, Podcast survey results, Goodie boxes
Interview with Josh Nguni, Namibia's InDesign User Group leader
Adobe's Creative Cloud: A brief overview and discussion
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Objects Move with Page

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow, a plug-in for Adobe InDesign (CS5 or 5.5, Mac or PC) that dynamically links online Google Docs with InDesign layouts. The two-way active link between the successive drafts of the text in Google Docs (free online text editor from Google) and the story as it appears in the formatted InDesign layout allows writers, editors, and designers to work, individually or collaboratively, all at the same time. For a limited time, you can purchase DocsFlow for $200, and you’ll be automatically upgraded at no cost to DocsFlow Pro when it’s released, which will be priced at $400.

>> Rorohiko has a neat little InDesign utility called LayerLifter, a free add-on that makes it easier to move items from layer to layer. If you own or purchase their APID ToolAssistant ($25), you also get to use LayerShifter, a slick way to shift all items on a particular layer. Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS160 to get 25% off the APID ToolAssistant. You won't regret it!

>> Recosoft makes PDF2ID (converts PDFs to editable InDesign files) and ID2Office (converts InDesign files to editable Word or Powerpoint files). They also just announced PDF2ID Enterprise, which batch converts PDFs to InDesign and/or to the IDML format; just the ticket for automating workflows. Check them out!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Adobe's Creative Cloud and their Creative Cloud FAQ

> You can log in to Creative Cloud right now to test it

> David wrote an article in Macworld about his opinion of CS5.5 subscriptions

> Josh Nguni's InDesign User Group in Windhoek, Namibia

Josh Nguni

InDesignSecrets Podcast 159

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:44:15 +0000

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (14.6 MB, 26:28 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Podcast listener survey, with prizes!
Smackdown: The Print dialog box vs. the Printer dialog box
WTH? The Color panel
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reverse Path

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Silicon Publishing boasts over 20 programmers and other technology professionals who deliver electronic publishing applications and custom solutions to clients. In this podcast we talked about the CS5 add-in they developed for Fotolia, a plug-in that offers Fotolia's stock photography in a panel in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Download the free beta Fotolia plug-in here. Check out the Silicon Publishing web site to learn more about them and their InDesign-centric automation solutions.

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is giving away one free full-day class for either their InDesign for EPUB or their InDesign for iPad + Android class (your choice) to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes are held in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. To enter the drawing for the free class (normally £397), go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have a fortnight — 14 days— from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always take any 2011-2012 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

>> Andromeda Software lets you untether your desktop with their new, still-in-beta CollabSystem for InDesign users and the clients who love them. It’s a collaborative environment; a central, cloud-based community where you can share your works in progress from within InDesign. Upload your work to the cloud from within InDesign and share access with up to 30 users via a simple URL or free iTunes app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Download the free (but limited enrollment) beta today! --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Take the Podcast Listener Survey (short and sweet) and possibly win a goodie box

> Here's that Page Border script Anne-Marie mentioned

> David blogged about Reverse Path back in 2006 and, more recently, Steve Werner in this post

WTH:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 158

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:19:21 +0000

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

News
- David's Adobe MAX recap
- Adobe's new Single Edition DPS
- Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas, Nov 2
Interview with James Fritz and Mike Rankin
New Podcast Feature: "Who Knew?"
Quizzler Winner!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Full Menus

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Recosoft is the company behind the genius PDF2ID conversion tool. It adds an Open PDF command to InDesign's File menu, how cool is that! They also sell ID2Office, a converter that can make editable Office documents out of your InDesign files, which is going to make David's wife quite happy. Check them out at Recosoft.com

>> Andromeda Software lets you untether your desktop with their new, still-in-beta CollabSystem for InDesign users and the clients who love them. It's a collaborative environment; a central, cloud-based community where you can share your works in progress from within InDesign. Upload your work to the cloud from within InDesign and share access with up to 30 users via a simple URL or free iTunes app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Download the free (but limited enrollment) beta today!

>> Rorohiko makes awesome plug-ins for creative professionals who use InDesign. Check out the latest beta of their innovative FramedWeb plug-in which allows you to import web pages and convert them into editable InDesign layouts. The beta is free, but they want to offer a deal to InDesignSecrets listeners. So if you purchase a completely unrelated — but just as awesome — plug-in of theirs called Frame Reporter(adds useful info to any text or image frame automatically), and use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS156, you’ll get 25% off the cost.

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Quizzler Winner! In episode #156, we asked you to tell us what was the very first InDesignSecrets blog post in 2007. (This was a sneaky way to promote our Archives page, a fast way to access the 1200+ blog posts here.) The winner, chosen via a random drawing of the multiple correct submissions, was faithful listener Salah Al-Din Talhami of Virtual Designing Universe with the answer: On January 1, 2007, at 6:14 p.m., David posted the (still relevant) article "Assigning Default Text Formatting." Great work, Salah! You will receive a copy of In-Tools' wonderful Style Utilities for InDesign.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> David's Adobe MAX recap

> InDesignSecrets Live! seminar with Anne-Marie in Las Vegas, November 2

> PubWest Conference in Las Vegas, Nov 3-5

> Mike Rankin's blog posts, ebooks, Twitter feed, and Lynda.com videos

> James Fritz's blog posts, Twitter feed, and Lynda.com videos

> Mike Ninness's video on the Document Fonts folder feature

> InDesignSecrets Archives page of all blog posts

> We talked about hiding menu items in this blog post from 2009

King David at Adobe MAX:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 157

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:46:26 +0000

Live performances coming up; InDesign to Kindle; KBSC of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Leading Edge

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Live performances
- David & Fritz at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5
- Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas, Nov 2
- Anne-Marie at PubWest conference. in Las Vegas, Nov 3-5
- Anne-Marie and Mike Rankin at O'Reillly TOC for Publishing Conf, Feb. 12-14 2012
- Our Print & ePublishing Conf. will be in San Francisco, May 14-16 2012
InDesign to Kindle eBook productionL Tips, software, resources
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command/Ctrl - ~ (tilde key)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Leading Edge

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools has a number of great InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. Also check out some of their InDesign scripts, many of which are free, such as the neat Show Text Overridesscript we talked about.

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We didn't forget you, Quizzler people! If you entered the Quizzler from the last episode (#156), we'll be announcing the answer and the winner in our next podcast, #158, in October. --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> David & Fritz at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles, Oct 1–5

> InDesignSecrets Live! seminar with Anne-Marie in Las Vegas, November 2

> PubWest Conference in Las Vegas, Nov 3-5

> O'Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing Conf. in New York City, Feb. 12-14 2012

> Mike Rankin wrote about last year's O'Reilly TOC Con here and here

> Silicon Publishing is where blushing groom Olav Kvern now works

> 2012 is the end of days?

> WTC: In Their Own Words print book from Firehouse Publishing, and the Kindle edition

> Download KindleGen, Kindle Previewer, & ID>Kindle plugin from Amazon

> Amazon's Kindle Publishing Guidelines PDF

> Joshua Tallent's list of Kindle publishing resources > Ken Whitaker's book InDesign to Kindle

InDesignSecrets Podcast 156

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:44:43 +0000

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:21 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

News and Announcements
- James Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Milwaukee, Sept 27
- Anne-Marie's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas, Nov 2
- David & Fritz are presenting with Russell Brown at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5
- Mike Rankin's 3-city InDesignFX tour of midwest IDUGs, Sept 13–15
All about Change Case; tips and secrets and scripts and plug-ins and GREP, oh my
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Contextual Alternates
Quizzler! All you need is a web connection to figure it out

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko makes awesome plug-ins for creative professionals who use InDesign. Check out the latest beta of their innovative FramedWeb plug-in which allows you to import web pages and convert them into editable InDesign layouts. The beta is free, but they want to offer a deal to InDesignSecrets listeners. So if you purchase a completely unrelated — but just as awesome — plug-in of theirs called Frame Reporter (adds useful info to any text or image frame automatically), and use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS156, you'll get 25% off the cost.

>> Em Software just released the shipping version of DocsFlow 7.0,a plug-in for Adobe InDesign Mac or PC that dynamically links online Google Docs with InDesign layouts. The active link between the successive drafts of the text in Google Docs (free online text editor from Google) and the story as it appears in the formatted InDesign layout allows writers, editors, and designers to work, individually or collaboratively, all at the same time. For a limited time, you can purchase DocsFlow for $200, and you'll be automatically upgraded at no cost to DocsFlow Pro when it's released, which will be priced at $400.

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To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and the correct answer. You have until Monday, Sept. 19 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after Sept. 19, 2011!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> InDesignSecrets Live! with James Fritz in Milwaukee, WI, September 27

> InDesignSecrets Live! With Anne-Marie Concepcion in Las Vegas, November 2

> David & Fritz at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles, Oct 1–5

> Mike Rankin's InDesignFX tour of the InDesign User Groups, Sept 13–15

> Formatting Tools plug-in from InTools (does Change Case magic)

> Change Case with GREP, InDesignSecrets post here and forum thread here

> Using Configurator in InDesign to change case

> Is it Upper Case or is it All Caps? Big difference!

> Free script for Smart Title Case

> "Engaging Contextuality," great post about fonts with Contextual Alternates

InDesignSecrets Podcast 155

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:11 +0000

Back to School episode; Best resources for lifelong learners of InDesign; Upcoming events; Obscurity of the Week: Select Next Object

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe.

Back to School episode! Resources for life-long learners of InDesign
- Books, videos, forums, templates, for users at any level
- Rededicate yourself to learn! Try our suggested lesson plans for every user
Upcoming events, including a peek at PePCon 2012
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select Next Object

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools has a number of great InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. In-Tools is one of the best sources for scripts and plug-ins for anyone working with long documents (see the Publisher Suite), anyone creating multilingual publications (see World Tools Pro), and any user who wants to check out some great scripts, many of which are free.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> InDesignSecrets Live! with James Fritz in Milwaukee, WI, September 27

> InDesignSecrets Live! With Anne-Marie Concepcion in Las Vegas, November 2

> InDesign Secrets, our the new video series at Lynda.com

> All videos on InDesign at Lynda.com

> Recommended books and videos, our handpicked list

> InDesign videos at VTC.com, Video2Brain, Adobe TV, Software Cinema

> InDesign User Group web site

> Adobe forum for InDesign and our own InDesignSecrets forums

> Cool new plug-ins and add-ons for InDesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 154

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:25:48 +0000

Milwaukee Seminar; Writing in InDesign; WTH feature: Fit Selection to Window; Obscurity of the week: Odd Page Break

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The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe.

Writing in InDesign: why would you write from scratch in a page-layout program?
Our first-ever What-The-Heck (WTH) feature: Fit Selection to Window
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Odd Page Break

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>>Rorohiko makes awesome plug-ins for creative professionals who use InDesign, and also builds custom automated workflow solutions for companies around the world.

>>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 2011 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering. Also: Thanks to Ken Venus for the awesome voiceovers!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> InDesignSecrets Live! with James Fritz in Milwaukee, WI, September 27 (check your weekly newsletter for the code to get 10% off; if you don't get the newsletter)

> Writing in InDesign: a book by Dave Bergsland, at Amazon or Lulu.

> Basic and Not-so-Basic Text Selection Shortcuts (blog post by James Fritz)

> More on Story Editor and the Barbell cursor.

> More on the Show Paragraph Break Marks feature.

> GoogleDocs

> Em Software's DocsFlow

> Buzzword

> Wordpress to InDesign

> ickmull and more from John Maxwell

> What the Hieronymus Bosch?!

> Free Guide to InDesign Special Hidden Characters

InDesignSecrets Podcast 153

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:45:06 +0000

Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Tables Tables Tables! Answers to:
- Table styles with column widths?
- Find (and change) tables with Find/Change?
- Merge two tables into one, easily?
- Fill table cells with placeholder text?
- Insert consecutive numbers in a column?
- Make a cell show the sum of its column or row (or other math)?
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion
Quizzler Winner - and Answers!!!! ("How many ways can you tell the current page number?")

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Em Software’s InCatalog plugin for InDesign frees you from endless (and error-prone) cutting and pasting from databases and spreadsheets to InDesign text frames and back. With a little invisible link magic via InCatalog, prices, descriptions, graphics, etc., can all be automatically updated (in both directions!) so you never have to worry again about missing a price or mistyping a description. For InDesignSecrets podcast listeners, Em Software is offering 20% off any 1-pack product (including InCatalog) until August 15 2011. Enter the coupon code idsecrets711 on their checkout page.

>> In-Tools develops incredibly useful InDesign scripts (like MergeTables, mentioned in today's podcast) and plug-ins, but they would like you to know that they also develop custom solutions for clients. For example, company owner Harbs tells us, they're putting the final touches on a web-to-print solution for a customer that uses browser-editable InDesign templates with the InDesign server in the background (neat!). Check out Harbs's blog to see what he's up to, and contact him directly on his Contact page.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Marijan's Fill Table with Placeholder Text script: TomaxxiFillTable.zip

> Browse all of Marijan's InDesign scripts and other goodies

> Harbs's Merge Tables script page

> Browse all of Harbs's InDesign scripts

> DTPTools's Active Tables plug-in

> See the comments below for some of our favorite answers to the Quizzler sent in by listeners

> Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler

> Diane Burns's InDesign Table Magic webinar, and a list of all InDesignSecrets webinars

InDesignSecrets Podcast 152

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:51:35 +0000

Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Ron Bilodeau interview; Geeky Blog Posts; Obscurity of the Week: Remember Font with Bullet

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Keyboard shortcut "of the week"
Interview with Ron Bilodeau, InDesign Master at O'Reilly Media
Incredibly geeky blog posts you should check out
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Remember Font with Bullet
Quizzler!

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools has a number of great InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. One of the most powerful plug-in is his AutoFlow Pro ($79). It puts you in complete control of automating the flowing and reflowing of your layout’s text and images, using both master frames and non-master frames, across entire documents. It's a great solution for creating horizontal and vertical layouts of the same content, too.

>> Rorohiko is offering 50% off their SodukuGenerator ($149) plug-in until the end of July 2011; after that the discount drops to 20% off. As the name implies, the plug-in uses InDesign to create "easy" to "diabolical" level Soduku puzzles, great for any newsletter, magazine, newspaper, or even a book full of these puzzles. To get the discount, use the promo code INDESIGNSECRETS152 when you purchase it.

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To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and as many correct answers as you can think of. You have until Monday, July 25 at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after July 25, 2011!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts posters

> InDesignSecret's collection of GREP-related posts and resources

> Twitter #eprdctn posts

> Ron used to work at Cook's Illustrated magazine > Now he works at O'Reilly Media

> Geeky post #1: Guide to Interpreting InDesign Crash Reports

> Geeky post #2: Favorite GREP Expressions You Can Use

> Geeky post #3: Picking the Best Video Format for Digital Publishing

> Geeky post #4: Free Script to Batch Apply ALT Tags

> Seybold Report reviewed Soduku Generator with Patterns

> Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler

> InDesignSecrets webinars

> Jim Maivald's book, Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML

InDesignSecrets Podcast 151

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:59:20 +0000

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

PePCon 2011 recap: It was great! Let's do it again! ;-D
Marijan's new Acrobat script (lets you create form fields in InDesign)
Our Uservoice web site for InDesign feature requests
Interview with Douglas Waterfall, InDesign senior software engineer
Quizzler winner! (and answer)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Load Selected Glyph

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko is offering 20% off their StoryParker 2.0 ($29) plug-in, a neat utility that helps you deal with cluttered pages by letting you "park" any object elsewhere (like on the pasteboard) to get it out of the way temporarily, and then "unpark" it later. To get the 20% discount, use the promo code INDESIGNSECRETS151 when you purchase it.

>> In-Tools has a number of fantastically useful InDesign plug-ins, all of which were recently updated to work with CS5.5. Harbs (the owner) has also written a bunch of InDesign scripts that are supremely useful. Be sure to visit the In-Tools page and download what looks useful.

>>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 2011 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

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Quizzler winning answer: How many ways can you "hide" InDesign, from the keyboard?

Pat, a Mac user, says ...

You mentioned the first way - Quit.
Option-click on the desktop will hide InDesign and you leave the program but not quit it.
Force Quit - Option+Command+esc
Command+H - will hide InDesign. Which surprised me the first time it happened because Command+H used to Hide Frame Edges.
Menu Bar> InDesign> Hide InDesign (does that one count because it's basically the same as #4)
Use the dock to hide InDesign
Use the dock to quit InDesign (does that one count because it's basically the same as #6)
Command+Tab highlight InDesign Icon in application switcher and Command+Q
Command+Tab highlight InDesign icon in application swticher and then Command+H

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Print & ePublishing conference sponsors

> Marijan Tompa's new site

> Tony Harmer's poem lamenting InDesign's inability to create Acrobat form fields

> Blog post on Creating Form Fields in InDesign (the Acrobat script)

> Tony Harmer's updated poem

> Send feedback about your InDesign wishlist items to our Uservoice site

> Adobe's official feature request form that Chris Kitchener reads

> In discussion with Douglas, we talked about the issue of split columns not splitting

> Peter Kahrel's footnotes and columns script

> The Certitec winner was from Llandrindod Wells in Powys

> The winner of the Quizzler gets her choice of InDesignSecrets webinars

> David's article on Mystery Glyphs was in issue #41 of InDesign Magazine

> More on Load Selected Glyph in Find

> Langston Hughes' poem, "A Dream Deferred"

InDesignSecrets Podcast 150

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:37:02 +0000

Our Sesquicentennial Episode; Favorite Resources; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Background Tasks

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Our sesquicentennial episode!
- We talk about 15 of our list of 150 Awesome Links and Resources, including: Bob Bringhurst's InDesign Docs blog, Adobe Master List of Adobe Blogs, InDesign Magazine Tip of the Week archives, Mordy's Fridays with Mordy webinar archive, Pattern Maker plug-in free version, DesignGeek.com, Quark to InDesign conversion guide (PDF), Adobe TV InDesign channel, InDesign Beyond the Basics, Real World InDesign, InDesignUserGroup Twitter list, InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters, 10 Tips for Troubleshooting InDesign Files, Dave Dickson's Digital Publishing blog
A new Quizzler! Listen up, magicians: you need to make something disappear.
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Background Tasks

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko is offering 50% off their Frame Reporter ($39) plug-in, an essential utility for getting feedback -- little tags on the page -- on the attributes of image and text frames in your document. Download the demo, click Get License... and enter the coupon code SESQUICENTENNIAL for 50% off until May 31, or 15% after that date.

>> In-Tools has a neat plug-in called Style Utilities, that does all sorts of cool tricks with text styles such as styles based on the number of lines in the paragraph, conditional styles, a super-powered Next Style function, and more. It's only $39 and has a free trial. Try it out!

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To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and as many correct answers as you can think of. You have until Sunday, June 5 (not May 31 as we said in the podcast, since we were delayed in publishing this) at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! The winner will have the most correct answers, or in caes of a tie, we'll randomly choose the winner. Winner will be announced in the first podcast after June 5, 2011!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Sesquicentennial?

> 150 Awesome Links and Resources

> Bob Levine's post about that Pesky Background Export Issue workaround (read comments for script)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 149

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:36:10 +0000

News; Book Cover Layout; Obscurity of the Week: Change Bars; Quizzler Winner

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InDesignSecrets News
- Print & ePublishing Conference update
- Google in, Bing out, for our blog's search engine
Laying out book covers (spine, covers, flaps): tips and scripts
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Bars
Quizzler winner and answer!

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word’s Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. Special offer for InDesignSecrets: get 25% off MathMagic Pro ($199 or more), enter the INDS discount code (details).

>> Rorohiko (“Slash the time it takes!”) keeps improving their so-useful Soxy utility—the latest beta version supports InDesign CS5.5. With Soxy installed, users with multiple versions of InDesign installed can simply double-click 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.

>> In-Tools is owned by the famous “Harbs” who helps out so many users here on the blog and in our forum. He and his company develop many scripts and plug-ins that are so useful for InDesign users, especially for those who are doing multi-lingual publishing (such as World Tools Pro) and long documents (such as the Power Headers plug-in we mentioned). And in his spare time, Harbs writes an engaging blog on his company site at In-Tools.com/about/blog, check it out!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Print & ePublishing Conference in Washington DC, May 23–25, 2011

> Read the Twitterstream about the conference (hashtag: #pepcon)

> David loves the number pi so much he wrote a book about it

> What do you think of the new blog search form? Tell us in the forum

> PageControl plug-in for mixing page sizes pre-CS5

> Dan Rodney's Proper Fraction and Make Book Jacket scripts

> Interesting forum discussion about book jacket design and layout

> What does ISO stand for?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 148

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:05:40 +0000

Russell Viers interview; Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Select First Range of Same-Size Pages; Quizzler!

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Interview with Russell Viers
- On teaching InDesign, the suite, and his favorite tips
- The struggles of regional newspaper publishers (his specialty)
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-7/Control-Alt-7
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select First Range of Same-Size Pages
Quizzler! With a prize worth hundreds of dollars ... listen for details

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> PrePress Center sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF and wants to add page navigation and zoom controls in the browser, among other goodies. Go to http://www.edocker.com/indesignsecrets-offer/ (or enter the coupon code indes2011) for $100 off of the eDocker software.

>> Em Software’s flexible and powerful XTags for InDesign lets you do data-side, tag-driven automated document building. It speaks mainly a greatly enhanced XPress Tags language, but also the InDesign Tagged Text language when needed. Exclusive offer for InDesignSecrets fans: Use the coupon code IDS511 to get 15% off single copies of InData, InCatalog, InCatalog Pro, and Xtags for InDesign. Note this is a time-limited offer, it expires May 31 2011.

>> 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 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and at least 3 answers to the Quizzler in the body of the message. You have until Sunday, May 8, at midnight CDT to send in your answer, one per user! We will randomly choose a winner from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after May 8, 2011!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Russell's web site and blog

> Atomic News Tools — Russell and Kris Coppetier's InDesign > Web solution for newspapers

> Micro News sites from Patch.com

> 11 Things Every Newspaper Should Know About PDFs

> The future of the print version of the New York Times

> Kelly Vaughn's DocumentGeek blog

> Enter HAH11 promo code to get $100 off registration to the HOW Design Conference in Chicago, June 22-27. (AM's 3-hour InDesign session is on Friday June 24. Here's the full schedule.)

> We'd love to see you at the 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, on May 23-25 in the Washington DC area

InDesignSecrets Podcast 147

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:40:05 +0000

Newsbits; InDesign CS5.5; Moving custom settings; Obscurity of the Week: 6-up

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Newsbits!
- New Social Media sharing links on InDesignSecrets.com
- Catch AM's Hardcore InDesign workshop at the HOW Design Conference in June
- AM is talking EPUB at the Chicago InDesign User Group next week
- Print & ePublishing Conference: Larger, and new sessions added
InDesign CS 5.5: Why is it important for Adobe? What's new?
Moving custom InDesign settings between computers
Obscurity of the Week: 6-Up

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Em Software’s flexible and powerful XTags for InDesign lets you do do data-side, tag-driven automated document building. It speaks the InDesign Tagged Text language! Exclusive offer for InDesignSecrets fans: Use the coupon code IDS511 to get 15% off single copies of InData, InCatalog, InCatalog Pro, and Xtags for InDesign. Note this is a time-limited offer, it expires May 31 2011.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Forum post about the new Share widget on the blog

> Enter HAH11 promo code to get $100 off registration to the HOW Design Conference in Chicago, June 22-27. (AM's 3-hour InDesign session is on Friday June 24. Here's the full schedule.)

> Chicago InDesign User Group page

> Please come to the 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, May 23-25, Washington DC area (Twitter hashtag: #pepcon); we'd love to meet you!

> Adobe's official InDesign CS5.5 New Features page > The frame edge highlighting issue (which CS5.5 will solve for many users)

> Our post about the InDesign CS5.5 announcement

> AM's comprehensive Acrobat X Essentials video title at Lynda.com

> Moving custom settings from CS3 to CS4 blog post

> All about preferences and defaults in InDesign from Adobe online help

> Marijan"scripting whiz" Tompa's blog and scripts

> In-Tools' founder Harbs' excellent blog post about Backsaving in InDesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 146

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:03:48 +0000

Newsbits; Live Captions; Liza Daly interview; Obscurity of the Week: Create Tagged PDF

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Newsbits!
- Print & ePublishing Conference: New HTML5/CSS3/Flash Tutorial day
- James Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live seminar on April 12
- InDesign to EPUB, Kindle, and the iPad, new video tutorials from Anne-Marie
- Catch AM's Hardcore InDesign workshop at the HOW Design Conference in June
- Creative Suite 5 Update coming soon, says Adobe
Live Captions: Tips, How-To's, Workarounds
Mike Rankin's interview with Liza Daly, EPUB expert
Obscurity of the Week: Create Tagged PDF

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko's TextExporter is an indispensable InDesign plug-in if ever need to repurpose text content from your InDesign files. Until the end of April, the company is giving away a free license of TextExporter to anyone who donates at least $NZ20 (about $15 US) for either the Japanese or New Zealand earthquake appeals, to any Red Cross society. See this Rorohiko page for instructions and more information.

>> In-Tools developed the awesome Reflective Objects plug-in ($59 US), which lets designers specify “align to/away from spine” for objects as well as paragraphs without having to make them anchored objects. If you’ve every had the layout of a left-facing page turn into a mess when it became a right-facing page, this plug-in is for you!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> April 8 is the last day to get $200 off your registration to our 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, May 23-25, Washington DC area (Twitter hashtag: #pepcon)

> New HTML5/CSS3/Flash post-conference tutorial

> Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live all-day seminar (use PODCAST146 discount code for $25 off, only 3 available)

> AM's blog post about her new Lynda.com InDesign > EPUB titles includes a free sample movie

> Enter HAH11 promo code to get $100 off registration to the HOW Design Conference in Chicago, June 22-27. (AM's 3-hour InDesign session is on Friday June 24. Here's the full schedule.)

> Liza Daly's company is Threepress Consulting, and their blog is here

> More info on the IDPF and the upcoming EPUB 3 specification

> Liza mentioned Inkling, publication design specialists in digital textbooks

> Adobe's InDesign/Accessibility resource page

> Download David's whitepaper, Creating Accessible PDFs with InDesign CS4 (PDF, 292K)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 145

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:28:10 +0000

Database and spreadsheet publishing; Obscurity of the Week: ATC (Adobe Type Composer)

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Laying out data from a database or spreadsheet
- The built-in Data Merge feature
- InData, InCatalog (emSoftware)
- EasyCatalog (65bit software)
- DataLinker (Teacup software)
- AutoPrice, DesignMerge (Meadows software)
- XMPie's products
Obscurity of the Week: ATC (Adobe Type Composer)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Em Software’s powerful InData cross-platform plug-in for InDesign is the gold standard for database publishing. Make your template in InDesign, point it at your data source, and click Start. Sit back and watch as it creates dozens or hundreds of pages entirely hands-off, even including things like graphics and running headers and footers, leaving you with a normal InDesign document.

>> Rorohiko's MagnetoGuides is a nifty tool for InDesign CS1–CS5 that lets you "magnetize" guides, which push or pull any ‘snapped’ items along when they are moved. Also check out Soxy, a utility that keeps track of which versions of programs your files were created in, and opens them in the right version.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out the web sites of the third-party database publishing products we talked about: InData, InCatalog, EasyCatalog, DataLinker, AutoPrice, DesignMerge, XMPie

> Steve Werner wrote a series of three great blog posts here on using InDesign's Data Merge feature: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

> Michael Murphy (The InDesigner) also did a great videocast on Data Merge

> It was written back in 1995, but Adobe's "Adobe CID Fonts" PDF white paper on CID and ATC fonts is still good

InDesignSecrets Podcast 144

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:43:35 +0000

The tech support episode! Mailbag answers; InDesign TechNotes; Nigel French interview; Obscurity of the week: Add items on page as separate objects

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The Tech Support episode! From the mailbag ...
- Select objects under other objects
- Frame colors
- Panel redraw problems
- Making a layer non-printing
- Tips for finding the best tech support
Adobe InDesign Tech Notes
Interview with Nigel French, UK-based designer, grids guru, and InDesign typography expert
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Add items on page as separate objects

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is the developer of World Tools Pro, InDesign plug-ins that represent “the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more.” Additionally, World Tools Pro offers a Composite Font Editor for creating custom composite fonts which automatically uses you choice of the font for each writing script you are using to compose your text. Free demo available for Mac/Windows.

>> Rorohiko's StoryParker is a tool for InDesign CS1–CS5 that helps you cope with cluttered pages. Park an object somewhere else (like on the pasteboard) to get it out of the way. Later on, you can easily move the page item back to its exact original position, because parked page items ‘remember’ where they came from – you can ‘unpark’ them, which causes them to fly back to the exact location they had before you parked them. Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS144 to get 20% off StoryParker!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Rebuild InDesign Preferences post

> InDesignSecrets forum and the Adobe InDesign forums

> Adobe's main portal for InDesign Support & Help

> Starter search for recent Adobe Tech Notes on InDesign

> Tech Note on SING error and Claudia McCue's post about it

> Nigel French's web site, his Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign book, and his titles on Lynda.com

> Nigel French is not the same Mr. French from Family Affair that Anne-Marie was thinking of

> The script for defining a "true" point-based type size

InDesignSecrets Podcast 143

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:31:44 +0000

EPUB and Kindle utilities, cross-reference formats, obscurity of the week: Save Count

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Three discoveries about InDesign to eBook conversions
- TextWrangler opens ePubs
- Sigil's housekeeping is a feature-not-a-but
- Kindle Previewer runs KindleGen for your
Cross-references: Roll your own formats!
- Remove the quote marks
- Add a delimiter (partial paragraph)
- Change the wording
Print & ePublishing Conf: New schedule is up!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Count

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Em Software's powerful InData cross-platform plug-in for InDesign is the gold standard for database publishing. Make your template in InDesign, point it at your data source, and click Start. Sit back and watch as it creates dozens or hundreds of pages entirely hands-off, even including things like graphics and running headers and footers, leaving you with a normal InDesign document. Use the coupon code idsecrets211 in their check-out page for 10% off — offer expires at the end of February!

>> PrePress Center sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF and wants to add page navigation and zoom controls in the browser, among other goodies. Go to http://www.edocker.com/indesignsecrets-offer/ (or enter the coupon code indes2011) for 20% off of the eDocker software.

>> Recosoft presents the new and exciting ID2Office product, which allows you export InDesign documents to formatted Word or PowerPoint files. Available in the spring. Check it out!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Useful InDesign > eBook utilities: TextWrangler, Notepad++, Sigil, Oxygen, KindleGen and Kindle Previewer

> Subscribe to the Lynda.com newsletter to learn when Anne-Marie's new InDesign to EPUB title is live and for special offers

> DTP Tools' Cross-References PRO and Blatner Tools

> See the new schedule of sessions and seminars for the 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference

Errata: TextWrangler lets you open and browse EPUB content files without unzipping them first, but not edit them in place, contrary to what we said in the podcast, sorry! Use Sigil or Oxygen for that.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 142

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:52:27 +0000

Cool stuff David found at Macworld; Information about new ID2Office plug-in; Quizzler Answers; Great table tip from Diane Burns; Obscurity of the Week: Search in Spotlight

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Macworld 2011: Even stuff Windows users would be interested in!
Interview with Paul Chada from Recosoft
A great table tip from Diane Burns of Transpacific Digital
Winner of last episode's Quizzler: How many places does Load show up in InDesign?
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Search in Spotlight

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Recosoft presents the new and exciting ID2Office product, which allows you export InDesign documents to formatted Word or PowerPoint files. Available in the spring. Check it out!

>> In-Tools creates InDesign plug-ins mainly for people doing multi-lingual or long document publishing, but many of their products are useful for anyone.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> David went to Macworld 2011 (previously called Macworld Expo)

> Makers of ReaddleDocs and PDF Expert

> PixelMags

> Aquafadas

> Terry White's CreativeSuite Podcast

> Cool one-handed keyboard: FrogPad

> Neat plastic cable ties from ETZY (it's dot-net, not dot-com, as David mistakenly said in the podcast)

> Don't forget to register soon for the 2011 Print and ePublishing Conference

> Quizzler Winner Marijan Tompa, otherwise known as Tomaxii

> Diane Burns owns Transpacific Digital

InDesignSecrets Podcast 141

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:30:30 +0000

11 New Document tips; new Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Easing Path

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New Year's list of 11 (as in 2011) recommended New Document steps, including:
- Checking Presets and Defaults
- Head starts with styles
- Master pages, layers, and workspaces
A new Quizzler!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Easing Path

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools creates InDesign plug-ins mainly for people doing multi-lingual or long document publishing, but many of their products are useful for anyone. In his free time, company owner Harbs is constantly churning out useful and often free scripts, such as the Preference Manager we talked about in this episode. >> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done. For instance, have you ever wished you could add a vertical bar next to a paragraph and have it flow with the text, even if the paragraph breaks between columns or pages? Rorohiko's new BarredText plug-in ($19US) can do that for you, whether you use CS3, CS4, or CS5. A free trial is available, and when you decide to purchase it, be sure to use the discount code INDESIGNSECRETS141 for a significant discount.

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To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and your best answer in the body of the message. You have until Friday, Jan. 28 , at midnight CST to send in your answer, one per user! We will choose the most correct answer, or in the case of a tie, we will randomly choose from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in a subsequent podcast—good luck!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> David's post about application-wide Preference settings

> Post about Print vs. Web intent in InDesign CS5

> All about Color Settings in InDesign (David's masterpiece article of 2010!)

> Seattle's InDesign User Group

> You've registered for our 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, haven't you?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 140

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:33:57 +0000

Twitter for InDesign users; KBSC of the Week; New eBook; New speakers for the 2011 PeP Conf.; Obscurity of the Week: Row Separator

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All about Twitter for InDesign users:
- Who to follow and why
- Design-oriented Twitter lists
- InDesign tips found in tweets
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Cmd-Y/Ctrl-Y
Newsbits
- Mike Rankin's new eBook, Guide to InDesign CS5 ACE Exam
- More speakers added to the roster for the Print & ePublishing Conference in DC in May 2011
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Row Separator

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is owned by our friend Harbs, who helps out so many users here on the blog and in our forum. In this episode we talked about his company's awesome Reflective Objects plug-in ($39 US), which lets designers specify "align to/away from spine" for objects as well as paragraphs without having to make them anchored objects. If you've every had the layout of a left-facing page turn into a mess when it became a right-facing page, this plug-in is for you!

>> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done. We love their handy (and free!) plug-in called "Like Finds Like." It lets you select an object, then tell InDesign to select all the other objects on that page or spread that share the same fill or stroke or frame type or width or ... you get the idea. Check it out! Meanwhile, you can support Rorohiko by buying one of their commercial plug-ins, such as the wonderful TextExporter ($19 US) that we talked about in the last episode ... it's the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. You can still go to this special URL: http://www.rorohiko.com/indesignsecrets139.html in the Rorohiko.com store to get a "10 pack" of TextExporter for only $109 instead of $149.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Anne-Marie's Twitter & Facebook Marketing videos at Lynda.com

> The GraphicDesign Twitter list at Listorious

> Browse the Graphic-Designer list at Twibes

> Twitter user @Typography posts type-related info

> Blog post about 50 web designers to follow on Twitter

> Look for InDesign Tips on Twitter

> Learn more about Rufus Deuchler, Cari Jansen, and Russell Viers (new speakers at the Print & ePublishing Conference)

> Follow (or just read) @indesignsecrets on Twitter, and also our individual Twitter posts: @amarie, @dblatner, @idguy, @jmvrankin, @jamesfritz, @carijansen

> A few of our favorite Tweeple: @mninness, @lizcastro, @scottcitron, @rufusd, @mordy, @indesignmag, @indesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 139

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:18:32 +0000

Object style tricks; Quizzler winner (floppy disc icons); KBSC of the week: Recall Zoom; Obscurity of the Week: Spacing Options

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Super tips and tricks for Object Styles, such as:
- Apply first/next paragraph style
- Set position of the object
- Set width of the text frame
Quizzler winner: How many floppy disc icons in InDesign? (more than you think!)
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Ctrl-Alt-2 / Cmd-Option-2
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Spacing Options

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is owned by the famous “Harbs” who helps out so many users here on the blog and in our forum. He and his company develop many scripts and plug-ins that are so useful for InDesign users. In this episode we talked about the amazing Power Headers plug-in for automatically creating running headers with a wealth of options and filters, and AutoFlow Pro, which was reviewed in the current issue of InDesign Magazine. And in his spare time, Harbs writes an engaging blog on his company site at In-Tools.com, check it out!

>> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, Anne-Marie uses their plug-in TextExporter so often she thought it was part of the program! This wonderful timesaver lets you intelligently export text from multiple stories in InDesign out to a single, concatenated RTF or text file. It’s the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS139 in the Rorohiko.com store to get a "10 pack" of TextExporter for only $109 instead of $149.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Check out the floppy disc icon in CS3's Command Bar

> Watch the full 60 Minutes segment on Brazil from Dec. 12 2010

> List of all InDesignSecrets webinars available for viewing

> Review of AutoFlow Pro in issue #38 (Oct/Nov 2010) of InDesign Magazine

> Learn cool tricks at Kelly's DocumentGeek blog

> Learn about our upcoming Print & ePublishing Conference (and yes, Kelly was the first registration!)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 138

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:47:20 +0000

2011 PeP Conference; InDesign to EPUB; Acrobat X and InDesign; Quizzler winners (and a new Quizzler); Obscurity of the Week: Output Condition Name, Output Condition Indentifier, Registry Name

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2011 Print & ePublishing Conference announcement!
InDesign to EPUB: Recap and tips from Liz Castro's webinar
Acrobat X and InDesign
InDesignSecrets newsletter Quizzler winners ("How many InDesign users to change a lightbulb?")
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Output Condition Name, Output Condition Identifier, Registry Name
New Quizzler! Listen to the episode to learn how to win

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Recosoft is the developer of PDF2ID, the miraculous solution for converting PDF file to editable InDesign files. Install the software and you’ll be able to open (not just Place) PDFs in InDesign. Styles, tables, layers, threaded text, it all gets reconstituted. It’s amazing! The latest version, PDF2ID 3.0, is compatible with InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5 on Macintosh and Windows platforms.

>> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word’s Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they’re offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that’s $199US or more, until Dec. 30, 2010 (extended deadline!). Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

To enter this episode's Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and your best answer in the body of the message. You have until Friday, Dec. 10, at midnight CST to send in your answer, one per user! We will choose the most correct answer, or in the case of a tie, we will randomly choose from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after Dec. 10. 2011!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Liz Castro's webinars: InDesign to EPUB and Advanced EPUB Formatting

> ePubChecker utility

> Springy utility (for editing EPUBs and ZIPs without extracting files) OS X only

> Acrobat X info and Anne-Marie's Acrobat X Essentials video lessons on Lynda.com

> Download Reader X (free), available for Mac and Windows!

> Don XX, the most interesting guy in the world

> ICC registry profiles > Rimshot app (sound effects)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 137

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:08:35 +0000

Hexadecimal colors and a free Hex script; CMYK color management in ID for the rest of us; InDesign to EPUB webinars; Obscurity of the Week: Show Single Plates in Black

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Defining, matching, and converting hexadecimal colors in InDesign
The 3 things you need to know about CMYK color images in InDesign
Liz Castro's upcoming InDesign to EPUB webinars
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Single Plates in Black

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools is owned by the famous "Harbs" who helps out so many users here on the blog (such as the Hex color script). They just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent “the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more.” Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages.

>> Rorohiko has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! For example, Anne-Marie uses their plug-in TextExporter so often she thought it was part of the program! This wonderful timesaver lets you intelligently export text from multiple stories in InDesign out to a single, concatenated RTF or text file. It's the ideal add-on for anyone who needs to repurpose text from their layouts. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS137 in the Rorohiko.com store to get TextExporter for only $15 instead of $19.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Certitec's Jon Bessant explains the basics of editing a PDF in Acrobat X

> David's post about Hexadecimal colors (includes a link to the free script)

> Memorize this Wikipedia page on Hex colors so you can impress your friends

> David's post (busy guy!) about CMYK color management in InDesign

> Easy primer on "Color and the Printing Process" from PrintingForLess.com

> EPUB guru Liz Castro's EPUB: Straight to the Point book (and here's her blog)

> Liz Castro is doing two webinars on InDesign to EPUB! Register quickly, spots are going fast

InDesignSecrets Podcast 136

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:56:01 +0000

Acrobat X; Hyperlinks in InDesign CS5; Adobe's new Digital Publishing Suite; Obscurity of the Week: Preflight Report Template

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It's learning week!

Anne-Marie learns a couple Acrobat X tips
David learns of a fix that helps InDesign CS5's Convert to Hyperlink feature
We all learn the details of Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Preflight Report Template

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft is the developer of PDF2ID, the miraculous solution for converting PDF file to editable InDesign files. Install the software and you'll be able to open (not just Place) PDFs in InDesign. Styles, tables, layers, threaded text, it all gets reconstituted. It's amazing! The latest version, PDF2ID 3.0, is compatible with InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5 on Macintosh and Windows platforms. >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Tons of Acrobat X (and earlier) info at AcrobatUsers.com

> LaTeX is pronounced "lay tek" > About Calibre, the eBook utility, and its pronounciation

> Liz Castro, EPUB guru, is doing two webinars on InDesign to EPUB! > Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite -- download it from Adobe Labs

> Download a free sample of InDesign Magazine for the iPad, made with the Adobe DPS

> Gartner Report on tablet sales

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 135

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:06 +0000

Quizzler answers (InDesign limits); Steve Werner interview (preflighting digital publications); Obscurity of the week: Postscript Level

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Quizzler Winner (and answers)!
- Largest number of tab stops in a paragraph
- Largest document page size, smallest page size
- Most number of columns on a page
- Most number of pages in a document, highest page number (screen shot below!)
Steve Werner interview, InDesign trainer and blog contributor
- Preflighting for print and for digital publications
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PostScript Level

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> 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 offer! And be sure to vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award right now! (InDesign represent!)

>> In-Tools just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent "the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more." Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages. In-Tools also makes the free ScriptBay: If you use scripts with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the other Creative Suite apps, you need this freebie Scripts panel replacement.

>> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Here's a great thread on MathMagic from our forum members, including a cool 13-minute video about using MathMagic one user posted (scroll down to the end of the thread to see the embedded video)

> Check out Steve Werner's InDesignSecrets webinar recordings (the Preflighting Deep Dive one is especially popular) > Steve's current webinar company that he runs with Mark Atchley is CS-Magic.com > Vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award

> More info on PostScript (Level) 3 from Adobe

> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler!

Now you just need to charge per page ...

InDesignSecrets Podcast 134

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:13:13 +0000

Beyond Print: EPUB; Digital Magazines; Quizzler Announcement; Obscurity of the Week: Resize by 5%

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Beyond Print: EPUB and Digital Magazines from InDesign (and DC Seminar Recap)
- David's Beyond Print seminar in Los Angeles is in a couple weeks, sign up now!
Quizzler Announcement
Upcoming InDesignSecretsLive! seminars for Fall 2010: Los Angeles CA, Spokane WA, Santa Fe NM
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Resize by 5%

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount. >> Rorohiko 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 nifty plug-in, Magneto Guides, an ideal add-on for anyone who works with structured, repetitive documents. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS134 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off MagnetoGuides.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> News story about Apple adding newspapers and magazines to iBookstore

> Adobe Labs page with Digital Magazine Solution info and links

> iGizmo iPad magazine

> New Yorker iPad magazine, and here's the very funny "how to read this" video

> Adobe.com page with EPUB publishing information

> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 133

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:18:09 +0000

Podcasts and Videocasts; Changing Page Color; InDesign Seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Prevent Manual Positioning

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Podcasts and videocasts you'll love
Mailbag Answer: Changing the page background color
Upcoming InDesignSecretsLive! seminars for Fall 2010: Washington DC, Los Angeles CA, Denver CO, Spokane WA, Santa Fe NM, more tba
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Prevent Manual Positioning

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 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

>> Rorohiko 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 newly updated Mac/Windows utility called Soxy ($19US single license, $159US for a site license) 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 INDESIGNSECRETS133in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the Soxy utility.

Recommended Podcasts and Videocasts:

> Copyediting podcast

> CreativeSweetTV videocast

> DesignTools Weekly podcast

> DesignSchool videocast

> InstantInDesign videocast

> The iPad Show podcast

> The Kindle Chronicles podcast

> MacTech Live videocast

> PixelPerfect videocast

> TechByter Worldwide podcast

Did we overlook your favorite design- or publishing-related podcast? Please add it below in a comment!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> "The DesignGeek's Take on InDesign CS5," Bill Blinn's interview of Anne-Marie (first of 3) on the TechByter podcast

> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts

InDesignSecrets Podcast 132

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:58:22 +0000

Twitter poem; CID fonts; Quizzler results; Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000

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Anne-Marie: Twitter poet laureate
David's ongoing battle with CID encoding
Quizzler Results (Making things invisible) and winners
Upcoming seminars debuting in September
- PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
- 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko’s SudokuGenerator plug-in lets you to generate Sudoku puzzles directly in InDesign. Spice up the next newsletter with your own Sudoku, or go into the Sudoku puzzle book business! There are many options and settings you can customize. The $149 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS132 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the SudokuGenerator plug-in.

Links mentioned in this podcast: > Sigil, the open source EPUB editor

> ePubChecker can run as a Java app on Mac/Windows

> Anne-Marie's winning poem (but here's her magnum opus)

> David's post about CID fonts and here are more CID-related links

> Mike's post about navigating panels from the keyboard

> Congrats to Quizzler winner Dan V. and runner-up Peter G.! Dan gets Real World InDesign CS5 and Peter wins those neat Keyboard Shortcut Stickers David was playing with during the podcast

> InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts posters (CS2, Cs3, CS4, and CS5!)

> PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler

InDesignSecrets Podcast 131

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:17:48 +0000

7.02 patch update; Bob Levine interview; Quizzler and Seminars news; Obscurity of the Week: Comma, period, slash

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7.02 patch update for InDesign/InCopy CS5: What does it fix?
Interview with Bob Levine, the "InDesignGuy" and InDesignSecrets.com contributor
Upcoming seminars debuting in September
- PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
- 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comma, period, slash (they have a secret life as obscure keyboard shortcuts)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> James Fritz's CS5 7.02 Update post and links

> Bob Levine's web site, TheInDesignGuy.com; Twitter: @idguy

> Story Editor posts: Hidden Gems, Table Editing (videocast)

> David's post about the spreads issue in interactive PDFs from CS5

> PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)

> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler

InDesignSecrets Podcast 130

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:01:29 +0000

Survey winner; Navigating long docs; Two new seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Select and Fit Item

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Congratulations to Laurie from Columbus, Ohio, our Survey prize winner!
Navigating through long InDesign docs: tips, tricks, and hidden features
Two new seminars debut in September
- PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
- 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item (screen shot below)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko's Color2Gray plug-in lets you convert placed color images to grayscale without modifying the original color image; no trips to Photoshop required! A huge timesaver for many publishers, the $29 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS130 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the Color2Gray plug-in.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Our post about Jim Maivald's new XML/InDesign video series from Lynda.com > Use our Lynda.com 24-hour Free Trial to see all their videos

> Love the Quizzler? We have a great one coming up in the next InDesignSecrets newsletter

> David's Real World InDesign CS5 book (with Bob Bringhurst!) is coming soon

> Not using CS5 yet? Here's what "Select and Fit Item" looks like:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 129

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:35:00 +0000

User survey; Sorting tables; PDFs from Print Booklet; Obscurity of the Week: Include Menu Commands

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Take our quickie InDesignSecrets user survey, win a prize!
Sorting Tables, a story with three morals
PDFs from Print Booklet: Solutions for Mac users
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Menu Commands

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> WinSoft International designs, develops, and localizes software for emerging markets, including InDesign ME (Middle Eastern). Their new plug-in ScribeDOOR for InDesign ($89) adds the ability to edit and treat text in 21 complex languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and many Indian scripts. It can be installed, as a plug-in, in all Roman versions of InDesign CS4 or CS5, and those files can be opened and viewed by any other CS4 or CS5 user without them needing the plug-in. There is a free trial of the plug-in available.

>> Rorohiko's TextExporter 3.0 plug-in makes exporting text out of InDesign CS2-CS5 so simple! You can export all the stories in an ID file into one single RTF, plain text, or ID tagged text file, and you control how it orders the text as it extracts and concatenates it. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS129 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the TextExporter plug-in.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> InDesignSecrets User Survey deadline is July 15 2010. Only 5 questions, and there's a $150 Lynda.com video raffle prize!

> Peter Kahrel's Sort Table script and David's post about it

> Steve Werner's posts about Print Booklet (168 comments since April 2007) and Snow Leopard & the Adobe PDF Printer (127 comments since August 2009)

> Download the Acrobat 9.0 PPD (you might want to right-click and Save Link As)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 128

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:43:39 +0000

InDesign to ePub; Quizzler results (triangles); Obscurity of the week: Single Word Justification

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InDesign to ePub
- What is it, why should you care?
- Essentials of getting your InDesign file ePub-ready
- Common glitches and tweaks
Quizzler Results! Two winners and many honorable mentions for their creative triangle-creation methods (full list after Links, below)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Single Word Justification
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Santa Fe, Denver, and more in the fall!

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko's StoryTweaker ($99) plug-in lets editors and writers access your InDesign file's text without needing to own InDesign or InCopy. The plug-in is associated with one InDesign seat, but allows that user to create an unlimited number of AssignmentTweaker sets, which is what the editors open and work on. The workflow is spelled out on the StoryTweaker site, and there's a 20-day free trial available. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS128 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the StoryTweaker plug-in.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> All posts tagged with "epub" in InDesignSecrets.com

> Liz Castro's Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis blog

> The #ePrdctn Twitter hashtag is all about ePub production

> Great eReader matrix (what device reads what format)

> Adobe Digital Editions ePub reader utility

> All InDesignSecrets recorded webinars

> James Michener's Alaska

> InDesignSecretsLive! Seminars

How to create a triangle in InDesign

1. Pen Tool: Click four times
2. Pencil Tool: Draw carefully!
3. Line Tool: Draw three lines, then select the endpoints with Direct Selection tool and choose Object > Paths > Join
4. Draw a one-cell table. Put stroke on two sides and leave two sides set to None stroke. Then add diagonal line in Cell Options dialog box.
5. Click once with the Polygon tool and set it to three sides and zero inset
6. Convert any frame to triangle (Object > Convert Shape > Triangle)
7. Use a photo of a triangle, make clipping path with detect edges then convert path to frame
8. Use a triangle character from a font, such as "p" in Wingdings 3 (then use Type > Create Outlines)
9. Draw a rectangle, then use Direct Selection tool to drag a corner point to the frame's middle point
10. Draw a rectangle, then use Direct Selection tool to delete one of the corner points or scale it to 0%
11. Add an angled gradient fill that ends abruptly
12. Draw two rectangles. Rotate one so that it overlaps the first, select both then use Object > Pathfinder > Intersect
13. Paste one rectangle into another and rotate the first one inside the other
14. Arrange three rectangles so negative space creates a triangle shape
15. Draw a very short line, but make it very thick in Strokes panel. Give it an endpoint of a triangle (so that the triangular endpoint covers up the whole of the line)
16. Type capital "A" in a frame and convert the frame to outlines. Select and choose Object > Path > Release Compound Path. Delete the "outside" path and use the triangular counter.
17. Draw an ellipse. Choose the Pen tool and click on one point of the ellipse to delete it. Now hold down the Option/Alt key (to get temporary Convert Point tool) and click the 3 remaining points.

18. View a screen shot of a triangle created by rotating three pages using Mike Rankin's Transform Pages trick

Have more? Add them to the comments below!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 127

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:06:26 +0000

All about Leading; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Master Color

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All About Leading
- Leading-related Preference settings
- When to use Auto-Leading and when not to
- Baseline grid and leading, First line offset and leading, and more!
Quizzler! Ladies and Germs, man your InDesign tools
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Use Master Color
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!

Quizzler instructions: Think you have the answer to this episode's Quizzler? Do not post it here in a comment! Instead, send your answer(s) in an e-mail to info@indesignsecrets.com, with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line. (Note: InDesignSecrets.com contributors, past and present, aren't eligible. Sorry, Fritz!) Deadline for receipt of entries is midnight PST on Friday, June 18, 2010. The top two winners will each receive a copy of Real World Illustrator CS4 — we will notify you by email if you win. In the case of a three- or more-way tie, we'll choose two winners randomly. Good luck!

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! We love FrameReporter ($29 US) because it 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 INDESIGNSECRETS127 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the FrameReporter plug-in.
>> 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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> All posts tagged with "leading" in InDesignSecrets.com

> Blog post about Rogue Leading and When Leading is Ignored

> Podcast #95 had Skip by Leading as its OIFOTW

> White Labels

> InDesignSecretsLive! Seminars

InDesignSecrets Podcast 126

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:41:41 +0000

Best and Worst little CS5 features; Blog posts of the week; Obscurity of the Week: Folder 0

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Favorite little features in InDesign CS5
- New control panel widgets, Patient user mode always on (AM), Minion Pro default, more
Least-favorite, little annoyances in InDesign CS5
- Change in panel tabs, New Window menu organization, Patient user mode always on (DB), more
Hot Blog Posts of the Week
- Configurator for InDesign, TweetChats, InDesign to iPad
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Folder 0
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!

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:

> Lie back and think of England

InDesignSecrets Podcast 125

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:59:25 +0000

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
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2010 Print & ePublishing Conference Recap
Tip for creating ePub cover art in InDesign
Two new eBooks debut this week:
- InDesignSecrets Guide to Graphic Effects, Mike Rankin's new eBook
- InDesignSecrets Top 40 Tips, most useful/popular tips from the blog in one place
Using Dropbox with InDesign projects/workflows
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Master Page Overlay
- and Kris Coppieter's cool EnslaveMaster plugin
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco, Chicago, more!
Tuesday Tweets! Use hashtag #idsl on Tuesday 10 a.m. PST

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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Print & ePublishing Conference and the flickr group pictures

> 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)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 124

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:38:00 +0000

CS5 ships; Michael Ninness interview; Conference and Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Set Tab Order
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Adobe CS5 is shipping! Books, videos, online help files, and more
Interview with Michael Ninness, Adobe's past Product Manager for InDesign
2010 Print and ePublishing Conference update
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Set Tab Order

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.

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

> Print and ePublishing Conference agenda and speaker bios

> What happens to a dream deferred?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 123

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:12:00 +0000

InDesign CS5 Released; New contributor Keith Gilbert; Russell Viers interview; Obscurity of the Week: Straight Hash

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InDesign CS5!
Welcome to new blog contributor Keith Gilbert
Yes, a use for Style Groups!
Interview with world traveller/InDesign guru Russell Viers
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars -- new cities added!
2010 Print and ePublishing Conference update (close to selling out!)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Straight Hash

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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Our round-up of InDesign CS5 new features

> 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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 122

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:29:00 +0000

Conference Agenda; InDesign CS5 Launch; Quark Features Missing in InDesign; Hot Forum Post; Obscurity of the Week: Best Joins

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InDesignSecretsLive Seminars -- news/updates
Sessions announced for the Print and ePublishing Conference
InDesign CS5 (and those other minor Suite programs) launch on April 12
QuarkXPress features that aren't in InDesign (and workarounds for some of them)
Hot Forum Post: Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Best Joins

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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 121

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:00 +0000

Tips for organizing styles; Gabriel Powell interview; ePub info; Obscurity of the Week: Sort Bookmarks

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Best practices for organizing and naming text styles
InDesignSecrets Seminars & Conference update; new speakers
Mike Rankin's interview with ePub expert Gabriel Powell at the O'Reilly TOC Conference
- Emerging and evolving open standards discussed at the conference, such as the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) for eBooks
- The new "browser wars" (how different eReaders interpret the same content feed)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Sort Bookmarks
Bonus: David recites from memory the first 20 digits of Pi (in honor of Pi day, March 14—aka 3.14!)

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 120

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:00 +0000

Ole Kvern interview; Member prizes; Cross-References; Obscurity of the Week: Connections

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Updates about the InDesignSecrets seminars and Print and ePublishing (PeP) Conference
Interview with Ole Kvern, Computer Scientist at Adobe Systems, InDesign scripting guru, and author and co-author of Real World InDesign, Real World Freehand, and many more
- How he got involved with Adobe and InDesign
- How InDesign users can get started scripting
- His seminars on InDesign automation at the PeP Conference
InDesignSecrets member prize drawing: Congrats, Tim and Brian!
Harbs' new, free Cross-References script that adds a much-needed feature
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Connections

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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Olav "Ole" Kvern's Adobe Press page, Amazon page, and LinkedIn page

> 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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 119

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:21:00 +0000

Mordy Golding interview; Obscurity of the Week: Tiling

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Interview with Mordy Golding, Illustrator guru and New York City fanboy
- How he got involved with Flash Catalyst
- Why designers will love using it
- Details on his all-day Illustrator/Flash Catalyst tutorial at the PeP Conference
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Tiling

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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 118

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:58:00 +0000

Colin Fleming interview; Conference/Seminar news; Members drawing winner; Obscurity of the Week: Shared Hyperlink Destination

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Interview with Colin Fleming, Senior Solutions Engineer from Adobe
- How he became an expert on ePub
- ePubs on Kindles, iPads and Sony eBooks
- Videos and whitepapers on ePubs that Colin recommends
Update on our Print & ePublishing Conference
- Early bird registration saves $200!
- Pre-conference all-day tutorials from Mordy Golding, James Fritz, and Michael Ninness
New cities/speakers for our InDesignSecrets Live Seminar tour
A lucky InDesignSecrets member gets a TruMatch swatch book as this episode's random winner
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Shared Hyperlink Destination

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.

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"

> Colin's three AdobeTV movies, Using InDesign to Create Digital Books: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

> 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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 117

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:11:00 +0000

InDesignSecretsLive.com 2010 seminars and conference; Diane Burns interview; Prize winners; Obscurity of the the Week: Paste without Formatting

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Happy New Year!
Our new sister site: InDesignSecretsLive.com, with info and links for:
- 2010 InDesign seminar tour cities and dates
- Our new Print and e-Publishing ("PeP") Conference, May 12-14, 2009, Seattle, Wash.
Interview with Diane Burns, ID trainer/multilingual publishing expert/table diva
Winners of our first InDesignSecrets Member drawing
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Paste Without Formatting

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!

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!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 116

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Fantastic and Free Production Scripts; Obscurity of the Week: Display Unsupported Files

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Fantastic Free Scripts for Final (or Near-Final) Production Tasks
- Remove End-of-Line Underlines
- Freeze Composition (Line Breaks)
- Compare InDesign Documents
- Package Multiple for Archive
Marc Autret's Incredible List of Scripts and Scripter Resources
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Display Unsupported Files

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.

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!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 115

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:00 +0000

InDesignSecrets Conference; Find Where That Color is Used; Obscurity of the Week: Information

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InDesignSecrets Conference!
Find where that color is used
- Separations Preview panel
- Swatches panel tricks
- Find/Change
- Package Summary panel (thanks Nicola!)
- Blatner Tools
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Information

News and special offers from our sponsors:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Blatner Tools 1.0 is officially released!

> Original post about Finding Colors, also discussed in Podcast 85

InDesignSecrets Podcast 114

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

All about object transformations; Blatner Tools beta 3; Obscurity of the Week: Pattern Length

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All about object transformations
- Scaling & rotating from the keyboard
- Using math in the X, Y, W, H, and % (Scale) fields to transform
- The too-subtle-for-their-own-good transformation buttons & context menu
- And many more!
Blatner Tools free beta 3 now available
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Pattern Length

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!)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 113

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

InDesignSecrets membership; our new forum; Guide to the InDesign ACE Exam eBook; Adobe layoffs; Obscurity of the Week: Choke

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InDesignSecrets Membership -- free with benefits!
All about the InDesignSecrets forums
Guide to the InDesign ACE Exam eBook by Mike Rankin
Interview with Mike Rankin!
Recent Adobe layoffs
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Choke

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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 112

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:55:00 +0000

Posts of Note: Windows 7, Story Editor, PowerPoint, Balance Lines; Unicodes, GIDs and CIDs; Obscurity of the Week: Missing Glyph

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Blog Posts You Should Know About:
- Windows 7 and InDesign (Bob Levine)
- Story Editor Secrets (Steve Werner)
- Importing PowerPoint into InDesign (James Fritz)
- When to Use Balance Ragged Lines (Anne-Marie)
Time to Get Geeky: Unicodes, GIDs and CIDs
Upcoming seminars, webinars, new videos and software
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Missing Glyph

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 111

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Blatner Tools; Screen Appearance Tweaks and Tips; Webinars and Seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Orientation

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Blatner Tools
Settings that Change the Screen Appearance (& Tips!)
- Hide/Show Frame Edges
- Preview Mode: what disappears, customizing
- Display Performance
- Overprint Preview
- Proof Setup; Anne-Marie's color management rant
- Show/Hide Notes
- Rotate Spread View
Upcoming seminars and webinars
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ignore Orientation

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 110

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:25:00 +0000

6.04 Update; Snow Leopard and PDFs; Word and InDesign Part 2; Obscurity of the Week: Cancel Package

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InDesign/InCopy 6.04 Patch
SnowLeopard (Mac OS 10.6) and the Adobe PDF printer
Placing Word files: Essential Tips, Part 2
- Mapping Word styles to InDesign styles
- Working around the Style Group glitch
- Converting InDesign files to Word documents
- Converting Footnotes to Endnotes
Upcoming seminars and webinars
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Cancel Package

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.

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)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 109

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Happy Birthday InDesign; Essential Tips for Importing Word files; Upcoming Seminars and Webinars; Obscurity of the Week: Select All Unused

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Happy 10th Birthday to InDesign!
Placing Word files: Essential Tips, Part 1
- Deleting Word styles while retaining local bolds and italics
- When you might want to export to RTF and re-import
- Fastest way to remove hyperlinks (but leave the link text)
- Maggy-ing the Word file
Upcoming seminars and webinars -- all recordings now available!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select All Unused

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.

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

> September Webinars and Seminars

> All InDesignSecrets webinars (including recorded eSeminars)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 108

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:47:00 +0000

New eSeminars and live Seminars by David and Anne-Marie; Character Styles Deep Dive; Obscurity of the Week: Go to Selected Bookmark

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New InDesignSecrets eSeminars: InCopy/InDesign, Long Documents (links below)
InDesignSecrets Live Seminars!
Deep Dive into Character Styles:
- To-do's and Not-to-do's
- Applying multiple styles
- Using them for "tagging" (instead of formatting)
- A few great scripts!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Go to Selected Bookmark (with bonus new features discovered by accident!)

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 107

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:48:00 +0000

Interview with contributor James Fritz; Unwanted color seps/plates; Obscurity of the Week: Float

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Interview with James Fritz, InDesignSecrets contributor
Tracking down unwanted color seps (plates) in your layout files
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Float

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 106

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:37:00 +0000

eSeminar recordings available; Chris Kitchener interview; Creating accessible (Sec 508) PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Crop to Media

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InDesignSecrets eSeminar recordings now available
Anne-Marie's Graphic Design in 2009 webinar
Interview with Adobe's Chris Kitchener, Sr. Product Manager for the InDesign family
Lynda.com new "10 Things" videos: Interactive PDFs (David) and Troubleshooting Files (Anne-Marie)
Creating Accessible (Sec. 508-compliant) PDFs from InDesign
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Crop to Media

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 105

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:07:00 +0000

Multiple-place tip; Acrobat.com; 6.03 Update; Obscurity of the Week: POSIX

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Multiple-place tips for InDesign CS3 and CS4
Acrobat.com officially released, new features
InDesign/InCopy 6.03 Update
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: POSIX

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.

>> 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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 104

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:59:00 +0000

News: Seminars, Webinars, Videos; Special Effects; SWF Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Arrange by Columns

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News: A slew of new InDesign resources
- Diane's eSeminar on Tables in ID (recording available) and Steve's upcoming eSeminar on Best Print/Prepress Practices for InDesign
- Anne-Marie's three new InDesign "10 Things" video titles at lynda.com
- InDesign Seminar tour in full swing; David in LA this week; AM in Boston and Minneapolis next week
Eye Candy! ... Mike Rankin's multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign (see links below)
SWFs in InDesign: David's discovery and Martinho's wonderful free script
Results from the First Annual InDesignSecrets Survey
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Arrange by Columns

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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 103

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:20:00 +0000

Seminars and Webinars; InCopy CS4 Guide; CS Developers Summit; Moving Pages Between Layouts; Obscurity of the Week: Line End

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News: Upcoming Seminars and Webinars, InCopy CS4 Hands-On Guide
Report from the Creative Suite Developer's Summit, complete with interviews with some of your favorite InDesign plug-in developers!
Moving pages from one layout to another: tips and tricks
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Line End

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> 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!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 102

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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

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News: Reader/Listener Survey, Upcoming Seminars and Webinars
All about scaling and resampling in InDesign
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Snap-to Flag

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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)

Zevrix LinkOptimizer plug-in
Resample Images to 100% script (CS3/CS4 only)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 101

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Videocast stats; InDesign 101; Barcodes; Spell-checking; Obscurity of the Week: Threshold

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InDesignSecrets Videocast 001 stats and reactions
InDesign 101: Helping Complete Newbies Get Started
Hot Button Posts: Creating barcodes, Please check the spell checker
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Threshold

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 100

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:40:00 +0000

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

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"A Very Special Episode" in honor of our 100th podcast ...

InDesignSecrets Videocast Debuts
Travel back in time with us to Episode #1 and giggle
Flub-O-Fest: Outtakes from previous episodes you'll enjoy
The Winners of the First Annual InDesignSecrets Eeek-eek-eek Awards
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Font Version

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> 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.

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Winners of the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards
InDesignSecrets Videocast 001: Line Styles and GREP Styles

Read about (and download) our Guide to OpenType Fractions
Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter

InDesignSecrets Podcast 099

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:10:00 +0000

News; Simplest GREP Style; Styles Hierarchy; Vote for the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit

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News: InDesign/InCopy 6.01 update; Bridge Home is foreclosed; New Adobe forums; Twitter update
World's Simplest GREP Style (great for non-GREPpers)
The style hierarchy: Which automatically applied character style "wins"?
The Eeek-eek-eek awards for our upcoming 100th Podcast: Fill out the Ballot!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit

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!)

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 098

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:34:00 +0000

ACE Exams, Wherefore Magenta; Linking Templates to Layouts; More on Special Characters; Obscurity of the Week: Share My Screen

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News: InDesign CS4 ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) tests are now available; Test Prep e-book coming soon
Is magenta a color? An trippy trip into rods, cones, spectra, and process inks
How to update files created from the same template when it's modified
Three interesting special characters
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Share My Screen

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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 097

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Sandee Cohen interview; Interactive PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Show/Hide Paragraph Break Marks

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Interview with Sandee "Vectorbabe" Cohen
- InDesign CS4: Visual QuickStart Guide (Sandee's book) is now available
- Her VQS chapter on Interactive and Multimedia is available as a downloadable PDF (which of course is itself interactive and has multimedia features)
- How Sandee created the interactive PDF in InDesign CS4 and Acrobat Pro 9
- Sandee's upcoming book, From Design Into Print
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show/Hide Paragraph Break Marks

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 096

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:26:00 +0000

Paper white; Printing screen captures; Downsave snippets; Callout lines; Contact Sheet Placing; Poster Giveaway; Obscurity of the Week: Reset Workspace

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Why "Simulate Paper White" usually looks gray
Prepping screen captures for commercial printing
Blog posts (and discussions) of interest:
- Downsave snippets
- Photographic frames
- Callout lines with white edges
- Yearbook layouts/Contact Sheet placing in CS4
New Podcast Giveaway: Each episode, an ID Keyboard Shortcuts poster goes to someone we randomly pull from our mailing list or twitter followers. This week's winner is cjmadigan
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Workspace

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.

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 095

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:22:00 +0000

Trip reports; Software updates; Master page text frames; Quizzler winners; Obscurity of the Week: Skip by Leading

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Trip reports: David in Dubai and at Macworld; Anne-Marie at lynda.com recording studio and at the Chicago InDesign User Group
News: InDesignProxy update; Leopard update fixes InDesign hiding glitch
Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter
The vestigial Master Text Frame checkbox in the New Document dialog
Five Quizzler winners and their favorite InDesignSecrets posts from 2008!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Skip by Leading

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.

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

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

InDesignSecrets Podcast 094

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Upcoming Events; Resolutions; Table Calculations; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Smart Match Style Groups

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Upcoming events for David and Anne-Marie
Our Resolutions
Table calculations -- various solutions and a neat free script
A Quizzler for everyone, with prizes for 5 lucky winners
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Smart Match Style Groups

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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Links mentioned in this podcast:
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
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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.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 093

info@indesignsecrets.com (David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:03:00 +0000

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

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Welcome to new contibutor, James Fritz
InDesignSecrets on Twitter!
The state of CS4: Who is upgrading?
InDesign CS4 ACE Exam -- by InDesignSecrets
Right-to-left (RTL) text without InDesign ME
The problem with the PICT image format
Free Download: Guide to Special Characters in InDesign
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hide Master Items

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