Indesign Secrets

NZ Conference; Camera Raw in InDesign; Quizzler answer and winner; "Sphinx" pangram t-shirts; GREP; Obscurity of the Week: Fixed Column Width ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-080.mp3 (16.3 MB, 35:40 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) New Zealand ID Conference Recap Interview: Mike McHugh describes his Camera Raw in InDesign tip "Pangram" Quizzler Winner--and Answer! New in the InDesignSecrets store: "Sphinx" t-shirts! Getting a Grip on GREP Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Fixed Column Width Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) David's post about Mike's Camera Raw tip Mike McHugh's videocast, CreativeSweetTV.com Wikipedia explains what a pangram is Our "Sphinx of Black Quartz" t-shirts!

Acrobat 9; Free script to swap swatches; Colored frames; InCopy videos on Adobe TV; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Update Content in Data Fields ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-079.mp3 (14.6 MB, 31:50 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 announced, ID Conference in New Zealand Hot Post of the week: Free script to auto-replace swatches (Russell) Blue frames vs. Red frames "InCopy CS3 Revealed" videos on Adobe TV Quizzler! Something to do with pangrams... Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Update Content in Data Fields Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 product pages InDesign Conference in New Zealand Swap Swatches Script (zipped)

New contributors; Nashville conf.; New Window; 20 Activation limit; Neat script for indexing; Dynamic spelling; Transparencide PSA; Master page text frames; Obscurity of the Week: Place Item(s) ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/categor/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-078.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33.5 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Welcome to our newest blog contributors Bob Levine (it's LeVEEN, we learned) and Ted LoCascio; Nashville CS Conf. Recap Snippet from our "Essential Tips for InDesign" session at the conference: New Window Tricks Hot Post #1: 20 Activations Limit (by Bob) Hot Post #2: Indexing Page Ranges (by David) and the IndexBrutal script "Stop the Transparencide" new PSA from Adobe Another snippet from our session: Dynamic Spelling Tricks Master Page Text Frames and Autoflow, once and for all! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Place Item(s) Other li

Toronto recap; CS3 Re-cert exam; 50% poster discount; Quizzler winner; Tips from the ID Conference; Obscurity of the Week: Download PPD Fonts ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-077.mp3 (13.5 MB, 29.3 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Toronto ID Conference recap; ID CS3 Re-cert exam; Secret 50% poster discount Quizzler winner (Where else is "Altitude?") and answer Tips from the live InDesignSecrets Podcast at the Toronto, Canada conference: Reverse Index Entries (secret keyboard shortcut) Quick Apply for buried menu commands Guide tips extravaganza "How big is an agate?" answer and winner Alt-click and Double-click fun Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Download PPD Fonts Links mentioned in the Podcast: Nashville CS Conference, New Zealand ID Conference Casey D'Andrea's ID CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts PDF Our InDesign keybo

News: MTV, Poster discounts, InCopySecrets.com; Binary EPS files; InDesign Preflighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Altitude ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-076.mp3 (10.8 MB, 23.4 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Fun News: MTV (post), Poster discounts, InCopySecrets debuts Binary EPS files (post), Weak Preflighting (post) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Altitude Quizzler! With a neat new prize for the lucky winner Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code announced in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) Check out the new InCopySecrets.com! Markzware FlightCheck Pro for Macs or Windows Zevrix InPreflight (Mac only) See you in Toronto! Quizzler Instructions: Found the answer? Don't leave it in a comment! Instead, e-mail it to

Discount codes; Adobe TV; An End to Transparency Woes; Context Menus; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Optical Margin ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-075.mp3 (11.6 MB, 25.2 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Discount codes for InDesign Magazine and conference fees, Adobe TV An end to transparency issues! (Steve Werner's post) Using and customizing contextual (right-click) menus Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ignore Optical Margin This time, David's audio gets a little glitchy halfway-through. When will these sunspots end? (Seriously, our apologies, and we're investigating...) Links mentioned in the Podcast: For $75 off MogoEvents conference fees (Toronto, Canada; Nashville, TN and Auckland, New Zealand) use our IDSTNCS08 coupon code (case-sensitive) Nice InDesign mag. discount for ou

News; CS3 ACE exam; Leopard and Vista; Document Size; Free Layout Zone script; Obscurity of the Week: Greek Images ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-074.mp3 (15.1 MB, 32:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences InDesign CS3 ACE Recertification Test: A Field Report Leopard and Vista and InDesign CS3 How changing Document Size affects an existing layout The Amazing (and free) Layout Zone script for ID CS3 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Greek Images Sorry for the tinny sound in Anne-Marie's audio! We blame sunspots. Links mentioned in the Podcast: ID Conferences in Toronto, Canada; Auckland, New Zealand; and Seattle, WA Tim Cole's blog post about the Recertification exam Adobe's Get Certified page (register for exams, download prep guides) Layout Zone script (Mac/Wind

News; Overprint by swatch; Preserve Numbers glitch; Em, En and Hyphens; Obscurity of the Week: the Measure Tool ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-073.mp3 (14.2 MB, 31:05 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Lynda.com, Conferences, CreativePro.com, DesignGeek, ID User Groups Making a swatch overprint where ever it's used (full post) When CMYK - Preserve Numbers won't, and how to fix it (full post) Em dashes vs. En dashes vs. Hyphens Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Measure Tool Links mentioned in the Podcast: David's InDesign: Beyond the Basics at Lynda.com Free week's trial of lynda.com ID Conferences in Miami, Toronto CA Check MogoEvents for news on the Auckland NZ ID Conf. (June) and the Seattle ID Master Class Conf. (November) HerGeekness Says column at creativepro.com Anne-Marie's free DesignGeek e-zine InDesig

Recorded live at the InDesign Conf in Miami, FL! Last episode's Quizzler answer and winner; Contestler for the audience; tips and tricks; Q&A; Obscurity of the Week is on vacation ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-072.mp3 (25.5 MB, 55:43 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Special episode! This podcast was recorded live in front of a studio seminar audience at the InDesign Conference in Miami, Florida. What's InDesignSecrets? Quizzler answer and winner from episode 71 (Change view from keyboard) Contestler for volunteers from the audience: Define one of our obscure features from a past episode, pulled at random A few of our favorite tips and tricks; audience Q&A The Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week was put on hiatus for this episode, since we covered so many during the Contestler! Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our

News; CS3 ACE Test; Shifting Grayscales; Jessica Chase Interview; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Digital Editions ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-071.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences, Free Tip Of the Day Plug-in Hot Posts: Anne-Marie's CS3 ACE Practice Test Rant, David's Grayscale Shifts Interview with Jessica Chase, Editor and Publisher of ZigZagZine Quizzler! An easier one for the rest of us Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Digital Editions Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) (Also coming up: Toronto ID Conference, Nashville CS Conference) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Jessica's ZigZagZine site; download Jan/Feb 2008 issue (PDF, 872K) Adobe's Digital Editions Library (free e

Free scripts, Beginner's category, Quizzler Winner, EPS Challenge, Uppercase, Obscurity of the Week: Normal ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, the winning Quizzler answer, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-070.mp3 (13.4 MB, 29:22 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News Updates: Upcoming InDesign Conference in Miami, InDesign patch, Free plug-ins and scripts, new Beginner's Corner category on our blog Quizzler Results (from Episode 69: Adding CMYK Swatches) and Winner Hot Posts: Sandee's EPS Challenge, David's Updating Text Uppercase Conundrums (Anne-Marie's post) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Normal Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) InDesign 5.02 patch for Windows or Mac OS X (ReadMe) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Dave Saunders' donationware sc

New Year's Podcast responses; Deke McClelland interview; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: View Box ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-069.mp3 (15.7 MB, 34:23 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Response to our New Year's show The Deke McClelland Interview! A fun, raucous conversation with a luminary in our field. Listen in as Deke tells us about his latest book and videos on InDesign CS3, and what it's like laying out a complex book on InDesign in InDesign: the good, the bad, and the aggravating. ("Does this sound like a feature to you?" he asks at one point, laughing.) Quizzler -ler -ler! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: View Box Links mentioned in the Podcast: Deke's new book Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One David's post about modifying Basic Styles Quizzler Instructions: Think you have the best answ

New Year's Resolutions for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: JPEG 2000 ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-068.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Happy New Year! New Year's Resolutions for InDesign Users (yes, including us). Our full list of suggestions appears below, suitable for printing and checking off! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: JPEG 2000 Links mentioned in the Podcast: Looking for a script or plug-in? Try here Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in Robin Williams' The Mac is Not a Typewriter or The PC is Not a Typewriter Our recommended InDesign books and videos for reference How to rebuild Preferences in InDesign Do you use JPEG 2000? Adobe wants to know 2008 New Year's Resolutions: Our Suggested List for InDesign Users I'll find and learn how to use one new (to me) script and plug-in

New InDesign books, Miami Conference, XML and InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Formatted Only Once ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-067.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33:48 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Two new InDesign books, Helvetica movie, InDesign Conference in Miami, Florida XML and InDesign: Overview, basics, when and how and why Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Formatted Only Once Links mentioned in the Podcast: Maivald and Palmer's book: A Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML Powell's book: Instant InDesign Documentary movie, Helvetica InDesign Conference (Miami, FL; Feb 26-March 1 2008) We interview Cari Janssen about her XML project Anne-Marie's blog post on exporting HTML using XML tags InData plug-in from Em Software

TypeFi AutoFit; Numbered Paragraphs; Obscurity of the Week: Assignments Panel ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-066.mp3 (12.0 MB, 26:11 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) TypeFi AutoFit, free plug-in from Typefi Numbering Paragraphs across unthreaded frames Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Assignments panel Links mentioned in the Podcast: TypeFi AutoFit plug-in (CS1, 2, or 3) Cari Janssen's AutoFit tip Anne-Marie's blog post on numbered paragraphs Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Plug-in-palooza! What, how, why; Twenty-plus great InDesign plug-ins; Obscurity of the Week: Configure Plug-ins ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-065.mp3 (15.8 MB, 34:30 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Plug-in-palooza! What's a plug-in? Why are they valuable? Finding InDesign plug-ins on the Internet Installing plug-ins Fast descriptions of over 20 InDesign plug-ins that users are loving (the tip of the iceberg, there are at dozens more we didn't have time to cover) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Configure Plug-ins Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Adobe's comprehensive InDesign

Leopard reports; Mailbag answers; Obscurity of the week: Reset Indents ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-064.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Leopard and CS3 (reports from the field) "You Asked For It!" We answer a slew of listener e-mails: Resize from center Select overset text Images on a path Vertical justification Clear Character style color spec Vertical gradients in tables Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Indents Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tim Cole's Using InDesign on Leopard post on his blog Steve Werner's Leaping to Leopard post he

Chicago CS Conf Recap; David's New Toy; Calendar Layouts; CS3 and Leopard; Obscurity of the Week: Reset to Base ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-063.mp3 (12 MB, 26:15 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Recap of the Creative Suite Conference in Chicago David's favorite new tech toy Creating calendar layouts in InDesign Hot Button Post of the Week: Adobe CS3 Support for Leopard Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset to Base Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer). Links mentioned in the Podcast: Upcoming InDesign Conference (Miami, Feb 2008) Fujistu ScanSnap for Mac or Windows Guided Tour of Apple's new OS, Leopard (10

5.01 Update; New ID CS3 Books; Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually; Quizzler Winner and Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Miter Join and Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-062.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:10 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: 5.01 Update, New CS3 books, Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in, London UK User Group Great source for freebies: Adobe Exchange Hot Button Posts of the Week: Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually Which letter/number isn't used? Quizzler Winner and Answer Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Miter Join/Miter Limit Links mentioned in the Podcast: InDesign 5.01 Update: Mac or Windows, 5.01 ReadMe PDF New books: Real World InDesign CS3; InDesign CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide; Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production; InDesign CS3 Video Training Book; A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign

Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Celebrity Shortcuts, When Shortcuts Collide, Poster Discount, Quizzler!, Obscurity of the Week: Context ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for show notes, links mentioned in the episode, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-061.mp3 (12.6 MB, 27:46 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Keyboard Shortcut Extravaganza-za-za! Announcing a new free plug-in from InDesignSecrets and DTP Tools: Keyboard Shortcuts Panel Celebrity Keyboard Shortcuts When Keyboard Shortcuts Collide (with OS shortcuts) New Discount Code for our Keyboard Shortcuts Poster The Return of the Revenge of the QUIZZLER! Listen to the episode ... Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Context Links mentioned in the Podcast: Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in (leads to post with download link) Celebrity Shortcuts from Tim Cole's blog InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use SCHOOL for 30% discou