Indesign Secrets

Newsbits; XML; GREP; Tagged Text; CS3 Indexing bug; Obscurity of the Week: the Eraser Tool ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-060.mp3 (13.1 MB, 28:19 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Newsbits: Tokyo Conference recap; PDF2ID plug-in; more "What is That?" Definitions of XML, GREP, Tagged Text and more Major bug with CS3 indexes, and workarounds Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: the Erase Tool Links mentioned in the Podcast: Creative Suite and Web Design Conferences (Chicago, Oct. 15–20) Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in for InDesign CS2/CS3 The InDesigner post about using GREP outside of InDesign CS2 Em Software's XTags for InDesign Adobe forum thread about the CS3 Index bug (script is at post #31) The InDesigner videocast about indexing in InDesign Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over

Default Style Glitches; Rebuilding Preferences; Not Possible in ID; Obscurity of the Week: PN and PB ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-059.mp3 (14.2 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Common Glitches with Default Styles What Gets Lost when you Rebuild Preferences Hot Button Post of the Week: Things You Can't Do in InDesign Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PN and PB Links mentioned in the Podcast: Free 7-day pass to Lynda.com videos David and Olav Kvern's upcoming Real World InDesign CS3 InCopy CS3 video reviews on Amazon.com Adobe's Feature Request page Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

AutoCorrect; Hidden Characters; Right-to-Left Typesetting; Shrinking PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Non-Joiner ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, see the links mentioned in the podcast, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-058.mp3 (13.7 MB, 28:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) *NOTE* [8/25/07]: We're having a (hopefully) temporary technical glitch with our iTunes feed, and it's not picking up this episode. In the meantime, you can right-click on the .mp3 link above and choose Save Link As to download the .mp3 to your computer and add it to iTunes that way if you want, or of course you can just click the link to listen to it in your browser. Funny AutoCorrect Tip for College Newspapers Hot Button Posts of the Week: Runners-up were the ones on Hidden Characters and the Free Script for Right-to-Left Text; winner was Sandee's Shrink a Vector-Heavy PDF Obscure InDesign Featur

Tips Extravaganza; Customizing the Control Panel; Obscurity of the Week: Isolate Blending ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-057.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:00 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Summer 2007 InDesign Tips Extravaganza! Swatches, styles, editing and flowing text, and more Hot Button Post of the Week: Less is More for the Control Panel Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Isolate Blending Links mentioned in the Podcast: Miami InDesign Conference Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Conferences; Quizzler Answer; Huge File Sizes; Scaling in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Gap Color ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-056.mp3 (14.6 MB, 30:54 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences Quizzler Answer! (Keep Violations' highlight color) and Winner Hot Button Post of the Week: Why is My File Size So Huge? Scaling in InDesign CS3: A Different Kind of Craziness Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Gap Color Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tokyo and Melbourne InDesign Conferences InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (for CS2 or CS3) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Upcoming ID Seminars; Help Files Live; Composition Highlighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Balance Ragged Lines ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, Quizzler instructions, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-055.mp3 (5.9 MB, 24:42 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming Seminars for David and Anne-Marie InDesign CS3 Live Docs The Joys of Highlighting Composition Violations The Revenge of the Quizzler! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Balance Ragged Lines Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode's Quizzler, e-mail it (don't post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Friday, July 27. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. Links mentioned in the Podcast: David's ID seminar: Refine Design Conference Anne-Marie's ID seminar: Mastering

Quizzler update; Mixing CS2 and CS3; Hot Button Post: Text Do's and Don'ts; Corner Effects Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Point/Pica Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-054.mp3 (18.0 MB, 37:57 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Episode 52 Quizzler Update -- Yet another way to duplicate! Mixing InDesign CS2 and CS3: Possible, with caveats Hot Button Post of the Week: Do's and Don'ts of Text in InDesign Corner Effects Tips and Fixes Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Point/Pica Size Links mentioned in the Podcast: Episode 52 Quizzler answers are in the Show Notes Update CS1 (Mac/Win) and CS2 (Mac/Win) to read later version .inx files CS3 Online Help page about vertical align and corner effects History of the pica measure from Wikipedia Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

News; Non-breaking vs. No Break; Quick Apply menu commands; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-053.mp3 (14.4 MB, 30:14 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Lots 'o News (conferences, plug-ins, poster, more) Non-breaking space vs. the No Break character formatting attribute New in CS3: Using Quick Apply to apply menu commands, tips and glitches Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments Links mentioned in the Podcast: Upcoming InDesign Conferences, Creative Suite Conference Seattle's Refine Design Conference InDesign CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts poster DTP Tools Xref plug-in public beta (Mac/Windows, CS2/CS3) InDesign Magazine (info on special subscription offer) TheInDesigner videocast about Insert White Space in CS2 Listener Comment Line: +1-206-202-6483 Talk to us, baby: Le

Recorded live at the ID Conference! Intro; News; Audience Q&A; Live Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Text ----- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Quizzler answers, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-052.mp3 (26.6 MB, 56:43 (!) minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Recorded live at the 2007 InDesign Conference in New York City! Intro to the podcast, how it's usually created (when not in front of a live audience) News: This conference, New plug-ins for CS3, New InDesign user group in London, UK Who in the audience travelled the furthest to the conference? Q&A from the audience: Converting CS3 to CS2 and CS2 to CS1, Editing .inx files Live Quizzler: How many ways can you duplicate an object in InDesign? (answers below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert to Text Links mentioned in the Podcast: Audacity open-source audio recording software Teacup Software (PatternMaker and

Announcements; Hyperlinks; Text Variables; One-Button Mice; Obscurity of the Week: File Info ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-051.mp3 (16.2 MB, 34:02 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Announcements: "InCopy CS/InDesign CS3 Integration" released (AM's video tutorial title for lynda.com); our InDesign CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts poster is on press this week Hyperlinks: Creating, Deleting, Swearing at, Modifying, etc. All about Text Variables, a new feature in CS3 Hot Button Post of the Week: AM's rant about One-Button Mice Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: File Info Links mentioned in the podcast: InCopy CS3/InDesign CS3 Integration video training (link leads to post with details) Our post about fixing hyperlinks from Word documents Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

We're 50!; Quizzler Winner (OS Color Picker); News; Unembeddable fonts; Printing Link Info; Obscurity of the Week: Crop Amount ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for details, show notes, or to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-050.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:01 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) We're 50! Quizzler Winner — Where's the System Color Picker? News: Free CS3 Tryouts and manuals, Tim Cole's InDesign blog, Upcoming conferences Dealing with "protected" fonts (unembeddable in a PDF) Hot Button Post of the Week: Printing a List of Links Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Crop Amount Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign CS3 tryout and documentation from Adobe Tim Cole's InDesign BackChannel blog The InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off the registration fee. Melbourne, Australia InDesign conference, Tokyo InDesign conference (link to

News; Threading and Unthreading; Transparency and Spot Colors; PDF/X-4; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-049.mp3 (13.1 MB, 27:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conference in NY, David's ID CS3 Essentials videos Threading and unthreading text frames — tips and scripts Hot Button Post of the Week: Spot Colors and Flattening in CS3 (and, related, PDF/X-4) The Return of the Quizzler! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text Links mentioned in the podcast: The InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off the registration fee. David's ID CS3 Essentials on lynda.com (link leads to free 7-day trial) InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster SplitStory.jsx script: Post with

CS3 Ships; Our IDCS3 In-box videos; Conferences; Trapping in ID; New Text Wrap options in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Detach Selection from Master ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-048.mp3 (11.9 MB, 25:03 minutes) (or read the transcript of this podcast, which will be posted soon) News: CS3 Ships, Our video tutorials in the box, Upcoming conferences All about trapping in InDesign (and, do we still need to worry about it?) New in InDesign CS3: Cool Text Wrap Options Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Detach Selection from Master Links mentioned in the podcast: Vector Conference and Pixel Conference, back-to-back in Chicago, Illinois, May 1–3, 2007; and the InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off registration fee for any of these three conferences. David's post about creating composite, trapped PDFs Listen

4.05 Update; CS3 Pricing; Display Preferences; Export to XHTML (CS3 Feature); Obscurity of the Week: First Baseline Offset ---------- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-047.mp3 (12.3 MB, 25:46 minutes) (or read the transcript of this episode — a link will be posted here soon) Upcoming conferences of interest InDesign CS2 4.05 Update Hot Button Post of the Week: CS3 Pricing Adjusting your Display Performance preference New in CS3: Export to XHTML Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: First Baseline Offset Links mentioned in the podcast: Vector Conference and Pixel Conference, back-to-back in Chicago, Illinois, May 1–3, 2007; and the InDesign Conference, New York City, NY, June 4–8, 2007. Enter coupon code ISDISBC07 for $100 off registration fee for any of these three conferences. InDesign 4.05 Update ReadMe—click to download the PDF listing all the fixes (the ones fixed

InDesign CS3! New features, fixes, pricing; Obscurity of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, Links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave your comments. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-046.mp3 (13 MB, 27:19 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) All about InDesign CS3: Our favorite new features, including Table and Cell Styles, Variables, Placing InDesign files, Find/Change with GREP, Find/Change object attributes, and more Our favorite improved features, including scaling fixes, folders in Styles panels, page previews in the Pages panel, Align to Page, Synchronize master pages, and more Pricing information Other great resources to learn about InDesign CS3 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text Our sponsor for this episode: DTP Tools, makers of cool InDesign plug-ins like History, Layer Groups, Tetris, and PageControl (the latter

Evil Color Picker; Illustrator Bleeds; Obscurity of the Week: Mixed Ink Group ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-045.mp3 (10.4 MB, 21:49 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Hot Button Post of the Week: Evil, Evil Color Picker Including Bleeds in Placed Illustrator Files Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Mixed Ink Group Links mentioned in the podcast: We didn't mention a single link! Weird. Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

CS3 Announcement; Skewing and Shearing; Annoying Section Prefixes, Obscurity of the Week: Simulate Paper Color ----- Details below, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-044.mp3 (9.6 MB, 20:01 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Adobe CS3 Announcement David at the Creative Suite Show; Anne-Marie in Duluth Skewing text and objects; skew vs. shear Working around the Section Prefix annoyance Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Simulate Paper Color Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Conference in New York, New York (June 4–6, 2007) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Newsbits; Contest Winner; Straight Lines; Readable Text; Obscurity of the Week: Metrics ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show notes, links, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-043.mp3 (10.6 MB, 22:18 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) InDesign Newsbits: Free Plug-in from Teacup, Upcoming InDesign Shows Winner of the contest from last episode: Least Useful InDesign Palette InDesign trainer extraordinaire Russell Viers explains how to draw a straight line What's more readable: Serif or Sans Serif body text type? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Metrics Links mentioned in the podcast: TypeFitter plug-in for InCopy (free) or InDesign ($59) (link leads to post with details) Creative Suite Conference in Miami, Florida (Feb. 28�March 3, 2007) InDesign Conference in New York, New York (June 4�6, 2007) Russell Viers' YabbAdobeDoo.com site Literature Review of Serif vs. Sans Serif Le

Placing Multi-page PDFs; Clear Overrides Button; Useless Palette Award and Contest; Obscurity of the Week: Align Based on Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, contest details, and to add a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-042.mp3 (12 MB, 25:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Solutions for placing multiple-page PDFs The Clear Overrides button: Sweet feature, often overlooked Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest Anne-Marie's nomination: the Color palette David's torn between the Transform and the Navigator palette Enter the contest by leaving a comment here! (Details below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Align Based on Size Links mentioned in the podcast: PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx script for IDCS2 (link leads to post with details) InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount) The Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest You've heard

Quizzler winner and wrap-up; InDesign News; Designer Wars; Obscurity of the Week: Slug ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-041.mp3 (14.4 MB, 30:20 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Results from last episode's Quizzler -- and the winner! Various InDesign Newsbits Designer Wars! We discuss 3 issues that divide designers: Work locally or off the server? Set up file to trim size or add your own crops in larger page? Layered TIFFs or PSDs? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Slug Links mentioned in the podcast: Pariah Burke'sQuarkvsInDesign.com (Adobe CS3 Logo Design Contest) John Nack's blog post about the CS3 logos (with images) InDesign Conferences (Stockholm now, NYC in June) Creative Suite Conference (Miami 2/28-3/3) InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-88