Indesign Secrets

Quizzler winner (triple-clicking); Top 5 things InDesign newbies should know; Best online resources for ID help; Newbie-friendly Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Save a Copy ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-040.mp3 (17.7 MB, 37:22 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days ... we swear) Happy New Year! In keeping with this "new" them, this episode is especially for the *new* InDesign users out there -- what you should know, best places to learn more. Grizzled veterans may also learn some new things, too! Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner! Top five things every new InDesign user should know (We invite the legions of experienced InDesign users in our audience to add to this list -- do a newbie a favor and post your advice in a comment below!) Best online resources for InDesign information and help (Ditto) A

Quizzler winner (measurement units); Basic Paragraph Style; Native .indd file vs. press-ready PDF for your printer; Last Quizzler with a Trumatch prize; Obscurity of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-039.mp3 (9.1 MB, 19:00 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner! Our love/hate relationship with the default Basic Paragraph Style What's better to give your printer: Native ID file or a press-ready PDF? Fourth and final Quizzler with a Trumatch prize! (see below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent Link we forgot to mention in the podcast: Free one-week trial of Lynda.com's online software training videos Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mai

Lynda.com free trial; Quizzler results (font version); Using agates in InDesign; Linking to text files; Insert glyph script; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Patient User Mode ------- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-038.mp3 (11.6 MB, 24:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Free trial from Lynda.com Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner! How to use agates in InDesign Why you should/should not link to Excel or Word files How to enter weird little glyphs with a keyboard shortcut Third Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Patient User Mode Links mentioned in the podcast: Free one-week trial of Lynda.com's online software training videos Type any Unicode Character cross-platform script (more info) Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler

Quizzler answer and winner; Export to PDF vs. Distill Postscript; Updating multiple images; Another Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: The Smooth Tool ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes and to comment on the episode. ------ Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-037.mp3 (12.2 MB, 25:31 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner! The Great Debate: Export to PDF vs. Write PostScript and Distill? Updating multiple images at once Second Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Smooth tool Links mentioned in the podcast: Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster Adobe's Find a Print Service Provider page Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen

Anniversary, Process swatchbooks, Keep Options, Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: The J key (Formatting affects text/container) ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Links, and other goodies. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-036.mp3 (9.7 MB, 20:14 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) It's our anniversary! Why you should be using a process-color swatch book Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster is on sale Those Krazy Keep Options: How and when to use them Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The "J" Key (Formatting Affects Text/Container) Links mentioned in the podcast: Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received

Conference recap; Clips from the live podcast; Outlining type tips and gotchas; Butterly Island questions; Obscurity of the Week: The Barbell ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, sponsor offers, or to leave a comment. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-035.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) InDesign Conference: Master Class recap and highlights Audio clips from our live podcast at the conference Tips and gotchas when converting type to outlines Tough InDesign questions from the Butterfly Island contest Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Barbell Links mentioned in the podcast: Mordy Golding's Illustrator blog and his Outlined Type post Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners: 20% off of Q2ID, Markzware's QuarkXPress-to-InDesign file converter plug-in (converts QXP files v3.x-7 to InDesign CS1 or CS2, Mac/Windows)

Free Stuff for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: Unassigned Content Frames ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and links to sites mentioned in the podcast. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-034.mp3 (11.1 MB, 23:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Free Stuff for InDesign Users: A follow-up to David's recent Adobe eSeminar Layout templates that come with the program Adobe Exchange templates Where to install Scripts and Plug-ins Free plug-ins: PatternMaker, InBooklet Make Grid script — one of the free scripts bundled with InDesign Lots of other answers to questions asked by eSeminar attendees Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Unassigned Content Frames Links mentioned in the podcast: All the upcoming live e-Seminars from Adobe (and recorded ones from the past) Our page on Free InDesign Stuff Teacup Software's free plug-in, Pattern Maker Adobe's InDesign Exchange web site InDesign Conf

Upcoming events; Creating font catalogs; Mirroring objects; Two unusual keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Transformations are Totals ---------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show notes, Links, and to comment on this episode. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-033.mp3 (9.0 MB, 18:53 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Upcoming events: Teacup Software's free InDesign Plug-in seminar in NYC, and InDesign Conference Master Class in Seattle, WA A new tool for creating font catalogs in InDesign (thanks, Greg!) Three different ways to mirror ("flip") objects Two interesting keyboard shortcuts buried in the Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Transformations are Totals (thanks, Mark!) Links mentioned in the podcast: Teacup Software Seminar (New York City, NY, Oct. 17, 2006; free) InDesign Conference: Master Class (Seattle, WA, Nov. 6-8, 2006) Chris Pav

ID Conference news; Rotate text tip; Photocompositing in InDesign; Cari Jansen interview; Obscurity of the week: Adjust View Settings ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, access links mentioned, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-032.mp3 (26.7 MB, 29:08 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) InDesign Conference news (Stockholm, Seattle, Adobe Developer Conf.) Rotating text without rotating its frame, courtesy of Adobe's Tim Cole Photocompositing in InDesign: Mike's latest videocast is on one of our favorite techniques Guest guru Cari Jansen, top InDesign trainer/consultant from Australia, talks about the ID CS2 features that allowed her to complete a huge Australian Vineyard Directory project in 15 percent (not a typo!) of the time it took before CS2 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Adjust View Settings Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Conference: Master

The InDesigner videocast; Free plug-in for Find/Change; Adding the current date automatically; Obscurity of the Week: Notes tool and menu. ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesign.com/category/podcasts to read the Show notes, links mentioned, and leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-031.mp3 (22.4 MB, 24:27 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) The InDesigner videocast is part of InDesignSecrets! Free plug-in, "CleverFindChangeCloser" from Aextra Software Adding the current date to your pages, automatically Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Notes (tool and menu) Links mentioned in the podcast: The InDesigner videocast CleverFindChangeCloser plug-in (CS2 only): Download for Mac or Windows. (For help installing the plug-in, see this post) The PrinterMark file David referred to (instructions are included) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Site News; Quizzler #3 Winner; OpenType Fractions Helper; Pages Palette; Obscurity of the Week: End Nested Style Here ------- Details follow; or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to post a comment ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-030.mp3 (12.1 MB, 25:37 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) InDesignSecrets.com news: Our Store, New Contributors, Named to Top 5 Podcasts, 100K+ Downloads, Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference Quizzler #3 ("Where is Bevel?") Winner! OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet Pages Palette Mystery/Mastery: Targeted vs. Selected Pages Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: End Nested Style Here Links mentioned in the podcast: The InDesignSecrets Store — those aprons are going fast! Colleen Wheeler: Top 5 Audio Podcasts on Visual Topics Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference; Seattle, WA; Nov. 6-8, 2006 Download: OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet (PDF, 400K) Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-I

InDesign Conference: Master Class; Q2ID plug-in; Making proper Fractions; Quizzler #3; Obscurity of the Week: Update Library Item ----- Details follow, or see show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-029.mp3 (16.4 MB, 30:34 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) -- Preview of the upcoming InDesign Conference: Master Class -- Critical update to Markzware's Q2ID plug-in (opens QuarkXPress v3-6 files in InDesign) -- Fraction Fixes: How to make good-looking fractions with and without an OpenType Pro font -- Quizzler Number 3! Instructions appear below -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Update Library Item Quizzler #3 instructions: As we mentioned in the podcast, DON'T post your Quizzler answer (or any discussion about it) here as a comment. Instead, e-mail your answer to us at info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the subject line. All correct answers we receive by midnight PST on Thursday, August 30 200

With guest star: Sandee Cohen; Interactive PDFs; Buttons and States; Obscurity of the Week: Flush Space ------ Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and comments ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-028.mp3 (14.4 MB, 27:58 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) With special guest star, Sandee Cohen! --A "deep dive" into creating interactive PDF files, especially Buttons and States --Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flush Space Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

2nd Quizzler Winner, Drop Shadows Secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Transform Sequence Again Individually ------- Details follow, or go to

Align to Spine; Quiz Contest #2; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile -------- Details follow, or visit the Show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts -------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-026.mp3 (13.4 MB, 25:32 minutes) (the transcript of this episode will be posted in a few days) -- The Pleasures of CS2's Spine Alignment (Align to/Away from Spine) feature -- InDesign Quiz Contest #2! (See note below) -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile Links mentioned: -- InDesign Magazine (Pariah Burke's article on using spine alignments with anchored objects is in issue #8, Oct/Nov 2005) Note: Comments will be closed for 24 hours (to this post only) to give people a chance to listen to the podcast and figure out the answer to the Quiz. After 24 hours, the first complete and correct quiz answer posted here as a comment will win. We'll officially declare the winner as well, via a comment like last time. Listener Comment Line: +1-20

Mailbag Episode: Change underline thickness, ID user groups in Canada, Dotted leaders, Disk error with custom sets, Obscurity of the week: View Threshold ||| Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to view show notes and links ||| Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-025.mp3 (11.2 MB, 21:41 minutes) (the transcript of this episode will be posted in a few days) The Mailbag Episode! All topics discussed today were questions listeners e-mailed us about, and their answers (along with a few embellishments of our own). -- Mystery caller left a voicemail asking about aligning to page -- DJ asked how to change the thickness of underlines -- DJ also asked about any InDesign user group near Manitoba, Canada -- Vanessa from Australia asked how to make dotted underlines for forms -- Kevin (who recently discovered the existence of our podcast and told us he listened to all 24 episodes in 24 hours ) wondered why he gets a Disk Error when he tries to save a custom keyboard shortcut set -- Ob

London ID Conf. recap; Sandee on scripting; Branislav on master page text frames; Rufus on pasteboard fixes; Mysteries of the Align palette; Obscurity of the week: Go Forward/Go Back ------ Full details follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com and view the linked show notes ----- -- London InDesign Conference recap from David, and he recorded interesting tidbits from a few of the conference speakers: - Sandee Cohen tells of her experience taking a scripting class at the conference - Branislav Milic shares a great tip for overriding master page text frames - Rufus Deuchler reveals two ways to fix out-of-control pasteboard sizes -- Mysteries and Treasures of the Align palette (like, where it is) -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Go Forward/Go Back Links mentioned: • AlignToPage.jsx is one of the free cross-platform scripts on your CS2 installation CD or part of this .zip archive (Adobe site download). Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Contest winner; Tip of the Day plug-in; Lab values and spot colors; Add-a-Page script; Obscurity of the week: Position tool ---- Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. ----- * The answer to — and winner of — our first InDesign Quiz Contest * Free InDesign Secrets plug-in, "Tip of the Day" for Mac or Windows, InDesign CS or CS2 * That Ink Manager option: What do Lab color values have to do with spot colors? * Peter Kahrel's incredibly useful script, "Add A Page" * Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Position tool Listener Comment Line: +1-206-888-INDY (-4639) Talk to us, baby: Leave a message!

Comment line and transcripts; Copy/paste text formatting; Spot colors and transparency; Our first contest question; Obscurity of the week: Lab color mode  |||  Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. • Announcement of new enhancements to the podcast: Transcripts and our Listener Comment Line • Anne-Marie's InDesign seminars (open to the public) for the Chicago Book Clinic is on June 22, 2006 • David's full day of InDesign secrets (also open to the public) for Evolve is on July 12, 2006 • Maintaining text formatting when copying/pasting text between Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign • We bust a few myths about spot colors and transparency in InDesign • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Lab color mode And we also announced the first InDesignSecrets Podcast Contest! Listen to the show, write down the contest quiz question, and post your answer as a comment below (first correct one wins) Listener Comment Lin

Real-time black reverses; Auto-numbering angst; Ink Manager secrets; Obscurity of the Week: Script Label palette ||| Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. • Branislav Milic solves the Real-Time Reverse Out of Black challenge! Download his 7-page PDF, "Transparency Cool Effects" (1.1 MB), the solution is on pages 6-7. • Brief preview of the InDesign Conference in London, coming up June 26-29, 2006 • Oh that pesky Auto Numbering feature — surely it can't be this bad, a listener asks • Secrets of the Ink Manager! Thank you, Adobe — now please go work on that numbering thing • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: the Script Label palette Other links mentioned in the show: • The Wikipedia knows all: Geoduck • Rorohiko's free History Log plug-in