Indesign Secrets

In this episode: InDesignSecrets.com merges with CreativePro.com! Conference news Adobe MAX 2020 was a success! Watch David's and Anne-Marie's sessions online Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20 Save the Date: David & Anne-Marie's InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Nov 15 InDesign 2021 released Obscure Feature: Update Link  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> CI HUB is a platform for content integration and efficient marketing production. No more jumping between tools and windows to find the right asset! The CI HUB asset panel plugin for Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office applications essentially connects your brand assets living within your various asset repositories to your native creative apps. Check out David's interview with Andreas Michalski, CI HUB's CEO and founder. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New in InDesign 2021: Our article, Adobe's web page Anne-Marie's InDesign 2021 New Features course Erica Gamet's course, Introduction to GREP i

In this episode: News: David and Anne-Marie are presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (online only, free registration) Save the Date: Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20 October issue of InDesign Magazine features 20 free scripts you can download Now live! Erica Gamet's "Introduction to GREP in InDesign" online course for CreativePro University Surprising and useful finds in Find/Change Obscure Feature: Open a Clone  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020. >> Markz

In this episode: News: Be a speaker at CreativePro events! Please fill out this form David and Anne-Marie presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (free!) Our latest book, TypeTalk Vol. 1 by Ilene Strizver, now in PDF and print Adobe InDesign 2020 15.1.2 - bug fix and feature tweaks Adobe Fonts Gotchas Double-clicks you should try! OIFOTW: Paste Into State  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020. >> Avenza Systems' MAPublisher (for Illustrator) and Geographic Imager (for Photoshop) are power

In this episode: News: Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC July InDesign Magazine: Use With Caution! (Gotchas to avoid) Adobe MAX 2020 is free! All on-line, and we're both presenting InDesign settings you need to change right now. Do it! OIFOTW: Import File Links mentioned in this podcast: Adobe MAX 2020 Posts about settings Apply Leading to Entire Paragraph Changing Hyphenation and Justification Reset workspace Why you shouldn't use Basic paragraph style and also this post David's book The Joy of Pi Quick Apply for choosing menu items What David was thinking of when he mentioned "Sew buttons"

In this episode: News: The online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference were a success! Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC InDesign updated to 15.1.1 last week June InDesign Magazine: InDesign, Acrobat, and PDF tips Using the new Share for Review feature in 15.1.1 OIFOTW: Apply All Auto Edits News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Cacidi Systems, developers of awesome charts and barcode creation tools for InDesign. See their 15-minute session from CreativePro Week 2020 here. Cacidi just released a huge update to Cacidi Charts, which create many types of vector charts, easy to “convert” to InDesign for ultimate creative freedom. They offer a free 30-day trial version, and right now only for CreativeProWeek attendees 50% of the price, for a very, very limited time! Discount code: CREAPRO2020 (see Cacidi.com) >> Priint:Suite cuts up to 80% off of the creative process lifecycle for any kind of data-driven publications like catalogs, brochures, and datasheets, with

In this episode: News: All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference What's New in the February 2020 release of InDesign April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion (After Effects) May InDesign Magazine: Chad Chelius on Forms Chad's amazing XML/InDesign map for COVID-19 stats Super-simple keyboard shortcuts everyone should know! OIFOTW: Rule Length Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event! All about After Effects from issue 132 UnicodeInjector script (and how to give it a shortcut) Breaking a Threaded Story Spring-loaded (springboard) shortcuts Make your own Preview shortcut Designing with Column Rules  

In this episode: News: All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference New Creative Cloud Feature: Upload Your Own Fonts March InDesign Magazine: Obscure Features Revealed April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion Three InDesign puzzles, pulled from our Facebook group, solved! OIFOTW: Fancy Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event! Using your own fonts with Creative Cloud app Great questions from our Facebook group Anne-Marie's course on creating templates or "starter files": When InDesign ignores your leading values: info here and here Using variable fonts in InDesign Assigning shortcuts to styles  

In this episode: News: Agenda announced for CreativePro Week and the InDesign Conference January issue of InDesign Magazine: Claudia McCue's awesome RGB vs CMYK February InDesign Magazine: Chad Chelius's must-read on Accessibile PDFs NEW: LinkedIn Profile Assessments! (Check out the InDesign one!) Please vote to fix InDesign bugs on Uservoice Interview with Steve Laskevitch, InDesign book author, training center owner, consultant OIFOTW: Find Similar Images News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Ajar Productions is the maker of in5, the miraculous InDesign add-on that lets you create digital magazines, websites, mobile apps, animated banners, & more from Adobe InDesign ... without coding! in5 supports all the interactivity in InDesign — animations, buttons, object states, and more. They have tons of helpful material both to get you started and to help you get your projects to the finish line. Podcast listeners! Go to this special InDesignSecrets link  for a limited time offer: A free video c

In this episode: News: New round of speakers announced for CreativePro Week 2020 AM is a MAX Master again! David's TEDxSeattle talk Bug fix update for InDesign 2020 Learn more in our YouTube channel and Facebook group Gotchas when sharing InDesign 2020 layouts with earlier versions Variable fonts: Ready for prime-time? OIFOTW: Redefine Scaling as 100% Links mentioned in this podcast: The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas David's video of his  "InDesign Pro Secrets" session at MAX David spoke at TEDxSeattle on the topic of Spectrums Gotcha: New text flow involving indents and text wrap Blog post (premium) on Using Variable Fonts in InDesign 2020 Anne-Marie's video on Using Variable Fonts from her InDesign 2020 New Features course Find variable fonts here More on "Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking" here and here Our posts on Redefine Scaling at 100% here and here  

In this (super-sized) episode: News: First 10 speakers announced for  CreativePro Week 2020 Adobe MAX 2019 recap Adobe InDesign 2020 released! InDesign at 20, our November 2019 magazine issue InDesign 2020 new features: Hits, Duds, and Workarounds Interview with Dave Clayton, InDesign writer, designer, podcaster, and speaker OIFOTW: Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking Links mentioned in this podcast: The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas First ten CreativePro Week speakers announced David's video of his  "InDesign Pro Secrets" session at MAX Anne-Marie's handout and practice files from "InDesign for Absolute Beginners" lab at MAX JavaScripting with InDesign by Peter Kahrel New features in InDesign 2020 Anne-Marie's New Features in InDesign 2020 videos on LinkedIn Learning/lynda Our blog post Adobe's list of new features in InDesign 2020 Find variable fonts here and here Dave Clayton links: Dave's web site Astute Graphics, the company he works for How Do I That in

In this episode: News: Register now for CreativePro Week 2020 in Austin Texas We'll be speaking and exhibiting (booth 815) at Adobe MAX 2019 InDesign Magazine Sept 2019: The Tips Issue! InDesign Magazine Oct 2019: Charts and Graphs One year later: Have the new features in CC2019 held up? OIFOTW: Enable Overrides Links mentioned in this podcast: The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas Use our code P19MCPN for a $400 discount for Adobe MAX What was new in CC 2019 and what was fixed Anne-Marie's videos on InDesign CC 2019: New Features A favorite CC 2019 feature: Space Between Paragraphs Using Same Style Request new features in InDesign's uservoice program Sign up to be on prerelease and give Adobe feedback The OIFOTW "Enable Overrides" is a SLAGIATT

In this episode: News: Videos of the 2019 InDesign Conference available Register now for CreativePro Week 2020 in Austin Texas We'll be speaking and exhibiting at Adobe MAX 2019 Check out the InDesignSecrets group on LinkedIn! Pasteboard tips, tricks, and little-known features OIFOTW: Hide Conveyor News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass:  Couldn't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today! Links mentioned in this podcast: The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas Use our code P19MCPN for a $400 discount for Adobe MAX Pasteboard tips we talked about Make the past

In this episode: News: Upcoming Mac OS 10.15 can't run CS6 InDesign Conference 2019 a success! Couldn't make it to Seattle? Get a Virtual Pass We'll be speaking and exhibiting at Adobe MAX 2019 InDesignSecrets Facebook group now over 10,000 members Autocorrect tips and a great hack from Keith Gilbert OIFOTW: Prevent Duplicate User Colors News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass:  Couldn't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today! Links mentioned in this podcast: Steve Werner on Catalina (Mac OS 10.15) support Should you always upgrade? No! See why here and here Andrew Keith Strauss's

In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2019 in less than two weeks! Can't make it to Seattle? Get a Virtual Pass InDesignSecrets YouTube channel now over 4,000 subscribers Interview with Chad Chelius Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Fit Frame to Content (Comm-Opt-C/Control-Alt-C) News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass:  Can't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today! Links mentioned in this podcast: Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels Chad has two movies on our YouTube channels Ring Charts in Adobe Illustrator Fixing Broken Text Styles Chad's

In this episode: the News: InDesign Conference 2019 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign! Virtual Pass now available May 2019 InDesign Magazine on Big (Format) Design GREP patch for InDesign CC 2019 14.0.2 Inside the Dark Art of Spellchecking Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Deleted Text when Spellchecking News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details. Links mentioned in this podcast: The 2019 InDesign Conference is coming up (June 10–13), res

In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2019 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign! Tweaks and fixes in just-released InDesign CC 14.02s Five, or Six, or more Amazing Tips for Find/Change Favorite Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-N/Control-Alt-N News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details. Links mentioned in this podcast: Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels More free InDesign videos in our tips series on L

In this episode: News: GREP in InDesign now on Amazon! InDesign Magazine, April 2019 issue: Proposals InDesign Conference 2019 Hurry, early-bird savings deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!) How can you measure how well you or others know InDesign? Obscure Feature of the Week: Shadow Honors Other Efects News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details. Links mentioned in this podcast: Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels More free

In this episode: News: Two shorter podcasts! InDesign Magazine, March 2019 issue: Women in Design InDesign Conference 2019 Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass Early-bird deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!) Changing margins? Adjust Layout tips and techniques Obscure Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Reflow All Text News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details. Links mentioned in this podcast: Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro Yo

In this episode: News: Double the podcast, double the fun! InDesign Conference 2019 Agenda (InDesign sessions and deep-dive tutorials) schedule posted! Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass Soft proofing for CMYK output in an RGB layout Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Guide Type News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details. Links mentioned in this podcast: Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels Check out our Faceb

In this episode: News: Tons of new videos on InDesignSecrets YouTube channel InDesign Conference 2019 20th anniversary of InDesign! We'll have some special events New speakers include Ina Saltz, Tony Harmer, Conrad Chavez, and Dax Castro Commenting on PDFs in the cloud with Acrobat DC Import PDF Comments (new feature in CC 2019) in depth GREP in InDesign, 3rd edition released Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Arabic Diacritic Color News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference:  If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, conta