Indesign Secrets

In this episode: News: InDesignSecrets YouTube channel and Facebook group Video courses:  InDesign CC 2019 New Features, and Essential Training InDesign CC 2019 Adobe MAX 2018 recap Presentations with InDesign magazine feature by Mark Heaps What's new and what to watch out for with InDesign CC 2019 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: By Unicode (or by CID/GID) 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 InDesignS

In this episode, Anne-Marie flies solo! News: InDesignSecrets YouTube channel and Facebook group New online course: Accessible EPUBs from InDesign Sneak Peek: Adobe InDesign CC 2019 Interview with the authors of Book Design Made Simple Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Live Edit Mode News and special offers from our sponsor: > Adobe MAX brings together the world’s top creatives and best-in-the-business experts to get inspired, learn skills, and play. October 15–17 in Los Angeles. Anne-Marie and David are both speaking at separate hands-on InDesign labs. Come to the Community Pavilion and say hi to us at the CPN booth (#408)! Use our code CDCcreate2018 to save $400 off registration!    Links mentioned in this podcast: Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube channel Join our Facebook group for help and tips CreativePro Week 2019: The HOW-TO Conferences Thanks to Ripon Printers for the awesome printing of our InDesign Keyboard Shortcut posters! Laura Brady's new Lynda/LiL course: EPUB Accessibi

In this episode: News: InDesignSecrets YouTube channel and Facebook group Designing for Sustainability article September 2018 InDesign Magazine: Calendars Disappearing Text? Might be a formatting "gotcha"! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Group Alert News and special offers from our sponsor: > Adobe MAX brings together the world’s top creatives and best-in-the-business experts to get inspired, learn skills, and play. October 15–17 in Los Angeles. Anne-Marie and David are both speaking at separate hands-on InDesign labs. Come to the Community  Pavilion and say hi to us at the CPN booth (#408)! Use our code CDCcreate2018 to save $400 off registration!    Links mentioned in this podcast: Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube  channel Join our Facebook group for help and tips Maya Lim's excellent article on "green design": Designing for Sustainability CreativePro Week 2019: The HOW-TO Conferences Create Outlines the right way and the even better way Our advice: Watch out for Remove Overrid

In this episode: News: Update adds CC Libraries to Bridge CC 2018 Help test the Import PDF Comments feature InDesign CC 2019 Registration open for the InDesign Conference 2019 See us at Adobe MAX in October!  Table Strokes, why are they such a pain, and secret tips Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Hyperlink Links mentioned in this podcast: Bridge CC is free CreativePro Week 2019 will be June 10-14 in Seattle Which other features are "In the Beta Build" in InDesign CC 2019? Sign up for Adobe prerelease (beta testing) Save $400 off of Adobe MAX registration with our code Our posts with more how-to's for Table Strokes: here, here, and here  

In this episode: News: Fun news and cool tips from The InDesign Conference and CreativePro Week News about our 2019 conference that you'll want to hear Anne-Marie's new course: InDesign CC 2018: EPUB Applying object styles to groups of object-styled objects Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Use Native Digits When Typing in Arabic Scripts Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativePro Week 2019 will be June 10-14 in Seattle. Registration opens July 9, special $400 off multi-day registrations for the first 48 hours! IR2Office from Recosoft Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office (Anne-Marie's title) Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) Mag+ Markzware's Dave Dilling interview with David & Anne-Marie People's Challenge script "Show me the Notes!" Adobe's Help page about applying object styles to groups Our early post about beware of object styles and groups Wikipedia on Arabic numerals The multi-language placeholder text trick Middle Eastern license plate with Eastern Arabic numera

In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2018, June 4–7  in New Orleans: it's happening! Get a Virtual Pass to the InDesign Conference (and others!) to see videos and handouts New LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com courses: New Features in InDesign CC 2018.1 (Anne-Marie) and InDesign: Interactive PDFs (David) InDesign Magazine: April 2018 issue about Interactive Portfolios, May 2018 issue about Digital Asset Management systems, and the June 2018 issue will be about making InDesign and Illustrator play nicely together. The problem with default RGB [Black] and CMYK [Black] Interview with Khoi Vinh, Adobe's Principal Designer Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Greek Vector Objects on Drag News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They’ve been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up

In this episode: News: Muse, we sort of hardly knew ye InDesign Conference 2018, June 4–7  in New Orleans InDesign Magazine: March 2018 issue about making InDesign and Photoshop play nicely together, April 2018 issue about Interactive Portfolios We review all the features/fixes in just-released InDesign CC 2018.1 update Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Knockout Group News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They’ve been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until May 31, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: The InDesign Conference 2018 agenda Muse End-of-Life announcement from Adobe Blog post: What's new in InDesign CC 2018.1 Anne-Marie's 

In this episode: News: CreativePro Week poster contest: Win a Platinum Pass! Join over 2,000 colleagues in our Facebook discussion group InDesign Magazine: Feb 2018 issue all about color, March 2018 issue about making InDesign and Photoshop play nicely together Top InDesign Feature Requests: Adobe is listening! I See Blue Things: What are those weird squiggles and borders? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reveal Deleted Items News and special offers from our sponsors: > The InDesign Conference 2018 is June 4–7 in New Orleans, one of four back-to-back conferences in the same venue during CreativePro Week. Dozens of speakers—returning favorites and new faces—are busy prepping right now for some of the most useful and exciting presentations on InDesign you'll ever encounter. Sign up for just this conference, two of them (maybe add the Ps/Ai: Photoshop and Illustrator Conference for Designers as well?) or the whole week! Premium members of InDesignSecrets.com get a discount code worth $150 off any mul

In this episode: News: The InDesign Conference 2018 agenda and speakers up Facebook discussion group for InDesignSecrets folks 2018 Creative Developers Summit for scripters and developers InDesign Magazine:  New design is a success! Formatting financial data: Tabs vs. Tables Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ungroup Color Group News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified instructors, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until March 31, 2018, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: The InDesign Conference 2018 agenda and speakers are up! Join us in our ever-so-useful InDesignSecrets Facebook group Nigel French's "Designing Books" cover story in the Jan

In this episode: A little bit of news: Facebook discussion group for InDesignSecrets folks InCopy user? Take Adobe's InCopy user survey InDesign Magazine: Our January 2018 issue has a new look Designers vs Production Folks Interview with Russell Viers Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Grids in Back Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativePro Week 2018 registration open and first speakers announced Join us in our Facebook group! More about Russell Viers About ink-aliasing in InDesign In a heated discussion during the podcast, the question was debated: If you alias a spot ink to another spot ink, will it separate out to CMYK correctly? Answer: YES. David's report from his post-podcast testing (see the episode 251 Show Notes on our site for screenshots that illustrate these steps): STEP ONE: I placed an .AI file (it could also be a PDF) that contains two spot colors (Pantone Blue, and a yellow called Pantone 114). I then applied that Pantone Blue spot color to some text in a text frame. I als

In this episode: A little bit of news: InDesign CC 2018 update released (13.0.1) First round of CreativePro Week 2018 speakers announced InDesign Magazine Dec 2018: Creating Accessible EPUBs, and an in-depth review of Cacidi's Chart plug-in for InDesign Coming in January: InDesign Magazine ground-up redesign! You'll love it Managing threaded stories manually and with free scripts Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Repair All   News and special offers from our sponsors: >> FunctionFox is a leader in timesheets and project management for creative teams since 1999. Still using paper timesheets or Excel to track project hours? Use FunctionFox to help manage your workflow and increase billable hours! There's a free demo available, but you might want to jump on their introductory offer of 40% off for a new monthly or annual subscription. The offer ends Dec. 15, 2017, so get on over there! >> GoProof is an online proofing solution that makes it easy to upload your layouts directly from within InDesign (a f

In this episode: Lots of News! InDesign CC 2018 released Adobe MAX recap, busy booth, lots o' fun! Contest of the month and Template of the month New lynda.com courses for Anne-Marie and David InDesign Magazine for October: All about user dictionaries InDesign Magazine for November: ID CC 2018 in depth, and Adobe Dimension What's new in InDesign CC 2018 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Triplespace News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers a full range of Adobe training courses, including InDesign and Photoshop, led by Adobe qualified instructors. They've also been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until November 30, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativeProWeek.com now open for registration What's new in InDesign CC 2018 (and a quick additional fix) Anne-Marie's InDesign CC 2018 Ne

In this episode: News: Adobe MAX 2017 this week, visit us at Booth 214! Also at MAX, see Anne-Marie and David on stage October's InDesign Magazine: Deep into Dictionaries Sleuthing InDesign Mysteries: Fonts and TOCs and Style folders Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Incompatibility with Flash Player News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, offers exceptional instructor-led training for Adobe InDesign and other software programs at London Covent Garden, Cardiff, Bristol, and now, live online! Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class —including online!—if you mention InDesignSecrets and this podcast episode number while booking the class, on the phone or at their site. Links mentioned in this podcast: Duden in InDesign CC 2018 Here's a li

In this episode: News: Report InDesign bugs and feature on UserVoice August's InDesign Contest and the Template of the Month Our 100th issue of InDesign Magazine just published! Adobe MAX 2017: See Anne-Marie and David on stage 5 Things First-time InDesigners Need to Know Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Resize Horizontally (or vertically) News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, offers exceptional instructor-led training for Adobe InDesign and other software programs at London Covent Garden, Cardiff, Bristol, and now, live online! Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class —including online!—if you mention InDesignSecrets and this podcast episode number while booking the class, on the phone or at their site. Links mentioned in this podcast:

In this episode: David's special guest co-host was Jonathan Levit, InDesign trainer and professional magician News: CreativePro Week 2018 (including the InDesign Conference) will be in New Orleans, June 4-8, 2018 InDesign Magazine's July 2017 issue was on automated Publishing w/InDesign Our 100th issue of InDesign Magazine is in August, so it'll have 100 tips and 100 free scripts! Auto-sizing of text frames Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Tool Hints (the loneliest panel) Links mentioned in this podcast: Special co-host Jonathan Levit His training and consulting company His professional magician and acting site Jonathan's article, "The Magic of InDesign" CreativePro Week 2018: June 4-8 in New Orleans Erica Gamet's Script-o-pedia More cool Auto-Size articles More on object styles The Tool Hints panel

In this episode: News: Session videos from the 2017 InDesign Conference now available InDesign Magazine June 2017: Animation Effects Upcoming July 2017 issue is on Automated Publishing w/InDesign Space before/after lists hack The [Basic Paragraph] style conundrum Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check in News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until July 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: Join the InDesign Prerelease ("Beta") program Don't Edit [Basic Paragraph]  Using Span Columns to force Space before/after lists Want conditional spacing? Vote for it! The discussion about the mysteriou

In this episode: News: CreativePro Week Virtual Pass now available InDesign Magazine May 2017: Find/Change CreativePro Week 2017 recap and fave moments Useless InDesign Tool: Poll Results Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Submit Bug/Feature Request Links mentioned in this podcast: How to script, for the absolute beginner Recap of The InDesign Conference at CreativePro Week SimpleHTML script from Justin at Ajar Productions Virtual Pass (video, handouts, sponsor discounts) to The InDesign Conference and CreativePro Week Join the InDesign Prerelease program Adobe Wishlist form

In this episode: News and Updates: Acrobat DC 2017 now available (what's new) CreativePro Week coming up May 22-26! InDesign Magazine April 2017: Type Effects! We examine the stunning achievement that is InDesign 2017.1 Interview with Theresa Jackson, Adobe guru, trainer, and designer Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Recently Published News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until May 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: Check out the sessions and speakers at CreativePro Week 2017 All about InDesign CC 2017.1 David's "Three Rules" article Theresa Jackson: her website, Behance page, and Insta

In this episode: News and Updates: Stellar line-up of speakers & sessions at the  InDesign Conference InDesign Magazine March 2017 is all about footnotes, endnotes, and sidenotes Using Acrobat's deeply buried Object Inspector on your InDesign PDFs! The Next Big Thing for interactive PDFs? We hear things ... Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flip Pages (it's not what you think) News and special offers from our sponsors: > CircularFLO from Circular Software is an InDesign add-on that lets you easily create true replicas of existing print layouts. Directly export to fixed layout EPUB3 or the Amazon KF8 fixed layout format. You can include Read Aloud with no coding — add paragraph, sentence or word highlighting in time with an audio track. All new customers contacting Circular Software in April either by entering 'InDesign Secrets Podcast' when downloading CircularFLO or contacting us on our website can get a free trial credit for CircularFLO and extended trials of our print workflow apps GreenLig

In this episode: News and Updates: The InDesign Conference is part of CreativePro Week 2017 All InDesign Conference speakers and sessions are up! InDesign Magazine Feb. 2017, "Special Characters," is all about advanced typography Interview with Justin Seeley, Adobe genius and Star Wars nerd Fascinating fresh features for footnotes, finally Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Inline Background Color Links mentioned in this podcast: Check out the sessions and speakers at CreativePro Week 2017 Register now for the InDesign Conference 2017! Check out the InDesign Magazine issue on Special Characters and Typography Find the Greenlight service (cloud-based preflighting) on CircularSoftware.com CircularFLO (at circularflo.com) exports InDesign layouts to fixed-layout EPUB3 or the Amazon KF8 fixed layout format, optionally including Read Aloud narration with no coding Pagination does database publishing as a service! Use Tweak to edit InDesign documents and make print-ready PDFs in the cloud All about Jus