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**The CreativePro Podcast**

Join the CreativePro team for fun and insightful discussions about our favorite tools and technologies: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Acrobat, print, digital publishing, presentation design, accessibility, AI, and more!

Latest Episodes:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 231 Mar 31, 2016

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In this episode:

Latest news:
- All 3 conference sites are up and running and taking registrations! Ta-da!
- Check 'em out: PePcon, CreativePro Conference, InDesign Conference
- "The White(space) Issue" InDesign Magazine/April 2016
Interview with Daniel Dejan of Sappi Paper
Using One-Hit-Wonders: Single Attribute Live Preflight Profiles
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Limit Number of Rows Per Error

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> PePcon (the Print + ePublishing Conference) is for anyone who's on the front lines of creating publications and wants to peek over their own cubicle to see how others are tackling the same challenges. In the two-day multitrack event (plus pre- and post-conference workshop days) we dive into the "how-to" and "why" of print and digital publishing in a broad and deep way, covering InDesign, HTML5, PDF, print production, iBooks Author, mobile app development, CMS's, Editorial workflows, EPUBs, Kindle publishing, and more. Each speaker provides a detailed PDF handout, and typically the final compiled Speaker Handout distributed to attendees is over 400 pages long(!). The seventh annual PePcon is in San Diego, June 5–8, 2016. Register and reserve your spot today!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in June (also home of the Creative Developers Summit)
CreativePro 2016: The Conference for Photoshop and Illustrator Users, July 11-13, Minneapolis MN
InDesign Conference 2016: Washington DC, November 7–9
Premium Member content:
- Mike Rankin's amazing "tumbling" animation effect
- Steve Werner's crazy in-depth piece on CC Libraries
- Colin Flashman on overprinting options
Daniel Dejan: LinkedIn, Haptic Brain, Haptic Brand, The Future of Print webinar
Kenya Hara's book, White
David Eagleman, Neuroscientist: TED talk, Incognito book
Template Essentials: Preflight Profiles
Creating a custom preflight profile post
Video on using Live Preflight to find common errors

Screenshots:

Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu to manage and edit Preflight Profiles. The "OHW" ones on the left are different "One Hit Wonder" profiles (as discussed in the podcast), like the active one, OHW - Interactive, that flags any interactive elements.

Choose which Preflight Profile you want Live Preflight to check against on the fly from the pop-up menu, found to the left of the Live Preflight reporting section (red dot or green dot) at the bottom of the window:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 230 Feb 29, 2016

Show notes

In this episode:

Latest news:
- PePcon 2016 speakers & sessions announced
- CreativePro Conference site is live
- InDesign Magazine content debuts on our blog
- DPS is now called AEM Mobile
- TruEdit announces InCopy support
Interview with Bart Van de Weile
A Shaded Paragraph Conundrum!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: [[:xdigit:]]

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko is a fine purveyor of many InDesign scripts and plug-ins. One of our favorites is TextExporter, a utility that comes in so handy, so often, that you forget it's not part of InDesign itself! Use TextExporter for those times when you need to extract all the text from a layout and put it into a single external text file, as plain text or formatted (RTF). Free 20-day trial, and when you realize how essential it is, you'll be happy to see the affordable, flexible pricing for single users and groups.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in June (also home of the Creative Developers Summit)
CreativePro 2016: The Conference for Photoshop and Illustrator Users, July 11-13, Minneapolis MN
InDesign Conference 2016: Washington DC, November 7–9
InDesign Magazine articles are now online (details) (example - click the article title links)
Adobe DPS is now Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Mobile
MEI's TruEdit now supports InCopy
Bart Van de Wiele's author page on CreativePro.com and his blog (which needs updating, Bart!)
What's this about Ghent, Bart's hometown? What's a Ghent workgroup?
Adobe's Project Comet
Find/Change tips
More about the new Paragraph Shading feature in CC 2015 (see screen shots in the Show Notes)
Or, use the old reversed-out-of-Rule Above trick
What's [[:xdigit:]] good for? Finding hexa words or hexadecimal notation (see screen shot in the Show Notes)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 229 Jan 28, 2016

Show notes

In this episode:

Latest news:
- CreativePro Conference!
- PePcon, InDesign Conference, Creative Developer Summit
- Template Essentials, our new premium member benefit
- January 2016 InDesign Magazine: Publish Online
- David's new Color Management title at Lynda.com
Our 2016 InDesign Resolution: Pay Attention to the Little Things!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko (or email dev@rorohiko.com) for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in June
CreativePro 2016: The Conference for Photoshop and Illustrator Users, July 11-13, web site to come
InDesign Conference 2016: Washington DC, November 7–9, (also home of the Creative Developers Summit)
Our first Template Essentials: Sidebars and Pull Quotes
InDesign Template of the Month
Check out the January 2016 InDesign Magazine
The book: Real World InDesign
David's new course, InDesign Insider Training: Color Management
Important Checkboxes: Smart Text Reflow, Ignore Text Wrap, Use Document Bleed
More about Select and Fit Item

InDesignSecrets Podcast 228 Dec 15, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

The InDesign Conference 2015: Our recap of the highlights
New features in InDesign CC 2015.2, just released
Tips on Using Adobe Stock photos in your layouts
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check Links Before Opening Document

News and special offers from our sponsors:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in June
InDesign Conference 2016: Washington DC, November 7–9
PSDcon 2016: Minneapolis Minn., July 11–13
PubWest.org's 2016 conference is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb 4-6. (Contact executive director Kent Watson for $100 discount for InDesignSecrets listeners).
Keith Gilbert's amazing "Rule around a paragraph" 3 Minutes Max tip from the InDesign Conference
You can buy videos of the InDesign Conference and the Photoshop Conference sessions
What's new in InDesign CC 2015.2? Read our posts here and here
Anne-Marie's post on Using Adobe Stock in InDesign
The Publish Online version of James Wamser's "InDesign New Features Chronology"
InDesign Magazine Dec. 2015: Top 5 Template Tips (by Anne-Marie!)
Check Links (the obscure feature) discussed in this blog post on speeding up InDesign

Watch this video from the 3 Minutes Max final session at the InDesign Conference 2015! (if you can't see this in your feed reader, please visit the Show Notes page at InDesignSecrets.com: http://indesignsecrets.com/watch_listen/indesignsecrets-podcast-228)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 227 Oct 30, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- David's Big Climb
- DTP Tool's Cloud service
Our favorite things we saw at Adobe MAX
New features and services at Adobe Communities
Two side-by-side views of one InDesign layout: Why and how?
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Skip First

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
Help support David's "Big Climb" by donating to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
DTP Tools Cloud (Blatner Tools, X-refs Pro, and more)
Adobe Community Events page
Adobe InDesign Forum and Creative Cloud FAQ
Don't forget our own InDesignSecrets forums!
Adobe MAX 2015:
- Video of Anne-Marie and David's InDesign Tips & Tricks session
- Adobe blog post of what they showed at MAX Sneaks (with video excerpts)
- More on Panose (precursor of Sneaks' "Project Faces") here
- Our blog post recapping the new InDesign features shown at MAX
Our post about the Split Window feature
The old way to create side-by-side windows still works, too
Here's a reason to use "Skip First"

InDesignSecrets Podcast 226 Sep 30, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- InDesign Tips at Adobe MAX 2015
- Our latest InDesign titles at Lynda.com
- Gearing up for the InDesign Conference and the Photoshop Conference!
Interview with Erica Gamet
Publish Online feature: Pros, Cons, and more
Ranting about the CC App
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Content Offset

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith. Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall! InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
Anne-Marie's new Lynda.com title Designing Templates with InDesign
David's new Lynda.com title InDesign Insider Training: Working with Photoshop and Illustrator
All the speakers at Adobe MAX, October 4–7 2015, in Los Angeles
Erica Gamet's InDesign Power Pack
All about the Publish Online feature
Adobe's help file for Creative Cloud App problems
Download the individual app installers
Rubber chicken?
Our contest about the "Show Content Offset" feature

Thank you to Adobe's Michael Ninness for the following examples of what folks are doing with interactivity and rich media with Publish Online!

Brown University football: https://indd.adobe.com/view/3d0c6511-1f4c-4fc5-8618-3d390acf8545 John Kelly's interactive art catalog https://indd.adobe.com/view/ab79b8c6-1265-44e3-aeae-7dccfb89cd94 SHIFT online catalog: https://indd.adobe.com/view/b6413504-fc6e-422f-a2f3-b9dddca32b88 Kia SUV Sportage brochure: https://indd.adobe.com/view/a68c4aec-906a-44b8-9656-6be52fbb18be

InDesignSecrets Podcast 225 Aug 31, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Recording across the table from each other! (a little echo-y)
- Come see us at Adobe MAX
- David's speaking at the LA IDUG
- PePcon 2016: Registration is Open!
The Urge to Merge: All about combining INDD files
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Prevent Selection of Locked Objects

News and special offers from our sponsors:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
PePcon 2016 registration is open
All the speakers at Adobe MAX, October 4–7 2015, in Los Angeles
See Diane Burns use GREP to make a table look cool (first video on the page)
Ten ways to merge documents in InDesign (CreativePro.com post)
Simon Wiscombe's post on merging all InDesign files
- Click here to download his merge all files script!
More info on Prevent Selection of Locked Object

InDesignSecrets Podcast 224 Aug 01, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Agendas are up for InDesign Conference and Photoshop Conference
- Anne-Marie's new InDesign CC 2015 to EPUB video course
- InDesign Magazine new issues
Exporting to HTML 5: New script!
Interview with Bill Jelen (he's MrExcel.com)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Inside Edges

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith. Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall! InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page). Links mentioned in this podcast:

Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
Anne-Marie' new video course, InDesign CC 2015: EPUB Fundamentals
Five Shortcuts Every InDesign User Should Know
August 2015 InDesign Magazine issue is about "getting HTML5 out of InDesign"
Keith Gilbert's post and amazing script revealing a secret back door for HTML5 export
Bill Jelen, @MrExcel is the brainiac behind the Mr. Excel web site
He lays out all his Mr. Excel books in InDesign — check them out!
Bill's latest book, The 40 Greatest Excel Tips of All Time, should be out soon
Fun tip from his book: Try this function in Excel: =ROMAN(40)
Hey we know a little about Excel too …
- Easier importing of complex Excel spreadsheets
- Drag and drop to Excel
David's Joy of Pi book and web site

Here's the bagel with its inside edges being included in the text wrap!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 223 Jun 28, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- PePcon session recordings are up!
- New features in InDesign CC 2015
Interview with Mark Heaps
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Collaborate

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> The InDesign Conference is coming up in November in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and join us for this deep dive into your favorite program, and leave with a truckload full of new tools and techniques you can apply to your projects. Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The Photoshop Conference, happening on the other side of the hall! InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Get online access to PePcon videos
PePcon 2015 wrap-up article
Kris Coppieter's free Word Stack script
Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
Learn more about the Adobe InDesign CC 2015 release
- Rundown of new features (blog post)
- Installation tips (blog post)
- Keep an eye out for the July 2015 issue of InDesign Magazine for a feature story that goes in-depth with all the new features!
The "shenanigans" thing (opening CC 2015 files in earlier versions)
David's new lynda.com title: InDesign Essential Training CC 2015
Mark Heaps, Houndstooth Studio, Twitter: @lifebypixels
Mark's "The Client Whisperer" Creative Keynote at PePcon 2015
Collaborate in the CC Libraries panel

InDesignSecrets Podcast 222 May 29, 2015

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- PePcon session recordings (woohoo!) and sponsors of note
- Kevin Callahan is the new EIC at EPUBSecrets.com
- InDesign Conference and PSDcon taking registrations
Changing Case: Tips, scripts, GREP, plug-ins
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Spread Flattening

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> ID-Extras has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts. Some are especially for book and other long-document publishing, but many are great for any kind of publishing work you do in InDesign. For example, wouldn't you love to be able to carry over all the font specs from the form fields you create in InDesign over to Acrobat? Of course you would! That's what the FormMagic scripts do. There's a free version and a Pro version, check them out! You can get a special podcast-only 20% discount price until June 30, 2015 on ANY ID-Extras product by using the coupon code save20.

>> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe. Follow them on Twitter at @Certite c and keep up with their Facebook page. If you sign up for a seminar or class in London or Cardiff, and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Get online access to PePcon videos
Kevin Callahan's introductory post at EPUBSecrets.com
Kevin's InDesign to Kindle cover story for InDesign Magazine
Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015
And our debut Photoshop Conference is co-located there/then
The Time Turner from Harry Potter (David's making me include this --AM)
Change Case links and scripts:
- ChangeCase scripts based on Paragraph or Character styles
- GREP Solution blog post regarding the flawed Title Case
- Peter Kahrel's Change Case add-on for Find/Change
- Peter Kahrel's Title Case script page
- In-Tools' free plug-in, Formatting Tools
- Dave Saunders' Smart Title Case blog post and script
- Vote for a better Change Case feature for InDesign!
The Flattening trick (to convert fonts to outlines)
PePcon sponsors mentioned: XMPie, WebDAM, Ripon, Recosoft, Premedia Systems, Peachpit, lynda.com, In-Tools, Em Software, DTP Tools, Axaio, and Anro. (Ask me why I list them in reverse alpha order, if you dare -- AM)

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