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InDesignSecrets Podcast 221 May 01, 2015

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In this episode:

News: Adobe Comp CC, Typekit upgrades, PePcon
All About I (the keyboard shortcut that changed with CC 2014)
Interview with Roberto Blake, Graphic Designer/YouTube Star
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Masters Fixed

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> movemen (pronounced move-eh-men) is the developer of MathTools, an outstanding equation editor plug-in for InDesign and InCopy. It's the tool of choice for science, math, and engineering textbook publishers worldwide. New in MathTools v2.0 is the ability to convert the equations to MathML (open source industry standard for math equations in XML/HTML5 /CSS3) upon export to HTML, XML, and EPUB! Learn more about MathTools v2.0 on movemen's site, and about its MathML feature in this FAQ. Links mentioned in this podcast:

Anne-Marie spoke at Michela Di Stefano's Digital Publishing Explorers conference
Adobe Comp CC in the iTunes store and our post about it
Typekit blog, their posts about Extensis and site redesign
PePcon 2015, June 1–4 in Philadelphia PA -- Registration today!
PePcon 2015 breakfast sessions on:
- MEI's TruEdit
- Rorohiko's Crawler
- movemen's MathTools (see above)
The I Key and the new Color Theme Tool:
- Using the Color Theme Tool (Tip of the Week post)
- Getting the Color Theme Tool Out of Your Way
Roberto Blake:
- RobertoBlake.com
- AlwaysBeCreating, Roberto's YouTube channel
- Roberto's articles on CreativePro.com

InDesignSecrets Podcast 220 Mar 28, 2015

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In this episode:

News: Adobe Publish, PePcon, InDesign Conference, Photoshop Conference
The Hidden Power of the Letter J (toggle apply formatting to content vs. text)
Interview with Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Fanatic
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Unnamed Color

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> 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 @Certitec 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:

PePcon 2015, June 1–4 in Philadelphia PA Registration open now!
The InDesign Conference, November 16–18 in Denver, CO.
The Photoshop Conference, November 16–18, in Denver, CO
The J Key:
- Easily Toggle Swatch Panel Focus
- Why the Effects Panel is Grayed out
Trish Witkowski:
David's book, Spectrums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe From Infinitesimal to Infinity:
- Web site spectrums.com
- The audiobook
David's InDesign Insider Training courses at lynda.com

InDesignSecrets Podcast 219 Mar 01, 2015

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In this episode:

New features in InDesign v10.2, aka "February 2015 release of InDesign CC 2014"
- Hey there's more than a couple! Listen up
- Our opinion on why some are useful, others not so (but may become so)
Interview with Russell Viers
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Processing Instructions

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014. They also offer ID2Office v2 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint, and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. Get 15% off with special promo code ID_TIP_OF_THE_WEEK.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

PePcon 2015, June 1–4 in Philadelphia PA Registration open now!
Our in-depth article on new features in InDesign v10.2
What is Microsoft XPS?
Adobe Project Layup: introduction and initial reactions
Russell Viers's seminars at PePcon 2015, June 1–4 in Philadelphia
Russell's web site
Russell's comprehensive article on Long Documents in InDesign Magazine
Adobe's Touch apps (apps for mobile devices)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 218 Jan 21, 2015

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In this episode:

Latest content from InDesign Magazine
Selecting text frames in multiple spreads? Whaaa?
Interview with Diane Burns
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: No Text

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014. They also offer ID2Office v2 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. Links mentioned in this podcast:

PePcon 2015, June 1–4 in Philadelphia PA Registration open now!
InDesign Conference 2015, November 16–18, Denver CO Sign up for news on home page
The Photoshop Conference 2015, November 16–18, Denver CO Site going live in February
Justin Putney, In5 developer, wrote the UX in InDesign cover story for InDesign Magazine
Repeat After Me script
All about Diane Burns and her company, TransPacificDigital
Diane and Sandee Cohen's book, Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign, use TWITTER for discount
Three Great Object Styles and Object Style for Placed Images
EPUB, PDF, or DPS?

Cool cell joins with an object style/anchored object! Check out Diane's screen shots:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 217 Dec 31, 2014

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In this episode:

Top Posts of 2014: A look back
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Report Abuse
Quizzler answer, and the winner!

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> ID-Extras has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts especially for book and other long-document publishing, many of which are great for any kind of publishing work you do in InDesign. For example, wouldn't you love to be able to do a Find/Change for attributes in your Paragraph Styles, and the Change step would update all your styles at once? Of course you would! That's what the Search In Styles script does. You can get a special podcast-only discount price ($39 instead of $49) until Jan. 31, 2015 by going to this special page: http://www.id-extras.com/searchinstylesextendedoffer and use the password "podcast" (no quotes). >> 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 (in newly expanded offices). Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe, including their latest, "Illustrator for Fashion"! 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! QUIZZLER answer and winner! There are 32 (yes that many) trash can/dust bin icons "littered" (sorry) throughout the InDesign interface. Intrepid listener Jim Leonardson of Chicago, Illinois came up with the top answer, which you'll find below the show links. Honorable mention to blog contributor/InDesign author Sandee Cohen, who sent us a PDF containing screen shots of the 27 that she found. Jim won two of our eb0oks, our Top Forty InDesign Tips and the Guide to Graphic Effects bundle by Mike Rankin. Links mentioned in this podcast:

Top posts (most commented by readers) from 2014:
David's post about the difference between EPUB, DPS, and interactive PDFs
Ben Schott interview in our podcast

It's all about the Trash:

In Panels: Animation Articles Assignments Bookmarks Button and Forms Cell Styles Character Styles Conditional Text Cross-References Effects Folio Builder Folio Overlay* Hyperlinks Index Layers Notes Object States Object Styles Pages Paragraph Styles Table Styles Tags Trap Presets Swatches
In the Structure Pane at the top
To the right of the Find/Change Query pull-down menu
Next to the Find Format frame (Text, GREP, and Object tabs) counts as 3
Next to the Change Format frame (again Text, GREP, and Object tabs) counts as 3

InDesignSecrets Podcast 216 Nov 30, 2014

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In this episode:

News: Adobe drops DPS Single Edition benefit from CC, New lynda.com titles from Anne-Marie and David
What we learned at The InDesign Conference in Seattle
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Clear Inner
Quizzler! If you know how to count you could win

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014 (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint, and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC 2014 and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. SPECIAL OFFER: ID Secrets Users get 15% off PDF2ID or ID2Office Standard v2.0 with coupon code ID_Secrets for a limited time. >> eDocker: Convert your InDesign files to HTML5 digital publications with eDocker Create! A major new upgrade allows you to "interactivate" your publications with hyperlinks, slideshows, pop-up windows, videos (MP4 or YouTube), HTML windows, even a text reading mode and snippets. A new Adobe InDesign extension called eDocker Tools lets you add almost all of these features directly in InDesign. You can even host your publications with their eDocker Publish service. >> 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 (in newly expanded offices). Get booked today onto a Certitec course and experience the latest and greatest software experience from Adobe, including their latest, "Illustrator for Fashion"! 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! QUIZZLER! Listen to the podcast (towards the end) to hear this episode's Quizzler. If you think you know the answer, email it to info@indesignsecrets.com with the phrase "Quizzler 216" in the Subject line! Deadline for Quizzler answers is midnight December 15, 2014. In the case of a tie, we'll randomly choose one submittal from the correct answers. We'll announce the winner in the next podcast, and contact them by email too, with information on how to get their FABULOUS PRIZES! (see below) Links mentioned in this podcast:

Adobe Drops DSP Single Edition Support from Creative Cloud
David's post about the difference between EPUB, DPS, and interactive PDFs
InDesign Magazine issues of note: Fixed-Layout EPUBs (Nov. 2014) and Workflows (Dec. 2014)
Anne-Marie's new lynda.com course Creating Fixed-Layout EPUBs with InDesign CC
David's new lynda.com course InDesign Insider Training: Preflighting and Printing
The InDesign Conference
Tips that we (re-)learned at The InDesign Conference: Which image is loaded in Place gun?, Automatic object styles for placed images, Bob Bringhurst's blog of DPS Tips and Workarounds
Quizzler winner wins a copy of this and this

InDesignSecrets Podcast 215 Oct 27, 2014

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In this episode:

News about InDesign and our industry
Adobe MAX Recap
New Feature Round-up in InDesign CC 2014.1
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Run Length

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014 (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesign files to Word, PowerPoint and Keynote format. ID2Office v2.0 now adds support for InDesign CC 2014and converts InDesign nested tables into Word nested tables and Apple Keynote format. SPECIAL OFFER: ID Secrets Users get 15% off PDF2ID or ID2Office Standard v2.0 with coupon code ID_Secrets good till Nov. 30, 2014. >> Rorohiko: You know them as a prolific source of free and low-cost scripts and plug-ins for InDesign (e.g. TextExporter, Sudoku Generator, EPUBCrawler) but did you know the bulk of their business is doing custom scripting and workflow analysis for publishers just like yourselves? Learn more about how this works by reading about (and downloading) the SwatchWatch script, presented as a case study for their custom automation solutions. They will be at the InDesign Conference in Seattle if you'd like to talk about a project, and you can email them at dev@rorohiko.com. >> 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 (in newly expanded offices). InDesignSecrets.com contributor and popular PePcon speaker Bart Van de Wiele will be conducting a "celebrity" 2-day Photoshop class with them in early November. 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:

InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
Anne-Marie's new lynda.com course Creating Fixed-Layout EPUBs with InDesign CC
Books in Browsers conference
InDesign Magazine's October issue: Workarounds
Project Layup
Tablet Workspace for Illustrator
Our blog post on new features in InDesign CC 2014.1 (October 2014 release)
What are Hex colors?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 214 Sep 30, 2014

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In this episode:

News about our sessions at Adobe MAX, The InDesign Conference, and InDesign Magazine
Time to Make the Calendars — Faster!
Understanding Frames: Points vs. Paths
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Run Length

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko: You know them as a prolific source of free and low-cost scripts and plug-ins for InDesign (e.g. TextExporter, Sudoku Generator, EPUBCrawler) but did you know the bulk of their business is doing custom scripting for publishers just like yourselves? Learn more about how this works by reading about (and downloading) the SwatchWatch script, presented as a case study for their custom automation solutions. >> 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:

InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
InDesign Magazine's September issue: Long Documents
Sandee's post on Making Calendars, more info on Calendar Wizard
Great source for cool calendar templates
Points vs. Paths: Article on rotating a frame but not the text
What is a trapezoid, exactly?
And how about that Run Length Encoding?

InDesignSecrets Podcast 213 Aug 28, 2014

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In this episode:

News: Speakers and Agenda are up for The InDesign Conference; New Fixed-Layout EPUB Webinar; InDesign Magazine
The Good and the Bad about Fixed Layout EPUBs
All About Live Corners! You'll learn at least one new thing
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include IDML

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CS4 to CC 2014 right from InDesign's File menu with their latest version of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! And just released: iPad and iPhone apps to convert PDFs to Office and iWorks. So cool. Links mentioned in this podcast:

InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
InDesign Magazine's August issue: The Music Issue
Watch Anne-Marie's recorded webinar on Fixed Layout EPUB from InDesign CC 2014
Updated Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB on Lynda.com
Everyone knows Bob Levine, right?
Adobe Digital Editions: current version, news about the ADE4 beta

InDesignSecrets Podcast 212 Jul 31, 2014

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In this episode:

News: Registration opens for The InDesign Conference, Free InDesign template of the month
Getting HTML 5 out of InDesign: Why and How?
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Missing Glyph Protection

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko: Check out Rorohiko's upcoming "Crawler," a new InDesign plug-in that will let you export a layout's content to HTML, ePub, Fixed Layout, and even Markdown (like the "RTF" of HTML). Its Fixed Layout output will have an option to export "Clean CSS" and "Clean HTML" making the files much easier to edit than the ones InDesign creates. Go to the Crawler page to learn more, and click the link there to contact Kris at Rorohiko with your questions about it. Or if you're in the mood for something that you can download and use today to make your InDesign-ing easier (like Sodoku Generator and Text Exporter, mentioned in the podcast), visit the main Rorohiko.com site and just click on the Products List button. Whoa! So much too choose from, and many of them free! Links mentioned in this podcast:

InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
InDesign Magazine's July issue: The Best Things in Life are Free
Be sure to check out the August issue (#64), too, which is all about music publishing and sound files in InDesign. Get your headsets ready!
Free InDesign template for Premium members of InDesignSecrets.com
HTML5 out of InDesign solutions: eDocker Create from eDocker and In5 from Ajar Productions
Read about and download the Swimmer script, one of PePcon 2014's People's Choice scripts, written by Rorohiko

Officer Glyph (the Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week) is on the case:

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