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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!

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 201 Sep 30, 2013

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PePcon.com is live; Word to InDesign Nightmares and Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility

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A little bit of news:
- PePcon 2014 site is live!
- InDesign CS6.02 update
5 Word-to-InDesign "Nightmares" and how to solve them!
- Formatting, links, pictures, styles, oy!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko brings the illusion of multiple strokes and fills to InDesign frames with its Magneto Paths plug-in for InDesign! Only $19.00, or try a fully-functional (time limited) demo. Illustrator's Attributes panel ... we're coming for ya! Links mentioned in this podcast:

PePcon.com (2014 Print + ePublishing Conference site) is open for business!
Post about the InDesign CS6 8.0.2 update
Is Milton (with the red stapler) in charge of CS6 updates? Video
Using Word and InDesign Together (Anne-Marie's new lynda.com title)
A few InDesignSecrets blog posts about Word and InDesign:
We talked about Best Joins in podcast episode 122

InDesignSecrets Podcast 200 Sep 15, 2013

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200th episode spectacular extravaganza; Memories, time travel, and outtakes; Obscurity of the Week: Credits

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Our 200th episode! (and our 25th year (each) in the field)
Milestone memories from David and Anne-Marie
Time traveling through the podcast episodes
Podcast outtakes!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Credits

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign?s File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS4 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office: export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until Sept 30, get 25% discount off PDF2ID v3.5 or ID2Office v1.5 with code ID_Secrets Links mentioned in this podcast:

News clip from when Quark announced they were considering buying Adobe (story of Tim Gill at breakfast)
Casady & Greene's QuickDex lives on as iData3 for OSX!
Let's put on a show!
Craig Swanson is now running CreativeLive.com
Lynda Weinman and GoLive
World Book Encyclopedia is still doing great
Podcast time travel: -- Episode 25 in 2006 -- Milestone episode 50, in 2007 -- #75 in 2008 -- #100 in 2009 -- #125 in 2010 -- Episode #150 in 2011 and our 150 Awesome Links and Resources page -- #175 in 2012 -- In the year 2525

We used to be in the credits!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 199 Aug 28, 2013

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News; Five Gotchas and their fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Comb

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The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

News
- Call for PePcon 2014 speakers
- New lynda.com video tutorials by Anne-Marie (ID and Word) and David (Interactive PDFs)
- Update to InDesign CC and InCopy CC released
Five Common (and easily-fixed) InDesign Gotchas!
- Jumping text, disappearing guides, copy/paste between versions, and more
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comb

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.Their "Uncovered Series" seminars cover the cutting-edge technologies in Adobe's latest products — view them all at seminars.certitec.com. If you sign up for a seminar or class and mention you heard about them on InDesignSecrets, you get 20% off the fee! >> Rorohiko has two things they want InDesignSecrets podcast listeners to know about. First, they have a 20% discount off their QR plug-in for InDesign CS5 and later, "Tada QR!" (which Sandee and David talked about in the last podcast episode, and you can watch Rorohiko's video on it here). Enter the code INDESIGNSECRETS199 at the Rorohiko store and get the Tada QR! plug-in for $12.00 instead of $15.00. Second, they're in early beta for a new plug-in that adds an Actions panel to InDesign, similar to the ones in Photoshop and Illustrator. Record a series of actions and then play them back on another selection or page ... very cool. If you want to beta test ActionRecorder, click the link and read the instructions. (Here's a video on how it works!) Links mentioned in this podcast:

InDesign CC update adds Synch Settings
Call for PePcon speakers — c'mon, fill out the form, it'll be fun!
Using Word and InDesign Together; new lynda.com course from Anne-Marie
InDesign Insider Training: Interactive PDFs; new lynda.com course from David
Somewhat related posts on gotchas: grayed-out features, unwanted default formatting, ignores leading values, share content with older versions, exporting jpegs from InDesign, exporting selections to exact size
Using the Comb and other page transitions

InDesignSecrets Podcast 198 Aug 21, 2013

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QR Codes; Sandee Cohen guest co-host; Obscurity of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits

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Sandee Cohen, our guest star in the studios!
- Innovative use for InDesign CC's QR Code feature!
- More tips for QR codes than you can imagine
- The cool TaDa! QR plugin from Rorohiko
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits

Sandee's InDesign CC VQS
QR Codes post from Diane and Sandee's blog
QR Codes story in issue #55 of InDesign Magazine
TaDa QR! plugin from Rorohiko
Check out Sandee and Diane Burns' book Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign
You asked for it, you got it: Toyota
Placing and Linking Objects in InDesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 197 Jul 14, 2013

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Getting HTML out of InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers

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Getting HTML out of InDesign
- Layout "geometry" issues
- Useful plug-ins
- HTML and CSS options
- Resources (aka Michael Murphy)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign’s File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID, the amazing InDesign plug-in. Earlier 3.5 version still available for InDesign versions CS3 to CS6. Be sure to check out their other amazing plug-in for InDesign users, ID2Office — export your InDesign files to Word or Powerpoint! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until July 31, get 25% discount off PDF2ID or ID2Office with code ID_Secrets >> Rorohiko has this neat add-on called Frame Reporter. It adds a little label next to any page object which you can configure to show whatever information you need to see without having to dig through panels: Effective resolution, Name and/or path of the placed image, Name of the currently selected story, word count, and many more (you can even make your own if you know a little Javascript!). They’ve written up a detailed explanation of all the options and how their customers have used FrameReporter to streamline their work. Normally $39.00 US, you can get it for 50% off if you enter the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS197 upon purchase. Links mentioned in this podcast:

Ajar Production's in5 ID > HTML 5 plugin
Michael Murphy's InDesign & HTML article is in InDesign Magazine issue 53
Here's his lynda.com course, InDesign for Web Design and Udemy course, From InDesign to HTML
MailChimp's "How HTML Email Works"
Steve Werner shows how to Hide/Show PDF Layers with buttons

InDesignSecrets Podcast 196 Jul 01, 2013

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HOWDesign and print; Paper love; Obscurity of the Week: Candy

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David re-fell in love with print at HOW!
- Sappi, washi, and plastic!
- Hamilton Type Museum
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Candy

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow, two plug-ins for Adobe InDesign that dynamically link your text frames to online Google Docs (DocsFlow) or placed Word files (WordsFlow). These products enable a breakthrough publishing workflow, one where your authors and editors can keep changing the source document, and you can merge in their changes automatically and painlessly, even after you’ve made changes to the InDesign story (without losing your changes or formatting!). Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code ids0613 in the EmSoftware.com store when buying either of these plug-ins and get 20% off! This code is only good until July 31, so grab them both! >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, EPUB, and Adobe DPS training. Adobe and Certiport released the InDesign (and Illustrator) ACA qualification a month ago – so visit Certitec, take one of their InDesign ACA courses and get Certified! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. If you sign up for a class and mention you heard about them on “InDesignSecrets,” you get 20% off any class! Links mentioned in this podcast:

See details on HOWDesign 2013
Sappi paper
QR Code Artwork!
Rose Ganella (IDUG New Jersey leader) has an Amazon page
Yupo is one of many manufacturers of synthetic paper (get the free sample book!)
Japanese washi paper
"Just one word, son. Plastics." (scroll down a bit to see the quote)
Hamilton Type Museum

InDesignSecrets Podcast 195 Jun 24, 2013

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InDesign CC ships; Upcoming appearances; All About Frames; Obscurity of the week: Link Images

Direct Link http://traffic.libsyn.com/indesignsecrets/InDesignSecrets-195.mp3

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Show Notes:

News:
- InDesign CC released! (and InCopy CC too!)
- David at HOWLive
- Anne-Marie at AAUP and Maine Media Workshops
- New lynda.com title: InDesign CC Essential Training
Frame-stravaganza: Prepare to be Amazed!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Link Images

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko: Check out their newest plug-in, RepeatAfterMe (CS1 to CS6). It lets you make simple changes to a single object, and then repeat those changes for all similar objects throughout your entire document! You get to pick in which way the other objects must be similar from a dropdown list. It's like a combination of Illustrator's "Select Similar" and "Transform Again. RepeatAfterMe is $19.00 per seat, but you can use the coupon code: INDESIGNSECRETS195 to get 30% off. Links mentioned in this podcast:

Our post about InDesign CC shipping
Anne-Marie's Maine Media Workshop, "Taking the Leap into Enhanced eBooks" August 11–17
David's InDesign CC Essential Training lynda.com video
Six Flags?
Slight delay with TypeKit's desktop fonts
Post about rotating text but not the frame

InDesignSecrets Podcast 194 May 30, 2013

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PEPCON 2013 recap; InDesign CC new features; Creative Cloud pros and cons; Obscurity of the week: Autotag

In this episode (41:01 minutes):

PEPCON 2013 recap! We share some of our favorite moments
InDesign CC is coming June 17! What's it all about? What are the new features?
Adobe moves all-in to the Creative Cloud: The good, the bad, the undecided; we duke it out!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Autotag

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft: Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CS4/CS5/CS5.5/CS6 right from InDesign’s File menu with their latest version (3.5) 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! Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners, until June 30, get 25% discount off PDF2ID or ID2Office with code ID_Secrets Links mentioned in this podcast:

PEPCON (our Print + ePublishing Conference), in Chicago in 2014!
Austin Kleon's book is Steal Like an Artist
In-depth article on new InDesign CC features from CreativePro.com
Our post about us purchasing CreativePro.com and InDesign Magazine
Creative Cloud is subscription only!
Decarbonizing Han Solo info here or buy him as an ice cube tray
64-bit can handle more than 4 GB
New look for InDesignSecrets.com! Add your comments there

InDesignSecrets Podcast 193 May 21, 2013

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Diane Burns guest co-host; Multilingual Publishing; Sharing DPS apps; Obscurity of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-193.mp3 (17.8 MB, 33.54 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Special! David and guest co-host Diane Burns rock this episode.

How to publish in more than one language
How to share a DPS app with a group (bypassing the App Store)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko has this neat add-on called Frame Reporter. It adds a little label next to any page object which you can configure to show whatever information you need to see without having to dig through panels: Effective resolution, Name and/or path of the placed image, Name of the currently selected story, word count, and many more (you can even make your own if you know a little Javascript!). They’ve written up a detailed explanation of all the options and how their customers have used FrameReporter to streamline their work. Normally $39.00 US, you can get it for 50% off if you enter the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS193 upon purchase. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > This episode was recorded a few days before PEPCON (our Print + ePublishing Conference) > Diane's company: TransPacificDigital > Diane's titles at lynda.com include Multilingual Publishing Strategies in InDesign and InDesign Tables in Depth > World Tools plug-in for multilingual publishing > InDesignSecrets posts about multilingual publishing: Diacritics, Typesetting Hebrew, Foreign Language Characters, Non-English Placeholder Text, Changing the Language with Find/Change, Change UI Language, Bilingual Documents > Diane and Sandee Cohen's Digital Publishing with InDesign book has a companion web site > In the podcast, Diane mentioned running a VMware version of the Mac OS inside Mac OS so you can have more than one language running, or for testing. Here's how to do that with Mountain Lion

InDesignSecrets Podcast 192 Apr 23, 2013

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News, Kelly Vaughn co-host, Conditional Text; Quizzler 190 Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Hidden Destination

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-192.mp3(14.4 MB, 27:45 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. A very special episode with guest co-host Kelly Vaughn!

News
- PEPCON News: IGNITE InDesign, Sunni Brown keynote, Scavenger Hunt game
- All about Kelly Vaughn and her blog, DocumentGeek
Deep Dive into Conditional Text
Quizzler 190 Answer! (see below) .. And the winner is announced
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hidden Destination

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow, two plug-ins for Adobe InDesign that dynamically link your text frames to online Google Docs (DocsFlow) or placed Word files (WordsFlow). These products enable a breakthrough publishing workflow, one where your authors and editors can keep changing the source document, and you can merge in their changes automatically and painlessly, even after you’ve made changes to the InDesign story (without losing your changes or formatting!). Special offer just for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code ids413 in the EmSoftware.com store when buying either of these plug-ins and get 20% off! This code is only good until May 31, so grab them both! -- QUIZZLER 190: Here is the image we talked about in episode 190 and continued in episode 191. As revealed in episode 192, what makes this line's bounding box turn into a lovely rainbow is that it's been anchored to some text and then multiple — 5, to be exact — conditions (from Conditional Text) were applied to the text containing the anchor. So you're looking at non-printing Conditional Text markup. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Come to PEPCON! Our annual Print + ePublishing Conference, this year April 28–May 1 in Austin, Texas > Kelly Vaughn's wonderful DocumentGeek blog > Kelly's posts here on InDesignSecrets > More conditional text posts here and here > The Obscure Error Message of the Week-eek-eek, courtesy of Kelly:

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