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InDesignSecrets Podcast 181 Sep 27, 2012

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David and Anne-Marie trips; News; Data Merge Tips and Tricks; Obscurity of the Week: Delete End Punctuation

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-181.mp3(15 MB, 28:06 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

Out and About: David's trip to Lindau, Anne-Marie's trip to California
News: Adobe Digital Editions 2.0, Kindle Plug-in for InDesign 0.971, new open source Adobe fonts
Data Merge: Beyond the Basics! Tips and Tricks
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Delete End Punctuation

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! >> Rorohiko: They just keep making ePubCrawler better, and it's still donation-ware! ePubCrawler is a Fixed Layout ePub Assistant for InDesign. The highly-customizable script takes an InDesign document and converts it to a fixed-layout ePub (think kid's books, cookbooks, photography books, etc.) ready to upload to your favorite reseller. This turns a job that normally takes dozens of hours into minutes! Watch any of their six tutorial videos to see how it works. For InDesignSecrets fans: anybody who donates US$50 or more now will get a free license if and when they release it commercially, like a home-grown Kickstarter! -- We still want to hear your stories! Send us a short (less than 1 minute) "worst InDesign training story" that we can play on the air (you'll be anonymous) in an upcoming episode: leave us a voice message at +1-801-459-4477 to record it, or send in your own voice recording. Please follow-up with an e-mail, which we will keep private, including any additional information that you'd like us to know. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > New Adobe Digital Editions 2.0 > The Mac-only ePub Reader utility Bookle > Kindle Plug-in for InDesign > New open source Open Type fonts from Adobe > Anne-Marie's earlier title, InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad > What are CSV files? > David's post about using Data Merge for yearbook layouts > Steve Werner's excellent Data Merge tutorials (oldies but still goodies) > Loic Aignon's Data Merge to Table script blog post (translated from the original French) > PowerHeaders from In-Tools

InDesignSecrets Podcast 180 Sep 12, 2012

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Creative Cloud discount extended; All About GREP; Quizzler Results (filenames of links); Obscurity of the Week: Jump Object

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-180.mp3 (18.8 MB, 35:30 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Creative Cloud subscription discounted rate extended!
All about GREP in InDesign
Quizzler results: The right and wrong answers, and the winner! (See list of answers at the end of this post)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Jump Object

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Partner in the UK, offers Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing Suite) 2-day Pro and Enterprise courses in London and Cardiff. NEW for students who are funding their training themselves (not from a company): a 25% discount on any course when you quote "InDesign Secrets." (If you forget to say "InDesignSecrets" then you only get 20% off.) That's a great deal! >> Rorohiko: They just keep making ePubCrawler better, and it's still donation-ware! ePubCrawler is a Fixed Layout ePub Assistant for InDesign. The highly-customizable script takes an InDesign document and converts it to a fixed-layout ePub (think kid's books, cookbooks, photography books, etc.) ready to upload to your favorite reseller. This turns a job that normally takes dozens of hours into minutes! Watch any of their six tutorial videos to see how it works. For InDesignSecrets fans: anybody who donates US$50 or more now will get a free license if and when they release it commercially, like a home-grown Kickstarter! -- We want to hear your stories! Send us a short (less than 1 minute) "worst InDesign training story" that we can play on the air (you'll be anonymous) in an upcoming episode: leave us a voice message at +1-801-459-4477 to record it, or send in your own voice recording. Please follow-up with an e-mail, which we will keep private, including any additional information that you'd like us to know. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Creative Cloud subscription offer is $29.99/mo instead of $49.99/mo for first year for any CS3+ upgrader > Adobe's Creative Cloud product page > Our stab at explaining why CC users get new features on the fly but "perpetual" licensees have to wait > We talked about GREP way back in episode 80! Here's the transcript > Our favorite GREP Resources and GREP Expressions for InDesign > David's lynda.com video InDesign CS4: 10 Things to Know About GREP > Michael Murphy's Learning GREP with InDesign lynda.com course > Convert uppercase to lower with GREP, post 1 and post 2 > Creating a filename list of linked images, post 1 and post 2 > Clients from Hell web site -- QUIZZLER ANSWERS In podcast 179, we asked listeners: "How many ways in InDesign can you figure out the filename of a placed image without using the Links panel or Links panel menu?" The winning entry was submitted by Jim Leonardson, InDesign freelancer in Chicago! For his prize, he chose an autographed copy of Real World InDesign CS6, which is on its way. Here is Jim's list:

In the Info panel flyout menu; select File Info to see the image name in the Title of the window
Hover the cursor over the link icon in the upper left corner of the image frame. A tool tip appears with the file name.
In the Structure pane of the document window, flip down the Root tag, and other tags until you see the “href” and the full path name (In the contextual menu “Select in Structure”) [ED: after first applying an XML tag to the image with the Tags panel]
Use the Layers panel; flip down the layer name to show the contents. The link name is shown inside angle brackets.
In the Preflight panel, if there is a broken link or document profile violation the link name will be shown.
Use the Object > Captions menu or contextual menu to generate a caption.
Use the contextual menu, in the Graphics flyout menu select Reveal in Finder, Bridge or Mini-Bridge.
If there is a caption that happens to be overflowed, it can be seen in the story editor, tagged as “Text variable live metadata caption name” [We didn't think this should count but it's interesting because it has "Story Editor" in it]
In the Package dialog box, under Links and Images it displays name, type, page, status and ICC profile. [He thought of this one "while doing yard work" after we told him he'd won]

A wonderful effort, but Jim missed a few. Here are additional correct answers, compiled from all the entries we received:

Add image to Library, name appears in Library preview
Select image and open the Animation panel, name populates the Name field
Apply any preset animation to the image to see its filename in the Timing panel
Add image to Articles panel [pulls the filename from the Layers panel, see Jim's #4 above]
In the File > Package dialog box, click the Show Report button, all image filenames are listed there [listen to our argument about this in the podcast — fun times!]
Add an Image Name variable (Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable > Image Name) to a text frame that touches the image
If the image name was included in its XMP metadata [not a default state, and not something you could do in InDesign] you could reveal it by choosing the relevant XMP field in the Object Export Options > Alt Text (or Tagged PDF) area
Option/Alt-double click to Edit Original (or choose the command from contextual menu), name is revealed in native editing program. [Technically not an "in InDesign" solution but it's fairly close]
Export to EPUB or HTML and look in the mark-up code [Ditto]
Use a script that creates a list of filenames [see Links above]

Final note: We love that Bonnie Barrett told us in her entry that she tried to find one in CS6's Content Collector — great idea! — but, alas, no luck.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 179 Aug 27, 2012

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Collaborating with non-InDesign users; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-179.mp3(16.8 MB, 31:28 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

Creative Cloud subscription special offer ends Aug. 31!
How to collaborate with non-InDesign users
- PDF solutions: useful plug-ins, little-known features
- Microsoft Word, Google Docs, InCopy
- MediaTrad, Story Tweaker, more
Quizzler! How many ways can you ...
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko: They just keep making ePubCrawler better, and it's still donation-ware! ePubCrawler is a Fixed Layout ePub Assistant for InDesign. The highly-customizable script takes an InDesign document and converts it to a fixed-layout ePub (think kid's books, cookbooks, photography books, etc.) ready to upload to your favorite reseller. This turns a job that normally takes dozens of hours into minutes! Watch any of their six tutorial videos to see how it works. For InDesignSecrets fans: anybody who donates US$50 or more now will get a free license if and when they release it commercially, like a home-grown Kickstarter! Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode’s Quizzler, e-mail it (don’t post it here!) to info@indesignsecrets.com before midnight on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. Please put the word “Quizzler” in your Subject line. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Creative Cloud subscription offer ends Aug 31, 2013 ($29.99/mo instead of $49.99/mo for first year) > Forum post about collaborating with non-InDesign users > Docs Flow, InCopy, Annotations plug-in and blog, PDF2ID, PDF2Office, ID2Office, StoryTweaker, Media Trad > Related reads: PDF > Word; PDF Reviews; Linked Word Files > Anne-Marie's Acrobat X Essential Training at lynda.com (see chapter 11 on PDF Reviews) > Flattener or Blattener Preview ERRATA: After the show, Anne-Marie realized her Creative Cloud rant was partially wrong, you can log on to your CC from the Creative Cloud product page (problem was her browser). But she still feels it should be much better integrated into the Adobe site.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 178 Aug 13, 2012

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Find Color; Ridiculous Features; Obscurity of the Week: Save Query

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-178.mp3(16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes) [media id=99 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

Golden Oldie post: Find Where That Color's Used
Readers Nominate Most Ridiculous Features in InDesign
- So many, so little time (Story panel?)
- How dare you call my fave feature ridiculous!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Query

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software: You must check out their InData plug-in for InDesign. Do a little set-up in InDesign, point it at a tab-delimited text file exported from a database or spreadsheet, and bam, you have a fully-formatted, sorted, tabbed publication, ready for distribution. InData makes the job easy for simple cases, and makes it possible for tough jobs. They're offering a 25% discount to InDesignSecrets fans for 1-packs of InData, expiring on August 31 2012. Just use coupon code IDS812 in the EmSoftware site when you purchase InData. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Anne-Marie's post from 2006 on Find Where That Color's Used > Video demo of the Find Color feature in the Blatner Tools plug-in > Readers comment on Ridiculous Features in InDesign with their nominees > Transcript of our Podcast (episode 139) where we discuss the Floppy Disk icon in InDesign > Where Saved Queries live

InDesignSecrets Podcast 177 Jul 26, 2012

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-177.mp3 (16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

Interview: Brooks Jensen, LensWork magazine
- Using InDesign to create the print and enhanced PDF publications
- Nuances of color and duotones with fine-art photography and the printing process
- Moving to an InCopy workflow over a holiday weekend (!)
- Optimizing rich-media PDF eBooks for iPad and Android tablets
Golden Oldie post: Select Text All the Way to the End
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Clip Contents to Cell

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, creative, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. With a lynda.com subscription, members receive unlimited access to a vast library of high quality, current, and engaging video tutorials. Many InDesignSecrets.com contributors have authored titles at lynda.com, including Anne-Marie and David, covering InDesign basics (of course) and beyond, such as EPUBs, interactive PDFs, DPS, GREP, and InCopy workflows. Get a one-week free trial to the entire lynda.com online training library. And don't forget to check out our InDesign Secrets video title on lynda.com, with two new free videos every month! -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Brooks Jensen's magazine is LensWork, and yes, he does have a podcast! (click each thumbnail to see a larger size) > More about Ansel Adams (duotones/tritones) and Alfred Stieglitz (Camera Work magazine) > LensWork uses an InCopy workflow for its print and PDF editions > Brooks moved to InCopy after watching Anne-Marie's lynda.com video tutorial about it > Golden Oldie post: Select Text All the Way to the End

InDesignSecrets Podcast 176 Jul 17, 2012

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New bug fixes from Adobe; Cool Keyboard Shortcuts; CS6 Features for EPUBs; Obscurity of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-176.mp3(18.1 MB, 34:25 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

InDesign News:
- Fix for InDesign Crashing on 2012 Macs
- Fix for InDesign CS6 "Revert to Trial Mode" bug
Some useful new ideas for Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
New features in InDesign CS6 for EPUB publishers
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Real World InDesign CS6: Get this book! You'll find everything you need to successfully master InDesign’s advanced page-layout tools; manage color; build XML templates; and run your own custom InDesign scripts. You’ll also find complete coverage of all of InDesign’s new features. This is the reference book of all books on InDesign, written by Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst; published by Peachpit Press in print, EPUB, and Kindle editions. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > David's blog post on the release of Real World InDesign CS6 > Steve Werner's post about the 2012 Macs bug for InDesign CS6 and Adobe's fix > When CS6 Reverts to Trial Mode (post) and Adobe's fix > Interesting InDesignSecrets forum thread on cool keyboard shortcuts from users > New EPUB Features in InDesign CS6 , recording of the Adobe CSPro webinar by Anne-Marie > More info on using Insert Number Placeholder in this blog post

InDesignSecrets Podcast 175 Jul 05, 2012

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Creative Cloud; Option-double-click; Obscurity of the Week: Split Cell Vertically -- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-175.mp3(19.5 MB, 35:32 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

The Adobe Creative Cloud: What is it?
- In the "cloud" vs. on your hard drive
- The good, the bad, the foggy
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Option/Alt-double-click
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Split Cell Vertically

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software: Check out their InData and InCatalog add-ons for InDesign, by themselves or as a powerful team for data-driven publishing. Use InData to build price lists, catalogs, directories, and much more, all hands-off. InCatalog is a bidirectional linking tool to keep your layouts and spreadsheets in sync, great for last-minute price updates. >> eDocker: With the eDocker Tablet Publisher® program you can create, from InDesign, an HTML5 Web publication that works in all devices, including iPads, and that you can publish through your own server. There is no need for complicated certificates, developer memberships or distribution channels like the Apple AppStore. Special offer: $100 off the Tablet Publisher for the near future (sorry, we don't have anything more concrete) with code 10IDS2012 >> Rorohiko: Download Kris Coppieters' free script, SizeLabels.zip, for adding labels showing each frame's size in a document. (Be sure to extract the contents of the ZIP, then open the .jsx document in a text editor and read the instructions in the beginning). Check out Rorohiko's other wonderful scripts on their website, and donate if you find them useful! -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Adobe's comprehensive Creative Cloud FAQ > View your Adobe Creative Cloud portal > David's Cloud licensing problem/bug > Couple of our posts on Option/Alt-double click tips: Here and here > The trick about putting panels on the left side of the screen that David was trying to remember > Kris's ePubCrawler script (automates InDesign > Fixed Layout EPUB) is getting new features almost daily

InDesignSecrets Podcast 174 Jun 20, 2012

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IDSLive-NYC recap; EPUB3 and Fixed Layout; Options for iPad publishing; hyperlinks myths; Obscurity of the Week: Copy Platform Style Path --- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-174.mp3 (23.1 MB, 41:06 minutes) (Yikes!) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

News in the land of InDesign
- InDesignSecretsLive NYC: Recap of our June 12-13 event
- Apple announces iBooks supports EPUB3 on the iPad
- Kris Coppetier's incredible ePubCrawler, a fixed-layout script for InDesign
Best options for getting your publication onto an iPad or other tablet
- PDF?
- Fixed-Layout EPUB?
- Flowable EPUB?
- Stand-alone or Newsstand App?
Top 3 Hyperlinks Myths Debunked!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Copy Platform Style Path

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft: Special offer: 40% off PDF2ID or 25% off ID2Office (until mid-July), for converting PDF files to editable INDD files, or INDD files to Word/Powerpoint documents. Use discount code: IDSecrets >> PrintUI.com / In-Tools.com: If you need a web-to-print automation solution, PrintUI.com is your answer. (If Harbs from In-Tools is part of it, you know it has to be great!) >> Mediatrad, a great new tool for translators and InDesign users who need document language translation. It's free for non-commercial purposes. You can create a free trial 30-day account and translate up to 100 pages. Entering the special code: "indesignsecrets.com" gives you 100 additional pages! -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > AM was channelling Homer Simpson ("tool for digging in ice cream") > Example of what EPUB3 can do (video); by Studio Walrus > Making a Web app in HTML to save onto home page of iPad > iPad publication app solutions: Twixl Media, Mag+, PressRun, eDocker, Adobe DPS

InDesignSecrets Podcast 173 May 25, 2012

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New eBook on InDesign CS6; PePcon 2012 and 2013; Charts and Graphs; Obscurity of the Week: Monochromatic ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-173.mp3 (15.4 MB, 27:20 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

News
- Our newest eBook! Guide to InDesign CS6 (and CS5.5) New Features by Keith Gilbert
- Our PePcon 2012 recap: Highlights, info, job leads
- PePcon 2013 Announcement! April 29–May 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas
- Join us in New York City, June 12-13, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC
Getting charts and graphs into InDesign: Solution round-up
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Monochromatic

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software: DocsFlow is a plugin for InDesign that marries the layout and design power of InDesign to the shared editing power of Google Docs, resulting in "editorial Nirvana!" >> eDocker: HTML5 Tablet Publisher is made for everyone who wants to create HTML5 publications from InDesign. Use the software to create and sell tablet-ready web apps (no app store required!). Special offer: $100 off (valid to 6/15/2012) with code 10IDS2012 -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Posts from new guest bloggers Ashley and Kelly > Check out Kelly's DocumentGeek posts about the PatternMaker plug-in for InDesign > eBook: Guide to InDesign CS6 (and 5.5) New Features (free sample and write-up to come soon on our eBooks page) > Photos from PePcon 2012! > As mentioned: Twixl Media and Mag+ were in the PePcon house > Typefi is looking for a team of freelance template designers, interested? E-mail info [at] indesignsecrets.com w/TYPEFI in Subject > Free Column and Bar Graph Scripts (scroll down) > Line charts script > Chartwell Font > Video on Vimeo on how the Chartwell font works > Anne-Marie's InDesign Secrets movie about Chartwell (movie #005) on lynda.com > Claquos Pie Chart script and our blog post about it > Delta Graph v6 graph/chart software for Mac and Windows > Making charts in Illustrator

InDesignSecrets Podcast 172 May 17, 2012

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New lynda.com InDesign videos; Creative Cloud; Acrobat forms tools in InDesign CS6; Obscurity of the Week: World-Ready Composer

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-172.mp3(18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Yikes! We recorded this on May 9 (pre-PePcon), but didn't get a chance to publish it until today, a week later (post-PePcon). Apologies for time-shifted content!

News
- News in PEPCONland, Adobeland, and Lyndaland
- Join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC
InDesign CS6's PDF Forms Features in depth
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: World-Ready Paragraph Composer

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> PrintUI.com / In-Tools.com: Get free setup on an InDesignServer solution from PrintUI.com! Or, if you're more into EPUB, contact Harbs to learn more about a cool soon-to-come tool that provides EPUB preview and editing CSS files inside InDesign! >> Mediatrad, a great new tool for translators and InDesign users who need document language translation. It's free for non-commercial purposes. You can create a free trial 30-day account and translate up to 100 pages. Entering the special code: "indesignsecrets.com" gives you 100 additional pages! >> Rorohiko has a new script that helps InDesign users create fixed-layout EPUBs from InDesign files! Check out the free CSSGeometry.jsx script to quickly get the CSS markup for all your absolutely-positioned text frames, ready for copying and pasting into your CSS document. While you're there, be sure to check out all of their other neat InDesign scripts and plug-ins Kris and his crew at Rorohiko offer that are designed to "slash the time it takes!" -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Adobe Creative Cloud was released > Adobe's redesigned online InDesign Help site > New lynda.com videos: InDesign CS6 New Features and InDesign CS6 Essential Training > David's rant/post about the split in PDF Export methods in InDesign > Another post about single page vs. spread Interactive PDF export > Harb's plug-in for World Ready typesetting, "WorldTools Pro" > Adobe blog post about the surprise indicpreferences.js script in InDesign CS6

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