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InDesignSecrets Podcast 081 Jul 09, 2008

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Our new blog design; Free script extravaganza; PDF Presets problem; Obscurity of the Week: Orthogonal Line ----- For details, see below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-081.mp3 (13.4 MB, 29:19 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

New design for InDesignSecrets.com blog
Free script extravaganza: Swatch Switcher, Label Graphics, Swap Object Positions, IndexMatic (beta) to index on character styles, Select Objects from Keyboard, Selection to PDF
"Smallest File Size" PDF preset caution, and related issues with PDF presets
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Orthogonal Line

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (this is the last week for the discount!) Support your local scripter! Home pages for Dave Saunders, Steve Wareham, Marc Autret, Kris Coppetiers, Martinho da Gloria Anne-Marie's post about PDF Presets

InDesignSecrets Podcast 080 Jun 27, 2008

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NZ Conference; Camera Raw in InDesign; Quizzler answer and winner; "Sphinx" pangram t-shirts; GREP; Obscurity of the Week: Fixed Column Width

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-080.mp3 (16.3 MB, 35:40 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

New Zealand ID Conference Recap
Interview: Mike McHugh describes his Camera Raw in InDesign tip
"Pangram" Quizzler Winner--and Answer!
New in the InDesignSecrets store: "Sphinx" t-shirts!
Getting a Grip on GREP
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Fixed Column Width

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) David's post about Mike's Camera Raw tip Mike McHugh's videocast, CreativeSweetTV.com Wikipedia explains what a pangram is Our "Sphinx of Black Quartz" t-shirts! David's Joy of Pi book Mac OS X GREP-friendly text editor (free) TextWrangler Windows GREP-friendly text editor ($50US) UltraEdit Peter Kahrel's GREP in InDesign CS3 e-book Links to GREP-related posts on InDesignSecrets.com

InDesignSecrets Podcast 079 Jun 10, 2008

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Acrobat 9; Free script to swap swatches; Colored frames; InCopy videos on Adobe TV; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Update Content in Data Fields

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-079.mp3 (14.6 MB, 31:50 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 announced, ID Conference in New Zealand
Hot Post of the week: Free script to auto-replace swatches (Russell)
Blue frames vs. Red frames
"InCopy CS3 Revealed" videos on Adobe TV
Quizzler! Something to do with pangrams...
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Update Content in Data Fields

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Sweet deal from our sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users (limited time offer) Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 3.3 product pages InDesign Conference in New Zealand Swap Swatches Script (zipped) "Stop the Transparencide" video featuring the ghostly head of Russell Viers AM's whitepaper The Collaborative Editorial Workflow with ID/IC CS3 (5MB) InCopy CS3 Revealed video series on Adobe TV Check out our sister site, InCopySecrets.com Data Merge post and a Data Merge video All about pangrams

Have an answer for the Quizzler? Don't post it here as a comment. Instead, e-mail your answer (put "Quizzler" in the Subject line) to us at info [at] indesignsecrets.com by midnight on Monday, June 16. We'll randomly choose a winner from all correct answers received by then, and announce the winner (and the answer!) in the next podcast.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 078 May 26, 2008

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New contributors; Nashville conf.; New Window; 20 Activation limit; Neat script for indexing; Dynamic spelling; Transparencide PSA; Master page text frames; Obscurity of the Week: Place Item(s)

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-078.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33.5 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Welcome to our newest blog contributors Bob Levine (it's LeVEEN, we learned) and Ted LoCascio; Nashville CS Conf. Recap
Snippet from our "Essential Tips for InDesign" session at the conference: New Window Tricks
Hot Post #1: 20 Activations Limit (by Bob)
Hot Post #2: Indexing Page Ranges (by David) and the IndexBrutal script
"Stop the Transparencide" new PSA from Adobe
Another snippet from our session: Dynamic Spelling Tricks
Master Page Text Frames and Autoflow, once and for all!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Place Item(s)

Other links mentioned in the Podcast: New sponsor! Recosoft's PDF2ID plug-in discount, just for InDesignSecrets users See what Bob and Ted look like and read their bios (scroll down) Ted Locascio's The InDesign Effects Book The IndexBrutal script (in the original French, or Google-ized into English) Main page for the Adobe PDF Print Engine Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code mentioned in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 077 May 12, 2008

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Toronto recap; CS3 Re-cert exam; 50% poster discount; Quizzler winner; Tips from the ID Conference; Obscurity of the Week: Download PPD Fonts

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-077.mp3 (13.5 MB, 29.3 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Toronto ID Conference recap; ID CS3 Re-cert exam; Secret 50% poster discount
Quizzler winner (Where else is "Altitude?") and answer
Tips from the live InDesignSecrets Podcast at the Toronto, Canada conference:

Reverse Index Entries (secret keyboard shortcut)
Quick Apply for buried menu commands
Guide tips extravaganza
"How big is an agate?" answer and winner
Alt-click and Double-click fun

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Download PPD Fonts

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Nashville CS Conference, New Zealand ID Conference Casey D'Andrea's ID CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts PDF Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code announced in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) Free ID Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in Top Ten Double-Clicks in ID post on Publicious.net

InDesignSecrets Podcast 076 Apr 26, 2008

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News: MTV, Poster discounts, InCopySecrets.com; Binary EPS files; InDesign Preflighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Altitude

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-076.mp3 (10.8 MB, 23.4 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

Fun News: MTV (post), Poster discounts, InCopySecrets debuts
Binary EPS files (post), Weak Preflighting (post)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Altitude
Quizzler! With a neat new prize for the lucky winner

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our InDesign keyboard shortcut posters (use the secret 50% discount code announced in the podcast, or enter the code SWATCHES for 25% off entire order) Check out the new InCopySecrets.com! Markzware FlightCheck Pro for Macs or Windows Zevrix InPreflight (Mac only) See you in Toronto!

Quizzler Instructions: Found the answer? Don't leave it in a comment! Instead, e-mail it to us at info [at] indesignsecrets.com, with the word "Quizzler" in the subject line. We'll randomly choose one winner from all correct answers we have received by midnight on Friday, May 2, 2008. Winner (and answer) will be announced in the next podcast.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 075 Apr 12, 2008

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Discount codes; Adobe TV; An End to Transparency Woes; Context Menus; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Optical Margin

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-075.mp3 (11.6 MB, 25.2 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Discount codes for InDesign Magazine and conference fees, Adobe TV
An end to transparency issues! (Steve Werner's post)
Using and customizing contextual (right-click) menus
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ignore Optical Margin

This time, David's audio gets a little glitchy halfway-through. When will these sunspots end? (Seriously, our apologies, and we're investigating...)

Links mentioned in the Podcast: For $75 off MogoEvents conference fees (Toronto, Canada; Nashville, TN and Auckland, New Zealand) use our IDSTNCS08 coupon code (case-sensitive) Nice InDesign mag. discount for our listeners/readers until Apr 28, 2008 Check out Adobe TV! The "Fibonacci" in Caffe Fibonacci's logo Hallelujah, c'mon, get APPE Why one-button mice are bad

InDesignSecrets Podcast 074 Apr 02, 2008

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News; CS3 ACE exam; Leopard and Vista; Document Size; Free Layout Zone script; Obscurity of the Week: Greek Images

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-074.mp3 (15.1 MB, 32:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences
InDesign CS3 ACE Recertification Test: A Field Report
Leopard and Vista and InDesign CS3
How changing Document Size affects an existing layout
The Amazing (and free) Layout Zone script for ID CS3
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Greek Images

Sorry for the tinny sound in Anne-Marie's audio! We blame sunspots.

Links mentioned in the Podcast: ID Conferences in Toronto, Canada; Auckland, New Zealand; and Seattle, WA Tim Cole's blog post about the Recertification exam Adobe's Get Certified page (register for exams, download prep guides) Layout Zone script (Mac/Windows, CS3 only); David's post about it

InDesignSecrets Podcast 073 Mar 21, 2008

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News; Overprint by swatch; Preserve Numbers glitch; Em, En and Hyphens; Obscurity of the Week: the Measure Tool

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-073.mp3 (14.2 MB, 31:05 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Lynda.com, Conferences, CreativePro.com, DesignGeek, ID User Groups
Making a swatch overprint where ever it's used (full post)
When CMYK - Preserve Numbers won't, and how to fix it (full post)
Em dashes vs. En dashes vs. Hyphens
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Measure Tool

Links mentioned in the Podcast: David's InDesign: Beyond the Basics at Lynda.com Free week's trial of lynda.com ID Conferences in Miami, Toronto CA Check MogoEvents for news on the Auckland NZ ID Conf. (June) and the Seattle ID Master Class Conf. (November) HerGeekness Says column at creativepro.com Anne-Marie's free DesignGeek e-zine InDesign User Groups

InDesignSecrets Podcast 072 Mar 11, 2008

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Recorded live at the InDesign Conf in Miami, FL! Last episode's Quizzler answer and winner; Contestler for the audience; tips and tricks; Q&A; Obscurity of the Week is on vacation

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-072.mp3 (25.5 MB, 55:43 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

Special episode! This podcast was recorded live in front of a studio seminar audience at the InDesign Conference in Miami, Florida.

What's InDesignSecrets?
Quizzler answer and winner from episode 71 (Change view from keyboard)
Contestler for volunteers from the audience: Define one of our obscure features from a past episode, pulled at random
A few of our favorite tips and tricks; audience Q&A
The Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week was put on hiatus for this episode, since we covered so many during the Contestler!

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Design Tools Monthly and companion podcast, Design Tools Weekly, Branislav Milic's InDesign Site (in French), History plug-in from DTP Tools, EasyHistory from 65bit, Free MultiDo plug-in from 65bit, Adobe's Feature Request form, InDesign Scripting forum at Adobe.com, Footnote-to-Endnote script at Adobe Exchange, Rorohiko's free ChatterGoofy plug-in, Post: Converting color layouts to grayscale PDFs

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