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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 071 Feb 15, 2008

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News; CS3 ACE Test; Shifting Grayscales; Jessica Chase Interview; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Digital Editions

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-071.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences, Free Tip Of the Day Plug-in
Hot Posts: Anne-Marie's CS3 ACE Practice Test Rant, David's Grayscale Shifts
Interview with Jessica Chase, Editor and Publisher of ZigZagZine
Quizzler! An easier one for the rest of us
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Digital Editions

Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) (Also coming up: Toronto ID Conference, Nashville CS Conference) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Jessica's ZigZagZine site; download Jan/Feb 2008 issue (PDF, 872K) Adobe's Digital Editions Library (free e-books)

Quizzler Instructions: Think you know the answer? Don't post it here! E-mail it to us at info@indesignsecrets.com, with "Quizzler" in the Subject line. Entries will be accepted until midnight Friday, February 22. A random winner will be chosen from the correct answers and announced in our next podcast.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 070 Feb 01, 2008

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Free scripts, Beginner's category, Quizzler Winner, EPS Challenge, Uppercase, Obscurity of the Week: Normal

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-070.mp3 (13.4 MB, 29:22 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News Updates: Upcoming InDesign Conference in Miami, InDesign patch, Free plug-ins and scripts, new Beginner's Corner category on our blog
Quizzler Results (from Episode 69: Adding CMYK Swatches) and Winner
Hot Posts: Sandee's EPS Challenge, David's Updating Text
Uppercase Conundrums (Anne-Marie's post)
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Normal

Links mentioned in the Podcast: The InDesign Conference - Miami Beach (Feb 26 – March 1) InDesign 5.02 patch for Windows or Mac OS X (ReadMe) David's free InDesign Tip of the Day plug-in for CS1, 2 and 3 Dave Saunders' donationware script, WrapNudger, that fixes Droopy Wraps Scott Zinelli's Multipage PDF Import script (David's post about it) Our new Beginner's Corner category Scott Citron's new book, Professional Design Techniques

Quizzler Answer: How many ways can you add a CMYK color to Swatches without using the Swatches panel? Turns out there are too many to list in our show notes, so we compiled them into a PDF for you to download: Swatches_Answers.pdf (260K). Our winner received a copy of Deke McClelland's new book, Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 069 Jan 11, 2008

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New Year's Podcast responses; Deke McClelland interview; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: View Box

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-069.mp3 (15.7 MB, 34:23 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

Response to our New Year's show
The Deke McClelland Interview!

A fun, raucous conversation with a luminary in our field. Listen in as Deke tells us about his latest book and videos on InDesign CS3, and what it's like laying out a complex book on InDesign in InDesign: the good, the bad, and the aggravating. ("Does this sound like a feature to you?" he asks at one point, laughing.)

Quizzler -ler -ler!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: View Box

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Deke's new book Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One David's post about modifying Basic Styles

Quizzler Instructions: Think you have the best answer? Write it up in an e-mail and send it to us at info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the Subject line. (Don't post your answer as a comment!) Deadline for entries is midnight on Friday, Jan. 18. We'll announce the winner -- and the Quizzler answer, boy howdy we'll never forget to do that again -- in our next podcast.

InDesignSecrets Podcast 068 Jan 03, 2008

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New Year's Resolutions for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: JPEG 2000

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-068.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:58 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolutions for InDesign Users (yes, including us). Our full list of suggestions appears below, suitable for printing and checking off!
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: JPEG 2000

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Looking for a script or plug-in? Try here Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in Robin Williams' The Mac is Not a Typewriter or The PC is Not a Typewriter Our recommended InDesign books and videos for reference How to rebuild Preferences in InDesign Do you use JPEG 2000? Adobe wants to know

2008 New Year's Resolutions: Our Suggested List for InDesign Users

I'll find and learn how to use one new (to me) script and plug-in that helps my work.
I'll use paragraph and character styles properly.
I'll start placing PSD, AI, and PDF files instead of EPS.
I'll finally break my habit of typing double-spaces after punctuation.
I'll get into the habit of using the temporary Hand tool instead of the scroll bars when it makes sense.
I'll import XML and export XML at least once this year successfully, even if it's on my own time, just to learn the process.
I'll get a reference on InDesign that I can refer to when I'm stuck.
I'll force myself to use New Window, Story Editor, Glyphs panel, and Quick Apply three times so that I learn to fully appreciate their utility.
I'll set up, save and use at least 2 different workspaces.
I'll learn the keyboard shortcuts to open the panels I use most often, even if it means having to customize them to ones I'll remember.
I'll rebuild my Preferences, then set my application preferences and default styles and swatches, then back up that prefs file.
I'll add at least one comment to a post on InDesignSecrets.com, even just to say "thanks" or "whaaa?" so we know you're out there!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 067 Dec 21, 2007

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New InDesign books, Miami Conference, XML and InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Formatted Only Once

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-067.mp3 (15.5 MB, 33:48 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Two new InDesign books, Helvetica movie, InDesign Conference in Miami, Florida
XML and InDesign: Overview, basics, when and how and why
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Formatted Only Once

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Maivald and Palmer's book: A Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML Powell's book: Instant InDesign Documentary movie, Helvetica InDesign Conference (Miami, FL; Feb 26-March 1 2008) We interview Cari Janssen about her XML project Anne-Marie's blog post on exporting HTML using XML tags InData plug-in from Em Software

InDesignSecrets Podcast 066 Dec 07, 2007

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TypeFi AutoFit; Numbered Paragraphs; Obscurity of the Week: Assignments Panel

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-066.mp3 (12.0 MB, 26:11 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

TypeFi AutoFit, free plug-in from Typefi
Numbering Paragraphs across unthreaded frames
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Assignments panel

Links mentioned in the Podcast: TypeFi AutoFit plug-in (CS1, 2, or 3) Cari Janssen's AutoFit tip Anne-Marie's blog post on numbered paragraphs

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 065 Nov 20, 2007

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Plug-in-palooza! What, how, why; Twenty-plus great InDesign plug-ins; Obscurity of the Week: Configure Plug-ins

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-065.mp3 (15.8 MB, 34:30 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

Plug-in-palooza!

What's a plug-in? Why are they valuable?
Finding InDesign plug-ins on the Internet
Installing plug-ins
Fast descriptions of over 20 InDesign plug-ins that users are loving (the tip of the iceberg, there are at dozens more we didn't have time to cover)

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Configure Plug-ins

Sponsor Link and Offer: This episode was sponsored by Audible.com, which lists over 40,000 audio books you can download and listen to just like a podcast. Go to audiblepodcast.com/indesign to download your free audio book (time-limited offer).

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Adobe's comprehensive InDesign Plug-ins list DTP Tools (Page Control, Layer Comps, History, Tetris, Cross References, Keyboard Shortcuts) Markzware (Q2ID, ID2Q) EmSoftware (InData, XTags) Teacup Software (DataLinker, TypeFitter, PatternMaker, BarcodeMaker) Rorohiko (TextExporter, LikeFindsLike, Color2Gray, ChatterGoofy) Recosoft (PDF2ID) i.t.i.p GmbH (InMath) Gluon (ProScale ID) Triple Triangle (Color Spec Cubed) Knowbody Software (CoolKerning) Zevrix Solutions (LinkOptimizer)

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 064 Nov 08, 2007

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Leopard reports; Mailbag answers; Obscurity of the week: Reset Indents

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-064.mp3 (13.7 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Leopard and CS3 (reports from the field)
"You Asked For It!" We answer a slew of listener e-mails:

Resize from center
Select overset text
Images on a path
Vertical justification
Clear Character style color spec
Vertical gradients in tables

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Indents

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Tim Cole's Using InDesign on Leopard post on his blog Steve Werner's Leaping to Leopard post here Adobe's TechNote on Vista and CS3 (installation troubleshooting) (Sorry, Vista Home Basic users) Adobe Feature Request form Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in from DTP Tools/InDesignSecrets How to Rebuild Prefs in InDesign Fontlab's TransType font converter utility

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 063 Oct 25, 2007

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Chicago CS Conf Recap; David's New Toy; Calendar Layouts; CS3 and Leopard; Obscurity of the Week: Reset to Base

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-063.mp3 (12 MB, 26:15 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: Recap of the Creative Suite Conference in Chicago
David's favorite new tech toy
Creating calendar layouts in InDesign
Hot Button Post of the Week: Adobe CS3 Support for Leopard
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset to Base

Links mentioned in the Podcast: Upcoming InDesign Conference (Miami, Feb 2008) Fujistu ScanSnap for Mac or Windows Guided Tour of Apple's new OS, Leopard (10.5) Parallels Desktop software Anne-Marie's Calendar Layout post CalendarMaker script (Mac only) on the Adobe Exchange

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 062 Oct 13, 2007

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5.01 Update; New ID CS3 Books; Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually; Quizzler Winner and Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Miter Join and Limit

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-062.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:10 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon)

News: 5.01 Update, New CS3 books, Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in, London UK User Group
Great source for freebies: Adobe Exchange
Hot Button Posts of the Week: Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually
Which letter/number isn't used? Quizzler Winner and Answer
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Miter Join/Miter Limit

Links mentioned in the Podcast: InDesign 5.01 Update: Mac or Windows, 5.01 ReadMe PDF New books: Real World InDesign CS3; InDesign CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide; Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production; InDesign CS3 Video Training Book; A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML; Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Free Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in from DTP Tools London, UK InDesign User Group Adobe Exchange Beta

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