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InDesignSecrets Podcast 031 Sep 14, 2006

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The InDesigner videocast; Free plug-in for Find/Change; Adding the current date automatically; Obscurity of the Week: Notes tool and menu.

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-031.mp3 (22.4 MB, 24:27 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

The InDesigner videocast is part of InDesignSecrets!
Free plug-in, "CleverFindChangeCloser" from Aextra Software
Adding the current date to your pages, automatically
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Notes (tool and menu)

Links mentioned in the podcast: The InDesigner videocast CleverFindChangeCloser plug-in (CS2 only): Download for Mac or Windows. (For help installing the plug-in, see this post) The PrinterMark file David referred to (instructions are included)

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 030 Sep 06, 2006

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Site News; Quizzler #3 Winner; OpenType Fractions Helper; Pages Palette; Obscurity of the Week: End Nested Style Here

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-030.mp3 (12.1 MB, 25:37 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

InDesignSecrets.com news: Our Store, New Contributors, Named to Top 5 Podcasts, 100K+ Downloads, Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference
Quizzler #3 ("Where is Bevel?") Winner!
OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet
Pages Palette Mystery/Mastery: Targeted vs. Selected Pages
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: End Nested Style Here

Links mentioned in the podcast: The InDesignSecrets Store — those aprons are going fast! Colleen Wheeler: Top 5 Audio Podcasts on Visual Topics Live Podcast at the InDesign Conference; Seattle, WA; Nov. 6-8, 2006 Download: OpenType Fractions Cheat Sheet (PDF, 400K)

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 029 Aug 26, 2006

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InDesign Conference: Master Class; Q2ID plug-in; Making proper Fractions; Quizzler #3; Obscurity of the Week: Update Library Item

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-029.mp3 (16.4 MB, 30:34 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

-- Preview of the upcoming InDesign Conference: Master Class -- Critical update to Markzware's Q2ID plug-in (opens QuarkXPress v3-6 files in InDesign) -- Fraction Fixes: How to make good-looking fractions with and without an OpenType Pro font -- Quizzler Number 3! Instructions appear below -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Update Library Item

Quizzler #3 instructions: As we mentioned in the podcast, DON'T post your Quizzler answer (or any discussion about it) here as a comment. Instead, e-mail your answer to us at info@indesignsecrets.com with "Quizzler" in the subject line. All correct answers we receive by midnight PST on Thursday, August 30 2006 will be included in our random dart throw that will choose a single winner. Duplicate entries from the same person will result in your being made fun of in the next podcast as well as disqualifying you.

Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Conference: Master Class in Seattle, Washington; November 6-8, 2006 Markzware's Q2ID Plug-in — click the Get Updater! button if you're not up to v1.59 Dave Saunders' TextStylesReporter script — CS2 only, Mac/Windows Dan Rodney's ProperFractions script — CS1/CS2, Mac/Windows

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 028 Aug 16, 2006

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With guest star: Sandee Cohen; Interactive PDFs; Buttons and States; Obscurity of the Week: Flush Space

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-028.mp3 (14.4 MB, 27:58 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

With special guest star, Sandee Cohen!

--A "deep dive" into creating interactive PDF files, especially Buttons and States --Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flush Space

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 027 Aug 05, 2006

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2nd Quizzler Winner, Drop Shadows Secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Transform Sequence Again Individually

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-027.mp3 (11.7 MB, 22:05 minutes) (the transcript of this episode will be posted in a few days)

• The Winner of the 2nd InDesignSecrets Quizzler! • Drop Shadows: Aggravations, Tips, Tricks, What all those fields do • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Transform Sequence Again Individually

Links mentioned: • DesignGeek e-zine (Anne-Marie's free tips newsletter for designers)

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 026 Jul 24, 2006

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Align to Spine; Quiz Contest #2; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-026.mp3 (13.4 MB, 25:32 minutes) (the transcript of this episode will be posted in a few days)

-- The Pleasures of CS2's Spine Alignment (Align to/Away from Spine) feature -- InDesign Quiz Contest #2! (See note below) -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile

Links mentioned: -- InDesign Magazine (Pariah Burke's article on using spine alignments with anchored objects is in issue #8, Oct/Nov 2005)

Note: Comments will be closed for 24 hours (to this post only) to give people a chance to listen to the podcast and figure out the answer to the Quiz. After 24 hours, the first complete and correct quiz answer posted here as a comment will win. We'll officially declare the winner as well, via a comment like last time.

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 025 Jul 17, 2006

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Mailbag Episode: Change underline thickness, ID user groups in Canada, Dotted leaders, Disk error with custom sets, Obscurity of the week: View Threshold

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-025.mp3 (11.2 MB, 21:41 minutes) (the transcript of this episode will be posted in a few days)

The Mailbag Episode! All topics discussed today were questions listeners e-mailed us about, and their answers (along with a few embellishments of our own). -- Mystery caller left a voicemail asking about aligning to page -- DJ asked how to change the thickness of underlines -- DJ also asked about any InDesign user group near Manitoba, Canada -- Vanessa from Australia asked how to make dotted underlines for forms -- Kevin (who recently discovered the existence of our podcast and told us he listened to all 24 episodes in 24 hours ) wondered why he gets a Disk Error when he tries to save a custom keyboard shortcut set -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: View Threshold

Links mentioned: -- Our post about the InDesignUserGroup.com web site

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 024 Jul 04, 2006

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London ID Conf. recap; Sandee on scripting; Branislav on master page text frames; Rufus on pasteboard fixes; Mysteries of the Align palette; Obscurity of the week: Go Forward/Go Back

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-- London InDesign Conference recap from David, and he recorded interesting tidbits from a few of the conference speakers: - Sandee Cohen tells of her experience taking a scripting class at the conference - Branislav Milic shares a great tip for overriding master page text frames - Rufus Deuchler reveals two ways to fix out-of-control pasteboard sizes -- Mysteries and Treasures of the Align palette (like, where it is) -- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Go Forward/Go Back

Links mentioned: • AlignToPage.jsx is one of the free cross-platform scripts on your CS2 installation CD or part of this .zip archive (Adobe site download).

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 023 Jun 25, 2006

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Contest winner; Tip of the Day plug-in; Lab values and spot colors; Add-a-Page script; Obscurity of the week: Position tool

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* The answer to — and winner of — our first InDesign Quiz Contest * Free InDesign Secrets plug-in, "Tip of the Day" for Mac or Windows, InDesign CS or CS2 * That Ink Manager option: What do Lab color values have to do with spot colors? * Peter Kahrel's incredibly useful script, "Add A Page" * Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Position tool

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InDesignSecrets Podcast 022 Jun 14, 2006

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Comment line and transcripts; Copy/paste text formatting; Spot colors and transparency; Our first contest question; Obscurity of the week: Lab color mode ||| Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode.

• Announcement of new enhancements to the podcast: Transcripts and our Listener Comment Line • Anne-Marie's InDesign seminars (open to the public) for the Chicago Book Clinic is on June 22, 2006 • David's full day of InDesign secrets (also open to the public) for Evolve is on July 12, 2006 • Maintaining text formatting when copying/pasting text between Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign • We bust a few myths about spot colors and transparency in InDesign • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Lab color mode

And we also announced the first InDesignSecrets Podcast Contest! Listen to the show, write down the contest quiz question, and post your answer as a comment below (first correct one wins)

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