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InDesignSecrets Podcast 311 Sep 30, 2023

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In the news
- Two more online Summits coming up, check them out!
- CreativePro Magazine September 2023 all about Editorial Workflows
Our own InDesign Sneaks
Obscure Feature of the Week: Text Rotation

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>> Adobe MAX 2023 Creativity Conference is happening October 8–12 in Los Angeles, California. Learn from experts and innovators, top creatives in design, photography, illustration, video, 3D, and more. Of course, the highlight is that many InDesign experts will be presenting, live and online — even the Adobe engineering team from India. Hope to see you there!

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The Design + Data Summit (on-demand) The Design + Accessibility Summit The Design + AI Summit
CreativePro Week 2024: July 8-12, 2024 (DC and Online) — Registration is open!
Adobe Fonts: now there's a difference between "added" and "installed": read more here
Data plugins you should know about:
- InData from Em Softwar
- DocsFlow and WordsFlow from Em Software
- Priint Suite
- Cacidi LiveMerge and Extreme
- EasyCatalog from 65bit
- DesignMerge from Meadows
- XMPie (check out their cool "kiosk" site for demos)
- Teacup DataLinker

Adding layouts to CC Libraries (with Bridge or drag and drop) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-tips-for-design-geeks/add-indesign-layouts-to-creative-cloud-libraries
Obscure Feature: Text Rotation
- How to rotate text inside a frame (separate from the frame)
- Keith Gilbert's script to rotate individual characters

InDesignSecrets Podcast 310 Aug 30, 2023

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In the news:
- Design & Data Summit, Sept 21–22, online only
  - More online Summits coming up, check them out!
- CreativePro magazine September 2023 all about Editorial Workflows
- Adobe InDesign 18.5 released
New free scripts we like
Deep Dive into the Scripts panel
Obscure Feature of the Week: Verbose

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CreativePro Week 2024 OPENING SALE: Use code FIRST48 on Sept 7 or 8 to get $400 off any multi-day registration
More on UXP plug-ins: https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/
AM's video of the best websites for free InDesign scripts: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-tips-for-design-geeks/top-sites-for-free-indesign-scripts

Community scripts
Some new scripts
- Peter K:
  - missing fonts: https://creativepro.com/scripts-for-fixing-missing-fonts-in-indesign/
  - flagging words: https://creativepro.com/a-script-to-flag-certain-words-in-indesign/
  - blind endnotes: https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/footnotes.html
- Keith:
  - Export SVG: https://creativepro.com/a-script-to-export-svg-content-from-indesign/
  - split pages for inside bleed: https://creativepro.com/a-script-to-allow-bleeds-on-the-spine-of-indesign-documents/
  - remove shared hyperlink destinations: https://creativepro.com/how-to-fix-shared-hyperlinks-in-indesign/

InDesignSecrets Podcast 309 Jul 31, 2023

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In the news:
- Design & Marketing Summit, July 27–28, online only
  - More online Summits coming up, check them out!
- Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions, many more InDesign pros presenting live and online only
- CreativePro magazine July 2023 all about Artificial Intelligence
Podcasts we like (and please review ours)!
David's story about recovering from Can't Save/Save As disasters
Deep Dive: Secrets of the Glyphs panel
Obscure Feature of the Week: Styles Override Highlighter

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>>Santa Cruz Software: Did you know that 66% of sales professionals can't get their sales or marketing collateral in time, often creating assets without oversight? Solve this with BrandingUI. Try it today at SantaCruzSoftware.com!

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Podcasts:
- ChaxChat Accessibility podcast with Dax Castro and Chad Chelius
- What other podcasts to you listen to? Let us know!
- Please rate InDesign Secrets! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indesign-secrets/id101102043 https://open.spotify.com/show/4Erwd0qHoR22NhTSY67I0v (you have to listen to at least one episode before it lets you rate it)
Saving files to Cloud Documents: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/work-with-cloud-documents.html and https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/manage-cloud-documents-photoshop.html
Glyphs panel:
Talking about CID/GID:
- Podcast 260
- Insert a Character by Unicode or GID
Stylistic Sets:
Obscure Feature: Style Overrides Highlighter
Next time: InDesign Secrets True Crime podcast! 🤣

InDesignSecrets Podcast 308 Jun 27, 2023

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In the news:
- CreativePro rebrand!!
- Design & Marketing Summit, July 27–28, online only
- Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions
- InDesign 18.4 is slowly being rolled out
- CreativePro Week was phenomenal!
  - Grab an On Demand Pass to watch all the sessions, including IGNITE! and download the handouts
  - Next year in Washington DC! More info to come.
- CreativePro Magazine June 2023, issue 20: Email templates, cover story by our designer Pam Sparks! Also great InDesign tips and tricks
Getting geeky with IDML, Tagged Text, ICML, and Snippet files
Obscure Feature of the Week: Remove Forced Line Break

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>> Noble Desktop: For over 30 years, Noble Desktop's project-based classes and certificate programs have given professionals the tools to pursue creative careers in design, coding, and beyond. Learn more about them on our Training Provider page or at NobleDesktop.com.

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YES our original InDesign Secrets mug IS still available! https://www.cafepress.com/mf/14282011/large-indesignsecrets-_mugs?productId=60507004
Watch our free webinar: Creating Social Media Assets with InDesign https://creativepro.com/watch-on-demand-indesign-social-assets/
We're speaking at MAX 2023 David Blatner Anne-Marie Concepcion
Pam's article on Building Email Templates: https://creativepro.com/building-email-templates/
Getting Geeky:
- Snippets: https://creativepro.com/the-joy-of-snippets/ https://creativepro.com/place-snippets-at-the-same-location-or-not/ https://creativepro.com/locking-snippets/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-snippets-in-a-printing-workflow/
- Tagged Text: Database or spreadsheet to tagged text: https://creativepro.com/automate-text-formatting-with-tagged-text/
- IDML: Jeff Potter's amazing web app to IDML trick: https://creativepro.com/harnessing-the-power-of-text-variables-and-idml/ Hard-core editing to fix RGB Black: https://creativepro.com/turning-rgb-black-to-cmyk-black/ Download this great illustrated guide to IDML by Mike Rankin: https://creativepro.com/downloads/Anatomy_of_IDML.pdf Color swatches that won't delete: https://creativepro.com/color-swatches-that-wont-delete/

InDesignSecrets Podcast 307 May 29, 2023

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In the news:
- Article Hunt contest winners
- Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions
- InDesign 18.3 is slowly being rolled out
- CreativePro Week, June 5-9 in Phoenix (and online)
  - IGNITE CreativePro is back!
  - Movie Night
- Design + Marketing Summit, July 27-28, online event
- CreativePro Magazine May 2023, issue 19: Virtual Photography, and lots of InDesign content
Fonts in InDesign: Best practices and best tips
Obscure Feature of the Week: Ornaments

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Adobe MAX 2023 speakers Including ...

Anne-Marie and David
Angelo Montilla, who we interviewed in podcast episode 290
Dax Castro, interviewed (with Chad Chelius) in podcast episode 292
Erica Gamet, interviewed in podcast episode 226

Fonts:

Great Fonts To Use:
- CreativePro Font Collection #1: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-1/
- Font Collection #2: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-2/
- Our awesome "InDesignSecrets Font Collection" on Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/collections/indesign-20
- Google Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-google-fonts-indesign/
- Adobe Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-adobe-fonts/
Font Tools
- Astute Graphics Vector First Aid: https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/vectorfirstaid
- Justin's "Copy InDesign Fonts to Folder" script: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2013/04/16/copy-indesign-fonts-to-folder/
Identifying Fonts:
- What the Font: https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont
- How to identify fonts: https://creativepro.com/identifying-fonts/
Glyphs panel:
- Learning about the Glyphs panel: https://creativepro.com/get-know-indesigns-glyphs-panel/
- Tips: https://creativepro.com/tip-week-glyphs-panel-display/
- Finding characters: https://creativepro.com/find-characters-using-the-glyphs-panel/
- Custom glyph sets: https://creativepro.com/working-with-custom-glyph-sets/
- Laura Worthington's Hummingbird font: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hummingbird
Making Fonts:
- IndyFont: https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2012/06/indyfont-build-opentype-fonts-from-within-indesign
- If you have a LinkedIn Learning subscription: our video on IndyFont: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/055-making-a-font-with-indesign-using-the-indyfont-script?u=0
- FontSelf in Illustrator: https://creativepro.com/create-fonts-illustrator-cc-fontself/
Installing Fonts:
- Document Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/easy-font-activation-using-document-fonts/
- InDesign application's Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/getting-indesign-to-see-your-fonts/

InDesignSecrets Podcast 306 May 04, 2023

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InDesign Public Beta for Cloud Docs
Events:
- CreativePro Week 2023 June 5–9, Phoenix, Arizona (and online!)
- Design + Marketing Summit (online, July 27–28)
- Design + Data Summit (online, September 21–22)
Creative Pro Magazine issue 19 includes articles about virtual photography, InDesign layers, and a review of IndexMatic 3
Interviews with Nicte Cuevas and Bart Van de Wiele
Obscure InDesign Feature: Presentation

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Nicte Cuevas:
- Web site
- LinkedIn Learning courses
- CreativePro Week speaker
- What is an Ecotone
Bart Van de Wiele
Presentation Mode

InDesignSecrets Podcast 305 Apr 05, 2023

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- InDesign 18.21 release
- CreativePro Week 2023 June 4–9, Phoenix, Arizona (and online!)
- NEW Design + Marketing Summit (online, July 27–28) Awesome lineup, including Jesus Ramirez, Von Glitschka, Amy Balliet, and new speakers incluing the amazing Jim Krause, Brodi-Rose Newsome, Kyle Hamrick
- Creative Pro Magazine issue 18 feature story is about motion and video in Photoshop!
All about Measurements: You're bound to learn a few tips
Obscure InDesign Feature: Not Shifted

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