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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 281 Nov 30, 2020

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In this episode:

Recordings available for the InDesign + Accessibility Summit
See the agenda for our first-ever InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Dec. 15
InDesign 2020 bug fix released
Best practices for updating InDesign
Check out the InDesign goodies (many are free) in the Creative Cloud Marketplace
Obscure InDesign Feature: Tint Range

Links mentioned in this podcast:

CreativePro.com Cyber week deals
Register now for CreativePro Week 2021
Should you update your software or operating system?
Check out the Adobe Exchange for Creative Cloud
Details on Find/Change Color
InDesignSecrets…

InDesignSecrets Podcast 280 Oct 31, 2020

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In this episode:

InDesignSecrets.com merges with CreativePro.com!
Conference news
- Adobe MAX 2020 was a success! Watch David's and Anne-Marie's sessions online
- Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20
- Save the Date: David & Anne-Marie's InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Nov 15
InDesign 2021 released
Obscure Feature: Update Link

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> CI HUB is a platform for content integration and efficient marketing production. No more jumping between tools and windows to find the right asset! The CI HUB asset panel plugin for Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office applications essentially connects your brand assets living within your various asset repositories to your native creative apps. Check out David's interview with Andreas Michalski, CI HUB's CEO and founder.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

What's New in InDesign 2021: Our article, Adobe's web page
Anne-Marie's InDesign 2021 New Features course
Erica Gamet's course, Introduction to GREP in InDesign
InDesignSecrets…

InDesignSecrets Podcast 279 Sep 30, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- David and Anne-Marie are presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (online only, free registration)
- Save the Date: Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20
- October issue of InDesign Magazine features 20 free scripts you can download
- Now live! Erica Gamet's "Introduction to GREP in InDesign" online course for CreativePro University
Surprising and useful finds in Find/Change
Obscure Feature: Open a Clone

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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>> Markzware offers so many solutions for InDesign users, it's hard to know where to start. Here are three: Check out IDMarkz for previewing InDesign files and converting them without needing to open (or own) InDesign; PDF2DTP for converting PDF files to editable InDesign files, and read about their File Recovery service for wonky InDesign files.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Find/Change tips
Finding and changing glyphs
Check out the obscure "Open a Clone" history in the Document Component dialog box

InDesignSecrets Podcast 278 Aug 31, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- Be a speaker at CreativePro events! Please fill out this form
- David and Anne-Marie presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (free!)
- Our latest book, TypeTalk Vol. 1 by Ilene Strizver, now in PDF and print
- Adobe InDesign 2020 15.1.2 - bug fix and feature tweaks
Adobe Fonts Gotchas
Double-clicks you should try!
OIFOTW: Paste Into State

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Avenza Systems' MAPublisher (for Illustrator) and Geographic Imager (for Photoshop) are powerful tools for all graphic designers who want to dive more deeply into cartography and map making. Learn more by watching David's recent Facebook Live interview with Avenza, and see their session from CreativePro Week 2020.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Fix for the problem when File Info opens off screen
Adobe Font Gotchas info
- Adobe Community post about the "retiring" fonts
- Our post about the news (see Roger Black's comment)
- Adobe Help file and FAQ about retired subscription fonts
- Check on status of Adobe's type (and other) servers
Our post about Great Double-clicks
Using the Eyedropper to copy and paste object positions
Here's the Adobe Help page about Paste Into State

InDesignSecrets Podcast 277 Jul 29, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC
- July InDesign Magazine: Use With Caution! (Gotchas to avoid)
- Adobe MAX 2020 is free! All on-line, and we're both presenting
InDesign settings you need to change right now. Do it!
OIFOTW: Import File

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Adobe MAX 2020
Posts about settings
David's book The Joy of Pi
Quick Apply for choosing menu items
What David was thinking of when he mentioned "Sew buttons"

InDesignSecrets Podcast 276 Jun 29, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- The online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference were a success!
- Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC
- InDesign updated to 15.1.1 last week
- June InDesign Magazine: InDesign, Acrobat, and PDF tips
Using the new Share for Review feature in 15.1.1
OIFOTW: Apply All Auto Edits

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Cacidi Systems, developers of awesome charts and barcode creation tools for InDesign. See their 15-minute session from CreativePro Week 2020 here. Cacidi just released a huge update to Cacidi Charts, which create many types of vector charts, easy to "convert" to InDesign for ultimate creative freedom. They offer a free 30-day trial version, and right now only for CreativeProWeek attendees 50% of the price, for a very, very limited time! Discount code: CREAPRO2020 (see Cacidi.com)

>> Priint:Suite cuts up to 80% off of the creative process lifecycle for any kind of data-driven publications like catalogs, brochures, and datasheets, with the highest level of automation possible. Lay out entire pages, sections or publications with a single click, including complex, dynamic tables. See their 15-minute session from CreativePro Week here!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

CreativePro Week post-conference passes now available
Our article about "InDesign Nightmares"
InDesign 15.1 released and then patched to 15.1.1
All about Share for Review
Import PDF Comments

InDesignSecrets Podcast 275 Apr 30, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference
- What's New in the February 2020 release of InDesign
- April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion (After Effects)
- May InDesign Magazine: Chad Chelius on Forms
- Chad's amazing XML/InDesign map for COVID-19 stats
Super-simple keyboard shortcuts everyone should know!
OIFOTW: Rule Length

Links mentioned in this podcast:

CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event!
All about After Effects from issue 132
UnicodeInjector script (and how to give it a shortcut)
Breaking a Threaded Story
Spring-loaded (springboard) shortcuts
Make your own Preview shortcut
Designing with Column Rules

InDesignSecrets Podcast 274 Apr 01, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference
- New Creative Cloud Feature: Upload Your Own Fonts
- March InDesign Magazine: Obscure Features Revealed
- April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion
Three InDesign puzzles, pulled from our Facebook group, solved!
OIFOTW: Fancy

Links mentioned in this podcast:

CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event!
Using your own fonts with Creative Cloud app
Great questions from our Facebook group
Anne-Marie's course on creating templates or "starter files":
When InDesign ignores your leading values: info here and here
Using variable fonts in InDesign
Assigning shortcuts to styles

InDesignSecrets Podcast 273 Feb 28, 2020

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In this episode:

News:
- Agenda announced for CreativePro Week and the InDesign Conference
- January issue of InDesign Magazine: Claudia McCue's awesome RGB vs CMYK
- February InDesign Magazine: Chad Chelius's must-read on Accessibile PDFs
- NEW: LinkedIn Profile Assessments! (Check out the InDesign one!)
- Please vote to fix InDesign bugs on Uservoice
Interview with Steve Laskevitch, InDesign book author, training center owner, consultant
OIFOTW: Find Similar Images

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Ajar Productions is the maker of in5, the miraculous InDesign add-on that lets you create digital magazines, websites, mobile apps, animated banners, & more from Adobe InDesign ... without coding! in5 supports all the interactivity in InDesign — animations, buttons, object states, and more. They have tons of helpful material both to get you started and to help you get your projects to the finish line. Podcast listeners! Go to this special InDesignSecrets link for a limited time offer: A free video course and a 25% discount off all training videos.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Agenda for the InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
InDesign Magazine issues
Clauda McCue's book, Real World Print Production with Adobe CC
AJAR Productions, maker of in5 (link leads to special InDesignSecrets landing page)
Steve Laskevitch!
- His new book, Adobe InDesign CC: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features
- Luminous Works in Seattle (Steve's authorized training center)
- His bio on publisher RockyNook's web site
- And his upcoming book, Adobe Photoshop: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features
David and Ole Kvern's book, Real World InDesign
Our post about LinkedIn's InDesign Assessment exam
InDesign Uservoice: Vote on bugs and feature requests for InDesign
- Undo stopped working? New prerelease build fixes it
- Bug about missing video URL feature
More on Find Similar

InDesignSecrets Podcast 272 Jan 01, 2020

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- New round of speakers announced for CreativePro Week 2020
- AM is a MAX Master again!
- David's TEDxSeattle talk
- Bug fix update for InDesign 2020
- Learn more in our YouTube channel and Facebook group
Gotchas when sharing InDesign 2020 layouts with earlier versions
Variable fonts: Ready for prime-time?
OIFOTW: Redefine Scaling as 100%

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
David's video of his "InDesign Pro Secrets" session at MAX
David spoke at TEDxSeattle on the topic of Spectrums
Gotcha: New text flow involving indents and text wrap
Blog post (premium) on Using Variable Fonts in InDesign 2020
Anne-Marie's video on Using Variable Fonts from her InDesign 2020 New Features course
Find variable fonts here
More on "Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking" here and here
Our posts on Redefine Scaling at 100% here and here

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