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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!

Latest Episodes:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 271 Nov 21, 2019

Show notes

In this (super-sized) episode:

News:
- First 10 speakers announced for CreativePro Week 2020
- Adobe MAX 2019 recap
- Adobe InDesign 2020 released!
- InDesign at 20, our November 2019 magazine issue
InDesign 2020 new features: Hits, Duds, and Workarounds
Interview with Dave Clayton, InDesign writer, designer, podcaster, and speaker
OIFOTW: Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
First ten CreativePro Week speakers announced
David's video of his "InDesign Pro Secrets" session at MAX
Anne-Marie's handout and practice files from "InDesign for Absolute Beginners" lab at MAX
JavaScripting with InDesign by Peter Kahrel
New features in InDesign 2020
- Anne-Marie's New Features in InDesign 2020 videos on LinkedIn Learning/lynda
- Our blog post
- Adobe's list of new features in InDesign 2020
Find variable fonts here and here
Dave Clayton links:
- Dave's web site
- Astute Graphics, the company he works for
- How Do I That in InDesign? his book at Amazon
- Or buy it from Rocky Nook w/discount code CLAYTON40 for 40% off
- "He Shoots He Draws" podcast with Glyn Dewis
More on "Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking" here and here
Here's that alert:

InDesignSecrets Podcast 270 Oct 01, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Register now for CreativePro Week 2020 in Austin Texas
- We'll be speaking and exhibiting (booth 815) at Adobe MAX 2019
- InDesign Magazine Sept 2019: The Tips Issue!
- InDesign Magazine Oct 2019: Charts and Graphs
One year later: Have the new features in CC2019 held up?
OIFOTW: Enable Overrides

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
Use our code P19MCPN for a $400 discount for Adobe MAX
What was new in CC 2019 and what was fixed
Anne-Marie's videos on InDesign CC 2019: New Features
A favorite CC 2019 feature: Space Between Paragraphs Using Same Style
Request new features in InDesign's uservoice program
Sign up to be on prerelease and give Adobe feedback
The OIFOTW "Enable Overrides" is a SLAGIATT

InDesignSecrets Podcast 269 Aug 30, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Videos of the 2019 InDesign Conference available
- Register now for CreativePro Week 2020 in Austin Texas
- We'll be speaking and exhibiting at Adobe MAX 2019
- Check out the InDesignSecrets group on LinkedIn!
Pasteboard tips, tricks, and little-known features
OIFOTW: Hide Conveyor

News and special offers from our sponsor:

> The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass: Couldn't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
Use our code P19MCPN for a $400 discount for Adobe MAX
Pasteboard tips we talked about
- Make the pasteboard taller
- Script to clean up your pasteboard
- Script to move objects on and off the pasteboard
- Move Pasteboard Items to Current Spread
- Package pasteboard images with the book panel
- Bonus pasteboard trick -- notes on the pasteboard
Use the Content Collector (and the Conveyor) to "gridify" a page full of objects

David on a camel!

InDesignSecrets Podcast 268 Jun 30, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Upcoming Mac OS 10.15 can't run CS6
- InDesign Conference 2019 a success!
  - Couldn't make it to Seattle? Get a Virtual Pass
- We'll be speaking and exhibiting at Adobe MAX 2019
- InDesignSecrets Facebook group now over 10,000 members
Autocorrect tips and a great hack from Keith Gilbert
OIFOTW: Prevent Duplicate User Colors

News and special offers from our sponsor:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Steve Werner on Catalina (Mac OS 10.15) support
Should you always upgrade? No! See why here and here
Andrew Keith Strauss's video on the early days of InDesign
Use our code P19MCPN for a $400 discount for Adobe MAX
InDesign Magazine article on cross-media color
The autocorrect feature is cool
Keith's winning 3-minute max tip on hacking autocorrect
Video of David and Anne-Marie's "Best of InDesignSecrets Tips" session

InDesignSecrets Podcast 267 May 28, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- InDesign Conference 2019 in less than two weeks!
  - Can't make it to Seattle? Get a Virtual Pass
- InDesignSecrets YouTube channel now over 4,000 subscribers
Interview with Chad Chelius
Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Fit Frame to Content (Comm-Opt-C/Control-Alt-C)

News and special offers from our sponsor:

> The InDesign Conference Virtual Pass: Can't make it to Seattle for the InDesign event of the year? Register for a Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2019, and you'll be able to watch recordings of all the main conference sessions and tutorials as many times as you like, from your computer, tablet or smartphone, at your leisure. Includes all the speaker handouts (hundreds of pages), private forum, attendee discounts, and more. Invest in yourself, register today!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels
Chad has two movies on our YouTube channels
- Ring Charts in Adobe Illustrator
- Fixing Broken Text Styles
Chad's Document Cloud course
Document Cloud mobile apps
Document Cloud FAQ
Importing comments from PDF into InDesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 266 May 12, 2019

Show notes

In this episode: the

News:
- InDesign Conference 2019
  - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign!
  - Virtual Pass now available
- May 2019 InDesign Magazine on Big (Format) Design
- GREP patch for InDesign CC 2019 14.0.2
Inside the Dark Art of Spellchecking
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Deleted Text when Spellchecking

News and special offers from our sponsor:

> The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutorials. All registrations include session videos and in-depth speaker handouts. Invest in yourself, register today! Discounts available for groups, government, non-profits, schools, and alumni, contact us for details.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

The 2019 InDesign Conference is coming up (June 10–13), reserve your spot!
German words that should be
Some great spellcheck articles we've posted
- Dynamic spellcheck (little red squiggles)
- Hunspell vs. Proximity dictionary preference
- Hyphenation issues and fixes here, here, and here
- Using spellcheck to make InDesign add diacritics
Please show some love to these CreativePro Week breakfast sponsors!
- ESRI (our articles about their maps plug-in here and our video here)
- LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
- Blurb
- Issuu
Other exhibiting sponsors:
- Ripon
- Recosoft
- PrintUI
- PDF Association
- Mindsteam
- Maxon
- Hederis
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Ctrl Software
- Axaio
All CreativePro Week sponsors (including marketing sponsors)

InDesignSecrets Podcast 265 Apr 26, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- InDesign Conference 2019
  - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign!
- Tweaks and fixes in just-released InDesign CC 14.02s
Five, or Six, or more Amazing Tips for Find/Change
Favorite Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-N/Control-Alt-N

News and special offers from our sponsor:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels
More free InDesign videos in our tips series on Lynda/LinkedIn
Check out our Facebook group (now over 8,000 friendly members!) for help and tips
The 2019 InDesign Conference is coming up (June 10–13), reserve your spot!
What's new in InDesign CC 14.02
Our Facebook Live "InDesign Tips" video webinar
Cool features InDesign engineers are working on
More Find/Change tips are here, here, and here

InDesignSecrets Podcast 264 Apr 08, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- GREP in InDesign now on Amazon!
- InDesign Magazine, April 2019 issue: Proposals
- InDesign Conference 2019
  - Hurry, early-bird savings deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!)
How can you measure how well you or others know InDesign?
Obscure Feature of the Week: Shadow Honors Other Efects

News and special offers from our sponsor:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Free videos! InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels
More free InDesign videos in our tips series on Lynda/LinkedIn
Check out our Facebook group (now over 8,000 friendly members!) for help and tips
The 2019 InDesign Conference is coming up (June 10–13), reserve your spot!
GREP in InDesign, 3rd ed. is available in our shop as a PDF, and on Amazon as a print book or Kindle ebook.
InDesign Self-Assessment links
- The Dunning Kruger effect
- Compare that to the Imposter effect
- Adobe's main certification page
- Find an Adobe Certified Expert
- Schedule your Adobe InDesign CC ACE exam
- Sample InDesign CC certification exam
- Great test prep software for Adobe certification exams
- Mike Rankin's video course on ACA certification
- Get started with your Adobe InDesign ACA certification
Our April Fool's article (on InDillushop/XD), featuring a drop-shadowed, beveled/embossed logo

InDesignSecrets Podcast 263 Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Two shorter podcasts!
- InDesign Magazine, March 2019 issue: Women in Design
- InDesign Conference 2019
  - Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass
  - Early-bird deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!)
Changing margins? Adjust Layout tips and techniques
Obscure Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Reflow All Text

News and special offers from our sponsor:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels
Check out our Facebook group (now over 7,500 friendly members!) for help and tips
Adobe's Help doc on using Adjust Layout
Anne-Marie's two video tutorials: Using Adjust Layout and Adjust Layout Details (requires Lynda/LinkedIn Learning membership)
Reflow All Text (keyboard shortcut of the month): command-option-/ or ctrl-alt-/ (slash)

InDesignSecrets Episode 262 Mar 01, 2019

Show notes

In this episode:

News:
- Double the podcast, double the fun!
- InDesign Conference 2019
  - Agenda (InDesign sessions and deep-dive tutorials) schedule posted!
  - Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass
Soft proofing for CMYK output in an RGB layout
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Guide Type

News and special offers from our sponsor:

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Subscribe to the InDesignSecrets YouTube and CreativePro YouTube channels
Check out our Facebook group (now over 7,000 friendly members!) for help and tips
The InDesign Conference at CreativePro Week 2019
The Facebook thread about Soft Proofing in our InDesign Secrets group
David and Claudia's RGB vs CMYK blog post
David's Color Management Fundamentals course on Lynda/LinkedIn Learning
Soft proofing articles on CreativePro.com
Our tip about Guide Type: Making Liquid Guides Solid

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