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InDesign Secrets

Blatner and Concepcioncreativepro.com
The companion to the world's largest independent portal for all things InDesign, InDesignSecrets.com! Co-founders David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion discuss news, tips, and how-to's for Adobe InDesign, the layout program that is the standard for print, PDF, and digital publishing.
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Episodes

InDesignSecrets Podcast 032

ID Conference news; Rotate text tip; Photocompositing in InDesign; Cari Jansen interview; Obscurity of the week: Adjust View Settings ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, access links mentioned, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-032.mp3 (26.7 MB, 29:08 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) InDesign Conference news (Stockholm, Seattle, Adobe Developer Conf.) Rotati...

Sep 25, 200629 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 031

The InDesigner videocast; Free plug-in for Find/Change; Adding the current date automatically; Obscurity of the Week: Notes tool and menu. ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesign.com/category/podcasts to read the Show notes, links mentioned, and leave a comment. ----- 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"...

Sep 14, 200624 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 030

Site News; Quizzler #3 Winner; OpenType Fractions Helper; Pages Palette; Obscurity of the Week: End Nested Style Here ------- Details follow; or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to post a comment ------- 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 t...

Sep 06, 200626 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 029

InDesign Conference: Master Class; Q2ID plug-in; Making proper Fractions; Quizzler #3; Obscurity of the Week: Update Library Item ----- Details follow, or see show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts ----- 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 i...

Aug 26, 200636 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 028

With guest star: Sandee Cohen; Interactive PDFs; Buttons and States; Obscurity of the Week: Flush Space ------ Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and comments ----- 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 ...

Aug 16, 200631 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 027

2nd Quizzler Winner, Drop Shadows Secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Transform Sequence Again Individually ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes and links. ------- 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 ...

Aug 05, 200626 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 026

Align to Spine; Quiz Contest #2; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Profile/Assign Profile -------- Details follow, or visit the Show notes at http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts -------- 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: C...

Jul 24, 200629 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 025

Mailbag Episode: Change underline thickness, ID user groups in Canada, Dotted leaders, Disk error with custom sets, Obscurity of the week: View Threshold ||| Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to view show notes and links ||| 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 ans...

Jul 17, 200624 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 024

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 ------ Full details follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com and view the linked show notes ----- -- 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 - Brani...

Jul 04, 200628 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 023

Contest winner; Tip of the Day plug-in; Lab values and spot colors; Add-a-Page script; Obscurity of the week: Position tool ---- Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. ----- * 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 col...

Jun 25, 200622 min

InDesignSecrets Podcast 022

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 ful...

Jun 14, 200632 min

InDesign Secrets Podcast 021

Real-time black reverses; Auto-numbering angst; Ink Manager secrets; Obscurity of the Week: Script Label palette ||| Detailed notes follow, or go to http://www.indesignsecrets.com/category/podcast for show notes, links, and to comment on the episode. • Branislav Milic solves the Real-Time Reverse Out of Black challenge! Download his 7-page PDF, "Transparency Cool Effects" (1.1 MB), the solution is on pages 6-7. • Brief preview of the InDesign Conference in London , coming up June 26-29, 2006 • O...

Jun 03, 200630 min

InDesignSecrets-020

InDesign 2006 Conference Recap; Hear from Pamela Pfiffner, Sandee Cohen and Kacey Crouch; Real-time reversed text effect, Obscurity of the Week: Browse

May 25, 200618 min

InDesignSecrets-019

New version (with new tip) of framegrids.pdf tutorial; Text frames and the Fitting command; Beyond the Zoom tool; InDesign Magazine freebie; Obscurity of the week: Appearance of Black

May 10, 200627 min

InDesignSecrets-018

Prevent InDesign from turning everything into a text frame; Ways to "unthread" a single text frame; Fix unalphabetized styles; Custom view scales with a shortcut; Obscurity of the Week: The Magnet

Apr 28, 200624 min

InDesignSecrets-017

Mix transparency in image frames, Secret "wake up the font menus" keyboard shortcut, Merging InDesign documents -- techniques and cautions, Obscurity of the week: Align First Line to Baseline Grid

Apr 22, 200623 min

InDesignSecrets-016

Baseline grids, Tim Cole's PDF tutorial on frame grids, Vertical justification, 50 ways to use the Direct Selection tool, Obscurity of the Week: Vertical Depth Ruler

Apr 11, 200634 min

InDesignSecrets-015

Find/Change Unicode characters, Apply Paragraph styles via Find/Change without losing local formatting, Default frame backgrounds in XPress vs. InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Purchase This Image

Mar 30, 200631 min

InDesignSecrets-014

Mailbag: Creating lines for forms and moving custom Workspaces between computers; Secrets of creating interactive PDFs in InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Lock Zero Point

Mar 21, 200630 min

InDesignSecrets-013

Listener tips on keyboard shortcuts and gravity, Eyedropper tool (copy/paste formatting) secrets, Obscurity of the Week: Justify Text Next to an Object

Mar 14, 200626 min

InDesignSecrets-012

SPECIAL EDITION! Anne-Marie takes her turn as solo host with this follow-up of her e-seminar for Adobe, "Adobe Bridge: Your Creative Hub." She reviews what Bridge offers InDesign users and answers some of the ID/Bridge questions sent in by the e-seminar audience.

Mar 07, 200635 min

InDesignSecrets-011

SPECIAL EDITION! David flies solo here and answers tons of questions he received from the audience (but didn't have a chance to get to) during his recent e-seminar for Adobe, "InDesign for QuarkXPress Users."

Mar 03, 200617 min

InDesignSecrets-010

Mailbag: Make page one start on the left side, and 2-sided printing in InDesign? Obscurity of the Week: Ink Manager

Mar 01, 200621 min

InDesignSecrets-009

Listener e-mail: Enlarge pasteboard width, Change layer visibility in placed Illustrator files; Discretionary Returns in InDesign? ("They said it couldn't be done!"); Obscurity of the Week: Transparency Blend Space

Feb 23, 200628 min

InDesignSecrets-008

Listener e-mail: Correction for inserting tabs into table cells in Windows; Preset Secrets; Obscure Feature of the Week: Gravity

Feb 10, 200624 min

InDesignSecrets-007

Listener E-Mail: Insert Special Character (Tab), Make Non-Printing, Find/Change Quotes; Best options for exporting InDesign pages for inclusion in a QuarkXPress layout; Obscure Feature of the Week: Allow Pages to Shuffle

Jan 30, 200625 min

InDesignSecrets-006

Quick Apply, Convert Polygon, Favorite InDesign Secrets of Will Eisley, Group Product Manager at Adobe Systems, Obscurity of the Week: Section Marker

Jan 26, 200623 min

InDesignSecrets-005

InDesign Recovery Data, Scaling Text Attributes, Curling Straight Quotes en masse, Obscurity of the Week: Hyphenation Slider

Jan 18, 200624 min

InDesignSecrets-004

Actual Size, Add a Script, Keep with Next Paragraph, InCopy, Obscurity of the Week

Jan 04, 200625 min

InDesignSecrets-003

Keyboard Shortcuts Secrets, Interchange format, Obscurity of the Week

Dec 26, 200526 min
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