5.01 Update; New ID CS3 Books; Custom Page Sizes; Transform Individually; Quizzler Winner and Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Miter Join and Limit ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-062.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:10 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: 5.01 Update, New CS3 books, Keyboard Shortcuts Plug-in, London UK User Group Great source for ...
Oct 13, 2007•30 min
Our free Keyboard Shortcuts plug-in, Celebrity Shortcuts, When Shortcuts Collide, Poster Discount, Quizzler!, Obscurity of the Week: Context ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for show notes, links mentioned in the episode, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-061.mp3 (12.6 MB, 27:46 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Keyboard Shortcut Extravaganza-za-za! Announcing a new free plug-in from InDesi...
Oct 05, 2007•27 min
Newsbits; XML; GREP; Tagged Text; CS3 Indexing bug; Obscurity of the Week: the Eraser Tool ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-060.mp3 (13.1 MB, 28:19 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Newsbits: Tokyo Conference recap; PDF2ID plug-in; more "What is That?" Definitions of XML, GREP, Tagged Text and more Major bug with CS3 indexes, and worka...
Sep 21, 2007•28 min
Default Style Glitches; Rebuilding Preferences; Not Possible in ID; Obscurity of the Week: PN and PB ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-059.mp3 (14.2 MB, 29:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Common Glitches with Default Styles What Gets Lost when you Rebuild Preferences Hot Button Post of the Week: Things You Can't Do in InDesign Obsc...
Sep 05, 2007•31 min
AutoCorrect; Hidden Characters; Right-to-Left Typesetting; Shrinking PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Non-Joiner ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes, see the links mentioned in the podcast, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-058.mp3 (13.7 MB, 28:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) *NOTE* [8/25/07]: We're having a (hopefully) temporary technical glitch with our iTunes feed, and...
Aug 24, 2007•30 min
Tips Extravaganza; Customizing the Control Panel; Obscurity of the Week: Isolate Blending ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-057.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:00 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Summer 2007 InDesign Tips Extravaganza! Swatches, styles, editing and flowing text, and more Hot Button Post of the Week: Less is More for the Control Panel...
Aug 10, 2007•30 min
Conferences; Quizzler Answer; Huge File Sizes; Scaling in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Gap Color ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-056.mp3 (14.6 MB, 30:54 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conferences Quizzler Answer! (Keep Violations' highlight color) and Winner Hot Button Post of the Week: Why is My File Size S...
Jul 31, 2007•32 min
Upcoming ID Seminars; Help Files Live; Composition Highlighting; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Balance Ragged Lines ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, Quizzler instructions, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-055.mp3 (5.9 MB, 24:42 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming Seminars for David and Anne-Marie InDesign CS3 Live Docs The Joys of Highlighting Composi...
Jul 20, 2007•26 min
Quizzler update; Mixing CS2 and CS3; Hot Button Post: Text Do's and Don'ts; Corner Effects Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Point/Pica Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave your comments! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-054.mp3 (18.0 MB, 37:57 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Episode 52 Quizzler Update -- Yet another way to duplicate! Mixing InDesign CS2 and CS3: Possible...
Jul 05, 2007•39 min
News; Non-breaking vs. No Break; Quick Apply menu commands; Obscurity of the Week: Ignore Ruler Guide Alignments ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-053.mp3 (14.4 MB, 30:14 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Lots 'o News (conferences, plug-ins, poster, more) Non-breaking space vs. the No Break character formatting attribute New in CS3: Usi...
Jun 20, 2007•31 min
Recorded live at the ID Conference! Intro; News; Audience Q&A; Live Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Text ----- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Quizzler answers, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-052.mp3 (26.6 MB, 56:43 (!) minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Recorded live at the 2007 InDesign Conference in New York City! Intro to the podcast, how it's usually created (...
Jun 11, 2007•58 min
Announcements; Hyperlinks; Text Variables; One-Button Mice; Obscurity of the Week: File Info ----- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-051.mp3 (16.2 MB, 34:02 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) Announcements: "InCopy CS/InDesign CS3 Integration" released (AM's video tutorial title for lynda.com); our InDesign CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts poster is o...
May 25, 2007•35 min
We're 50!; Quizzler Winner (OS Color Picker); News; Unembeddable fonts; Printing Link Info; Obscurity of the Week: Crop Amount ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for details, show notes, or to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-050.mp3 (13.8 MB, 29:01 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) We're 50! Quizzler Winner — Where's the System Color Picker? News: Free CS3 Tryouts and manuals, Tim Cole's InDesign b...
May 17, 2007•30 min
News; Threading and Unthreading; Transparency and Spot Colors; PDF/X-4; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text ----- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-049.mp3 (13.1 MB, 27:53 minutes) (the transcript of this podcast will be posted soon) News: Upcoming InDesign Conference in NY, David's ID CS3 Essentials videos Threading and unthreading text...
May 08, 2007•29 min
CS3 Ships; Our IDCS3 In-box videos; Conferences; Trapping in ID; New Text Wrap options in CS3; Obscurity of the Week: Detach Selection from Master ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts to read the Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-048.mp3 (11.9 MB, 25:03 minutes) (or read the transcript of this podcast, which will be posted soon) News: CS3 Ships, Our video tutorials in the box, Upcoming conferences All ab...
Apr 18, 2007•26 min
4.05 Update; CS3 Pricing; Display Preferences; Export to XHTML (CS3 Feature); Obscurity of the Week: First Baseline Offset ---------- Details below; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment! ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-047.mp3 (12.3 MB, 25:46 minutes) (or read the transcript of this episode — a link will be posted here soon) Upcoming conferences of interest InDesign CS2 4.05 Update Hot Button Post of the Week: CS3 ...
Apr 05, 2007•27 min
InDesign CS3! New features, fixes, pricing; Obscurity of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show Notes, Links mentioned in the podcast, and to leave your comments. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-046.mp3 (13 MB, 27:19 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) All about InDesign CS3: Our favorite new features, including Table and Cell Styles, Variables, Placing InDesign files, Find...
Mar 27, 2007•28 min
Evil Color Picker; Illustrator Bleeds; Obscurity of the Week: Mixed Ink Group ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-045.mp3 (10.4 MB, 21:49 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Hot Button Post of the Week: Evil, Evil Color Picker Including Bleeds in Placed Illustrator Files Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Mixed Ink Group Links mentioned in the ...
Mar 20, 2007•23 min
CS3 Announcement; Skewing and Shearing; Annoying Section Prefixes, Obscurity of the Week: Simulate Paper Color ----- Details below, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-044.mp3 (9.6 MB, 20:01 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Adobe CS3 Announcement David at the Creative Suite Show; Anne-Marie in Duluth Skewing text and objects; skew vs. shear Working around t...
Mar 06, 2007•21 min
Newsbits; Contest Winner; Straight Lines; Readable Text; Obscurity of the Week: Metrics ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for Show notes, links, and to post a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-043.mp3 (10.6 MB, 22:18 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) InDesign Newsbits: Free Plug-in from Teacup, Upcoming InDesign Shows Winner of the contest from last episode: Least Useful InDesign Palette InDesign trainer ...
Feb 21, 2007•23 min
Placing Multi-page PDFs; Clear Overrides Button; Useless Palette Award and Contest; Obscurity of the Week: Align Based on Size ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, links, contest details, and to add a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-042.mp3 (12 MB, 25:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Solutions for placing multiple-page PDFs The Clear Overrides button: Sweet feature, often overlooked Most...
Feb 06, 2007•26 min
Quizzler winner and wrap-up; InDesign News; Designer Wars; Obscurity of the Week: Slug ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for show notes, links, and to leave a comment. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-041.mp3 (14.4 MB, 30:20 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly) Results from last episode's Quizzler -- and the winner! Various InDesign Newsbits Designer Wars! We discuss 3 issues that divide designers: Work locally or o...
Jan 30, 2007•31 min
Quizzler winner (triple-clicking); Top 5 things InDesign newbies should know; Best online resources for ID help; Newbie-friendly Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Save a Copy ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-040.mp3 (17.7 MB, 37:22 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days ... we swear) Happy New Year! In keeping with...
Jan 05, 2007•39 min
Quizzler winner (measurement units); Basic Paragraph Style; Native .indd file vs. press-ready PDF for your printer; Last Quizzler with a Trumatch prize; Obscurity of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent ---------- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts/ for detailed Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-039.mp3 (9.1 MB, 19:00 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Results from ...
Dec 28, 2006•20 min
Lynda.com free trial; Quizzler results (font version); Using agates in InDesign; Linking to text files; Insert glyph script; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Patient User Mode ------- Details follow; or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and to comment on this episode. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-038.mp3 (11.6 MB, 24:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Free trial from Lynda.com Results from last week's Qui...
Dec 13, 2006•25 min
Quizzler answer and winner; Export to PDF vs. Distill Postscript; Updating multiple images; Another Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: The Smooth Tool ------ Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for detailed Show Notes and to comment on the episode. ------ Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-037.mp3 (12.2 MB, 25:31 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner! The Great Debate: Export to...
Dec 04, 2006•27 min
Anniversary, Process swatchbooks, Keep Options, Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: The J key (Formatting affects text/container) ----- Details follow, or visit http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, Links, and other goodies. ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-036.mp3 (9.7 MB, 20:14 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) It's our anniversary! Why you should be using a process-color swatch book Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster ...
Nov 22, 2006•21 min
Conference recap; Clips from the live podcast; Outlining type tips and gotchas; Butterly Island questions; Obscurity of the Week: The Barbell ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes, sponsor offers, or to leave a comment. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-035.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) InDesign Conference: Master Class recap and highlights Audio clips from our live pod...
Nov 12, 2006•29 min
Free Stuff for InDesign Users; Obscurity of the Week: Unassigned Content Frames ------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show Notes and links to sites mentioned in the podcast. ------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-034.mp3 (11.1 MB, 23:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Free Stuff for InDesign Users: A follow-up to David's recent Adobe eSeminar Layout templates that come with the program Adobe Exchange templa...
Nov 01, 2006•24 min
Upcoming events; Creating font catalogs; Mirroring objects; Two unusual keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Transformations are Totals ---------- Details follow, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/category/podcasts for Show notes, Links, and to comment on this episode. ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-033.mp3 (9.0 MB, 18:53 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days) Upcoming events: Teacup Software's free InDesign Plug-in seminar in NYC, and In...
Oct 14, 2006•20 min
