News; 5 Overlooked Features; Training Client from Hell story; Obscurity of the Week: Jumbo Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-182.mp3 (14.8 MB, 28:12 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: CS6.01 patch for InDesign and InCopy Creative Cloud Education discount Acrobat XI and Reader XI Five Overlooked and Lonely InDesign Features Our First "Training Client from Hell" story Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:...
Oct 18, 2012•28 min
David and Anne-Marie trips; News; Data Merge Tips and Tricks; Obscurity of the Week: Delete End Punctuation Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-181.mp3 (15 MB, 28:06 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Out and About: David's trip to Lindau, Anne-Marie's trip to California News: Adobe Digital Editions 2.0, Kindle Plug-in for InDesign 0.971, new open source Adobe fonts Data Merge: Beyond the Basics! Tips and Tricks Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Delete End P...
Sep 27, 2012•28 min
Creative Cloud discount extended; All About GREP; Quizzler Results (filenames of links); Obscurity of the Week: Jump Object ------------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-180.mp3 (18.8 MB, 35:30 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Creative Cloud subscription discounted rate extended! All about GREP in InDesign Quizzler results: The right and wrong answers, and the winner! (See list of answers at the end of th...
Sep 12, 2012•36 min
Collaborating with non-InDesign users; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-179.mp3 (16.8 MB, 31:28 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Creative Cloud subscription special offer ends Aug. 31! How to collaborate with non-InDesign users PDF solutions: useful plug-ins, little-known features Microsoft Word, Google Docs, InCopy MediaTrad, Story Tweaker, more Quizzler! How many ways can you ... Obscure I...
Aug 27, 2012•31 min
Find Color; Ridiculous Features; Obscurity of the Week: Save Query ----------------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-178.mp3 (16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes) [media id=99 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Golden Oldie post: Find Where That Color's Used Readers Nominate Most Ridiculous Features in InDesign So many, so little time (Story panel?) How dare you call my fave feature ridiculous! Obscure InDesig...
Aug 13, 2012•28 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-177.mp3 (16.5 MB, 30:32 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Interview: Brooks Jensen, LensWork magazine Using InDesign to create the print and enhanced PDF publications Nuances of color and duotones with fine-art photography and the printing process Moving to an InCopy workflow over a holiday weekend (!) Optimizing rich-media PDF eBooks for iPad and Android tablets Golden Oldie post: Select Text All the Way to the End Obscure I...
Jul 26, 2012•31 min
New bug fixes from Adobe; Cool Keyboard Shortcuts; CS6 Features for EPUBs; Obscurity of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-176.mp3 (18.1 MB, 34:25 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. InDesign News: Fix for InDesign Crashing on 2012 Macs Fix for InDesign CS6 "Revert to Trial Mode" bug Some useful new ideas for Cool Keyboard Shortcuts New features in InDesign CS6 for EPUB publishers Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: In...
Jul 17, 2012•34 min
Creative Cloud; Option-double-click; Obscurity of the Week: Split Cell Vertically -- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-175.mp3 (19.5 MB, 35:32 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The Adobe Creative Cloud: What is it? In the "cloud" vs. on your hard drive The good, the bad, the foggy Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Option/Alt-double-click Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Split Cell Vertically News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software : ...
Jul 05, 2012•36 min
IDSLive-NYC recap; EPUB3 and Fixed Layout; Options for iPad publishing; hyperlinks myths; Obscurity of the Week: Copy Platform Style Path --- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-174.mp3 (23.1 MB, 41:06 minutes) (Yikes!) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News in the land of InDesign InDesignSecretsLive NYC : Recap of our June 12-13 event Apple announces iBooks supports EPUB3 on the iPad Kris Coppetier's incredible ePubCrawler , a fixed-layout script for InDesign Best opt...
Jun 20, 2012•42 min
New eBook on InDesign CS6; PePcon 2012 and 2013; Charts and Graphs; Obscurity of the Week: Monochromatic ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-173.mp3 (15.4 MB, 27:20 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News Our newest eBook! Guide to InDesign CS6 (and CS5.5) New Features by Keith Gilbert Our PePcon 2012 recap: Highlights, info, job leads PePcon 2013 Announcement! April 29–May 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas Join ...
May 25, 2012•27 min
New lynda.com InDesign videos; Creative Cloud; Acrobat forms tools in InDesign CS6; Obscurity of the Week: World-Ready Composer Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-172.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Yikes! We recorded this on May 9 (pre-PePcon), but didn't get a chance to publish it until today, a week later (post-PePcon). Apologies for time-shifted content! News News in PEPCONland, Adobeland, and Lyndaland Join us in New York City, June ...
May 17, 2012•33 min
Japanese Dots; CS6 Launch Event, Creative Cloud, Grayscale Export; Obscurity of the Week: Change Time -- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-171.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News PEPCON (May 14-16) is all about connecting people with the best solutions Or join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC David's excursion to find Japanese Dots! Behind the scenes at the CS6 launch event on Monday Exporting Grayscale P...
Apr 30, 2012•32 min
PEPCON discount; Underappreciated IDCS6 features; Obscurity of the Week: Auto-Size Link Info Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-170.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News PEPCON (May 14-16) is almost sold out with attendees coming from six continents. First five people to use code SF100 save $100! Or join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC Anne-Marie's Top Underappreciated and Underdiscussed Features in InDesig...
Apr 26, 2012•33 min
News; Keith Gilbert Interview, Changing Document Size, Obscurity of the Week: Scissors Tool -------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-169.mp3 (18.2 MB, 32:32 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News Sit down with your favorite InDesign authors and scripters at the Print + ePublishing Conference (May 14-16, San Francisco) On the East Coast? See us June 13-14: InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC Interview with Keith Gi...
Mar 20, 2012•39 min
Drawing in InDesign; Quizzler Winner (finally); Shortcut of the Week: Paste Into; Obscurity of the Week: Convert Direction Point Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-168.mp3 (18.2 MB, 32:32 minutes) [media id=89 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Announcements Congratulations to Mike Rankin , new Editor-in-Chief of InDesign Magazine and CreativePro.com Mike is one of the speakers at our Print + ePublis...
Mar 13, 2012•33 min
InDesign Events; ID to EPUB scripts; Shortcut of the Week; Quizzler Update; Obscurity of the Week: Japanese Dots Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-167.mp3 (15.9 MB, 28:51 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Upcoming InDesign Events and Deadlines March 2: Early bird ends for Print + ePublishing Conference (May 14-16, San Francisco) March 3: Creating Digital Publications with InDesign , UC Berkeley June 13-14: I...
Feb 28, 2012•29 min
Upcoming events and deadlines; TOCCON recap; John McWade Interview; Quizzler Results; Obscurity of the Week: Sample Buttons ------------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-166.mp3 (19.8 MB, 35:56 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Upcoming InDesign Events and Deadlines March 2: Early bird ends for Print + ePublishing Conference (May 14-16, San Francisco) March 3: Creating Digital Publications with InDesign , UC Berkeley June 13-14: InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC ...
Feb 19, 2012•36 min
Chris Kitchener interview; Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: Butt Cap Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-165.mp3 (16.2 MB, 30:11 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager Thoughts on CS "Next" New releases: Too many? Too few? The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below) Obscure InDesign Fe...
Jan 21, 2012•30 min
Layer Tricks; Hides/Show keyboard shortcuts; Obscurity of the Week: Stylistic Sets Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-164.mp3 (15.8 MB, 28:55 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Layer Tricks! Stacking, dragging, show/hide layout objects Dragging objects from one group to another Managing nested objects Using the "southern double-click" Show (in layout) selected layer object Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know: C...
Jan 07, 2012•29 min
John McWade; InDesign CS6+ Wishlist; WTH - Allow Document Pages to Shuffle; Obscurity of the Week: Star Inset ----------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-163.mp3 (17.5 MB, 32:06 minutes) [media id=84 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. 2012 PePConference update: John McWade (Before & After) added to speaker list InDesign wishlists for CS6, CS7, and beyond Create form fields (for PDFs) In-app, n...
Dec 30, 2011•32 min
PePConference News; Matthew Diener interview; Keyboard Shortcut of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Create Guides --------------------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-162.mp3 (15.2 MB, 28:04 minutes) [media id=83 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. 2012 PePConference news; secret goodies for early early registrants Interview with Matthew Diener, editor of EPUBSecrets.com InDesign Shortcut of the W...
Dec 17, 2011•28 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-161.mp3 (16.4 MB, 30:32 minutes) [media id=82 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. New sister site: ePubSecrets.com ! All about the new Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon Creating accessible PDFs with InDesign: Tips and Resources Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Artifact News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools is the developer of World Tools Pro ...
Nov 30, 2011•31 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (15.3 MB, 28:32 minutes) [media id=81 width=* height=20] See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: Anne-Marie's Las Vegas recap, Podcast survey results, Goodie boxes Interview with Josh Nguni, Namibia's InDesign User Group leader Adobe's Creative Cloud: A brief overview and discussion Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Objects Move with Page News and special offers from our ...
Nov 16, 2011•29 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (14.6 MB, 26:28 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Podcast listener survey, with prizes! Smackdown: The Print dialog box vs. the Printer dialog box WTH? The Color panel Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reverse Path News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Silicon Publishing boasts over 20 programmers and other technology professionals who deliver elect...
Oct 30, 2011•26 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-158.mp3 (19.9 MB, 36:34 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News David's Adobe MAX recap Adobe's new Single Edition DPS Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas , Nov 2 Interview with James Fritz and Mike Rankin New Podcast Feature: "Who Knew?" Quizzler Winner! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Full Menus News and special offers from our sponsors: >&...
Oct 17, 2011•37 min
Live performances coming up; InDesign to Kindle; KBSC of the Week; Obscurity of the Week: Leading Edge ------ Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-157.mp3 (17.1 MB, 31:39 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Live performances David & Fritz at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5 Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas , Nov 2 Anne-Marie at PubWest conference. in Las Vegas, Nov 3-5 Anne-Marie and Mike Rankin at O...
Sep 28, 2011•32 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News and Announcements James Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Milwaukee , Sept 27 Anne-Marie's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas , Nov 2 David & Fritz are presenting with Russell Brown at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5 Mike Rankin's 3-city InDesignFX tour of midwest IDUGs, Sept 13–15 All about Change Case; tips...
Sep 07, 2011•26 min
Back to School episode; Best resources for lifelong learners of InDesign; Upcoming events; Obscurity of the Week: Select Next Object ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-155.mp3 (15.5 MB, 28:27 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe. Back to School episode! Resources for life-long learners of InDesign Books, videos, forums, templates, for users at any lev...
Sep 01, 2011•29 min
Milwaukee Seminar; Writing in InDesign; WTH feature: Fit Selection to Window; Obscurity of the week: Odd Page Break Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-154.mp3 (17.8 MB, 34:27 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe. Writing in InDesign: why would you write from scratch in a page-layout program? Our first-ever What-The-Heck (WTH) feature: Fit Selection to Window Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Odd Page Break -...
Aug 10, 2011•34 min
Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-153.mp3 (16.9 MB, 30:27 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Tables Tables Tables! Answers to: Table styles with column widths? Find (and change) tables with Find/Change? Merge two tables into one, easily? Fill table cells with placeholder text? Insert consecutive numbers in a ...
Jul 29, 2011•30 min
