In this episode: News: Registration opens for The InDesign Conference , Free InDesign template of the month Getting HTML 5 out of InDesign: Why and How? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Missing Glyph Protection News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko : Check out Rorohiko's upcoming "Crawler," a new InDesign plug-in that will let you export a layout's content to HTML, ePub, Fixed Layout, and even Markdown (like the "RTF" of HTML). Its Fixed Layout output will have an opt...
Jul 31, 2014•25 min
In this episode: News: PePcon 2015 announced, Adobe releases CC 2014, InDesign Conference, new Lynda.com videos PePcon 2014 highlights and our favorite sessions and new tips New features in InDesign CC 2014 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ink Alias News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Managing Editor (MEI) : Their new service TruEdit is a turnkey solution that integrates with InDesign and DPS, allowing your teams to collaboratively create, manage and deliver digital content ...
Jun 29, 2014•29 min
In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2014, CC update, Mike Rankin new EIC of InDesignSecrets.com A few great third-party companies you should know about The State of the Flattening Universe: Still need to flatten transparency when exporting to PDF for press? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: False Italic News and special offers from our sponsors: >> eDocker : With eDocker CREATE ! it's very easy to build interactive publications directly from Adobe InDesign to be published as sta...
May 30, 2014•27 min
In this episode: AM's field report from the Edward Tufte one-day course Huge InDesign Magazine issue coming up, all about Adobe DPS Interview with Ben Schott, author of Miscellany and Schottenfreude Hidden uses for Live Preflight Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entry End News and special offers from our sponsors: >> PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference is the place to be to learn more about using Adobe InDesign for print, PDF, epub, and tablet publication projects. Come to Chic...
Apr 28, 2014•44 min
EpubSecrets.com, InCopySecrets.com, Spring-loaded shortcuts, Chad Chelius interview, Obscurity of the Week: Indic Script Preferences In this episode: News from the land of InDesign InCopySecrets.com and ePubSecrets.com are alive again! PePcon 2014 early bird deadline coming up! Spring-loaded shortcuts When they save time and not Other obscure "dynamic" shortcuts Interview with Chad Chelius, new Editor-in-Chief of InCopySecrets.com Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Indic Preferences Script Ne...
Mar 27, 2014•31 min
InDesign Magazine; PePcon 2014; Typekit; Hyperlinks; Workspaces; OFOTW: Clear All Details below! ------------------------ News from the land of InDesign InDesign Magazine goes monthly Magazine is now a benefit of InDesignSecrets.com paid membership Special instructions for existing InDesign Magazine subscribers New site up for PePcon 2014, just 4 months away! Answers to attendee questions from our InDesign Masters webinar, including: Typekit ins and outs Shared destination hyperlinks Previewing ...
Feb 26, 2014•29 min
In this Very Special New Year's episode: News: PePcon speakers and sessions posted, Anne-Marie at ADIM14, new lynda.com InDesign CC to EPUB title released All about the latest InDesign CC update (9.2) Easier and more stable Hyperlinks Typekit integration EPUB improvements and new features 3 New Things we each want to learn in 2014 Anne-Marie: Cloud publishing, In5 plug-in, and Editorial/Design workflow platforms David: Web apps from InDesign, Phone Gap and Baker Framework, and the violin! Obscur...
Jan 22, 2014•28 min
In this episode: News: InDesign Conference; PePcon ; Lynda Weinman creative keynote! Neglected Panels (some you may not even know about) Worth a(nother) look: Info, Tool Hints, Kuler, Background Tasks, Story, Attributes Forgettable for most users: Trap Presets, Timing (until HTML 5 export!), Script Label, Tags, Transform (redundant!), Flattener Preview Wait-and-see: Adobe Exchange Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Consolidate All to Here News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em...
Dec 07, 2013•29 min
CreativePro.com reader survey; Getting started with InCopy; Obscurity of the Week: Apply Gamma Correction In this episode: News: CreativePro.com survey Getting Started with InCopy Cost (comes with Creative Cloud!) Basic setup for small and large groups, local and remote Using its unique features for InDesign purposes Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Apply Gamma Correction News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Lynda.com is the nation's premiere provider of online instruction fo...
Nov 15, 2013•25 min
The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. In this episode: Adobe Creative Cloud — 6 Months Later Working? Broken? Anne-Marie and David argue it out Reports from the field Some options that could help those who are stuck Issues specific to InDesign users and developers as opposed to other Adobe apps Open source and other page layout competition Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Adobe Product Improvement Program News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko has this ne...
Oct 30, 2013•35 min
Call for speakers; TypeKit; Text Wrap Rap; Obscurity of the Week: Largest Area ----------- A little bit of news: TypeKit is now available for all Adobe CC subscribers PePcon 2014 open for registration! Last call for PePcon speakers! Fill out our friendly form Text Wrap Rap Confusing bits clarified Little-known tips and tricks What are all those contour options? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Largest Area News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer of D...
Oct 23, 2013•26 min
PePcon.com is live; Word to InDesign Nightmares and Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility ----------- A little bit of news: PePcon 2014 site is live! InDesign CS6.02 update 5 Word-to-InDesign "Nightmares" and how to solve them! Formatting, links, pictures, styles, oy! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko brings the illusion of multiple strokes and fills to InDesign frames with its Magneto ...
Sep 30, 2013•30 min
200th episode spectacular extravaganza; Memories, time travel, and outtakes; Obscurity of the Week: Credits ----- Our 200th episode! (and our 25th year (each) in the field) Milestone memories from David and Anne-Marie Time traveling through the podcast episodes Podcast outtakes! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Credits News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft : Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign?s File menu wi...
Sep 15, 2013•37 min
News; Five Gotchas and their fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Comb -------------- The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News Call for PePcon 2014 speakers New lynda.com video tutorials by Anne-Marie ( ID and Word ) and David ( Interactive PDFs ) Update to InDesign CC and InCopy CC released Five Common (and easily-fixed) InDesign Gotchas! Jumping text, disappearing guides, copy/paste between versions, and more Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comb News and special offers from our ...
Aug 28, 2013•24 min
QR Codes; Sandee Cohen guest co-host; Obscurity of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits ----------- Sandee Cohen, our guest star in the studios! Innovative use for InDesign CC's QR Code feature! More tips for QR codes than you can imagine The cool TaDa! QR plugin from Rorohiko Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow , two plug...
Aug 21, 2013•21 min
Getting HTML out of InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers ----- Getting HTML out of InDesign Layout "geometry" issues Useful plug-ins HTML and CSS options Resources (aka Michael Murphy) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft : Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents directly in Adobe InDesign CC right from InDesign’s File menu with their latest version (4.0) of PDF2ID , the amazing InDesign ...
Jul 14, 2013•25 min
HOWDesign and print; Paper love; Obscurity of the Week: Candy ----- David re-fell in love with print at HOW! Sappi, washi, and plastic! Hamilton Type Museum Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Candy News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer of DocsFlow and WordsFlow , two plug-ins for Adobe InDesign that dynamically link your text frames to online Google Docs (DocsFlow) or placed Word files (WordsFlow). These products enable a breakthrough publishing work...
Jul 01, 2013•23 min
InDesign CC ships; Upcoming appearances; All About Frames; Obscurity of the week: Link Images Direct Link http://traffic.libsyn.com/indesignsecrets/InDesignSecrets-195.mp3 --------- Show Notes: News: InDesign CC released! (and InCopy CC too!) David at HOWLive Anne-Marie at AAUP and Maine Media Workshops New lynda.com title: InDesign CC Essential Training Frame-stravaganza: Prepare to be Amazed! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Link Images News and special offers from our sponsors: >> ...
Jun 24, 2013•21 min
PEPCON 2013 recap; InDesign CC new features; Creative Cloud pros and cons; Obscurity of the week: Autotag In this episode (41:01 minutes): PEPCON 2013 recap! We share some of our favorite moments InDesign CC is coming June 17! What's it all about? What are the new features? Adobe moves all-in to the Creative Cloud: The good, the bad, the undecided; we duke it out! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Autotag News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft : Open and convert PDF and...
May 30, 2013•41 min
Diane Burns guest co-host; Multilingual Publishing; Sharing DPS apps; Obscurity of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke -- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-193.mp3 (17.8 MB, 33.54 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Special! David and guest co-host Diane Burns rock this episode. How to publish in more than one language How to share a DPS app with a group (bypassing the App Store) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Swap Fill and Stroke -- News and special offers f...
May 21, 2013•34 min
News, Kelly Vaughn co-host, Conditional Text; Quizzler 190 Answer; Obscurity of the Week: Hidden Destination ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-192.mp3 (14.4 MB, 27:45 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. A very special episode with guest co-host Kelly Vaughn! News PEPCON News: IGNITE InDesign , Sunni Brown keynote, Scavenger Hunt game All about Kelly Vaughn and her blog, DocumentGeek Deep Dive into Conditional Text Quizzler 190 Answer! (see below) .. And t...
Apr 23, 2013•28 min
CreativePro and InDesign Magazine now part of InDesignSecrets; PEPCON networking and sponsors; Spell checking tips; Quizzler reminder; Obscurity of the Week: Sort Items ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-191.mp3 (13.1 MB, 23:53 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News CreativePro.com and InDesign Magazine are now part of the InDesignSecrets.com family Bought from the fine folks at PrintingForLess.com PEPC...
Mar 30, 2013•24 min
Conference News; Overlooked InDesign Resources; Wacky New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Desaturate Black --- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-190.mp3 (12.5 MB, 23:17 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Conference News: SXSW, MAX, HOW, Maine Media Workshop, new PEPCON speakers Overlooked InDesign Resources (sites, pubs, books,etc.) Quizzler! "Awesome and Wacky," says David Obscure InDesign Feature of the We...
Mar 18, 2013•23 min
PEPCON Facebook page, Creative Cloud news, Vectors and Bitmaps in InDesign, Obscurity of the Week: Show Linked Files ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-189.mp3 (13.9 MB, 25:45 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: PEPCON networking site and Facebook page, New Adobe pricing for Creative Cloud Vectors vs. Bitmaps: What they are, how to get them, when to use one over the other Obscure InDesign Feature of...
Feb 28, 2013•26 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-188.mp3 (12.5 MB, 23:20 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: PEPCON , IDUG site and our forum All about the "Forbidden Formats" in InDesign: JPEG, GIF, and PNG Bonus! We get sidetracked and rant about Adobe Digital Editions (epub reader utility) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Letter V News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Em Software is the developer ...
Feb 22, 2013•23 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-187.mp3 (18.6 MB, 34:47 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Special episode with Anne-Marie and co-host James Fritz! News: Upcoming speaking gigs at Macworld , PEPCON , and Adobe MAX Solving Paragraph Composer Annoyances Fritz's UberCool Moo.com Business Card Project with InDesign Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Protractor News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec , an Adobe Authorized Training Centre i...
Jan 29, 2013•35 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-186.mp3 (17.4 MB, 32:37 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: Upcoming speaking gigs, InDesign User Group web site, Scripts for Indexes in EPUBs, Our mascot Zoey (picture below!) New Year's InDesign Resolutions (and non-InDesign related) About the Primary Text Frame "Negative Number" Quizzler Answer and Winner Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Relink File Extension New...
Jan 14, 2013•33 min
Layout Adjustment; Dear Santa; Quizzler Winners; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Load Conveyor ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-185.mp3 (15.8 MB, 29:16 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Layout Adjustment: Where did it go? Letter to Santa: Our InDesign Wishlist Two Quizzler Winners from episode 184 New Quizzler! Hunt this one down Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Load Conveyor News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko ’s Sto...
Dec 20, 2012•29 min
PEPCON 2013; Animation in InDesign; Horror Story; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Convert to Motion Path ---------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-184.mp3 (13 MB, 24:17 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News: PEPCON 2013! Animation Features in InDesign: What Can You Use them For? Another "InDesign Horror Story" with an Acrobat flair Quizzler! Get out your Find Font thinking caps Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Convert to Motion Path News and special...
Nov 29, 2012•24 min
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-183.mp3 (17.1 MB, 32:02 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News: Milestone: 2,000 blogposts! Erica Gamet's ID Power Pack New version of Export to Kindle plug-in Creative Cloud Education discount Teacup Software's new 2D barcodes EmSoftware Wordsflow Five MORE Overlooked and Lonely InDesign Features (Autocorrect anyone?) Another "InDesign Horror Story" ( née " Training Client from Hell") Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Us...
Oct 26, 2012•32 min
