InDesignSecrets Podcast 135

Quizzler answers (InDesign limits); Steve Werner interview (preflighting digital publications); Obscurity of the week: Postscript Level

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• Quizzler Winner (and answers)!
  • Largest number of tab stops in a paragraph
  • Largest document page size, smallest page size
  • Most number of columns on a page
  • Most number of pages in a document, highest page number (screen shot below!)
• Steve Werner interview, InDesign trainer and blog contributor
  • Preflighting for print and for digital publications
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PostScript Level

-- News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial offer! And be sure to vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award right now! (InDesign represent!)   >> In-Tools just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent "the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more." Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages. In-Tools also makes the free ScriptBay: If you use scripts with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the other Creative Suite apps, you need this freebie Scripts panel replacement.   >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount.

-- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Here's a great thread on MathMagic from our forum members, including a cool 13-minute video about using MathMagic one user posted (scroll down to the end of the thread to see the embedded video) > Check out Steve Werner's InDesignSecrets webinar recordings (the Preflighting Deep Dive one is especially popular) > Steve's current webinar company that he runs with Mark Atchley is CS-Magic.com > Vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award > More info on PostScript (Level) 3 from Adobe > InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler! -- Now you just need to charge per page ...