InDesignSecrets Podcast 197

Getting HTML out of InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers

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• 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

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• Ajar Production's in5 ID > HTML 5 plugin
• Michael Murphy's InDesign & HTML article is in InDesign Magazine issue 53
• Here's his lynda.com course, InDesign for Web Design and Udemy course, From InDesign to HTML
• MailChimp's "How HTML Email Works"
• Steve Werner shows how to Hide/Show PDF Layers with buttons