Indesign Secrets

In this episode: News and Updates: Acrobat DC 2017 now available (what's new) CreativePro Week coming up May 22-26! InDesign Magazine April 2017: Type Effects! We examine the stunning achievement that is InDesign 2017.1 Interview with Theresa Jackson, Adobe guru, trainer, and designer Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Recently Published News and special offers from our sponsors: > Acuity Training, based in the UK, offers training in Adobe InDesign and the full range of Adobe products with Adobe qualified trainers, as well Microsoft and other software suites and programs. They've been awarded a Gold-Star Rating from Feefo.com for four years running. Up until May 31, 2017, InDesignSecrets podcast listeners can get 20% off Adobe training bookings by using the discount code indesignsecrets20.  Links mentioned in this podcast: Check out the sessions and speakers at CreativePro Week 2017 All about InDesign CC 2017.1 David's "Three Rules" article Theresa Jackson: her website, Behance page, and Insta

In this episode: News and Updates: Stellar line-up of speakers & sessions at the  InDesign Conference InDesign Magazine March 2017 is all about footnotes, endnotes, and sidenotes Using Acrobat's deeply buried Object Inspector on your InDesign PDFs! The Next Big Thing for interactive PDFs? We hear things ... Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Flip Pages (it's not what you think) News and special offers from our sponsors: > CircularFLO from Circular Software is an InDesign add-on that lets you easily create true replicas of existing print layouts. Directly export to fixed layout EPUB3 or the Amazon KF8 fixed layout format. You can include Read Aloud with no coding — add paragraph, sentence or word highlighting in time with an audio track. All new customers contacting Circular Software in April either by entering 'InDesign Secrets Podcast' when downloading CircularFLO or contacting us on our website can get a free trial credit for CircularFLO and extended trials of our print workflow apps GreenLig

In this episode: News and Updates: The InDesign Conference is part of CreativePro Week 2017 All InDesign Conference speakers and sessions are up! InDesign Magazine Feb. 2017, "Special Characters," is all about advanced typography Interview with Justin Seeley, Adobe genius and Star Wars nerd Fascinating fresh features for footnotes, finally Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Inline Background Color Links mentioned in this podcast: Check out the sessions and speakers at CreativePro Week 2017 Register now for the InDesign Conference 2017! Check out the InDesign Magazine issue on Special Characters and Typography Find the Greenlight service (cloud-based preflighting) on CircularSoftware.com CircularFLO (at circularflo.com) exports InDesign layouts to fixed-layout EPUB3 or the Amazon KF8 fixed layout format, optionally including Read Aloud narration with no coding Pagination does database publishing as a service! Use Tweak to edit InDesign documents and make print-ready PDFs in the cloud All about Jus

In this episode: News and Updates: InDesign Conference is part of CreativePro Week 2017 InDesign Magazine Jan. 2017 focuses on Editorial Tools GREP! QuickApply and Hyperlinks crash fix Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entire Pasteboard Links mentioned in this podcast: Full info (and registration!) for CreativePro Week 2017 GREP Favorite GREP expressions you can use 5 Cool Things you can do with GREP Styles The InDesignSecrets GREP Resources page Normalizing a phone number Finding stuff between quotes or parentheses Erica's GREP cheat sheet PDF Erica Gamet's YouTube channel GREP visualizer Treasures of GREP group on Facebook Happy Hanukah GREP: Chanukah is a Hebrew word that has no single English transliteration… so people write it in all kinds of ways. It's tricky because it starts with a "gutteral" sound that doesn't have any representation in English. (David thinks the most accurate spelling is Khanukkah -- but no one else agrees with him.) Erica's GREP to search for all the spellings: K*C

In this episode: News and Updates: InDesign Conference 2016 wrap-up InDesign Magazine Dec. 2016 focuses on Middle East design and fonts Our upcoming issue for Jan. 2017 is all about editorial tools in InDesign Registration open for the 2017 InDesign Conference, May 22-25, part of CreativePro Week The winning InDesign tip (by audience acclaim) from the 2016 ID Conference Our top 10 blog and magazine articles from 2016: good reading! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Customize Control Panel News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. All courses have been updated for CC 2017! Don't miss their 5-day InDesign zero-to-hero courses, culminating in taking the ACE exam at their site at the end. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook pag

A very special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at The InDesign Conference 2016! Scroll down to see a couple pictures. In this episode: News and Updates: Quick history lesson about our podcast InDesign CC 2017 released last week Fun times at AdobeMAX! InDesign Magazine Nov. 2016 is magical (literally) and comes with videos! Registration open for the 2017 InDesign Conference, May 22-25, part of CreativePro Week Interview with Mohammed Javed Ali, InDesign product manager Our top 10 OIFOTW's (Obscure InDesign Features) from episodes 3 to 237 And this episode's Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Alpha Channel News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Teacup Software is a consulting firm and a vendor of simple, elegant, and unobtrusive plug-ins for InDesign, including BarCodeMaker, PatternMaker (developed with our own David Blatner), and DataLinker, for linking to databases. They've recently updated their plugins to support InDesign CC 2017, too. Support your local InDesign developer!

In this episode: Latest news: Anne-Marie and David speaking at AdobeMAX 2016 The InDesign Conference 2016 is next week! InDesign Magazine Nov. 2016 is magical (literally) How-to's and gotchas when changing page sizes of a layout Interview with the awesome (and funny) Claudia McCue Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Rainbow   News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site). Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesign Conference

In this episode: Latest news: The InDesign Conference 2016 is just weeks away! New content, TRUMATCH giveaway InDesign Magazine Sept 2016: all about teaching InDesign InDesign Magazine Oct. 2016: InDesign Nightmares! We each describe 3 of our favorite free InDesign scripts Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Satin The QUIZZLER answer and winner! She had a 1 out of 1 chance of winning ;-) News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their

In this episode: Latest news: InDesign CC 2015.4 POINT 1 update ... oy the naming The InDesign Conference 2016 is coming soon — November! PePcon 2016 videos and CreativePro Conf 2016 videos are up InDesign Magazine Script-o-Pedia All about InDesign's new GPU feature Interview with Brian Wood, InDesign Guru Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Zoom Setting The QUIZZLER returns!   News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Teacup Software is a consulting firm and a vendor of simple, elegant, and unobtrusive plug-ins for InDesign, including BarCodeMaker, PatternMaker (developed with our own David Blatner), and DataLinker, for linking to databases. Teacup moved to a subscription-based pricing model earlier this year. You can take 15% off the first year of any subscription when you enter the code IDSECRETS15. Hurry, this offer will end in a few weeks. QUIZZLER: Listen to the podcast for the Quizzler, a simple question about InDesign that you can answer with a little searching. When you find the answ

In this episode: Latest news: InDesign CC 2015.4 update (and InCopy CC 2015.4 too!) Register for CreativePro Conference and The InDesign Conference June 2016 InDesign Magazine: Photography & InDesign July 2016 InDesign Magazine: Fonts and Typography PePcon Recap! And we each share one tip we learned at the show A number of tips to know about (Auto-) Numbered Lists Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Dimensions Include Stroke Weight News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Two of their trainers have been voted in as the top 10 trainers in the world!  Marek Mularcyk and Martin Prehiniak have achieved this over the last 12 months and accredited by Metrics that Matter. Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff when you mention InDesignSecrets

In this episode: Latest news: Creative Cloud Libraries get a welcome update Register for CreativePro Conference and The InDesign Conference May 2016 InDesign Magazine is a color (management) deep dive June 2016 InDesign Magazine: Photography & InDesign Making the UI (User Interface) your own Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Keep with Next Row   News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or at their site).   Links mentioned in this p

In this episode: Latest news: PePcon's community site, PePcon Connect, is live Register for PePcon, CreativePro Conference, InDesign Conference April 2016 InDesign Magazine: The White Space Issue May 2016 InDesign Magazine is a color (management) deep dive! Inside Mike Riordan's head (interview with our Editor-in-Chief!) All About Alternative Glyphs Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hide Column News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere provider of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Animate (née Flash) and Adobe AEM training, as well as many other software programs. Their students are achieving a 98% pass rate on all Adobe Certified Associate exams, so you know the instructors are the best! Certitec hold classes in Cardiff, London, or Bristol. Follow them on Twitter at @Certitec and keep up with their Facebook page. Enjoy a 20% discount on any class in London or Cardiff you mention InDesignSecrets while booking the class (on the phone or

In this episode: Latest news: All 3 conference sites are up and running and taking registrations! Ta-da! Check 'em out: PePcon, CreativePro Conference, InDesign Conference "The White(space) Issue" InDesign Magazine/April 2016 Interview with Daniel Dejan of Sappi Paper Using One-Hit-Wonders: Single Attribute Live Preflight Profiles Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Limit Number of Rows Per Error News and special offers from our sponsors: >> PePcon (the Print + ePublishing Conference) is for anyone who's on the front lines of creating publications and wants to peek over their own cubicle to see how others are tackling the same challenges. In the two-day multitrack event (plus pre- and post-conference workshop days) we dive into the "how-to" and "why" of print and digital publishing in a broad and deep way, covering InDesign, HTML5, PDF, print production, iBooks Author, mobile app development, CMS's, Editorial workflows, EPUBs, Kindle publishing, and more. Each speaker provides a detailed PDF handout,

In this episode: Latest news: PePcon 2016 speakers & sessions announced CreativePro Conference site is live InDesign Magazine content debuts on our blog DPS is now called AEM Mobile TruEdit announces InCopy support Interview with Bart Van de Weile A Shaded Paragraph Conundrum! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: [[:xdigit:]]  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko is a fine purveyor of many InDesign scripts and plug-ins. One of our favorites is TextExporter, a utility that comes in so handy, so often, that you forget it's not part of InDesign itself! Use TextExporter for those times when you need to extract all the text from a layout and put it into a single external text file, as plain text or formatted (RTF). Free 20-day trial, and when you realize how essential it is, you'll be happy to see the affordable, flexible pricing for single users and groups.   Links mentioned in this podcast: Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in June (also home of the

In this episode: Latest news: CreativePro Conference! PePcon, InDesign Conference, Creative Developer Summit Template Essentials, our new premium member benefit January 2016 InDesign Magazine: Publish Online David's new Color Management title at Lynda.com Our 2016 InDesign Resolution: Pay Attention to the Little Things! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko (or email dev@rorohiko.com) for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debuggi

In this episode: The InDesign Conference 2015: Our recap of the highlights New features in InDesign CC 2015.2, just released Tips on Using Adobe Stock photos in your layouts Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Check Links Before Opening Document News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko (or email dev@rorohiko.com) for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff! Links mentioned in this podcast: Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we'll see you in San Diego in Jun

In this episode: News: David's Big Climb DTP Tool's Cloud service Our favorite things we saw at Adobe MAX New features and services at Adobe Communities Two side-by-side views of one InDesign layout: Why and how? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Skip First News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko, owned by InDesign developer extraordinaire Kris Coppieters, is not just about plug-ins or scripts. They also provide expertise as scripters, software developers and consultants when it comes to automating part of a graphics workflow. Rorohiko's motto is 'Slash the time it takes' and that also applies to their 'Expertise on call' service. They have been instrumental in finding a simple, efficient solution to many of their customer's problems. Call on Kris and Rorohiko for help with publishing systems design, implementation, tech support, and debugging. They know their stuff! Links mentioned in this podcast: Our InDesign Conference is in Denver, CO; Nov. 16–18, 2015 And our debut Photoshop

In this episode: News: InDesign Tips at Adobe MAX 2015 Our latest InDesign titles at Lynda.com Gearing up for the InDesign Conference and the Photoshop Conference! Interview with Erica Gamet Publish Online feature: Pros, Cons, and more Ranting about the CC App Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show Content Offset News and special offers from our sponsors: >> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page). Links mentioned in t

In this episode: News: Recording across the table from each other! (a little echo-y) Come see us at Adobe MAX David's speaking at the LA IDUG PePcon 2016: Registration is Open! The Urge to Merge: All about combining INDD files Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Prevent Selection of Locked Objects News and special offers from our sponsors: >> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page). Links mentioned in this podcast: Our

In this episode: News: Agendas are up for InDesign Conference and Photoshop Conference Anne-Marie's new InDesign CC 2015 to EPUB video course InDesign Magazine new issues Exporting to HTML 5: New script! Interview with Bill Jelen (he's MrExcel.com) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Inside Edges  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> The Photoshop Conference, aka "The Photoshop Conference for the rest of us," is making its debut in November 16–18 in beautiful Denver, Colorado! Come and rub elbows with other designers, publishers, and production artists who want to learn from Photoshop pros like Deke McClelland, Lesa Snider, and Colin Smith.  Optional: Register for an All-Access pass so you go back and forth between this conference and The InDesign Conference, happening on the other side of the hall!  InDesignSecrets paid subscribers get $75 off registration using the code found in your Member Benefits (click "My Account" button at the top of the page).   Links mentioned in this podcas