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InDesignSecrets Podcast 153


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Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers

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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 column?
    • Make a cell show the sum of its column or row (or other math)?
    • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion
    • Quizzler Winner - and Answers!!!! ("How many ways can you tell the current page number?")
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      >> In-Tools develops incredibly useful InDesign scripts (like MergeTables, mentioned in today's podcast) and plug-ins, but they would like you to know that they also develop custom solutions for clients. For example, company owner Harbs tells us, they're putting the final touches on a web-to-print solution for a customer that uses browser-editable InDesign templates with the InDesign server in the background (neat!). Check out Harbs's blog to see what he's up to, and contact him directly on his Contact page.
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      Links mentioned in this podcast:
      > Marijan's Fill Table with Placeholder Text script: TomaxxiFillTable.zip
      > Browse all of Marijan's InDesign scripts and other goodies
      > Harbs's Merge Tables script page
      > Browse all of Harbs's InDesign scripts
      > DTPTools's Active Tables plug-in
      > See the comments below for some of our favorite answers to the Quizzler sent in by listeners
      > Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler
      > Diane Burns's InDesign Table Magic webinar, and a list of all InDesignSecrets webinars
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