August 27, 2012

InDesignSecrets Podcast 179

31 minutes

Collaborating with non-InDesign users; Quizzler!; Obscurity of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-179.mp3(16.8 MB, 31:28 minutes)

See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

Creative Cloud subscription special offer ends Aug. 31!

How to collaborate with non-InDesign users

PDF solutions: useful plug-ins, little-known features

Microsoft Word, Google Docs, InCopy

MediaTrad, Story Tweaker, more

Quizzler! How many ways can you ...

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Complex Rasterized Regions

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Quizzler Instructions: If you know the answer to this episode’s Quizzler, e-mail it (don’t post it here!) to [email protected] before midnight on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. Please put the word “Quizzler” in your Subject line. The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct responses received, and announced in the next podcast, along with the answer. --

Links mentioned in this podcast:

> Creative Cloud subscription offer ends Aug 31, 2013 ($29.99/mo instead of $49.99/mo for first year)

> Forum post about collaborating with non-InDesign users

> Docs Flow, InCopy, Annotations plug-in and blog, PDF2ID, PDF2Office, ID2Office, StoryTweaker, Media Trad

> Related reads: PDF > Word; PDF Reviews; Linked Word Files

> Anne-Marie's Acrobat X Essential Training at lynda.com (see chapter 11 on PDF Reviews)

> Flattener or Blattener Preview

ERRATA: After the show, Anne-Marie realized her Creative Cloud rant was partially wrong, you can log on to your CC from the Creative Cloud product page (problem was her browser). But she still feels it should be much better integrated into the Adobe site.

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