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!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• InDesign CC 2017: New features, Keeping older versions, Updated ID New Features Guide
• CreativePro Week 2017
• Where does Javed Ali and the rest of the team work? In Noida, Delhi, and Gurgaon
• Join the InDesign prerelease team
• Here are the OIFsOTW we talked about! 1. Non-joiner 2. Flush space 3. Barbell 4. Magnet 5. Float 6. Choke 7. Straight Hash 8. Folder Zero 9. Butt Cap 10. Jumbo
• This episode's OIFOTW: Alpha Channel

Here are a couple pictures from The InDesign Conference 2016:

Anne-Marie and David welcoming the crowd to The InDesign Conference 2016 Anurag Wahi and Javed Ali, InDesign product managers/engineers, answering questions during the Ask Adobe Anything session