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August 31, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 132
Twitter poem; CID fonts; Quizzler results; Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000

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Anne-Marie: Twitter poet laureate

David's ongoing battle with CID encoding

Quizzler Results (Making things invisible) and winners

Upcoming seminars debuting in September

PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk

2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko’s SudokuGenerator plug-in lets you to generate Sudoku puzzles directly in InDesign. Spice up the next newsletter with your own Sudoku, or go into the Sudoku puzzle book business! There are many options and settings you can customize. The $149 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS132 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the SudokuGenerator plug-in.

-- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Sigil, the open source EPUB editor > ePubChecker can run as a Java app on Mac/Windows > Anne-Marie's winning poem (but here's her magnum opus) > David's post about CID fonts and here are more CID-related links > Mike's post about navigating panels from the keyboard > Congrats to Quizzler winner Dan V. and runner-up Peter G.! Dan gets Real World InDesign CS5 and Peter wins those neat Keyboard Shortcut Stickers David was playing with during the podcast > InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts posters (CS2, Cs3, CS4, and CS5!) > PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler
36 min
August 31, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 132
Twitter poem; CID fonts; Quizzler results; Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000
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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-132.php for Show notes, links, discount codes, and to leave a comment!
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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-132.mp3 (17.2 MB, 31:27 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Anne-Marie: Twitter poet laureate
David's ongoing battle with CID encoding
Quizzler Results (Making things invisible) and winners
Upcoming seminars debuting in September
PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Always subset fonts with glyph counts greater than 2000
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> Rorohiko’s SudokuGenerator plug-in lets you to generate Sudoku puzzles directly in InDesign. Spice up the next newsletter with your own Sudoku, or go into the Sudoku puzzle book business! There are many options and settings you can customize. The $149 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS132 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the SudokuGenerator plug-in.

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Links mentioned in this podcast: > Sigil, the open source EPUB editor
> ePubChecker can run as a Java app on Mac/Windows
> Anne-Marie's winning poem (but here's her magnum opus)
> David's post about CID fonts and here are more CID-related links
> Mike's post about navigating panels from the keyboard
> Congrats to Quizzler winner Dan V. and runner-up Peter G.! Dan gets Real World InDesign CS5 and Peter wins those neat Keyboard Shortcut Stickers David was playing with during the podcast
> InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts posters (CS2, Cs3, CS4, and CS5!)
> PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler
36 min
August 17, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 131
7.02 patch update; Bob Levine interview; Quizzler and Seminars news; Obscurity of the Week: Comma, period, slash

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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-131 for links, discount codes, and to leave a comment!

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7.02 patch update for InDesign/InCopy CS5: What does it fix?

Interview with Bob Levine, the "InDesignGuy" and InDesignSecrets.com contributor

Upcoming seminars debuting in September

PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk

2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comma, period, slash (they have a secret life as obscure keyboard shortcuts)

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

-- Links mentioned in this podcast: > James Fritz's CS5 7.02 Update post and links > Bob Levine's web site, TheInDesignGuy.com; Twitter: @idguy > Story Editor posts: Hidden Gems, Table Editing (videocast) > David's post about the spreads issue in interactive PDFs from CS5 > PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler
44 min
August 17, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 131
7.02 patch update; Bob Levine interview; Quizzler and Seminars news; Obscurity of the Week: Comma, period, slash
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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-131 for links, discount codes, and to leave a comment!
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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-131.mp3 (20.7 MB, 38:16 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
7.02 patch update for InDesign/InCopy CS5: What does it fix?
Interview with Bob Levine, the "InDesignGuy" and InDesignSecrets.com contributor
Upcoming seminars debuting in September
PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comma, period, slash (they have a secret life as obscure keyboard shortcuts)
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News and special offers from our sponsors:
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering.

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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> James Fritz's CS5 7.02 Update post and links
> Bob Levine's web site, TheInDesignGuy.com; Twitter: @idguy
> Story Editor posts: Hidden Gems, Table Editing (videocast)
> David's post about the spreads issue in interactive PDFs from CS5
> PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
> Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts and the Quizzler
44 min
July 30, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 130
Survey winner; Navigating long docs; Two new seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Select and Fit Item

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Details below, or go to the Show Notes page at http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-130.php for links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment!

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Congratulations to Laurie from Columbus, Ohio, our Survey prize winner!

Navigating through long InDesign docs: tips, tricks, and hidden features

Two new seminars debut in September

PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk

2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new "Beyond Print" day

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select and Fit Item (screen shot below)

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko's Color2Gray plug-in lets you convert placed color images to grayscale without modifying the original color image; no trips to Photoshop required! A huge timesaver for many publishers, the $29 plug-in works in CS1 to CS5, Mac or Windows. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS130 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the Color2Gray plug-in.

-- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Our post about Jim Maivald's new XML/InDesign video series from Lynda.com > Use our Lynda.com 24-hour Free Trial to see all their videos > Love the Quizzler? We have a great one coming up in the next InDesignSecrets newsletter > David's Real World InDesign CS5 book (with Bob Bringhurst!) is coming soon > Not using CS5 yet? Here's what "Select and Fit Item" looks like:
36 min
July 07, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 129
User survey; Sorting tables; PDFs from Print Booklet; Obscurity of the Week: Include Menu Commands

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Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-129.php for Show Notes, links, and to leave a comment!

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Take our quickie InDesignSecrets user survey, win a prize!

Sorting Tables, a story with three morals

PDFs from Print Booklet: Solutions for Mac users

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Menu Commands

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> WinSoft International designs, develops, and localizes software for emerging markets, including InDesign ME (Middle Eastern). Their new plug-in ScribeDOOR for InDesign ($89) adds the ability to edit and treat text in 21 complex languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and many Indian scripts. It can be installed, as a plug-in, in all Roman versions of InDesign CS4 or CS5, and those files can be opened and viewed by any other CS4 or CS5 user without them needing the plug-in. There is a free trial of the plug-in available. >> Rorohiko's TextExporter 3.0 plug-in makes exporting text out of InDesign CS2-CS5 so simple! You can export all the stories in an ID file into one single RTF, plain text, or ID tagged text file, and you control how it orders the text as it extracts and concatenates it. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS129 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 20% off the TextExporter plug-in.

-- Links mentioned in this podcast: > InDesignSecrets User Survey deadline is July 15 2010. Only 5 questions, and there's a $150 Lynda.com video raffle prize! > Peter Kahrel's Sort Table script and David's post about it > Steve Werner's posts about Print Booklet (168 comments since April 2007) and Snow Leopard & the Adobe PDF Printer (127 comments since August 2009) > Download the Acrobat 9.0 PPD (you might want to right-click and Save Link As)
35 min
June 25, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 128
InDesign to ePub; Quizzler results (triangles); Obscurity of the week: Single Word Justification
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InDesign to ePub

What is it, why should you care?

Essentials of getting your InDesign file ePub-ready

Common glitches and tweaks

Quizzler Results! Two winners and many honorable mentions for their creative triangle-creation methods (full list after Links, below)

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Single Word Justification

InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Santa Fe, Denver, and more in the fall!

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don't win, you can always register for any 2010 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering. >> Rorohiko's StoryTweaker ($99) plug-in lets editors and writers access your InDesign file's text without needing to own InDesign or InCopy. The plug-in is associated with one InDesign seat, but allows that user to create an unlimited number of AssignmentTweaker sets, which is what the editors open and work on. The workflow is spelled out on the StoryTweaker site, and there's a 20-day free trial available. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS128 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the StoryTweaker plug-in. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > All posts tagged with "epub" in InDesignSecrets.com > Liz Castro's Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis blog > The #ePrdctn Twitter hashtag is all about ePub production > Great eReader matrix (what device reads what format) > Adobe Digital Editions ePub reader utility > All InDesignSecrets recorded webinars > James Michener's Alaska > InDesignSecretsLive! Seminars -- How to create a triangle in InDesign 1. Pen Tool: Click four times 2. Pencil Tool: Draw carefully! 3. Line Tool: Draw three lines, then select the endpoints with Direct Selection tool and choose Object > Paths > Join 4. Draw a one-cell table. Put stroke on two sides and leave two sides set to None stroke. Then add diagonal line in Cell Options dialog box. 5. Click once with the Polygon tool and set it to three sides and zero inset 6. Convert any frame to triangle (Object > Convert Shape > Triangle) 7. Use a photo of a triangle, make clipping path with detect edges then convert path to frame 8. Use a triangle character from a font, such as "p" in Wingdings 3 (then use Type > Create Outlines) 9. Draw a rectangle, then use Direct Selection tool to drag a corner point to the frame's middle point 10. Draw a rectangle, then use Direct Selection tool to delete one of the corner points or scale it to 0% 11. Add an angled gradient fill that ends abruptly 12. Draw two rectangles. Rotate one so that it overlaps the first, select both then use Object > Pathfinder > Intersect 13. Paste one rectangle into another and rotate the first one inside the other 14. Arrange three rectangles so negative space creates a triangle shape 15. Draw a very short line, but make it very thick in Strokes panel. Give it an endpoint of a triangle (so that the triangular endpoint covers up the whole of the line) 16. Type capital "A" in a frame and convert the frame to outlines. Select and choose Object > Path > Release Compound Path. Delete the "outside" path and use the triangular counter. 17. Draw an ellipse. Choose the Pen tool and click on one point of the ellipse to delete it. Now hold down the Option/Alt key (to get temporary Convert Point tool) and click the 3 remaining points. 18. View a screen shot of a triangle created by rotating three pages using Mike Rankin's Transform Pages trick Have more? Add them to the comments below!
43 min
June 09, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 127
All about Leading; Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Use Master Color
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All About Leading

Leading-related Preference settings

When to use Auto-Leading and when not to

Baseline grid and leading, First line offset and leading, and more!

Quizzler! Ladies and Germs, man your InDesign tools

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Use Master Color

InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!

-- Quizzler instructions: Think you have the answer to this episode's Quizzler? Do not post it here in a comment! Instead, send your answer(s) in an e-mail to [email protected], with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line. (Note: InDesignSecrets.com contributors, past and present, aren't eligible. Sorry, Fritz!) Deadline for receipt of entries is midnight PST on Friday, June 18, 2010. The top two winners will each receive a copy of Real World Illustrator CS4 — we will notify you by email if you win. In the case of a three- or more-way tie, we'll choose two winners randomly. Good luck! -- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko ("Slash the time it takes!") has a number of cool plug-ins for InDesign users that slash the amount of time it takes to get something done! We love FrameReporter ($29 US) because it lets you see small informational tags when you click on a frame, such as the image's effective resolution or how many words are overset. You can even use it to name frames, and then navigate around your layout via the names. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS127 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the FrameReporter plug-in. >> CtrlPublishing offers a highly useful plugin called CtrlChanges that lets you track text changes in InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5, just like in Microsoft Word and InCopy. With the CtrlChanges plug-in you can see the tracked changes markup in the layout as well as the Story Editor, and you can print them too! (Two features that not even the new Track Changes feature in CS5 has.) There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > All posts tagged with "leading" in InDesignSecrets.com > Blog post about Rogue Leading and When Leading is Ignored > Podcast #95 had Skip by Leading as its OIFOTW > White Labels > InDesignSecretsLive! Seminars
33 min
May 30, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 126
Best and Worst little CS5 features; Blog posts of the week; Obscurity of the Week: Folder 0-------Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-126.php for show notes, links, and to leave a comment!--------Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-126.mp3 (19 MB, 36:14 minutes)See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
Favorite little features in InDesign CS5
New control panel widgets, Patient user mode always on (AM), Minion Pro default, more
Least-favorite, little annoyances in InDesign CS5
Change in panel tabs, New Window menu organization, Patient user mode always on (DB), more
Hot Blog Posts of the Week
Configurator for InDesign, TweetChats, InDesign to iPad
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Folder 0
InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!
News and special offers from our sponsors:>> Rorohiko ("Slash the time it takes!") keeps improving their so-useful Soxy utility—the latest beta now supports InDesign CS5. With Soxy installed, users with multiple versions InDesign installed can go back to simply double-clicking INDD files to open them, because Soxy makes sure they open in the correct version of the program. Soxy also supports file/version matching with multiple versions of Illustrator, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, among others. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS126 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the $19 Soxy utility. >> CtrlPublishing makes CtrlCrossTalk, a magical plug-in that lets InCopy users edit any story in an InDesign layout file, without the designer needing to export the stories to InCopy format first. They have another plugin, CtrlCrossTalkID that lets the InDesign user "lock" the frames that the InCopy user should not be able to edit. Listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.>> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.--Links mentioned in this podcast:> Lie back and think of England
42 min
May 19, 2010InDesignSecrets Podcast 125
PeP Conference recap; ePub cover art tip; Graphic FX ebook; Top 40 Tips ebook; Dropbox; Chicago and San Francisco seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Master Page Overlay-------Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-125.php for show notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment!-------Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-125.mp3 (14.6 MB, 27:39 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

2010 Print & ePublishing Conference Recap

Tip for creating ePub cover art in InDesign

Two new eBooks debut this week:

InDesignSecrets Guide to Graphic Effects, Mike Rankin's new eBook

InDesignSecrets Top 40 Tips, most useful/popular tips from the blog in one place

Using Dropbox with InDesign projects/workflows

Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Master Page Overlay

and Kris Coppieter's cool EnslaveMaster plugin

InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco, Chicago, more!

Tuesday Tweets! Use hashtag #idsl on Tuesday 10 a.m. PST

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> CtrlPublishing empowers InDesign's Layers panel with its CtrlLayers plug-in, such as creating new documents from visible layers. There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5. >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Print & ePublishing Conference and the flickr group pictures > Our ePub cover art tip is courtesy of Gabriel Powell > Visit our eBooks page for store links and sample chapters > Sign up for your free Dropbox account (Mac/Windows/Linux) > San Francisco and Chicago InDesignSecretsLive seminar info/registration > Kris Coppieter's EnslaveMaster plugin (now called TransformMaster)
32 min

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