The CreativePro Podcast

News: Seminars, Webinars, Videos; Special Effects; SWF Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Arrange by Columns

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• News: A slew of new InDesign resources
  • Diane's eSeminar on Tables in ID (recording available) and Steve's upcoming eSeminar on Best Print/Prepress Practices for InDesign
  • Anne-Marie's three new InDesign "10 Things" video titles at lynda.com
  • InDesign Seminar tour in full swing; David in LA this week; AM in Boston and Minneapolis next week
• Eye Candy! ... Mike Rankin's multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign (see links below)
• SWFs in InDesign: David's discovery and Martinho's wonderful free script
• Results from the First Annual InDesignSecrets Survey
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Arrange by Columns

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> 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 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesign Seminar Tour Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration. Anne-Marie's 10 Things for InDesign videos: 10 Troubleshooting Steps; 10 Habits of Professionals; 10 Things Designers Should Know about Bridge Mike's Eye Candy series: Gravity's Shadow; Shine On; Punch-outs, Stickers, and Rips; Pattern Swatches; and Blending a la Mode David's SWF Discovery post and Martinho's SWF script

Seminars and Webinars; InCopy CS4 Guide; CS Developers Summit; Moving Pages Between Layouts; Obscurity of the Week: Line End

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• News: Upcoming Seminars and Webinars, InCopy CS4 Hands-On Guide
• Report from the Creative Suite Developer's Summit, complete with interviews with some of your favorite InDesign plug-in developers!
• Moving pages from one layout to another: tips and tricks
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Line End

News and special offers from our sponsors: >> myMacMac is the developer of a really neat InDesign plug-in called InDemand (see the Quicktime demo). InDemand adds an automation panel to the Mac (only) versions of InDesign CS2, CS3, or CS4 with all sorts of useful buttons and functions, such as a Repeater Grid and a Clipboard Filter. Great solution for many types of projects that require tedious formatting and arranging like catalogs and electronics ads. Use the coupon code CPN1141670880 for a 10% InDesignSecrets discount, valid until July 20, 2009. >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> Adobe Systems continues to show their support for InDesign users via their sponsorship of the InDesignSecrets podcast and videocast, so thanks, Adobe! They're trying to get the word out about how much time you can save if you move to the latest version of the Creative Suite, CS4. To see the Pfeiffer report we talked about in the podcast which documents the time savings ("CS4 Productivity for Design Professionals"), you can download the PDF here: http://tr.im/cs4time. It's interesting reading! -- Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesign Seminar Tour in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles (DB); and Boston, Minneapolis, and Chicago (AMC). Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration. InCopy CS4 Hands-on Guide (blog post with links) Andreas Pfeiffer report on CS4 productivity gains Check out the recorded sessions from the 2009 Creative Suite Developer's Summit Interviewed in the podcast: Mark Niemann-Ross (Adobe); Paul Chada (Recosoft); Lawrence Horwitz (Teacup Software); and Kris Coppietiers (Rorohiko) DesignGeek story on the Adobe App Store

Listener survey (with prizes!); Upcoming ID webinars and seminars by DB and AMC; Scaling and Resampling in ID; Obscurity of the Week: Snap-to Flag

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• News: Reader/Listener Survey, Upcoming Seminars and Webinars
• All about scaling and resampling in InDesign
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Snap-to Flag

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesignSecrets Listener Survey now with prizes! InDesign Seminar Tour in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles (DB); and Boston, Minneapolis, and Chicago (AMC). Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration. InDesign Troubleshooting & Repair Webinar, May 21 (Anne-Marie)Introduction to GREP in InDesign Webinar, May 28 (David) Zevrix LinkOptimizer plug-in Resample Images to 100% script (CS3/CS4 only)

Videocast stats; InDesign 101; Barcodes; Spell-checking; Obscurity of the Week: Threshold

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• InDesignSecrets Videocast 001 stats and reactions
• InDesign 101: Helping Complete Newbies Get Started
• Hot Button Posts: Creating barcodes, Please check the spell checker
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Threshold

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour travels through five cities in the US in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, with more dates in the fall. Deke McClelland's Photoshop Channels and Masks seminar; and Paul Trani's Getting Started with Flash seminars are also coming up! Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration off any of these. >> Adobe Systems has extended the deadline for their CS4 upgrade special offer: Customers with earlier versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Adobe Production Studio software can upgrade for the same price as those moving from CS3, up to a US$200 savings. The offer ends on April 30, 2009, in North America, after which they move to "tiered upgrade pricing." You can see the special offer's upgrade pricing chart at a glance, and then buy the upgrade at the Adobe.com store or your favorite reseller. (Sorry, no discount code—we tried!) -- Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesignSecrets Videocast 001: Line Styles and GREP Styles Barcodes in InDesign hot button post Spell-checking hot button post Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter

A Very Special Episode! (Happy Anniversary to Us): New Videocast; Trip Back in time to Episode 001; Funny Outtakes; Winners of the 1st Annual Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Font Version

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-100.mp3 (19.3 MB, 37:22 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. "A Very Special Episode" in honor of our 100th podcast ...

• InDesignSecrets Videocast Debuts
• Travel back in time with us to Episode #1 and giggle
• Flub-O-Fest: Outtakes from previous episodes you'll enjoy
• The Winners of the First Annual InDesignSecrets Eeek-eek-eek Awards
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Font Version

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour travels through five cities in the US in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, with more dates in September by other presenters. Deke McClelland's Photoshop Channels and Masks seminar; and Paul Trani's Getting Started with Flash seminars are also coming up! Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration off any of these. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Winners of the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards InDesignSecrets Videocast 001: Line Styles and GREP Styles Read about (and download) our Guide to OpenType Fractions Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter

News; Simplest GREP Style; Styles Hierarchy; Vote for the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards; Obscurity of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit

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• News: InDesign/InCopy 6.01 update; Bridge Home is foreclosed; New Adobe forums; Twitter update
• World's Simplest GREP Style (great for non-GREPpers)
• The style hierarchy: Which automatically applied character style "wins"?
• The Eeek-eek-eek awards for our upcoming 100th Podcast: Fill out the Ballot!
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit

-- News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Mogo-Media's InDesign Seminar Tour begins in June 2009, presented by either David or Anne-Marie, in various cities across the U.S. Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop with one more date in Chicago on March 26, and Flash Without Tears will tour five cities in June 2009. Use the AMCTIME09 discount code for 15% off registration. >> Woodwing has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: 20% off the price for their neato fast-styling plug-in, SmartStyles. SmartStyles works with all CS versions of InDesign and InCopy on both platforms. Use the INDESIGN-SECRETS code at their web store to get the 20% discount (expires April 30, 2009) . >> Adobe Systems has extended the deadline for their CS4 upgrade special offer: Customers with earlier versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Adobe Production Studio software can upgrade for the same price as those moving from CS3, up to a US$200 savings. The offer ends on April 30, 2009, in North America, after which they move to "tiered upgrade pricing." You can see the special offer's upgrade pricing chart at a glance, and then buy the upgrade at the Adobe.com store or your favorite reseller. (Sorry, no discount code—we tried!) -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Please complete the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards ballot! (deadline is March 31, 2009) New Adobe Forums Preview: adobeforums.adobe.com Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter David's author page on Lynda.com (watch for the GREP Styles video in April) Anne-Marie's InDesign CS4 New Features videos, style hierarchies are in Chp. 8 We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast

ACE Exams, Wherefore Magenta; Linking Templates to Layouts; More on Special Characters; Obscurity of the Week: Share My Screen

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-098.mp3 (16.7 MB, 32:33 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

• News: InDesign CS4 ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) tests are now available; Test Prep e-book coming soon
• Is magenta a color? An trippy trip into rods, cones, spectra, and process inks
• How to update files created from the same template when it's modified
• Three interesting special characters
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Share My Screen

-- News from our sponsors: >> Mogo-Media's Getting Started with Dreamweaver & CSS is a one-day web publishing workshop that has open dates in March 2009 for various cities, starring CS genius Brian Wood. Flash Without Tears, a one-day workshop hosted by the inimitable Sandee Cohen, will tour five cities in June 2009 and is open for early registrations. >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this page. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books, and the InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publicatons. >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is once again 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 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Register for the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam (or download the Prep guide)The original "Magenta Ain't a Color" article and the Ars Technica rebuttalIt was in Podcast episode 25 (transcript) that we talked about leaders for right-aligned tabs Start sharing your screen with the free ConnectNow I see sixth spaces and Battlestar Galactica (read comment #74) We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast

Sandee Cohen interview; Interactive PDFs; Obscurity of the Week: Show/Hide Paragraph Break Marks

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• Interview with Sandee "Vectorbabe" Cohen
  • InDesign CS4: Visual QuickStart Guide (Sandee's book) is now available
  • Her VQS chapter on Interactive and Multimedia is available as a downloadable PDF (which of course is itself interactive and has multimedia features)
  • How Sandee created the interactive PDF in InDesign CS4 and Acrobat Pro 9
  • Sandee's upcoming book, From Design Into Print
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Show/Hide Paragraph Break Marks

-- News from our sponsors: >> Recosoft's PDF2ID Professional 2.0 is a new version of the the amazing program that converts PDFs to editable InDesign (Mac/Windows) files. New features include conversion presets, smart frame linking, and bringing in just the annotations (comments) from a PDF. >> In-Tools: Adobe Design Premium CS4 ME is now available! (And Design Standard CS4 ME too, of course.) Or just get InDesign CS4 ME, it's up to you. Order any of these from In-Tools and enjoy free shipping to anywhere other than the Middle East. In-Tools is also the developer of the WorldTools plug-in, which allows InDesign CS4 users to set Right-to-Left text without needing InDesign ME. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Jay Nelson's DesignTools Monthly newsletter Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet's DesignTools Weekly podcast Sandee's InDesign CS4 Visual QuickStart book, available now. Download the Interactive & Multimedia chapter as a PDF by clicking the link next to "Already own this?" on the IDCS4: VQS Peachpit Press web page and registering it to your (free) account. You'll need the book's ISBN number to register it. Or, on the same page, you could just purchase the entire book as a PDF. Pre-order Sandee's From Design Into Print book Contact Premedia Systems for the JavaScript Buttons script ($15) What "our" Robin Williams is up to these days David and Ole's Real World InDesign CS4

Paper white; Printing screen captures; Downsave snippets; Callout lines; Contact Sheet Placing; Poster Giveaway; Obscurity of the Week: Reset Workspace

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-096.mp3 (18.9 MB, 36:00 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

• Why "Simulate Paper White" usually looks gray
• Prepping screen captures for commercial printing
• Blog posts (and discussions) of interest:
  • Downsave snippets
  • Photographic frames
  • Callout lines with white edges
  • Yearbook layouts/Contact Sheet placing in CS4
• New Podcast Giveaway: Each episode, an ID Keyboard Shortcuts poster goes to someone we randomly pull from our mailing list or twitter followers. This week's winner is cjmadigan
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Reset Workspace

-- News from our sponsor: >> In-Tools: Adobe Design Premium CS4 ME is now available! (And Design Standard CS4 ME too, of course.) Or just get InDesign CS4 ME, it's up to you. Order any of these from In-Tools and enjoy free shipping to anywhere other than the Middle East. In-Tools is also the developer of the WorldTools plug-in, which allows InDesign CS4 users to set Right-to-Left text without needing InDesign ME. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Mike's Downsave Snippets post David's posts on Photographic frames and Callout lines Anne-Marie's post on Yearbook layouts/Contact sheet placing SnapzProX from Ambrosia Software (Mac only) Snag-It from TechSmith (Windows only) Layers from, umm, Layers (Mac only) Subscribe to InDesignSecrets' Twitter feed or Mailing list to be eligible for the poster giveaways

Trip reports; Software updates; Master page text frames; Quizzler winners; Obscurity of the Week: Skip by Leading

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• Trip reports: David in Dubai and at Macworld; Anne-Marie at lynda.com recording studio and at the Chicago InDesign User Group
• News: InDesignProxy update; Leopard update fixes InDesign hiding glitch
• Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter
• The vestigial Master Text Frame checkbox in the New Document dialog
• Five Quizzler winners and their favorite InDesignSecrets posts from 2008!
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Skip by Leading

-- Sweet Deals 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 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention "InDesignSecrets" when registering. >> Recosoft's PDF2ID Professional 2.0 is a new version of the the amazing program that converts PDFs to editable InDesign (Mac/Windows) files. New features include conversion presets, smart frame linking, and bringing in just the annotations (comments) from a PDF. Limited-time offer for InDesignSecrets fans, get $30 off the $369 cost for the Pro version by ordering it at this link by January 31, 2009. -- Download the PDF of the Quizzler results! (Which popular posts of 2008 did you miss?) Includes links to the posts and comments from the entrant about why it was their favorite. Quizzler winners were selected randomly from qualifying e-mails: Grand Prize, the Spyder3 Elite: Noel Burgess Runners-up, a copy of Schott's Almanac 2009: Jean-Claude Tremblay, Nigel Harris, Les O'Neil, and David Parker -- Links mentioned in this podcast: Fun article about David's Dubai seminar InDesignSecrets' Twitter Tweets Fritz's post about Master Text Frames Anne-Marie's InDesignProxy and Leopard update posts