The CreativePro Podcast

CS3 Announcement; Skewing and Shearing; Annoying Section Prefixes, Obscurity of the Week: Simulate Paper Color

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-044.mp3 (9.6 MB, 20:01 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)

• Adobe CS3 Announcement
• David at the Creative Suite Show; Anne-Marie in Duluth
• Skewing text and objects; skew vs. shear
• Working around the Section Prefix annoyance
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Simulate Paper Color

Links mentioned in the podcast: InDesign Conference in New York, New York (June 4–6, 2007)

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Newsbits; Contest Winner; Straight Lines; Readable Text; Obscurity of the Week: Metrics

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-043.mp3 (10.6 MB, 22:18 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)

• InDesign Newsbits: Free Plug-in from Teacup, Upcoming InDesign Shows
• Winner of the contest from last episode: Least Useful InDesign Palette
• InDesign trainer extraordinaire Russell Viers explains how to draw a straight line
• What's more readable: Serif or Sans Serif body text type?
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Metrics

Links mentioned in the podcast: TypeFitter plug-in for InCopy (free) or InDesign ($59) (link leads to post with details) Creative Suite Conference in Miami, Florida (Feb. 28�March 3, 2007) InDesign Conference in New York, New York (June 4�6, 2007) Russell Viers' YabbAdobeDoo.com site Literature Review of Serif vs. Sans Serif Legibility Studies Typophile.com forum for typographers (especially this thread on optical vs. metrics0 InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount)

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• InDesign Newsbits: Free Plug-in from Teacup, Upcoming InDesign Shows
• Winner of the contest from last episode: Least Useful InDesign Palette
• InDesign trainer extraordinaire Russell Viers explains how to draw a straight line
• What's more readable: Serif or Sans Serif body text type?
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Metrics

Links mentioned in the podcast: TypeFitter plug-in for InCopy (free) or InDesign ($59) (link leads to post with details) Creative Suite Conference in Miami, Florida (Feb. 28�March 3, 2007) InDesign Conference in New York, New York (June 4�6, 2007) Russell Viers' YabbAdobeDoo.com site Literature Review of Serif vs. Sans Serif Legibility Studies Typophile.com forum for typographers (especially this thread on optical vs. metrics0 InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount)

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Placing Multi-page PDFs; Clear Overrides Button; Useless Palette Award and Contest; Obscurity of the Week: Align Based on Size

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-042.mp3 (12 MB, 25:16 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)

• Solutions for placing multiple-page PDFs
• The Clear Overrides button: Sweet feature, often overlooked
• Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest
• Anne-Marie's nomination: the Color palette
• David's torn between the Transform and the Navigator palette
• Enter the contest by leaving a comment here! (Details below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Align Based on Size

Links mentioned in the podcast: PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx script for IDCS2 (link leads to post with details) InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount)

The Most Useless InDesign Palette Award/Contest You've heard David and Anne-Marie's nominations, do you agree? Or maybe you depend on the Navigator or Color palette for some task integral to your workflow? Perhaps you have a different one you'd like a nominate? Add your thoughts, votes, rants, or staunch defense to the discussion by adding a comment below. Before the next podcast rolls around (a week or two), we'll randomly choose one of the comments and award that author an InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster!

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Quizzler winner and wrap-up; InDesign News; Designer Wars; Obscurity of the Week: Slug

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-041.mp3 (14.4 MB, 30:20 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted shortly)

• Results from last episode's Quizzler -- and the winner!
• Various InDesign Newsbits
• Designer Wars! We discuss 3 issues that divide designers:
• Work locally or off the server?
• Set up file to trim size or add your own crops in larger page?
• Layered TIFFs or PSDs?
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Slug

Links mentioned in the podcast: Pariah Burke'sQuarkvsInDesign.com (Adobe CS3 Logo Design Contest) John Nack's blog post about the CS3 logos (with images) InDesign Conferences (Stockholm now, NYC in June) Creative Suite Conference (Miami 2/28-3/3) InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER coupon code for a 25% discount)

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Quizzler winner (triple-clicking); Top 5 things InDesign newbies should know; Best online resources for ID help; Newbie-friendly Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Save a Copy

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-040.mp3 (17.7 MB, 37:22 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days ... we swear)

Happy New Year! In keeping with this "new" them, this episode is especially for the *new* InDesign users out there -- what you should know, best places to learn more. Grizzled veterans may also learn some new things, too!

• Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner!
• Top five things every new InDesign user should know (We invite the legions of experienced InDesign users in our audience to add to this list -- do a newbie a favor and post your advice in a comment below!)
• Best online resources for InDesign information and help (Ditto)
• A Quizzler that even a newbie can answer, with a poster for a prize
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save a Copy

Links mentioned in the podcast: TheInDesigner, Michael Murphy's videocast on our site Trumatch.com process color swatchbooks InDesign CS2 Visual QuickStart Guide by Sandee Cohen Real World InDesign CS2 by David Blatner and Olav Kvern InDesign Breakthroughs by Anne-Marie and David InDesign Magazine (select "2 yrs. for $69" option and use INDESIGNSECRETS promo code to get 2 years of back issues too) InDesignTalk listserv and the InDesign forums on Adobe.com InDesign User Groups web site Lynda.com online video training for ID and more (link leads to free 7-day trial) VTC.com online video training for ID and more InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster (use FEATHER for a 25% discount)

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to [email protected] with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, January 12, 2007. The winner will be mailed our beautiful InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts poster. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!

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Quizzler winner (measurement units); Basic Paragraph Style; Native .indd file vs. press-ready PDF for your printer; Last Quizzler with a Trumatch prize; Obscurity of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-039.mp3 (9.1 MB, 19:00 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner!
• Our love/hate relationship with the default Basic Paragraph Style
• What's better to give your printer: Native ID file or a press-ready PDF?
• Fourth and final Quizzler with a Trumatch prize! (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Increase/Decrease Left Indent

Link we forgot to mention in the podcast: Free one-week trial of Lynda.com's online software training videos

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to [email protected] with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, January 2, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!

Sponsor for this episode: Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books, Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value.

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Lynda.com free trial; Quizzler results (font version); Using agates in InDesign; Linking to text files; Insert glyph script; New Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: Patient User Mode

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-038.mp3 (11.6 MB, 24:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• Free trial from Lynda.com
• Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner!
• How to use agates in InDesign
• Why you should/should not link to Excel or Word files
• How to enter weird little glyphs with a keyboard shortcut
• Third Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Patient User Mode

Links mentioned in the podcast: Free one-week trial of Lynda.com's online software training videos Type any Unicode Character cross-platform script (more info)

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to [email protected] with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, December 18, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!

Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners extended until Dec. 31 2006: 20% off any Markzware product! Go to their online store and enter the coupon code IDSECRET during checkout to get the discount.

Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books, Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value.

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Quizzler answer and winner; Export to PDF vs. Distill Postscript; Updating multiple images; Another Quizzler; Obscurity of the Week: The Smooth Tool

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-037.mp3 (12.2 MB, 25:31 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• Results from last week's Quizzler -- and the winner!
• The Great Debate: Export to PDF vs. Write PostScript and Distill?
• Updating multiple images at once
• Second Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Smooth tool

Links mentioned in the podcast: Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster Adobe's Find a Print Service Provider page

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to [email protected] with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, December 8, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!

Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners extended until Dec. 31 2006: 20% off any Markzware product! Go to their online store and enter the coupon code IDSECRET during checkout to get the discount.

Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books, Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value.

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Anniversary, Process swatchbooks, Keep Options, Quizzler, Obscurity of the Week: The J key (Formatting affects text/container)

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-036.mp3 (9.7 MB, 20:14 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• It's our anniversary!
• Why you should be using a process-color swatch book
• Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster is on sale
• Those Krazy Keep Options: How and when to use them
• Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The "J" Key (Formatting Affects Text/Container)

Links mentioned in the podcast: Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode's Quizzler, don't post it here! E-mail it to [email protected] with "Quizzler" in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, November 30, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don't post your answer here! You'll ruin it for everyone!

Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners ends Nov. 30 2006: 20% off any Markzware product! Go to their online store and enter the coupon code IDSECRET during checkout to get the discount.

Trumatch ("Colorfinder," their process color swatch book system) Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books, Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value.

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Conference recap; Clips from the live podcast; Outlining type tips and gotchas; Butterly Island questions; Obscurity of the Week: The Barbell

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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-035.mp3 (13.3 MB, 28:13 minutes) (a transcript of this podcast will be posted in a few days)

• InDesign Conference: Master Class recap and highlights
• Audio clips from our live podcast at the conference
• Tips and gotchas when converting type to outlines
• Tough InDesign questions from the Butterfly Island contest
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The Barbell

Links mentioned in the podcast: Mordy Golding's Illustrator blog and his Outlined Type post

Sponsors for this episode: Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer) Special offer for podcast listeners: 20% off of Q2ID, Markzware's QuarkXPress-to-InDesign file converter plug-in (converts QXP files v3.x-7 to InDesign CS1 or CS2, Mac/Windows). To get the discount, order Q2ID from their online store and enter the coupon code mentioned numerous times in the podcast!

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