InDesign Secrets
The companion to the world's largest independent portal for all things InDesign, InDesignSecrets.com! Co-founders David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion discuss news, tips, and how-to's for Adobe InDesign, the layout program that is the standard for print, PDF, and digital publishing.
Episodes
Topics:
- Big news about podcast name
- Our favorite obscure features
- Fun obscure feature "spelling bee" game
- Obscure Feature: Positional Form
Friendly Alien:
- Just for fun: Bad Advice (and Good Lessons)
- Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof
- Obscure feature: Show Transparency Grid
Links:
Bad Advice
Interview with PageProof:
News:
- Adobe engineers did an Ask Us Anything 24-hour marathon on...
Topics:
- Great lessons from the archives (that you may have missed)
- First look at InDesign 20.3
- Obscure Feature: Delete All Guides on Spread
Sponsor:
PageProof is a simple-to-use but powerful online proofing platform that makes giving...
* DOIE: Dept. of InDesign Efficiency
* Obscure Feature: Clear Rotation
* News
Links:
Dept. of InDesign Efficiency
- 10 Essential Tips for Using Quick Apply in InDesign
- Activate Last Used Field Shortcut
- Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs: What Causes Inconsistent Leading and How to Fix It
- How to Start Using InDesign Scripts
- How-to Create a Custom Workspace
- The weird "Place Gun Frame" trick: Applying an Object Style when Plac...
Topics:
- The INDDC format: good and bad
- Interview with Venngage CEO Eugene Woo
- Obscure Feature: Reset Preferences on Quit
Links:
Cloud Docs:
Includes:
- Favorite font tricks
- Interview with Theresa Jackson
- InDesign 20.1
- Obscure feature: Match Pasteboard to Theme Color
News:
- 20.1 is in release rollout
- multi-find/change is now free
- Old (but still relevant!) InDesign Magazine articles, now on site:
- Designing Photo Albums in InDesign by Khara Plicanic
- Getting Started with GREP Styles in InDesign by Steve Caplin
- Working in Microsoft Word by Jamie McKee
- ...
Topics:
- Anchored Objects
- Interview with Marcus Radich, PageProof
- Obscure Feature: Standard Carriage Return
Links:
Marcus Radich, from PageProof.com
Anchored Objects:
- Working with Anchored Objects in InDesign
- How to Anchor a Graphic to Text (Video Tutorial)
- Anchoring Graphics Between Paragraphs
- Wrapping Text Around an Anchored Object
- Drag and Drop Anchored Objects
Coming in 2025:
News:
- CreativePro Week 2025 in Phoenix: registration is open
- CreativePro online summits
- The Design + Accessibility Summit
News
- More CreativePro events coming up
- Update on InDesign 19.5 *beta* feature
- CreativePro Magazine 25 Years of Tips and Tricks!
- Catch Anne-Marie Sept 19 at the L.A. InDesign User Group (online)
Sponsored by PageProof
Update note on InDesign 19.5
- Remember that GenAI stuff in 19.5 is beta!
Three interest...
News
- InDesign 19.5 released
- 2024 CreativePro Week available on-demand
- More CreativePro events coming up
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Sponsored by PageProof
Unboxing InDesign 19.5
News
- InDesign beta to test opening PDFs to edit in InDesign
- CreativePro Week July 8–12 in DC! (and livestreamed)
- Use code CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass
- The InDesign + Accessibility Summit, Oct. 8–11 (online)
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Interview with Sabine Lenz, "The Paper Queen"
Must-Have Scrip...
News
- InDesign 19.4 released
- CreativePro Font Collection Vol 4
- Online Events and CreativePro Week
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Marcus Radich interview
Exploring InDesign 19.4
Obscure Feature of the Week: Adjust Dashes and Gaps
News
- InDesign 19.4 new features
- Note: 19.4 wasn't fully released when we recorded this podcast! You can learn more about the new features here.
- Online Events and CreativePro Week
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Kara Plicanic interview
Secrets of the Live Preflight Panel
News
- InDesign 19.2 fixes some issues
- Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
- The InDesign + Long Documents Summit (use discount code CPSECRETS for $100 off!)
- CreativePro Week (use CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass)
Julie Shaffer
- Shaffer Creative
- Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) program, from SMPS: https://www.smps.org/certification/
- Interview with Julie Shaffer, Cert...
- In the news
- InDesign 19.1 (second attempt) released! Fingers crossed
- Upcoming online-only events:
- In the news
- InDesign 19.1 here and gone
- Upcoming CreativePro Online Events
- CreativePro Magazine December 2023: Charts and Graphs
- In honor of podcast 3.14, all about Pi fonts!
- Obscure Feature of the Week: Ruler on Spine
Links mentioned in this podcast
- Don’t use ID 2024 (19.0) with Hebrew, Arabic, or RTL text (bug reports on facebook) and (bug reports in uservoice)
- InDesign on Sonoma (Mac) has UI flashing ...
- In the news
- InDesign 2024 updated to 19.01
- Register for the Design + AI Summit!
- CreativePro Magazine November 2023: Multilingual Design, Glyph panel in depth
- Secrets of the Align Panel and its weirdo cousin, the Gap tool
- Obscure Feature of the Week: Auto Update URL Status
Links mentioned in this podcast
- Great article about Glyphs panel:
https://creativepro.com/digging-into-the-glyphs-panel/ - Align Panel ...
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