In this episode… News InDesign Magazine is evolving into CreativePro magazine Adobe InDesign 16.4 released Adobe MAX 2021 is Oct. 26–Oct. 28; David and AM are presenting! Our new online event! The Design + Accessibility Summit, Nov. 16–19 You can purchase online passes (recordings and handouts) of our previous events on our Events page Interview with Kieron Lewis, designer, teacher, and new MAX speaker on Empowering Community through Collaboration and Editorial Design  Obscure InDesign Feature: Edit in Copy Editor (beta) Sponsors for this episode: > Santa Cruz Software has a solution for the "83% of respondents who have said they have to spend time finding a lost asset." The answer is LinkrUI, a plugin that enables direct searching, opening, placing, and syncing of assets stored in a DAM or other storage services such as Box and Dropbox from within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Read about the freemium version here. > Adobe MAX 2021: Once again, the Creativity Conference is online and free! Register today to see all the 300+ sessions covering everything from app "how-to's" to managing design and promoting creativity.  Links mentioned in this podcast: David's session at MAX: Discovering the Best InDesign Tips and Tricks Anne-Marie's lab at MAX: InDesign Basics: From Newbie to Pro Kieron Lewis MAX session: Empowering Community through Collaboration and Editorial Design  Kieron's web site POCC — People of Culture Collective Kieron designed and laid out this book for Harper Inspire: Still Breathing: 100 Black Voices on Racism — 100 Ways to Change the Narrative   Article about "I can't breathe" CreativePro's new "Design + Accessibility Summit" https://creativepro.com/design-accessibility-summit/ Chad Chelius' article "Tools and Services for Accessibility" Our post about Edit in Copy Editor (beta) (and see the screen shot below!) InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group   

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In this episode… News Adobe MAX 2021 is Oct. 26–Oct. 28; David and AM are presenting! Our new online event! The Design + Accessibility Summit, Nov. 16–19 You can purchase online passes (recordings and handouts) of our previous events on our Events page InDesign Magazine August and September issues are out, excellent content! Interview with Angelo Montilla, InDesign YouTube star and new MAX speaker Nested Styles vs. GREP Styles: What's the difference? Obscure InDesign Feature: Extensions Sponsor for this episode: > Adobe MAX 2021: Once again, the Creativity Conference is online and free! Register today to see all the 300+ sessions covering everything from app "how-to's" to managing design and promoting creativity.  Links mentioned in this podcast: David's session at MAX: Discovering the Best InDesign Tips and Tricks Anne-Marie's lab at MAX: InDesign Basics: From Newbie to Pro Angelo Montilla's lab at MAX: Digital Publishing and Interactivity in InDesign CreativePro's new "Design + Accessibility Summit" https://creativepro.com/design-accessibility-summit/ Online passes (recordings + handouts) are still available to: The Adobe Illustrator Summit https://creativepro.com/adobe-illustrator-summit/ and The InDesign + Type Summit https://creativepro.com/indesign-type-summit/ Angelo Montilla: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/amontilla81 Adobe Live: Day 1: https://youtu.be/5QCNh9ovr2c & Day 2: https://youtu.be/yc6JCf30CWk www.montilladesign.com Installing newest version of Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-updates-reader-acrobat.html Animated GIF maker from Ajar Productions (maker of in5): https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2019/10/11/how-to-create-an-animated-gif-with-indesign-in5/ Extensions: Look in the Marketplace tab in the Creative Cloud app or on the web: https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.html Photo Flinger from Premedia: https://www.premediasystems.com/scripts-and-more Stock Solo: https://stocksolo.com or  https://adobe.com/go/cc_plugins_discover_plugin?pluginId=a2cbefeb Pantone Connect: https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.html?zpluginId=103029 InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode… News Last chance for live tickets to the InDesign + Type Summit (online event) July 29–30, 2021 if you're a nonprofit, government agency, student, or work for a school, contact events@creativepro.com for a $100 discount code The Adobe Illustrator Summit, August 26-27: https://creativepro.com/adobe-illustrator-summit/ InDesign Magazine for July 2021 is Illustrator and InDesign; August 2021 is on creating social media artwork and making dielines for print packaging Best practices for working with Illustrator documents in InDesign Keyboard shortcut of the month: Capital E (yes, Shift-E) Obscure InDesign Feature: Crop to Art Sponsors for this episode: > 3M's VAS: 3M's Visual Attention Software (VAS) is powerful, science-based AI that simulates the human vision system to analyze visual content and predicts with 92% accuracy what is attracting viewer attention. VAS is available as a web app and plugins for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and XD. Start your free trial today, and enter promo code CREATIVEPRO5 for 5 additional trial credits! >> Ajar Productions is the developer of the phenomenal in5 add-on for Adobe InDesign, which lets you export interactivity from InDesign to different formats, that actually work. in5 supports all of InDesign’s native interactivity—like animation, buttons, object states, audio and video; and adds its own. Create websites, digital magazines, mobile apps, animated banners and presentations, by simply using InDesign, no coding involved! Learn more and download a free trial of in5 at in5.us.  Links mentioned in this podcast: The Adobe Illustrator Summit, August 26-27  The InDesign + Type Summit, July 29-30 KidPix still lives! https://www.mackiev.com/kidpix/ How to Replace AI art with SVG for sharp web graphics, from Anne-Marie's weekly series "InDesign Tips for Design Geeks" We have lots of articles about using InDesign and Illustrator together: https://creativepro.com/copy-vectors-from-illustrator-to-indesign-or-vice-versa/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-getting-the-most-the-interface/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-moving-vectors/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-linking-and-embedding-files/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-moving-text-between-the-programs/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-colors-and-swatches/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-the-pen-tool/ Shift-E… Preview on CPU vs GPU: https://creativepro.com/gpu-support-and-animated-zoom-arrives-for-mac/ Understanding InDesign’s Place PDF Options: https://creativepro.com/understanding-indesigns-place-pdf-options/ InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group       

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In this episode… News Videos on demand for CreativePro Week 2021 InDesign + Type Summit (online event) July 29–30, 2021 InDesign Magazine for June 2021 is all about Type and Typography! Our favorite type tips and scripts Obscure InDesign Feature: Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width) Links mentioned in this podcast: Videos on Demand now available for CreativePro Week 2021 The InDesign + Type Summit InDesign Tips videos on LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com: InDesign Tips for Design Geeks  (AM's new weekly course) InDesign Secrets (David and AM's weekly course) InDesign 16.3.1 notes: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/Indesign-for-apple-silicon.html Working with Hyphenation & Justification settings Editing H&Js: https://creativepro.com/abcs-hj/ Favorite H&J Settings: https://creativepro.com/what-are-your-favorite-word-and-character-space-settings-for-hjs/ When to Use Balance Ragged Lines https://creativepro.com/when-to-use-balance-ragged-lines/ Change Balanced Ragged Lines to Pyramid Shaped https://creativepro.com/change-balanced-ragged-lines-to-pyramid-shaped/ All kinds of white spaces: https://creativepro.com/typetalk-blizzard-white-space-characters/ AM's pick for a type-related script: LorumIpsumizer https://creativepro.com/resources/plug-ins-and-scripts/ https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/285-replace-formatted-text-with-lorem-ipsum David's pick for a type-related script: Humane Type https://creativepro.com/a-script-that-adds-a-human-touch-to-indesign-type/ Making Ellipses with Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) spaces: https://creativepro.com/dot-dot-dot/ InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group Using the Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) space to auto-feather a headline (set the Paragraph alignment to Justify All Lines first)   

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In this episode… News Videos on demand for CreativePro Week 2021 InDesign + Type Summit (online event) July 29–30, 2021 InDesign Magazine for May 2021 (gradients) and June 2021 (type and typography) Making presentations with InDesign Keyboard shortcut of the month: Control-B (Command-B on Mac) Obscure InDesign Feature: On Click (Self)  Links mentioned in this podcast: Videos on Demand now available for CreativePro Week 2021  The InDesign + Type Summit Creating Presentations with InDesign InDesign Magazine feature story Free InDesign presentation template InDesign Template of the Month: Flexible Presentation InDesign presentation templates at Adobe Stock (many free) Jesus Ramirez: Yes, we have a Banana (in Photoshop) https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-easter-eggs/ in5's post, "Interactive PDF is dead" https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2018/03/26/interactive-pdf-is-dead-heres-what-you-can-create-from-indesign-thats-even-better/ CircularFlow for better fixed-layout EPUBs for Kindles https://www.circularsoftware.com/apps/circularflo  InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode… News Signed up for CreativePro Week 2021? Speak at Ignite! InDesign 16.2 released and then pulled Why objects and text sometime just … disappear Obscure InDesign Feature: Split Window to Compare Layouts  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Ajar Productions is the developer of the phenomenal in5 add-on for Adobe InDesign, which lets you export interactivity from InDesign to different formats, that actually work. in5 supports all of InDesign's native interactivity—like animation, buttons, object states, audio and video—and in5 adds additional interactivity to InDesign, like 3-D Flip Cards, Responsive Layouts, Parallax, and more. Create websites, digital magazines, mobile apps, animated banners and presentations, by simply using InDesign, no coding involved! Learn more and download a free trial of in5 at in5.us.  >> Cacidi Systems has been developing solutions for Adobe InDesign users since InDesign began! They offer a number of plug-ins and workflow system for content integration and efficient marketing production. We especially love Cacidi Charts, which has been updated and leveled up for InDesign 2020 and 2021. No more need to jump into Illustrator or Powerpoint; create gorgeous charts right in InDesign. Free trial available! Links mentioned in this podcast: Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 When Stuff Disappears: A Collection of Mysteries Solved: Where Is My Text? Text Disappears When Over Background Object My White Text Disappeared (and solution) The Case of the Disappearing Text Where Did My InDesign Menu Items Go? Split Layout Tricks: Use Split Window when Applying Colors to Text How to View Two Parts of a Document at Once All About Alternate Layouts: https://creativepro.com/indesign-how-using-alternate-layout/ Palo Duro Canyon: https://palodurocanyon.com Pantone 286: https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/286-C  InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode… News CreativePro Week 2021 agenda and speakers are up! Bug fix for InDesign 2021 brings it to v16.1 Interview with Justin Putney, in5 plugin creator We space out with some cool spacing tips Obscure InDesign Feature: Sort Swatches by Color Value  Links mentioned in this podcast: Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 Want to speak at CreativePro events? Fill this out  Justin Putney and in5 links: Product page for in5 interactive export add-on for InDesign Script for Merging Multiple Text Frames Into One Copy (Package) Fonts to Folder Justin's original Kickstarter page Why Justin says "Interactive PDF is Dead" Examples of Customers Using in5 Spacing Tricks! Setting Exact Space Between Objects Live Distribute Making Cool Patterns with Live Distribute spacing trick How the Gap tools works How the Gap tool works with Groups Convert a bunch of random objects into a grid  InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode… News Agenda is up for the online CreativePro Week 2021! Register now to score early-bird pricing. Throw your hat in the ring for "I want to speak at CreativePro events"  Anne-Marie's new weekly series is live! "InDesign Tips for Design Geeks" Useful Adobe Bridge features for InDesign users Obscure InDesign Feature: The InDesign Button  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Cacidi Systems has been developing solutions for Adobe InDesign users since InDesign began! They offer a number of plug-ins and workflow system for content integration and efficient marketing production. We especially love Cacidi Charts, which has been updated and leveled up for InDesign 2020 and 2021. No more need to jump into Illustrator or Powerpoint; create gorgeous charts right in InDesign. Free trial available! Links mentioned in this podcast: Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 Want to speak at CreativePro events? Fill this out  Cacidi Charts: https://www.cacidi.com/huge-cacidi-charts-cc2020-upgrade/ Check out InDesign Magazine #126 which covered Cacidi Charts in depth On LinkedIn Learning (and Lynda.com) InDesign Tips for Design Geeks is Anne-Marie's new weekly series Hundreds of our weekly InDesignSecrets episodes Bridge and InDesign: Yes, Bridge is free for everyone! How to Find InDesign Documents That Use Specific Fonts and/or Swatches Video: Find All Files That Contain a Specific Image (with Bridge) Video: Batch Rename Files in Adobe Bridge Take Charge With Bridge: Creating a Keywords List Saving Thumbnails of InDesign Pages InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode… News Minor updates to InDesign 2021 released The 2021 InDesign Conference (part of CreativePro Week) is online-only, May 17-21. Registration is open! All about Transparency in InDesign — looks great, but will it print? Obscure InDesign Feature: Lights  Links mentioned in this podcast: Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 PowerPoint Presentation Design Deep Dive and other online events New features in 16.0.1 and 16.0.2 Transparency (Jan 2021 feature story in InDesign Magazine) Great article by Claudia McCue: https://creativepro.com/regarding-transparency/ Article about transparency effects by Steve Caplin: https://creativepro.com/the-fx-files/ Yes, "opaques" are a thing! https://www.sockdreams.com/opaque-nylon-stockings.html Problems with spot colors and transparency https://creativepro.com/indesigns-onscreen-untruths-overprinting-or-multiplying-spot-colors/ https://creativepro.com/eliminating-the-white-box-effect/ https://creativepro.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome/ Starter (monthly) vs annual membership: https://creativepro.com/become-a-member/ OIFOTW: Lights Mike showed the Lights feature as part of his 3 minutes max tip, during the InDesignSecrets Holiday Special: https://youtu.be/KP_O_G4pCZE He also wrote about it here: https://creativepro.com/tip-of-the-week-flashing-holiday-lights/ InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group   

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Special episode recorded LIVE at our 2020 Holiday Special! Save the Date for our next online conference: Click: Powerpoint and Presentation Design, February 18–19, 2021 December 2020 issue of InDesign Magazine is all about creating web and screen graphics Making gifts with InDesign Interview with John McWade Obscure InDesign Feature: Animated Zoom  Links mentioned in this podcast: Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 Keith Gilbert’s 100 Things Every InDesign User Should Know, our new ebook Making gifts from InDesign PhotoFlinger (laying out photos and objects quickly): https://www.premediasystems.com/scripts-and-more Blurb Photo book maker: https://www.blurb.com/indesign-plugin Spoonflower for fabric, wallpaper, bedding: https://www.spoonflower.com/en/design-tools Zazzle for custom gifts: https://www.zazzle.com/custom/gifts Fun holiday-themed articles on CP: Candy Cane text: https://creativepro.com/holiday-text-fx-part-1-candy-cane-text/ Wrap text in lights: https://creativepro.com/holiday-text-fx-part-2-wrapping-text-in-lights/ Draw a snowman: https://creativepro.com/holiday-fx-do-you-want-to-build-an-indesign-snowman/ Make an ornament: https://creativepro.com/holiday-papercraf/ All kinds of holiday designs: https://creativepro.com/a-winter-holiday-treasure-trove John McWade’s books Before & After: How to Design Cool Stuff Before & After Page Design Pantone color of the year Zoom Animation GPU Acceleration is not yet available on Windows… vote for it!  InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode: Recordings available for the InDesign + Accessibility Summit See the agenda for our first-ever InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Dec. 15 InDesign 2020 bug fix released Best practices for updating InDesign Check out the InDesign goodies (many are free) in the Creative Cloud Marketplace Obscure InDesign Feature: Tint Range  Links mentioned in this podcast: CreativePro.com Cyber week deals Register now for CreativePro Week 2021 Should you update your software or operating system? Check out the Adobe Exchange for Creative Cloud Details on Find/Change Color  InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode: InDesignSecrets.com merges with CreativePro.com! Conference news Adobe MAX 2020 was a success! Watch David's and Anne-Marie's sessions online Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20 Save the Date: David & Anne-Marie's InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Nov 15 InDesign 2021 released Obscure Feature: Update Link  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> CI HUB is a platform for content integration and efficient marketing production. No more jumping between tools and windows to find the right asset! The CI HUB asset panel plugin for Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office applications essentially connects your brand assets living within your various asset repositories to your native creative apps. Check out David's interview with Andreas Michalski, CI HUB's CEO and founder. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New in InDesign 2021: Our article, Adobe's web page Anne-Marie's InDesign 2021 New Features course Erica Gamet's course, Introduction to GREP in InDesign InDesignSecrets… YouTube videos Facebook group LinkedIn group 

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In this episode: News: David and Anne-Marie are presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (online only, free registration) Save the Date: Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20 October issue of InDesign Magazine features 20 free scripts you can download Now live! Erica Gamet's "Introduction to GREP in InDesign" online course for CreativePro University Surprising and useful finds in Find/Change Obscure Feature: Open a Clone  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020. >> Markzware offers so many solutions for InDesign users, it's hard to know where to start. Here are three: Check out IDMarkz for previewing InDesign files and converting them without needing to open (or own) InDesign; PDF2DTP for converting PDF files to editable InDesign files, and read about their File Recovery service for wonky InDesign files. Links mentioned in this podcast: Find/Change tips Finding and changing glyphs Check out the obscure "Open a Clone" history in the Document Component dialog box 

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In this episode: News: Be a speaker at CreativePro events! Please fill out this form David and Anne-Marie presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (free!) Our latest book, TypeTalk Vol. 1 by Ilene Strizver, now in PDF and print Adobe InDesign 2020 15.1.2 - bug fix and feature tweaks Adobe Fonts Gotchas Double-clicks you should try! OIFOTW: Paste Into State  News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It’s perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020. >> Avenza Systems' MAPublisher (for Illustrator) and Geographic Imager (for Photoshop) are powerful tools for all graphic designers who want to dive more deeply into cartography and map making. Learn more by watching David's recent Facebook Live interview with Avenza, and see their session from CreativePro Week 2020. Links mentioned in this podcast: Fix for the problem when File Info opens off screen Adobe Font Gotchas info Adobe Community post about the "retiring" fonts Our post about the news (see Roger Black's comment) Adobe Help file and FAQ about retired subscription fonts Check on status of Adobe's type (and other) servers Our post about Great Double-clicks Using the Eyedropper to copy and paste object positions Here's the Adobe Help page about Paste Into State 

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In this episode: News: Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC July InDesign Magazine: Use With Caution! (Gotchas to avoid) Adobe MAX 2020 is free! All on-line, and we're both presenting InDesign settings you need to change right now. Do it! OIFOTW: Import File Links mentioned in this podcast: Adobe MAX 2020 Posts about settings Apply Leading to Entire Paragraph Changing Hyphenation and Justification Reset workspace Why you shouldn't use Basic paragraph style and also this post David's book The Joy of Pi Quick Apply for choosing menu items What David was thinking of when he mentioned "Sew buttons" 

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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.

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