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No one noticed that number 71-76 were missing! Oh well, here’s another long list of great articles.

Is there a way to combine the attributes of multiple cell styles in a table? And what does it really mean when a cell style ignores formatting?

Keith tries out a new program that creates fixed layout ePUB files directly from InDesign.

It’s not hard to define your own keyboard shortcut that works even when your’e editing text in a frame!

David gets on his soapbox and points out a glaring problem with InDesign’s PDF export workflow

The hack that used to work stopped working, but we found a workaround…

InDesign’s Preview Panel is for SWF output only. So what should you use for EPUB, PDF and DPS?

The air has turned crisp, the floor is littered with carefully organized piles of candy… it must be November first! A good day to dive… into InDesign-related articles and videos!

“How do you save backward to an earlier version of InD…

Just in time for Halloween: here’s how to make (or find) a ghost lurking in your InDesign document.

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-159.mp3 (14.6 MB, 26:28 minutes)

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Podcast listener survey, with prizes!
Smackdown: The Print dialog box vs. the Printer dialog box
WTH? The Colo…

InDesign tells you that you have some overset text, but sometimes it’s hard to find if you don’t know where to look

The Adobe Media Encoder is a hidden resource for converting video files for InDesign projects—and you probably already have it!

Keith tackles a thorny issue where certain styles of a large type family seemed to disappear from the InDesign font menu.

It’s Halloween next week and if you are having a party you might need some last minute invites. Today’s tut contains the knowledge of how to design an invitation quickly. We are going to make the most of free online resources, including ve…

In part 3 of the series, David shows how to draw lines and re-align elements in the chart.

When it comes to applying transparency to live text, Quark gives you finer control than InDesign. But there ways of working around this limitation. You just have to think outside the box, er, frame. Whatever. Read the post.

Some important bug fixes have been made to InDesign with the 7.5.2 updater

Good articles and videos just keeps pouring out there for InDesign users hungry to learn!

Make the most of InDesign’s tools and features to create an Compliment Slip for yourself or client. During this tut we will explore the Page tool and palette, Guides and Rulers.

Before starting, if you haven’t done so already please read…

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-158.mp3 (17.1 MB, 31:39 minutes)

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News

David’s Adobe MAX recap
Adobe’s new Single Edition DPS

Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar i…

Here’s a little guide showing which InDesign preferences are document-specific and which ones are application-wide.

Q: When does a drop shadow not appear to be a drop shadow? A: When it isn’t applied to the frame.

From print to epub, graphs to graphics, this list of links has a little of everything!

It happened. InDesign crashed. One moment I was working happily, and the next InDesign was gone with a message about quitting unexpectedly. (On Windows this would have been that InDesign had stopped working.)
I restarted the program. As expected, InDes…

For today’s Quick Tip we are going to set up a letterhead within InDesign. However, before we can start, you need to have a logo, some content (you can also use place holder text) and contact details ready. I will be using a logo from GraphicRiv…

Want to see one of the most exciting things you’ve ever seen in InDesign? This MAX sneak gave me great hope for the future of publishing.

News from Adobe: Design matters!

For a one-time fee of $395 small publishers, designers, and agencies can now publish branded apps to the iTunes Store.

Back in InDesign CS3 Text Variables were introduced. Amongst a number of things we can use them to automatically generate running headers at the top of book or report pages, by placing a text variable placeholder on the master page that automatically i…

Los Angeles, CA, October 3, 2011 — Silicon Publishing and Fotolia announced an exciting new extension that incorporates over 14 million stock photos directly into Adobe’s Creative Suite.
The extension lets users browse, manage, and incorpor…

You want a heading in a rounded-corner rectangle, but you don’t want them in a separate frame. Can do!

Keith does a “deep dive” into saving thumbnails for Bridge in InDesign.

We talked about Leading Edges in the podcast, but this is really one you just have to see to believe

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-157.mp3 (17.1 MB, 31:39 minutes)

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Live performances

David & Fritz at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5

Anne-Marie at InDesignSecrets Live seminar …

Combine PDFs and animation sounds easy, but it is often harder than it needs to be. Here is another trick that might make it easier.

A little of this, a little of that… pretty soon these collections of links and articles really add up!

Want the last paragraph of a story to appear different? This trick can do it in a jiffy!

Did you ever want a list of a document’s paragraph styles where each style name appears in the style’s formatting? Here’s a script that does just that, along with some general tips on copying and pasting script code.

Why copy-and-paste sometimes stops working

Scripting is a sure way to save time when performing repetitive tasks within InDesign. Scripts will automatically complete a task for the user, for example, creating crop marks to a specified object. The following tut will serve as an introduction to …

What is the minimum image resolution required when creating a document or screen that will be viewed on an iPad? The answer might surprise you.

Threading text within InDesign can hugely improve the experience of editing and amending copy while working on layouts. The process of threading text is linking two or more text frames allowing text to flow from one separate frame to another. Lets tak…

InDesign School never ends — there’s always more to learn, and these links, articles, and videos will help!

You may have missed the addition of the Page Tool to InDesign CS5. If you did, take ten minutes out to discover the capabilities this superb tool offers when working with multiple page sizes.

Step 1
For the purposes of this tutorial we are going to …

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:21 minutes)

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News and Announcements

James Fritz’s InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Milwaukee, Sept 27
Anne-Marie’s InDesig…

More news, posts, and videos than you can shake a stick at!

If you spend a lot of time laying out similar kinds of multi-column pages, like a magazine layout, you need these tricks for spanning columns, creating style relationships, and building object styles.

There’s no need to spend a fortune to publish interactive apps from InDesign to the iPad. Here’s a few ideas to get the juices flowing.

InDesign FX is going on tour to Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee!

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-155.mp3 (15.5 MB, 28.27 minutes)

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Back to School episode! Resources for life-long learners of InDesign

Books, videos, forums, templates, for user…