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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Table Scripts: Switching Rows and Columns in an InDesign Table Sort tables Setting Table Column Widths Easier Table Formatting Sizing Columns and Rows with a Script Calculations in InDesign Active Tables plug-in from DTP Tools Fixed Issues in InDesign 20.0.1 CreativePro Events: The Design + AI Summit, CreativePro Week, and more Obscure Feature: Cel…
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What's New in InDesign 2025: Adobe's update page How to Avoid Print Problems with MathML in InDesign New Accessibility Features in InDesign 2025 James Wamser's New Features Guide Creative Cloud Storage: Where Does Your Work Go? New "wow" products at MAX Project Neo Substance 3D Viewer Amazing ProjectTurntable from Sneaks Interview with: Karen Brewe…
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News: CreativePro Week 2025 in Phoenix: registration is open CreativePro online summits The Design + Accessibility Summit The Design + Marketing Summit The Design + AI Summit CreativePro Magazine Sept. 2025 issue: Accessibility Tools Sponsors of this episode: Adobe MAX: The Creativity Conference PageProof: All your proofing in one place. Online. Em…
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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 The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow PageProof review PageProof's website Update note on InDesign 19.5 Remember …
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News InDesign 19.5 released 2024 CreativePro Week available on-demand More CreativePro events coming up CreativePro Magazine latest issue Sponsored by PageProof The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow PageProof review PageProof's website Unboxing InDesign 19.5 InDesign 19.5 Adds Generative Expand, History Panel, and Find/Change Te…
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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" PaperSpecs site Sabine's bio and sessions at Creat…
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News InDesign 19.4 released CreativePro Font Collection Vol 4 Online Events and CreativePro Week CreativePro Magazine latest issue Marcus Radich interview PageProof site Watch Marcus demo PageProof Exploring InDesign 19.4 New features in this release New EPUB Accessibility features Obscure Feature of the Week: Adjust Dashes and Gaps Setting a Dash …
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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 Khara's web site Interview with Khara Khara's CreativePro articles and videos Secrets of the Live Preflight Panel…
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News Fixed issues in 19.3 Earn an InDesign Certificate on LinkedIn Learning Online Events and CreativePro Week Hot Threads: How to create a grid of images (or images and captions) so they'll autoflow and are easy to rearrange? Swapping Images script Auto-Reflowing Images in a Grid Loic's Inline Merge script to create a grid Video on using Data Merg…
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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/…
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In the news InDesign 19.1 (second attempt) released! Fingers crossed Upcoming online-only events: The Presentation Design Conference, March 6-8 The InDesign + Long Documents Summit, April 5 CreativePro Week 2024, July 8–12, Washington, DC and online CreativePro Magazine February 2024 lead story: Presentation Design January 2024 lead story: AI in AI…
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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 report…
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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://cre…
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In the news Register for our Online Summits: Design + Accessibility, and Design + AI! CreativePro Magazine October 2023: Accessibility for Newbies All about Adobe InDesign 2024 (v19.0) Adobe MAX 2023 review and ID Tips from Attendees Obscure Feature of the Week: Show Structure Sponsor for this episode >> Priint:Suite is an enterprise platform that …
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In the news Two more online Summits coming up, check them out! CreativePro Magazine September 2023 all about Editorial Workflows Our own InDesign Sneaks Obscure Feature of the Week: Text Rotation Sponsor for this episode >> Adobe MAX 2023 Creativity Conference is happening October 8–12 in Los Angeles, California. Learn from experts and innovators, …
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In the news: Design & Data Summit, Sept 21–22, online only More online Summits coming up, check them out! CreativePro magazine September 2023 all about Editorial Workflows Adobe InDesign 18.5 released New free scripts we like Deep Dive into the Scripts panel Obscure Feature of the Week: Verbose Sponsor for this episode >> Santa Cruz Software is the…
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In the news: Design & Marketing Summit, July 27–28, online only More online Summits coming up, check them out! Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions, many more InDesign pros presenting live and online only CreativePro magazine July 2023 all about Artificial Intelligence Podcasts we like (and please review ours)! David's story…
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In the news: CreativePro rebrand!! Design & Marketing Summit, July 27–28, online only Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions InDesign 18.4 is slowly being rolled out CreativePro Week was phenomenal! Grab an On Demand Pass to watch all the sessions, including IGNITE! and download the handouts Next year in Washington DC! More in…
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In the news: Article Hunt contest winners Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions InDesign 18.3 is slowly being rolled out CreativePro Week, June 5-9 in Phoenix (and online) IGNITE CreativePro is back! Movie Night Design + Marketing Summit, July 27-28, online event CreativePro Magazine May 2023, issue 19: Virtual Photography, a…
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InDesign Public Beta for Cloud Docs Events: CreativePro Week 2023 June 5–9, Phoenix, Arizona (and online!) Design + Marketing Summit (online, July 27–28) Design + Data Summit (online, September 21–22) Creative Pro Magazine issue 19 includes articles about virtual photography, InDesign layers, and a review of IndexMatic 3 Interviews with Nicte Cueva…
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InDesign 18.21 release CreativePro Week 2023 June 4–9, Phoenix, Arizona (and online!) NEW Design + Marketing Summit (online, July 27–28) Awesome lineup, including Jesus Ramirez, Von Glitschka, Amy Balliet, and new speakers incluing the amazing Jim Krause, Brodi-Rose Newsome, Kyle Hamrick Creative Pro Magazine issue 18 feature story is about motion …
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In This Episode: News Design & Powerpoint Summit now available on-demand CreativePro Week 2023 coming up in June! David’s Adobe Live session A few InDesign features that just don’t work right (it’s not you — it’s the software) Obscure InDesign Feature: Footnote Number Sponsors for this episode >>PageProof is the top online proofing workflow platfor…
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News: InDesign 18.1 release Design & Powerpoint Summit coming up Feb 16–17, 2023 CreativePro Week 2023 agenda posted CreativePro Magazine January 2023: PowerPoint Tips; Overcoming Creative Burnout. CreativePro Magazine February 2023: Making Forms with InDesign and Acrobat Monitoring the InDesign Dashboard ChatGPT and Generative AI Obscure InDesign …
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In this episode… News CreativePro Week 2023 registration includes InDesign and more Recordings available for the Design & Accessibility Summit Go to our Events page to see 4 new online summits for 2023 CreativePro Magazine December 2022 issue dives deep into fonts and the Pantone color aggravation Good Grief: Goodbye to Type 1 Fonts and bundled Pan…
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In this episode: News CreativePro Week 2023 registration opens October 6, 2022 Design & Accessibility Summit (online) Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 2022 CreativePro Magazine covering tips, insights, and more What's New in InDesign 2023 Interview with Mark Hilton and Gabe Harbs from Santa Cruz Software Obscure InDesign Feature: Vertical Scale Sponsor for this epi…
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In this landmark 300th episode… News Anne-Marie and David will be live at Adobe MAX in October CreativePro Week 2023 registration opens October 6, 2022 Design & Accessibility Summit (online) Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 2022 Whoa! 300 episodes! A look back at 17 years of the InDesign Secrets podcast Snippets from the first episode, Nov. 29, 2005 Audio snippets …
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In this episode… News Last chance to get CreativePro Week 2022 videos and handouts Our online Design and Marketing Summit debuts July 18–19 Illustrator Summit returns Sept 22–23 Anne-Marie and David will be live at Adobe MAX in October CreativePro Magazine's July issue is all about Illustrator and InDesign Type: https://creativepro.com/issues/ "Sma…
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In this episode… News CreativePro Week 2022 recap Design and Marketing Summit coming up in July! CreativePro Magazine issues: https://creativepro.com/issues/ Cool InDesign tips we learned at the conference Obscure InDesign Feature: Create Button Trigger Sponsor for this episode: >> Canto is a leader in digital asset management (DAM) software, with …
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In this episode… News Adobe InDesign 17.2.1 update patch released CreativePro Week May 9-13, live in DC and online CreativePro Events: https://creativepro.com/events CreativePro Magazine: https://creativepro.com/issues/ CI-HUB Prize Raffle: https://ci-hub.com/creativepro/ Deadline is May 2 2022! Details on that page Field Guide to Non-Printing High…
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In this episode… News Adobe InDesign 17.2 update patch released CreativePro Week agenda is up! May 9-13, live in DC and online The cover story in the March 2022 issue of CreativePro magazine dives deep into alternatives to Adobe software (including how Affinity Publisher stacks up to InDesign) And the April issue is all about making data visual; a …
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In this episode… News Creative Pro Events full 2022 schedule is up! The Design + PowerPoint Summit, March 10-11 CreativePro Week, May 9-13 (live in DC and online!) The Design + Marketing Summit, July 18-19 The Adobe Illustrator Summit, September 22-23 The Design + Accessibility Summit, November 29-December 2 InDesign's Most Confusing Features Obscu…
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In this episode… News Creative Pro Events full 2022 schedule is up! The Design + PowerPoint Summit, March 10-11 CreativePro Week, May 9-13 (live in DC and online!) The Design + Marketing Summit, July 18-19 The Adobe Illustrator Summit, September 22-23 The Design + Accessibility Summit, November 29-December 2 Pantone® and Adobe brouhaha InDesign Col…
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In this episode… News Adobe InDesign 2022 has an update (v17.01x) CreativePro Magazine issue 1 is out! On-Demand passes now available for the expanded Design + Accessibility Summit Some Totally Obvious InDesign Things We Just Learned This Year Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof Obscure InDesign Feature: “Roger, hungry, ate 236 peaches and …
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In this episode… News Adobe InDesign 2022 (v17.0x) now available InDesign Magazine is evolving into CreativePro magazine, first issue out November 1 2021! Sign up for our expanded Design + Accessibility Summit, Nov. 16–19 Interview with Chad Chelius and Dax Castro, accessibility experts and hosts of The A11y Podcast Obscure InDesign Feature: Flip S…
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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 wi…
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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 M…
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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 Magaz…
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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 Cre…
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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 mention…
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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, w…
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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…
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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 Butt…
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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 PowerPoin…
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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 …
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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 ment…
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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 Ne…
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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…
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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 New…
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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 sett…
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In this episode: News: The online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference were a success! Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC InDesign updated to 15.1.1 last week June InDesign Magazine: InDesign, Acrobat, and PDF tips Using the new Share for Review feature in 15.1.1 OIFOTW: Apply All Auto Edits News and special offers …
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