InDesignSecrets Podcast 308

InDesign Secrets

• 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 info to come.
  • CreativePro Magazine June 2023, issue 20: Email templates, cover story by our designer Pam Sparks! Also great InDesign tips and tricks
• Getting geeky with IDML, Tagged Text, ICML, and Snippet files
• Obscure Feature of the Week: Remove Forced Line Break

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Links mentioned in this podcast

• YES our original InDesign Secrets mug IS still available! https://www.cafepress.com/mf/14282011/large-indesignsecrets-_mugs?productId=60507004
• Watch our free webinar: Creating Social Media Assets with InDesign https://creativepro.com/watch-on-demand-indesign-social-assets/
• We're speaking at MAX 2023 David Blatner Anne-Marie Concepcion
• Pam's article on Building Email Templates: https://creativepro.com/building-email-templates/
• Getting Geeky:
  • Snippets: https://creativepro.com/the-joy-of-snippets/ https://creativepro.com/place-snippets-at-the-same-location-or-not/ https://creativepro.com/locking-snippets/ https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-snippets-in-a-printing-workflow/
  • Tagged Text: Database or spreadsheet to tagged text: https://creativepro.com/automate-text-formatting-with-tagged-text/
  • IDML: Jeff Potter's amazing web app to IDML trick: https://creativepro.com/harnessing-the-power-of-text-variables-and-idml/ Hard-core editing to fix RGB Black: https://creativepro.com/turning-rgb-black-to-cmyk-black/ Download this great illustrated guide to IDML by Mike Rankin: https://creativepro.com/downloads/Anatomy_of_IDML.pdf Color swatches that won't delete: https://creativepro.com/color-swatches-that-wont-delete/