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Achtung! Our InDesign Special Characters Guide in German

Danke (thank you) to Rudi Warttmann for translating our popular field guide for InDesign's hidden/special characters into German!

Create a Pocket Folder Template in CS5

Keith shows a clever way to create a pocket folder template with the new Page tool.

For Interactive PDF, Not All Readers Are Equal

Don't expect that every PDF reader will display correctly an interactive PDF file you create in InDesign.

Creating Shared Layouts (Composition Zone) in InDesign

You can share one page with ten documents, or have multiple people collaborate on a longer document!

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 84

When it comes to InDesign, we have the best of the best of the best... sir!

Using NINA Scripts for Spirograph Patterns in InDesign

These are the coolest shapes you'll ever find inside InDesign

Import Word Files into InDesign, Remove Local Formatting but Keep Italics and Bold

This is a workflow I use almost everytime I import a Word file that someone sends me. Every InDesign user should know this.

PEPCON and InDesignSecretsLive 2012 Registration Now Open

The annual Print + ePublishing Conference comes to San Francisco, and a new InDesignSecretsLive event premieres in New York City!

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 83

From Cthulhu to InDesign eBooks, this list of links has it all!

Get Your Old Scripts Running Again with “MakeItRun”

A new, free script from Automatication (Martinho da Gloria) lets you run orphaned older Javascripts in the current version of InDesign

InDesignSecrets Podcast 165

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-165.mp3 (16.2 MB, 30:11 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.
  • Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
    • Thoughts on CS "Next"
    • New releases: Too many? Too few?
    • The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features
  • Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Butt Cap

Releasing Inlines

How to move an inline graphic out of the text flow.

Changing InDesign’s Default Ruler Measurements

Answering one of the most commonly-asked questions: How to change the ruler values and have them stay changed?!
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