November 22 2006 • 11:38 PM

InDesignSecrets Podcast 036

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  • It’s our anniversary!
  • Why you should be using a process-color swatch book
  • Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster is on sale
  • Those Krazy Keep Options: How and when to use them
  • Quizzler! With a cool prize from Trumatch (see below)
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: The “J” Key (Formatting Affects Text/Container)

Links mentioned in the podcast:
Our InDesign CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster

Quizzler instructions: If you have an answer to this episode’s Quizzler, don’t post it here! E-mail it to info@indesignsecrets.com with “Quizzler” in the Subject. One winner will be chosen randomly from all the correct answers received by midnight, November 30, 2006. The winner will be mailed a set of Colorfinder process color swatchbooks (coated and uncoated) from Trumatch, a $170 value. Remember, don’t post your answer here! You’ll ruin it for everyone!

Sponsors for this episode:
Markzware (InDesign plug-in developer)
Special offer for podcast listeners ends Nov. 30 2006:
20% off any Markzware product! Go to their online store and enter
the coupon code IDSECRET during checkout to get the discount.

Trumatch (”Colorfinder,” their process color swatch book system)
Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win two Colorfinder books,
Coated and Uncoated, a $170.00 value.

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5 Responses discussing this post. Add yours below.

  1. November 27th, 2006 • 3:03 pmLink

    keeps options should be set to 1 line at the beginning of a paragraph and 2 lines at the end otherwise balancing a book will be nigh on impossible.

  2. November 27th, 2006 • 4:42 pmLink

    Boy, the Quizzler is really tough. No chance you can give a hint to everyone is there?

  3. David Blatner
    November 27th, 2006 • 6:37 pmLink

    No hints this time, sorry! It is a tough one, but we’ve gotten a few good answers already. We’ll draw a random winner from those answers on Dec 1.

    Hey, feel free to send us Quizzler questions. If we use yours in the future, we’ll send you a free InDesignSecrets Keyboard Chart.

  4. Mark Ashley
    November 27th, 2006 • 7:17 pmLink

    I like my new TruMatch swatch book (replacing my Pantone book), but I do have one gripe: they don’t list the ink values in the CMYK order. I usually find it faster to just enter the color values in the color palette and create a new swatch rather than searching for the pre-loaded Pantone or TruMatch number. I am so accustomed to starting at “C” and tabbing down to enter the values that adjusting to the odd TruMatch order is causing some consternation :) I am having to make like the Village People and sing “Y-M-C-K”

  5. lowJackson
    November 27th, 2006 • 8:11 pmLink

    Good shout with the ‘J’ key - feature of the week, that one’s been driving me mad for weeks!

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