Indesign Secrets

Adobe InDesign is taking the publishing world by storm. But if you try to find reliable information about InDesign on the Web you’ll find yourself scouring Adobe’s site or muddling through dozens of other sites for a tip or two. Now that you’ve found InDesign Secrets, it’s time to stop all that muddling. Developed by page-layout guru David Blatner and “DesignGeek” Anne-Marie Concepcion, InDesign Secrets is your one-stop shop for all things InDesign.

For more information about our contributors, see below.

About Your Hosts

David Blatner is the author or co-author of 15 books, including Real World InDesign and InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs. He is the editorial director of both InDesign Magazine and The InDesign Conference. Over a half a million copies of his books are in print in 13 languages, and his free InDesignSecrets plug-in offers a “tip of the day” to thousands of users worldwide. He has spoken at conferences and workshops around North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. You can find more about David at 63p.com.

Anne-Marie “HerGeekness” Concepcion owns a busy cross-media design studio in Chicago and is one of the industry’s best-known Adobe trainers and consultants. In addition to her work here, Anne-Marie hosts our sister site, InCopySecrets.com, for editors and designers working in an InDesign/InCopy worfklow, and writes the free monthly e-zine InCopyFlow. The tips and insights she shares in her free DesignGeek e-zine are enjoyed by thousands of designers, publishers, and prepress professionals around the world. Learn more about Anne-Marie at her company’s web site, Seneca Design & Training.

About Our Contributors

We’re grateful that these InDesign experts take time from their busy schedules to contribute articles to InDesignSecrets.com. They are among the top InDesign experts in the world, and we encourage you to buy their books or contact them directly for consulting, design, and training support.

Pariah S. Burke is the publisher of the Web sites QuarkVSInDesign.com and Designorati.com, the author of Adobe Illustrator CS2 @ Work, and co-author of Special Edition: Using Creative Suite 2. He has more than 15 years experience in graphic design, publication layout, prepress, and advertising, and is the former Technical Lead for InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, and Acrobat to Adobe’s technical support team. Currently he brings Creative Suite applications, QuarkXPress, and other creative tools and methodologies for professional print design and publication to agencies and studios all over North America as an accomplished instructor, consultant, and creative workflow optimizer.

Sandee Cohen. After a career in advertising, Sandee Cohen began teaching computer graphics over sixteen years ago. She has taught for New York University, New School University, the University of Hawaii, City College in New York, as well as many private organizations. A dynamic and entertaining speaker, she has been a frequent participant at The InDesign Conference, Seybold Seminars, and Macworld Expo. She is the co-author of Real World Creative Suite 2, which covers how all the applications in the Creative Suite work together. She is the author of the InDesign Visual QuickStart Guide—the only book to have covered all versions of InDesign. She is also the author of books on Acrobat, Illustrator, FreeHand, and Fireworks. She is the senior contributing editor to InDesign Magazine where her column, InQuestion, answers reader’s questions.

Claudia McCue incorporates more than 20 years of traditional and digital prepress production experience in her current incarnation as a consultant, trainer, and author devoted to the graphic arts industry. Claudia’s company, Practicalia LLC, provides custom onsite training for a national client base of design firms, printing companies and marketing professionals. She is the author of Real World Print Production (Peachpit Press, 2006), and a frequent presenter at industry conferences.

Steve Werner is a trainer, consultant, and co-author (with David Blatner and Christopher Smith) of InDesign for QuarkXPress Users and Moving to InDesign. He has worked in the graphic arts industry for more than 20 years and was the training manager for ten years at Rapid Lasergraphics. He has taught computer graphics classes since 1988.