InDesign Secrets Store

Welcome! You can help support InDesignSecrets.com by purchasing one or more of these fabulous pieces of merch!

• eBooks: Guide to the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam
• Posters: InDesign Keyboard Shortcut posters
• Videos: InDesign Essentials video tutorials
• T-Shirts: “Sphinx” pangram t-shirts
• Etcetera: InDesignSecrets.com coffee cup or barbecue apron

In Our eSellerate Store

eBook: The InDesignSecrets Guide to the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam

The InDesign Secrets Guide to the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam eBook (PDF, 150 pp, $9.95) is the most thorough resource available for anyone interested in becoming an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign. More than a simple study guide, it offers you a comprehensive plan for preparing for and passing the exam.

The Guide breaks down every one of the 58 InDesign CS4 testing objectives (as published by Adobe) and shows exactly what you need to practice and study. Objectives are illustrated with screenshots from InDesign and are hyperlinked to the relevant information in InDesign’s online help, so you can get immediate answers to your questions. Each chapter ends with sample test questions (and their answers) to help you gauge your progress as you go.

Additional chapters detail the testing process, self-assessment, personalized study plans, study tips, and test-taking strategies, and re-certification. With The InDesign Secrets Guide to the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam you can accelerate and focus your preparation so you walk into the testing center with confidence, and walk out an ACE.

• Download a Sample Chapter (11 pp, a 3.7 MB PDF) to see how Mike breaks down the test objectives (in this case, tables) into clear, concise, and generously illustrated explanations.
• Only $9.95 for each copy of the full e-book (150 pp); download it immediately after purchase.

Click the eBook cover above, or click here to see it at eSellerate.

InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Posters
for CS2, CS3, and CS4

Designed by David and Anne-Marie, these 18″ by 26″ full-color posters list all of InDesign keyboard shortcuts in an easy-to-read, logical manner; and includes many more than you find on the menus! One side lists Mac OS X shortcuts, the other side lists Windows shortcuts. Makes a great gift for yourself and your InDesign-using friends!

• Go to the Poster Details page to learn more about the poster and see detailed screen shots of both sides.
• $15.00 plus shipping/handling, big discount for orders of 2 or more posters to same shipping address
• 25% Discount off your order if you enter the discount coupon EEKEEKEEK in the shopping cart before December 31, 2009.

Click the poster links above, or click here to visit the poster page at eSellerate.

InDesign CS3 or CS4 Essential Training Videos

As we’ve mentioned in our podcasts and on the blog, our very own David Blatner has created “essentials” InDesign training courses with Lynda.com. The InDesign CS3 title has a total of 9 hours of video lessons, and the InDesign CS4 title has 11 hours. They cover all the basics: creating documents, managing master pages, building styles, specifying and applying colors and gradients… virtually everything you need to know to be truly “InDesign Literate.”

Each topic is covered in its own movie around 5 minutes long, so you don’t need to watch the whole thing! Just view the topics you’re interested in.

While this title is available as part of Lynda.com’s Online Training Library (with a subscription), there are several benefits from buying the CD-ROM version:

• No internet connection required – faster access to movies
• Includes tutorial files so you can work along with the instructor
• Higher quality movies and sound
• You can take the CD with you when you travel or work without internet connection

Please note that for the time being, we can only sell this disc within North America. Please contact us at info [at] indesignsecrets.com if you want to buy it outside of North America.

Click here to visit our eSellerate video page.

In Our CafePress Store

NEW: Sphinx pangram t-shirts!

More styles and sizes from $11.99 and up at our CafePress.com store!

Proclaim your InDesign guru-ness with the t-shirt that will make your fellow InDesign freaks do a double-take! “Where have I seen that phrase …” they’ll be thinking, as you strut on by.

“Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow” is a pangram (a sentence that uses every letter at least once) that’s enjoyable just in and of itself, and bound to spark a conversation with anyone curious about the phrase, every time you wear it.

But the fact that it’s the pangram used in InDesign and InCopy’s preferences (to preview fonts for the Story Editor) is what makes this really special to the graphic design geeknoscenti.

We’ve got lots of t-shirt styles in many different colors and sizes for both men and women, the two pictured above are just a sample. Get on over to the “Apparel” department in our CafePress.com store to see the whole line-up and order one for yourself and that special InDesign someone.

InDesignSecrets.com coffee mug and barbecue apron

InDesignSecrets.com Mug When you drink from this beautiful white InDesignSecrets mug you’ll be the envy of your coworkers!	InDesignSecrets BBQ Apron Protect yourself from the messy realities of cooking (and InDesign) with this classy InDesign Secrets apron.