By: David Blatner
November 24 2008 2:24 PM
InDesign Secrets Seminar in Dubai
InDesignSecrets is co-sponsoring a three-day InDesign training event in Dubai, UAE, January 19-21. David Blatner (hey, that’s me!) is presenting an in-depth exploration of the world’s best page-layout program. Topics include:
- The Sweet Suite: How InDesign works with Photoshop, Illustrator, and the rest of the Creative Suite.
- Styles: How to get the most power from paragraph styles, character styles, object styles, and table styles. Also includes advanced nested styles and managing styles with GREP searches.
- Master pages and templates: How to build a strong and flexible template; best-practices for master pages
- Scripts and plug-ins: How to maximize your efficiency with these third-party tools (many of them are free on the Web!)
- Preparing images in Photoshop for importing into InDesign: Best practices for file formats and workflow
- Preflighting your files: How to get best quality documents for print or PDF
- Creating interactive files: Taking your InDesign content to PDF or even Flash!
- XML Fundamentals: Why and what you need to know about XML
- Best practices for PDF workflows: Importing and Exporting
- What’s new and great in InDesign CS4
For more information visit www.chilloutproductions.com/trainingevents. I hope to see you there!

We’re hoping it’ll be a good event, we’re partners with the organizers.
Thanks for the info. I am sure some designers will make a good use of this.