Comments on: InDesignSecrets Podcast 031

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:04:42 +0000

To Anne-Marie:
Thanks a lot!

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:38:33 +0000

FYI: I just posted more information on the free Notes plug-in (this episode’s Obscurity of the Week) as a new article in the blog.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:11:10 +0000

Jock, yes, you’re absolutely correct. We split the channels into stereo for this episode. We’ve heard from a number of people who were less than pleased about it and we’ll try not to do it again. Sorry! Episode 32 should be normal (mono) again.

By: Jock Graham

Jock Graham — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:54:09 +0000

On the sound quality for this podcast, you two seem to have used a channel each when recording, so David appears in my left ear and Ann-Marie in my right. As I know David is in Seattle and Ann-Marie in Chicago, I felt I had to listen to this podcast facing north. But the main problem is that unless the sound comes from both channels (and therefore into both ears) simultaneously, it’s harder to drown out the screaming kids on the bus in the morning. Please use both channels in future and save what’s left of my sanity! Thanks, Jock

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:04:25 +0000

Dave … wow. Thank you so much! I’ve updated the Show Notes with a link to the script page on your site.

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:03:26 +0000

OK, I’ve updated the package at that link address to include two new scripts and a user guide I spent yesterday creating. There are still two scripts, but they work quite differently:

DateTimeSetup.jsx allows you to create two DateTimeFormat/Character style pairs (by means of a dialog) that allows you to have up to two date/time stamping formats in any of your documents.

I’ve built-in 14 different formats and provided instructions on how to add more.

DateTimeInsert.jsx uses the settings for your document to insert the current date/time in place of any text that uses the character styles you assigned.

So, this second script is exactly as David and Anne-Marie described in the podcast, with the addition that it can now work with any of the 14 built-in formats and you can have two active at once in your document.

I’ve written an eight-page user guide which explains how to install the scripts, how to operate them, and how to customize them.

Dave

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:34:37 +0000

OK, I found the scripts and I had posted them at:

http://pdsassoc.com/downloads/DateScripts.zip

Dave

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:13:54 +0000

Well, I remember writing the script but I don’t remember posting it anywhere other than in the U2U forum. David doesn’t seem to have posted a link to it either, but after that wonderful plug, I’d better make sure it’s somewhere to be found.

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:58:00 +0000

I’ll need to listen to the podcast to understand your question, Bran. On the agenda for later today.

Dave

By: Branislav Milic

Branislav Milic — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:28:54 +0000

I think they used a typewriter style font to emphasize the secrecy of the typed documents in spy movies of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s… ? In 80’s movies they started to use PCs and Macs…