Comments on: InDesignSecrets Podcast 046

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:17:59 +0000

Robert, no, that won’t work because you have to have the Type tool selected to paste into a table cell. But you don’t have to copy and paste, either. Just put the text cursor in the cell, then choose Place. When you click OK, the image/text should show up in that cell as an anchored object. You still need to do this one at a time, but it’ll at least reduce the copy/paste step.

By: robert weisberg

robert weisberg — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:12:27 +0000

The new feature that loads several images at once in the arrow-can you click and fill cells in a table quickly using that method with CS3/ I am always cutting and pasting thumbnails into tables..

By: joecab

joecab — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:24:09 +0000

oh OK I musta mis-hoid ya Yeah it really is great news — certainly makes the upgrade price an easier pill to swallow

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:19:14 +0000

joecab, I don’t recall saying that. You are correct: Acrobat Pro is part of the Standard Suite now! Very happy about that.

By: joecab

joecab — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:40:27 +0000

Did you say in the podcast that Acrobat Pro is only in the Premium Suite? According to Adobe’s web site, both the Standard and Premium Design Suites include Acrobat Pro now.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:24:03 +0000

Alex, I have the same custom shortcut! Re Jabber ... check out Rorohiko's ChatterGoofy, a free plug-in that uses QXP's jabber languages in InDesign.

By: alex silver

alex silver — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:12:39 +0000

I use Fill With Placeholder text all the time when training – so much so that i have made a shortcut for it (ctl-F) – i run on a mac btw I never knew about the placeholder.txt option though – very handy.
Did you know though that Quark allows you different settings – it is called jabber rather than Placeholder text – but inside the preferences you can set the language of the placeholder text – including Klingon!

By: Alan G

Alan G — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:32:35 +0000

I don’t know if this will turn out to be my favorite new feature, but the biggest surprise was the grep search and replace. If I’d never used grep, it wouldn’t have meant much to me, but I’ve missed it so many times in ID and Word… (happy sigh).

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:22:07 +0000

Favorite new feature? How do you pick just one? I love the new transparency effects and the addition of table and cell styles will certainly bring a smile to many faces.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:46:45 +0000

Mordy: Yeah, the more I import ID files, the more useful I find it. Here are the two features I’d like to see in CS4, though: The ability to convert the imported ID files into editable objects (currently, the imported ID file just acts like a static picture); and the ability to embed fonts in ID files (so I can send my ID file to you and you can place it even if you don’t have my fonts).

Atoz: Well, you know we have a very loose definition of “obscure.” Basically, it’s any feature that we find a lot of people don’t know about. If you have a suggestion for a good OFOTW, please email it to us.