March 24 2009 • 7:25 AM
InDesignSecrets Podcast 099
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- News: InDesign/InCopy 6.01 update; Bridge Home is foreclosed; New Adobe forums; Twitter update
- World’s Simplest GREP Style (great for non-GREPpers)
- The style hierarchy: Which automatically applied character style “wins”?
- The Eeek-eek-eek awards for our upcoming 100th Podcast: Fill out the Ballot!
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Paragraph Spacing Limit
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>> Woodwing has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: 20% off the price for their neato fast-styling plug-in, SmartStyles. SmartStyles works with all CS versions of InDesign and InCopy on both platforms. Use the INDESIGN-SECRETS code at their web store to get the 20% discount (expires April 30, 2009) .
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
Please complete the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards ballot! (deadline is March 31, 2009)
New Adobe Forums Preview: adobeforums.adobe.com
Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter
David’s author page on Lynda.com (watch for the GREP Styles video in April)
Anne-Marie’s InDesign CS4 New Features videos, style hierarchies are in Chp. 8
Please complete the 2009 Eeek-eek-eek Awards ballot! (deadline is March 31, 2009)
New Adobe Forums Preview: adobeforums.adobe.com
Follow InDesignSecrets on Twitter
David’s author page on Lynda.com (watch for the GREP Styles video in April)
Anne-Marie’s InDesign CS4 New Features videos, style hierarchies are in Chp. 8
During the discussion on Paragraph Spacing Limit, Anne-Marie wondered why Adobe simply hadn’t coded a Do Not Change Leading Command.
One possible reason is that the Paragraph Spacing Limit provides more control. Put in a large number and leading will not be changed.
But a smaller number — tweaked to taste — could give one a mix of extra paragraph spacing and additional leading.
Not that I can think of any design where you’d want to do this. But . . .