August 17 2010 • 9:25 AM
InDesignSecrets Podcast 131
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- 7.02 patch update for InDesign/InCopy CS5: What does it fix?
- Interview with Bob Levine, the “InDesignGuy” and InDesignSecrets.com contributor
- Upcoming seminars debuting in September
- PDFSecrets: Working Smarter in Acrobat, with guru Clint Funk
- 2-day InDesignSecretsLive seminar includes a new “Beyond Print” day
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comma, period, slash (they have a secret life as obscure keyboard shortcuts)
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> James Fritz’s CS5 7.02 Update post and links
> James Fritz’s CS5 7.02 Update post and links
> Bob Levine’s web site, TheInDesignGuy.com; Twitter: @idguy
> Story Editor posts: Hidden Gems, Table Editing (videocast)
> David’s post about the spreads issue in interactive PDFs from CS5
> PDFSecrets seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
> InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off)
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I love keyboard shortcuts for styles!
As a rule I set CTRL ALT SHIFT 1,2,3 to the Heading 1,2,3 styles. Then I set 4,5,6 to Bullets Level 1,2,3. And that’s for all documents. Works well for me, and no matter what I’m doing and I need a certain level style for a heading or bullet I know that 1-3 is headings, and 4-6 is bullets.
If I need Chapter Headings or something then CTRL ALT SHIFT 0 works. And then 7,8,9 is custom for some special formatting.
Most of the time the body text is the first thing I sort out. Then I can cycle through the document making headings and bullets where needed.
One thing about the PDF export option, and I fell for this about 4 or 5 times today. I created an Interactive PDF earlier on in the day. Then I had a Book file that I wanted to make into a PDF. And because I was switching from Interactive to Print settings often today, when I clicked the Export Book to PDF it takes a while to go through all the documents, and then the dialog comes up for print. And I get impatient and just hit Return and of course it then gives me the Interactive PDF settings. Then I have to cancel and go back to Export Book to PDF, wait for it to compose the documents and get the option again for Print or Interactive. I got a bit frustrated with that today.
I too dislike the content grabber. Turned off on the first week of using InDesign. The target is too large and you inadvertently grab the content rather than the frame. I much prefer the double clicking too.
Hee, I can’t believe the Application Frame is still a topic with Mac users. I’ve always been a Mac and Windows user, and I’d like to have the option to see through to the desktop on Windows… Maybe CS6?
I got the newsletter – but didn’t have time to get around to doing anything with it. I’m going to try get something together.
Excellent podcast
The application frame is pretty much a Windows standard. Photoshop had a way to roll up the frame for a couple of versions and it never really caught on.
It is indeed, Bob. Shame really that it never caught on.
On PC you can get some rollup and transparent app background action happening with third party theme management software, such as Windowblinds.
I was only semi-joking about the transparent background for windows.