The CreativePro Podcast

Topics:

• Big news about podcast name
• Our favorite obscure features
• Fun obscure feature "spelling bee" game
• Obscure Feature: Positional Form

Friendly Alien:

• Just for fun: Bad Advice (and Good Lessons)
• Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof
• Obscure feature: Show Transparency Grid

Links:

Bad Advice

• The "Bad Advice" thread on Facebook
• Sara Rosinsky's Em Dash shirt

Interview with PageProof:

• New Proofing Add-in for Microsoft Office
• Centralizing the Proofing Process with PageProof

News:

• Adobe engineers did an Ask Us Anything 24-hour marathon on...

Topics:

• Great lessons from the archives (that you may have missed)
• First look at InDesign 20.3
• Obscure Feature: Delete All Guides on Spread

Sponsor:

PageProof is a simple-to-use but powerful online proofing platform that makes giving...

* DOIE: Dept. of InDesign Efficiency
* Obscure Feature: Clear Rotation
* News

Links:

Dept. of InDesign Efficiency

• 10 Essential Tips for Using Quick Apply in InDesign
• Activate Last Used Field Shortcut
• Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs: What Causes Inconsistent Leading and How to Fix It
• How to Start Using InDesign Scripts
• How-to Create a Custom Workspace
• The weird "Place Gun Frame" trick: Applying an Object Style when Plac...

Topics:

• The INDDC format: good and bad
• Interview with Venngage CEO Eugene Woo
• Obscure Feature: Reset Preferences on Quit

Links:

Cloud Docs:

• Collaborating Using Adobe Cloud Documents

Includes:

• Favorite font tricks
• Interview with Theresa Jackson
• InDesign 20.1
• Obscure feature: Match Pasteboard to Theme Color

News:

• 20.1 is in release rollout
• multi-find/change is now free
• Old (but still relevant!) InDesign Magazine articles, now on site:
  
• Designing Photo Albums in InDesign by Khara Plicanic
• Getting Started with GREP Styles in InDesign by Steve Caplin
• Working in Microsoft Word by Jamie McKee
• ...

Topics:

• Anchored Objects
• Interview with Marcus Radich, PageProof
• Obscure Feature: Standard Carriage Return

Links:

Marcus Radich, from PageProof.com

Anchored Objects:

• Working with Anchored Objects in InDesign
• How to Anchor a Graphic to Text (Video Tutorial)
• Anchoring Graphics Between Paragraphs
• Wrapping Text Around an Anchored Object
• Drag and Drop Anchored Objects

Coming in 2025:

• CreativePro Week
• The InD...

Table Scripts:

• Switching Rows and Columns in an InDesign Table
• Sort tables
• Setting Table Column Widths
• Easier Table Formatting
• Sizing Columns and Rows with a Script

What's New in InDesign 2025:

• Adobe's update page
• How to Avoid Print Problems with MathML in InDesign
• New Accessibility Features in InDesign 2025
• James Wamser's New Features Guide
• Cre...

News:

• CreativePro Week 2025 in Phoenix: registration is open
• CreativePro online summits 
• The Design + Accessibility Summit

News

• More CreativePro events coming up
• Update on InDesign 19.5 *beta* feature
• CreativePro Magazine 25 Years of Tips and Tricks!
• Catch Anne-Marie Sept 19 at the L.A. InDesign User Group (online)

Sponsored by PageProof

• The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow
• PageProof review
• PageProof's website

Update note on InDesign 19.5

• Remember that GenAI stuff in 19.5 is beta!

Three interest...

News

• InDesign 19.5 released
• 2024 CreativePro Week available on-demand
• More CreativePro events coming up
• CreativePro Magazine latest issue

Sponsored by PageProof

• The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow
• PageProof review
• PageProof's website

Unboxing InDesign 19.5

• InDesign 19.5 Adds Generative Expand, History Panel, and Find/Change Text Case
• Adobe's What's New in 19.5 page
• Change Case:

News

• InDesign beta to test opening PDFs to edit in InDesign
• CreativePro Week July 8–12 in DC! (and livestreamed)
  • Use code CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass
• The InDesign + Accessibility Summit, Oct. 8–11 (online)
• CreativePro Magazine latest issue

Interview with Sabine Lenz, "The Paper Queen"

• PaperSpecs site 
• Sabine's bio and sessions at CreativePro Week

Must-Have Scrip...

News

• InDesign 19.4 released
• CreativePro Font Collection Vol 4
• Online Events and CreativePro Week
• CreativePro Magazine latest issue

Marcus Radich interview

• PageProof site 
• Watch Marcus demo PageProof

Exploring InDesign 19.4

• New features in this release
• New EPUB Accessibility features

Obscure Feature of the Week: Adjust Dashes and Gaps

• Setting a Dash Stroke ...

News

• InDesign 19.4 new features
  • Note: 19.4 wasn't fully released when we recorded this podcast! You can learn more about the new features here.
• Online Events and CreativePro Week
• CreativePro Magazine latest issue

Kara Plicanic interview

• Khara's web site
• Interview with Khara
• Khara's CreativePro articles and videos

Secrets of the Live Preflight Panel

• Finding Overset T...

News

• Fixed issues in 19.3
• Earn an InDesign Certificate on LinkedIn Learning
• Online Events and CreativePro Week

Hot Threads:

• How to create a grid of images (or images and captions) so they'll autoflow and are easy to rearrange?
  • Swapping Images script
  • Auto-Reflowing Images in a Grid
  • Loic's Inline Merge script to create a grid
  • Video on using Data Merge scripts
  • Using Kelly's TOC trick
...

News

• InDesign 19.2 fixes some issues
• Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
• The InDesign + Long Documents Summit (use discount code CPSECRETS for $100 off!)
• CreativePro Week (use CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass)

Julie Shaffer

• Shaffer Creative
• Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) program, from SMPS: https://www.smps.org/certification/
• Interview with Julie Shaffer, Cert...

• In the news
  • InDesign 19.1 (second attempt) released! Fingers crossed
  • Upcoming online-only events: 
    • The Presentation Design Conference, March 6-8
    • The InDesign + Long Documents Summit, Read more