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The CreativePro PodcastIntroducing the CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets is now the CreativePro podcast! Join David Blatner and Theresa Jackson and review the past 20 years of podcasting, as well as what to expect next! Links and Info: Our podcast started in late 2005! Trivia: Did you know our podcast intro music was created by Anne-Marie Concepcion's daughter, Nicole?! Have an idea for a future podcast? Leave us a note below! 2025-07-2919 min
The CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 308 In the news: CreativePro rebrand!! Design & Marketing Summit, July 27–28, online only Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions InDesign 18.4 is slowly being rolled out CreativePro Week was phenomenal! Grab an On Demand Pass to watch all the sessions, including IGNITE! and download the handouts Next year in Washington DC! More info to come. CreativePro Magazine June 2023, issue 20: Email templates, cover story by our designer Pam Sparks! Also great InDesign tips and tricks Getting geeky with IDML, Tagged Text, ICML, and Snippet files Obscure Feature of the Week: Remove Forced Line Break Sponsor for this episode >> Noble...2023-06-2741 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 266In this episode: the News: InDesign Conference 2019 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign! Virtual Pass now available May 2019 InDesign Magazine on Big (Format) Design GREP patch for InDesign CC 2019 14.0.2 Inside the Dark Art of Spellchecking Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Include Deleted Text when Spellchecking News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team...2019-05-1225 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 265In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2019 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of InDesign! Tweaks and fixes in just-released InDesign CC 14.02s Five, or Six, or more Amazing Tips for Find/Change Favorite Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-N/Control-Alt-N News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for over 30 sessions and four in-depth half-day tutori...2019-04-2624 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 264In this episode: News: GREP in InDesign now on Amazon! InDesign Magazine, April 2019 issue: Proposals InDesign Conference 2019 Hurry, early-bird savings deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!) How can you measure how well you or others know InDesign? Obscure Feature of the Week: Shadow Honors Other Efects News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for...2019-04-0820 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 263In this episode: News: Two shorter podcasts! InDesign Magazine, March 2019 issue: Women in Design InDesign Conference 2019 Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass Early-bird deadline is April 15 (easy to remember!) Changing margins? Adjust Layout tips and techniques Obscure Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Reflow All Text News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesig...2019-03-2117 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Episode 262In this episode: News: Double the podcast, double the fun! InDesign Conference 2019 Agenda (InDesign sessions and deep-dive tutorials) schedule posted! Poster contest: Win a free 5-day Platinum pass Soft proofing for CMYK output in an RGB layout Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Guide Type News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign experts and members of the Adobe InDesign team, for ove...2019-03-0121 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 261In this episode: News: Tons of new videos on InDesignSecrets YouTube channel InDesign Conference 2019 20th anniversary of InDesign! We'll have some special events New speakers include Ina Saltz, Tony Harmer, Conrad Chavez, and Dax Castro Commenting on PDFs in the cloud with Acrobat DC Import PDF Comments (new feature in CC 2019) in depth GREP in InDesign, 3rd edition released Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Change Arabic Diacritic Color News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the yea...2019-01-2129 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 260In this episode: News: InDesignSecrets YouTube channel and Facebook group Video courses: InDesign CC 2019 New Features, and Essential Training InDesign CC 2019 Adobe MAX 2018 recap Presentations with InDesign magazine feature by Mark Heaps What's new and what to watch out for with InDesign CC 2019 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: By Unicode (or by CID/GID) News and special offers from our sponsor: > The InDesign Conference: If you use Adobe InDesign, mark off June 10–13, 2019 in Seattle, WA, for the InDesign event of the year! Join InDesignSecrets hosts Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner, and dozens of top InDesign ex...2018-10-3135 min
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)A Publisher’s Guide to InDesign, with guest Anne-Marie ConcepciónAnne-Marie Concepción of Seneca Design & Training presents the case for using InDesign as a p-book and e-book creation tool.
Topics covered include:
can Microsoft Word be used for book publishing? (the short answer: please don’t.)
the importance of styles in InDesign
learning InDesign
using InDesign to create e-books
creating Kindle books and using the Kindle Previewer
designing for print vs designing for ebooks
finding a designer
Also, your questions on paying royalties to foreign publishers, learning more about printing and production.
Sites and resources mentioned in the podcast include:
Seneca Des...2018-04-0237 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 156Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-156.mp3 (14.5 MB, 26:21 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
News and Announcements
James Fritz's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Milwaukee, Sept 27
Anne-Marie's InDesignSecrets Live seminar in Las Vegas, Nov 2
David & Fritz are presenting with Russell Brown at Adobe MAX, Oct 1–5
Mike Rankin's 3-city InDesignFX tour of midwest IDUGs, Sept 13–15
All about Change Case; tips and secrets and scripts and plug-ins and GREP, oh my
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Contextual Alternates
Quizzler! All you need is a web connection to figur...2011-09-0726 minThe CreativePro PodcastInDesignSecrets Podcast 155Back to School episode; Best resources for lifelong learners of InDesign; Upcoming events; Obscurity of the Week: Select Next Object
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Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-155.mp3 (15.5 MB, 28:27 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Well, kind of soon. It takes them a while to transcribe.
Back to School episode! Resources for life-long learners of InDesign
Books, videos, forums, templates, for users at any level
Rededicate yourself to learn! Try our suggested lesson plans for every user
Upcoming events, including a peek at PePCon 2012
Obscure InDesign Feature of t...2011-09-0128 min
Podcasts – Rookie Designer PodcastRookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”
Jake and Kitty talk about their trip to Print & ePublishing Conference 2011 in DC presented by InDesignSecrets.com hosts Anne Marie Concepcion and David Blatner. They talk about the sessions they enjoyed and about why they think every Rookie should attend a conference like PePCon. Jake and Kitty also talk about what “The Twitter” is
Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”2011-06-0939 min