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Don't expect that every PDF reader will display correctly an interactive PDF file you create in InDesign.

You can share one page with ten documents, or have multiple people collaborate on a longer document!

When it comes to InDesign, we have the best of the best of the best... sir!

These are the coolest shapes you'll ever find inside InDesign

This is a workflow I use almost everytime I import a Word file that someone sends me. Every InDesign user should know this.

The annual Print + ePublishing Conference comes to San Francisco, and a new InDesignSecretsLive event premieres in New York City!

From Cthulhu to InDesign eBooks, this list of links has it all!

A new, free script from Automatication (Martinho da Gloria) lets you run orphaned older Javascripts in the current version of InDesign

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-165.mp3 (16.2 MB, 30:11 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

• Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
  • Thoughts on CS "Next"
  • New releases: Too many? Too few?
  • The delicate balance of adding new features vs. improving existing features
• Quizzler! Code Breaker! (see below)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Butt Cap

How to move an inline graphic out of the text flow.

Answering one of the most commonly-asked questions: How to change the ruler values and have them stay changed?!

Through the use of zero leading, you can make text in separate paragraphs appear on the same line. You can use this idea to solve some tricky formatting problems in a TOC.

Lots of new InDesign videos, tips, articles, and links, including information about CS6 upgrades.

If you find a script that is just text (not a downloadable file), how do you install it?

When a reader changes Document Setup, nothing happens! Here's one common reason this might happen.

Hey, just a quick note to let you know that you can get 30% off Blatner Tools or Power Styles from DTP Tools until February 15 if you use the code 12IDSECRETS30 when you check out at dtptools.com. (For those who don’t know: Power Styles is a subset of the Blatner Tools Suite of InDesign plug-ins — [...]

How to lose formatting (or maintain it) when copying the data

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-164.mp3 (15.8 MB, 28:55 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode.

• Layer Tricks!
  • Stacking, dragging, show/hide layout objects
  • Dragging objects from one group to another
  • Managing nested objects
  • Using the "southern double-click"
  • Show (in layout) selected layer object
• Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know: Command-3 (Ctrl-3) and Command-Option-3 (Ctrl-Alt-3)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Stylistic Sets

Did you know you can create guides that are shorter than the width or height of your page? Here's how!

While you're waiting for the InDesign team to add a Clear All button to Find/Change, use this tip.