Episode 248
Podcast 248
• Adobe MAX 2017 this week, visit us at Booth 214!
• Also at MAX, see Anne-Marie and David on stage
• October’s InDesign Magazine: Deep into Dictionaries
In this episode:
- News:
- Adobe MAX 2017 this week, visit us at Booth 214!
- Also at MAX, see Anne-Marie and David on stage
- October’s InDesign Magazine: Deep into Dictionaries
- Sleuthing InDesign Mysteries: Fonts and TOCs and Style folders
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Incompatibility with Flash Player
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
- Duden in InDesign CC 2018
- Here’s a list of the InDesign Mysteries so far (the contests)
- Thank you to Ripon Printing for the keyboard shortcut posters!
- Crazy IDML font troubleshooting saga
- Just a little bit more about customizing a Preflight Profile
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