Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter

About

Jeff Potter, one of the staff editors at CreativePro Network, has had various careers in editing, design, production, and management of newspapers, magazines, and books over more than four decades. Since 2008, he has edited and designed The Commons, a nonprofit weekly community newspaper in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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Conditional Styling Rules for InDesign

With this plug-in you can define conditions for automatically applying paragraph styles or local formatting.

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Why Did My Client’s Book Cover Colors Print So Very, Very Wrong?

A cautionary tale to help you avoid unpleasant surprises when your print job comes back

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So … How Do You Pronounce That Font Name? (And Does It Really Matter?)

A guide to tricky pronunciations of font names and type designers

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Making Calculations in InDesign

Scripts and other solutions to take the pain out of dealing with math in InDesign

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Preview a Mix of Color and Grayscale Pages in Your InDesign Document

With some creative uses of layers and libraries, you can create a template that previews color and grayscale pages in the same document.

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IndexMatic<sup>3</sup> Review

The most powerful indexing solution for InDesign just got even better.

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Peter Kahrel’s Long Document Scripts for InDesign

Find out what these amazing InDesign scripts can do for you!

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Weathering a Production Challenge on a Calendar in InDesign

A production challenge from a calendar project can teach us about becoming better designers.

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Harnessing the Power of Text Variables and IDML

Learn how Jeff Potter built a system for harnessing the power of text variables and IDML to save time and reduce errors in newspaper production.

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June 29–July 3, 2026

Nashville, TN (and online)