Podcast 304
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- InDesign 18.2 release
- Design & PowerPoint Summit now available on-demand
- CreativePro Week 2023 coming up in June!
- David’s Adobe Live session
- A few InDesign features that just don’t work right (it’s not you — it’s the software)
- Obscure InDesign Feature: Footnote Number
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Links mentioned in this podcast
- David’s dot-matrix printer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageWriter
- Anne-Marie’s butter churn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_churn
- What’s new in InDesign 18.2: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
- David’s “InDesign Fundamentals” with host Izzy Poirier on Adobe Live: https://www.behance.net/live/videos/19521/Adobe-InDesign-Fundamentals-with-David-Blatner
- Vote for InDesign wish-list features and bugs: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests
- Dropbox Lock Editing: https://help.dropbox.com/organize/file-locking
- Placing an Image with an Object Style: https://creativepro.com/applying-an-object-style-when-placing-an-image/
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Why don’t my desktop shortcut icons to Adobe products e.g. InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, not launch the programs from the desktop but go to the file locations instead?
There could be a few different reasons why your desktop shortcut icons for Adobe products are not launching the programs and instead going to the file locations:
1. The shortcut may be broken: It’s possible that the shortcut has become corrupted or damaged, causing it to no longer work properly. You can try deleting the shortcut and creating a new one to see if that resolves the issue.
2. The program may have been moved or uninstalled: If the program has been moved to a different location on your computer or uninstalled, the shortcut may no longer be pointing to the correct location. You can try reinstalling the program or updating the shortcut to point to the correct location.
3. File associations may be incorrect: If the file associations for the Adobe programs are not set up correctly, the shortcut may not launch the program properly. You can check the file associations in your computer settings and make sure they are set up correctly.
4. Antivirus or security software may be interfering: It’s possible that your antivirus or security software is blocking the program from launching. You can try temporarily disabling the software to see if that resolves the issue.
If none of these solutions work, you may need to contact Adobe support for further assistance.
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Just recently joined CreativePro fantastic resource- thank you.
I have recently started using InDesign, and in some ways, it is good other ways driving me nuts. I retired from Engineering and will be publishing my own ebooks. Some of the code InDesign spits out is weird, but you can edit that np. I have pretty much nailed most of what I want but when I place an inline graphic. I like to stay organised having separate layers for text, graphics – toc etc and other elements in my ePub. The inline-image behaves sitting on my “images” layer. Immediately I anchor my inline image it jumps back onto my text layer. Is there any method related to reflowable ePubs to make this work? Looking around most people seem to do this differently but have noticed there is never any discussion about layers in the context of placing images for ePubs?
Adobe could do so much more with InDesign.