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Episode 017

Podcast 017

• Listener correction: Mixing transparency levels in image frames
• Secret “Wake up the Font Menus” keyboard shortcut

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  • Listener correction: Mixing transparency levels in image frames
  • Secret "Wake up the Font Menus" keyboard shortcut
  • Merging InDesign documents: Techniques and Cautions
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Align First Line to Baseline Grid

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Repeat: Tim Cole's Frame-based Grids tutorial (PDF, 1.8 MB)

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