Episode 046
Podcast 046
• All about InDesign CS3
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text
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- All about InDesign CS3:
- Our favorite new features, including Table and Cell Styles, Variables, Placing InDesign files, Find/Change with GREP, Find/Change object attributes, and more
- Our favorite improved features, including scaling fixes, folders in Styles panels, page previews in the Pages panel, Align to Page, Synchronize master pages, and more
- Pricing information
- Other great resources to learn about InDesign CS3
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Fill With Placeholder Text
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Links mentioned in the podcast:
- InDesign Magazine special offer. Go to the link, choose “2-year subscription for $69” option, and enter indesignsecrets to receive two years of back issues, free, along with your subscription. The upcoming issue is full of in-depth articles about InDesign CS3 new features.
- The InDesigner videocast. Michael’s latest episode (#38) shows off InDesign CS3’s new interface, and all the neat tricks you can do with it.
- Adobe.com for Creative Suite 3 info from the horse’s mouth
- Gutenberg Project is Anne-Marie’s favorite source for placeholder.txt copy
- Lorem-Ipsum Generator caught David’s fancy
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