Episode 098
Podcast 098
• Is magenta a color? A trippy trip into rods, cones, spectra, and process inks
• How to update files created from the same template when it’s modified
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- News: InDesign CS4 ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) tests are now available; Test Prep e-book coming soon
- Is magenta a color? A trippy trip into rods, cones, spectra, and process inks
- How to update files created from the same template when it’s modified
- Three interesting special characters
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Share My Screen
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>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this page. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books, and the InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications.
>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is once again giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to https://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don?t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention ?InDesignSecrets? when registering.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
- Register for the InDesign CS4 ACE Exam (or download the Prep guide)
- The original “Magenta Ain’t a Color” article and the Ars Technica rebuttal
- It was in Podcast episode 25 (transcript) that we talked about leaders for right-aligned tabs
- Start sharing your screen with the free ConnectNow
- I see sixth spaces and Battlestar Galactica (read comment #74)
- We heart Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet’s DesignTools Weekly podcast
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