Episode 109
Podcast 109
• Happy 10th Birthday to InDesign!
• Placing Word files: Essential Tips, Part 1
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- Happy 10th Birthday to InDesign!
- Placing Word files: Essential Tips, Part 1
- Deleting Word styles while retaining local bolds and italics
- When you might want to export to RTF and re-import
- Fastest way to remove hyperlinks (but leave the link text)
- Maggy-ing the Word file
- Upcoming seminars and webinars — all recordings now available!
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select All Unused
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Happy Birthday to ID post
> Post about stripping out hyperlinks from Word files
> PaperSpecs reprinted Anne-Marie’s “Clean Up Word Files” article
> David insists we include a map showing Where Milwaukee Is
> All InDesignSecrets webinars (including recorded eSeminars)
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