Podcast 135

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• Quizzler Winner (and answers)!
  • Largest number of tab stops in a paragraph
  • Largest document page size, smallest page size
  • Most number of columns on a page
  • Most number of pages in a document, highest page number (screen shot below!)
• Steve Werner interview, InDesign trainer and blog contributor
  • Preflighting for print and for digital publications
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PostScript Level
  

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— Links mentioned in this podcast: > Here’s a great thread on MathMagic from our forum members, including a cool 13-minute video about using MathMagic one user posted (scroll down to the end of the thread to see the embedded video) > Check out Steve Werner’s InDesignSecrets webinar recordings (the Preflighting Deep Dive one is especially popular)
> Steve’s current webinar company that he runs with Mark Atchley is CS-Magic.com
> Vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award > More info on PostScript (Level) 3 from Adobe > InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler!

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