Podcast 138

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• 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference announcement!
• InDesign to EPUB: Recap and tips from Liz Castro’s webinar
• Acrobat X and InDesign
• InDesignSecrets newsletter Quizzler winners (“How many InDesign users to change a lightbulb?”)
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Output Condition Name, Output Condition Identifier, Registry Name
• New Quizzler! Listen to the episode to learn how to win

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— To enter this episode’s Quizzler: Send an email to info@indesignsecrets.com with the word QUIZZLER in the subject line and your best answer in the body of the message. You have until Friday, Dec. 10, at midnight CST to send in your answer, one per user! We will choose the most correct answer, or in the case of a tie, we will randomly choose from the correct answer(s). Winner will be announced in the first podcast after Dec. 10. 2011!
— Links mentioned in this podcast: > Liz Castro’s webinars: InDesign to EPUB and Advanced EPUB Formatting > ePubChecker utility > Springy utility (for editing EPUBs and ZIPs without extracting files) OS X only > Acrobat X info and Anne-Marie’s Acrobat X Essentials video lessons on Lynda.com > Download Reader X (free), available for Mac and Windows! > Don XX, the most interesting guy in the world > ICC registry profiles
> Rimshot app (sound effects)