Podcast 148

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• Interview with Russell Viers
  • On teaching InDesign, the suite, and his favorite tips
  • The struggles of regional newspaper publishers (his specialty)
• Keyboard Shortcut of the Week: Command-Option-7/Control-Alt-7
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Select First Range of Same-Size Pages
• Quizzler! With a prize worth hundreds of dollars … listen for details

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— Links mentioned in this podcast: > Russell’s web site and blog > Here’s what Russell says he puts in the corner of the room during his seminars: Johnny On The Spot > Atomic News Tools – Russell and Kris Coppetier’s InDesign > Web solution for newspapers > Micro News sites from Patch.com > 11 Things Every Newspaper Should Know About PDFs > The future of the print version of the New York Times > Kelly Vaughn’s DocumentGeek blog > Enter HAH11 promo code to get $100 off registration to the HOW Design Conference in Chicago, June 22-27. (AM’s 3-hour InDesign session is on Friday June 24. Here’s the full schedule.) > We’d love to see you at the 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference, on May 23-25 in the Washington DC area