Episode 172
Podcast 172
• InDesign CS6’s PDF Forms Features in depth
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: World-Ready Paragraph Composer
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Yikes! We recorded this on May 9 (pre-PePcon), but didn’t get a chance to publish it until today, a week later (post-PePcon). Apologies for time shifted content!
- News
- News in PEPCONland, Adobeland, and Lyndaland
- Join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC
- InDesign CS6’s PDF Forms Features in depth
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: World-Ready Paragraph Composer
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