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Episode 176

Podcast 176

• Some useful new ideas for Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
• New features in InDesign CS6 for EPUB publishers
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder

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  • InDesign News:
    • Fix for InDesign Crashing on 2012 Macs
    • Fix for InDesign CS6 "Revert to Trial Mode" bug
  • Some useful new ideas for Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
  • New features in InDesign CS6 for EPUB publishers
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Insert Number Placeholder

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Links mentioned in this podcast: > David's blog post on the release of Real World InDesign CS6 > Steve Werner's post about the 2012 Macs bug for InDesign CS6 and Adobe's fix
> When CS6 Reverts to Trial Mode (post) and Adobe's fix > Interesting InDesignSecrets forum thread on cool keyboard shortcuts from users > New EPUB Features in InDesign CS6 , recording of the Adobe CSPro webinar by Anne-Marie > More info on using Insert Number Placeholder in this blog post

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