Episode 178
Podcast 178
• Golden Oldie post: Find Where That Color’s Used
• Readers Nominate Most Ridiculous Features in InDesign
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Query
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- Golden Oldie post: Find Where That Color’s Used
- Readers Nominate Most Ridiculous Features in InDesign
- So many, so little time (Story panel?)
- How dare you call my fave feature ridiculous!
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Save Query
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> Video demo of the Find Color feature in the Blatner Tools plug-in
> Readers comment on Ridiculous Features in InDesign with their nominees
> Transcript of our Podcast (episode 139) where we discuss the Floppy Disk icon in InDesign
> Where Saved Queries live
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