Episode 197
Podcast 197
• Getting HTML out of InDesign
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers
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- Getting HTML out of InDesign
- Layout “geometry” issues
- Useful plug-ins
- HTML and CSS options
- Resources (aka Michael Murphy)
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers
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- Ajar Production’s in5 ID > HTML 5 plugin
- Michael Murphy’s InDesign & HTML article is in InDesign Magazine issue 53
- Here’s his lynda.com course, InDesign for Web Design and Udemy course, From InDesign to HTML
- MailChimp’s “How HTML Email Works“
- Steve Werner shows how to Hide/Show PDF Layers with buttons
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