Podcast 203

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In this episode:

• Adobe Creative Cloud — 6 Months Later
  • Working? Broken? Anne-Marie and David argue it out
  • Reports from the field
  • Some options that could help those who are stuck
  • Issues specific to InDesign users and developers as opposed to other Adobe apps
  • Open source and other page layout competition
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Adobe Product Improvement Program

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• Creative Cloud pricing and the Teams option
• Our 200+ commented post on InDesign’s debut as a Cloud-only app
• String theory and the fifth dimension
• Adobe Product Improvement Program FAQ (“apipfaq”)