Episode 271
Podcast 271
• InDesign 2020 new features
• Interview with Dave Clayton
• Obscure Feature: Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking
In this (super-sized) episode:
- News:
- First 10 speakers announced for CreativePro Week 2020
- Adobe MAX 2019 recap
- Adobe InDesign 2020 released!
- InDesign at 20, our November 2019 magazine issue
- InDesign 2020 new features: Hits, Duds, and Workarounds
- Interview with Dave Clayton, InDesign writer, designer, podcaster, and speaker
- OIFOTW: Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking
Links mentioned in this podcast:
- The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
- First ten CreativePro Week speakers announced
- David’s video of his “InDesign Pro Secrets” session at MAX
- Anne-Marie’s handout and practice files from “InDesign for Absolute Beginners” lab at MAX
- JavaScripting with InDesign by Peter Kahrel
- New features in InDesign 2020
- Anne-Marie’s New Features in InDesign 2020 videos on LinkedIn Learning/lynda
- Our blog post
- Adobe’s list of new features in InDesign 2020
- Find variable fonts here and here
- Dave Clayton links:
- Dave’s web site
- Astute Graphics, the company he works for
- How Do I That in InDesign? his book at Amazon
- Or buy it from Rocky Nook w/discount code CLAYTON40 for 40% off
- “He Shoots He Draws” podcast with Glyn Dewis
- More on “Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking” here and here
- Here’s that alert:

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