InDesignSecrets Podcast 293

InDesign Secrets

In this episode…

• News
  • Adobe InDesign 2022 has an update (v17.01x)
  • CreativePro Magazine issue 1 is out!
  • On-Demand passes now available for the expanded Design + Accessibility Summit
• Some Totally Obvious InDesign Things We Just Learned This Year
• Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof
• Obscure InDesign Feature: “Roger, hungry, ate 236 peaches and cantaloupes in 1904”

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• The Design + Accessibility Summit
• CreativePro Week
• What's new in InDesign 2022 (17.0) https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/whats-new.html
• What's new in 17.01: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
• How to make the menus bigger on the Mac (for high-res monitors): https://osxdaily.com/2021/10/12/change-menu-bar-size-mac/
• Why versions of Mac OS are all California cities: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davidblatner_apple-mac-activity-6860597173332135936-PYWB
• Interview with Marcus Radich at PageProof:
  • What is an Awk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk
  • What is an orc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc
  • Who is Martinho da Gloria: https://www.automatication.com/about-us/
• Obvious Things We Learned (or Re-learned)
  • Move Control Panel to the Bottom of the Screen https://creativepro.com/moving-control-panel-to-bottom-of-screen/
  • Accessibility tab in hyperlinks… doesn't work the way you might expect: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/44174832-hyperlink-alt-text-is-ignored-in-the-latest-versio
  • InDesign icon in Publish Online embed: How to do it: https://creativepro.com/publish-online-supports-embedding-indesign-documents/ Problem: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20459239-allow-removal-of-the-publish-online-button-that
  • Adobe Illustrator: customizing the toolbar: https://creativepro.com/customize-your-illustrator-workspace/ and https://creativepro.com/create-a-custom-toolbar-in-illustrator/

• Obscure Feature: Roger, hungry, ate 236 peaches and cantaloupes in 1904 If you make the sample text small, the Birch font will fit the whole line in the column.