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.

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