Show Notes & Links

David Blatner
Anne-Marie Concepción
Previous 3-Way Episodes on The Busy Creator Podcast #4 and #11
Three-way Calling


InDesign Magazine
Anne-Marie had aspirations to become a teacher … until she met Mac
LaserWriter
Font/DA Mover
ClarisWorks
“As a teacher of software to adults, you could charge whatever you wanted.” ← Click to Tweet
Design Geek, an early newsletter-turned-blog from Anne-Marie
David is an author, but NOT a novelist
QuarkXPress, powerhouse page layout software in the 90s 
Aldus PageMaker, predecessor to InDesign
Armin Vit’s episode of The Busy Creator Podcast
Remote Keyless Entry on your car
S-Shaped Curve aka Sigmoid Function, for learning
“The hardest part is not learning the feature, it’s remembering to use the feature.” ← Click to Tweet
The Paint Format tool in MS Word
Pet Peeve: Using Character Styles where a better tool is more appropriate
Paragraph Styles panel should be called “Text Styles” 
Unsharp Masking or Appearance Panel — wishlist features for InDesign
Smart Objects created in InDesign should be placeable in Photoshop
ePUB – the open-source standard for ebooks
“Dangling Modifiers” Prescott’s name for features unbuilt or errors-not-fixed since 1996 
Gradient Mesh or 3D Revolve in Illustrator
Prescott is a member of the Pre-release Team for Illustrator
Scrubby Sliders in InDesign – an oft-requested feature from Photoshop
Anne-Marie invented “Mr. Spanky” aka Pan Tool
“The Donut” aka Content Grabber
Real World InDesign by David Blatner
Lynda.com videos

Tools

Adobe InDesign
A two-button mouse
The Apple Menu
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop Elements, Muse
Adobe Dreamweaver, which can’t open ePUB files, btw
InDesignSecrets.com has a ton of resources, downloads, tutorials, videos, forums, etc.
Adobe InCopy
InDesign Secrets Podcast, and the Obscure InDesign Feature of The Week!

Techniques

Use the Text Frame in InDesign rather than an image frame
Utilize GREP styling and Text Styles more generally
Use Quick Apply
Remove Character Styles and replace with Paragraph Styles for longer passages of text
Use InDesign for page layout … NOT ILLUSTRATOR (Japan) and definitely NOT PHOTOSHOP (psychopaths)
Learn ePUB from Anne-Marie, she’s the best (fixed-layout or flowable)

Habits

Repeatedly use features so they become a habit
Continue to learn by watching videos, experimenting, reading articles

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