InDesignSecrets Podcast 197

14/07/2013 25 min
InDesignSecrets Podcast 197

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Episode Synopsis

Getting HTML out of InDesign; Obscurity of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers
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Getting HTML out of InDesign

Layout "geometry" issues
Useful plug-ins
HTML and CSS options
Resources (aka Michael Murphy)


Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Create Acrobat Layers


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Links mentioned in this podcast:


Ajar Production's in5 ID > HTML 5 plugin
Michael Murphy's InDesign & HTML article is in InDesign Magazine issue 53
Here's his lynda.com course, InDesign for Web Design and Udemy course, From InDesign to HTML
MailChimp's "How HTML Email Works"
Steve Werner shows how to Hide/Show PDF Layers with buttons