InDesignSecrets Podcast 153
InDesign Secrets - A podcast by Blatner and Concepcion
Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers
Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-153.mp3 (16.9 MB, 30:27 minutes)
See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.
- Tables Tables Tables! Answers to:
- Table styles with column widths?
- Find (and change) tables with Find/Change?
- Merge two tables into one, easily?
- Fill table cells with placeholder text?
- Insert consecutive numbers in a column?
- Make a cell show the sum of its column or row (or other math)?
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion
- Quizzler Winner - and Answers!!!! ("How many ways can you tell the current page number?")
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
> Marijan's Fill Table with Placeholder Text script: TomaxxiFillTable.zip
> Browse all of Marijan's InDesign scripts and other goodies
> Harbs's Merge Tables script page
> Browse all of Harbs's InDesign scripts
> DTPTools's Active Tables plug-in
> See the comments below for some of our favorite answers to the Quizzler sent in by listeners
> Keith Gilbert suggested the Quizzler
> Diane Burns's InDesign Table Magic webinar, and a list of all InDesignSecrets webinars
