Tuesday Jun 21st, 2005


TimePre-Show Seminars
9:00am - 10:30amAdobe InDesign CS2 Essntials: Get Up to Speed Fast! (Complete 1-day Training) $195*
This is a one-day InDesign training course presented by Steve Holmes. If you are new to InDesign or looking to brush up with an overview of InDesign before the conference this is the best way to Get Up to Speed Fast. This session will cover both InDesign CS2 and InDesign CS.

This class is open to people not attending the conference as well as those who are attending the full conference. You can customize the class to have a computer provided by us*, bring your own laptop, or just use paper notes; it's up to you.

The Boston training sold out and there is not much room. Sign up to day to take advantage of this excellent value
(*pricing varies for computer seats).

Moving to an InCopy/InDesign Workflow (Complete 1-day Training) $195*
Designers, bring your editors and production managers! Join Anne-Marie Concepción, seasoned InDesign/InCopy trainer and consultant, as she reveals how surprisingly easy it is to set up and use Adobe's ingenious solution for collaborative editorial/art workflows, dramatically streamlining the production process.

Comprehensive InCopy training in the morning gets your editorial group up and running (you're invited too!) . They'll learn how to copyfit to the live layout using the same power tools found in InDesign, with cool editing tools found only in InCopy. The afternoon delves into the live InCopy/InDesign workflow, with plenty of hands-on practice for designers and editors alike. Anne-Marie will discuss essential set-up steps, cross-platform considerations and optional 3rd-party plugins, always filtered through her real-world experience of helping other companies like yours make the move successfully.  

7:00pm - 9:00pmConference Registration

Avoid getting up early on Thursday! Meet us at the registration table to receive your name tag and conference binder.>  



Wednesday Jun 22nd, 2005


TimeTrack ATrack B
9:00am - 9:15amWelcome and Introduction  
9:15am - 10:45amKeynote
Adobe InDesign CS2!
Blatner, Eisley, and McCleary
What will the next version of InDesign look like? What are the essential features you need to know about? Be among the first to see the latest release and have the chance to compare InDesign CS2 and previous versions of InDesign. Take InDesign CS for a test drive with us.
  • New! Get the most out of Adobe Bridge and Snippets
  • Free-floating Anchored Objects, Automatic Footnotes, Object Styles
  • DataMerge and More!
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    10:45am - 11:00amCoffee Break  
    11:00am - 12:15pmInDesign Tips & Tricks
    Werner and Cohen
    Learn how to make your pages fly with the essential shortcuts and techniques that top InDesign demons use every day.
  • Super-charging InDesign for a real-world production setting
  • The default preferences you must change
  • Hidden and undocumented productivity features
  • Vital keyboard shortcuts for navigation and formatting
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    12:15pm - 1:30pmLunch  
    1:30pm - 2:40pmStyle Sheets on Steroids: Supercharged Techniques
    Cohen
    Discover the power of paragraph and character styles in InDesign. Learn about the hierarchical relationship of styles, and how good planning can make designing a breeze. Explore advanced style tips that will change your life for the better and let you control your text like never before.
  • The fastest ways to create and apply style sheets, including the new Quick Apply
  • Power searches with style sheets
  • Automating run-in heads and formatted drop caps with nested styles
    •      		From QuarkXPress to InDesign: Making the Transition
    Blatner
    Use your XPress know-how to master InDesign fast! In this fast-paced tutorial, we explore how to leverage your years of Quark “XPerience” to get up to speed with InDesign as fast as possible. Plus, learn the 10 important “gotcha’s” that trip up unwary XPress users trying to make the transition, and see why opening XPress documents in InDesign is (or isn’t) a good idea.  
    2:40pm - 2:50pmBreak  
    2:50pm - 4:00pmInDesign CS2 InDepth
    Blatner
    InDesign CS2 offers dozens of new features. Get an InDepth look at each new feature, including why it’s useful (or not) in your workflow.
  • QuickApply and other style sheet changes
  • The mysterious Align to Spine feature
  • Transform Again (and Again!)
  • Placing Multi-page PDF Files
  • Why Snippets are Cool
    •      		Managing Images: Key Concepts for Success
    Werner
    If you don't understand how InDesign handles images, you're going to end up banging your head against a wall. Stop the pain and learn it here.
  • When you should use PSD instead of PDF, TIFF instead of EPS
  • Editing and creating (and avoiding) clipping paths
  • How Adobe Bridge can improve your picture workflow
  • Tricks for picture linking and the Links palette
  • Linking versus embedding images
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    4:00pm - 4:15pmSnack Break  
    4:15pm - 5:30pmGetting Great Type: The Top Ten Typography Tools
    Citron
    InDesign, Unicode and OpenType simplify font usage, while offering more options than ever before for both creativity and productivity. But with this power comes new complexity and decisions.
  • The top five font myths
  • Solving InDesign’s top five typography and font problems
  • The scoop on CID, TrueType, and dfonts
  • Wrestling the paragraph composer into submission.
  • New CS2 Type Features
    •      		Where Text Meets Graphics
    Burns
    Man or beast? Text or graphic? This session explores InDesign features that create objects that share characteristics with both text and graphics, like inline frames and tables.
  • Anchoring text, pictures, beziér boxes and lines inside or outside frames
  • Making the most of the new text runaround features
  • Solving complicated layouts with Space/Align
  • Getting the most out of text on a path, text rules, and custom underlines and strikethroughs
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    Thursday Jun 23rd, 2005


    TimeTrack ATrack B
    8:15am - 9:00amBreakfast
    Special Sponsored Presentation
    Triple Triangle presents their newest InDesign tools. Stop by with a cup of coffee and get the day started with one of the leading InDesign developers.
    *Note this session is presented by a third party solutions provider.  
    9:00am - 10:30amFavorite Real World Tips
    Blatner, Kvern
    The co-authors of Real World InDesign share some of their favorite tips, tricks, and shortcuts for InDesign and the whole creative suite. You’ll learn how to push InDesign to the limits and pick up a few fun tidbits along the way.  
    10:15am - 10:30amCoffee Break  
    10:45am - 12:00pm¡Publiquemos! Pubblichiamo! Let's Publish! InDesign and non-English languages
    Burns
    InDesign makes multi-lingual publishing easy. The program ships with an extensive list of dictionaries for Roman languages, and this session will explore those tools. We’ll also take a look at issues related to publishing in Japanese, Chinese and Korean, using both the English and Japanese versions of InDesign.
  • Why Unicode isn’t just for nerds
  • Typing right-to-left (Hebrew and Arabic) and up-to-down (Japanese)
  • Sharing multilingual files with others
    •      		Managing Long Documents
    McCue
    Whether you are building a magazine, a book, or a catalog, it’s essential that you master InDesign’s long document features.
  • Sections: how and when to use them
  • Controlling page numbering, styles, and colors across multiple files
  • Workgroup issues and document check-out controls
  • Indexes and tables of contents
  • Is InCopy right for you?
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    11:45am - 1:00pmLunch  
    1:30pm - 2:30pmExhibit Hall  
    2:00pm - 3:15pmAin't it Rich: Creating Interactive PDFs with InDesign
    Cohen
    InDesign is quickly becoming the world’s best tool for building “rich media” PDF files, full of audio, video, Flash, and hyperlinked buttons. Learn how to build interactive PDF files and what pitfalls might await you.
  • Supercool rollovers
  • Using transparency effects to your advantage
  • Dual-purpose files that play and print!
    •      		The Power of XML in InDesign
    Powell
    XML promises to bring a revolution to publishing, and InDesign is on the cutting edge. But what is XML? How can you use it in InDesign? This session answers these questions and more!
  • How to import and export XML
  • How XML is the glue between InDesign, InCopy, and GoLive
  • Using XML as a template for repurposing your documents
  • What's new with InDesign's XML features
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    3:15pm - 3:45pmSnack Break  
    3:45pm - 5:00pmA Sweet Suite: Making Adobe's Products Play Well Together
    Werner
    You can call it "PhInDeStratorshop," but we call it the creative suite of products that we rely on every day. How well you make Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign work together can make or break your job (and your bottom line). Learn the hottest tips and inside secrets for an optimum workflow that will help you make pages faster than ever.
  • How to apply Illustrator's special effects to InDesign objects
  • Maximize your Photoshop/InDesign workflow
  • Teasing out bump and varnish plates
    •      		Advanced Page Layout: Taking Control of Your Page
    McCue
    Take the time now to build a solid foundation for your document so you can save much more time down the road. Explore the mysteries of master pages and how you can make them work for you.
  • Why master pages appear sometimes not to work
  • Basing one master page on another
  • Automating page numbering and section headers
  • Fast and efficient text-flow
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    Friday Jun 24th, 2005


    TimeTrack ATrack B
    8:00am - 9:00amBreakfast  
    9:00am - 10:30amFast and Sure: The PDF Workflow
    Isaacs, McCue
    If you're not using a PDF workflow, you're just not being efficient. Learn the ins and outs of importing and exporting PDF files with InDesign, including what you need to know to avoid trouble at print time.
  • Font embedding concerns
  • When the Distiller is still better
  • Repurposing your PDFs for print and Web
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    10:15am - 10:30am Coffee Break  
    10:45am - 12:00pmPreparing for Print: Everything You Need to Know for Successful Output
    Isaacs
    Avoid costly mistakes by pinpointing print problems before you send your file to the printer. InDesign’s advanced print and proofing features provide what you need, but only if you know how to use them correctly.
  • Make transparency effects print right every time
  • Why so many publishers demand PDF/X files
  • What your output provider needs to know
  • Proofing and preflighting your files
    •      		In Full Color: Working with CMYK and Spot Colors
    Cohen
    Master InDesign’s color controls by learning how the program “thinks” about color. Indispensable for anyone creating color pages.
  • Fastest methods for creating, editing, and applying colors
  • Advanced techniques for optimizing color control
  • Making your 2-color job look like full-color by mixing spot colors
  • Setting the right halftone angles to avoid moiré
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    11:45am - 1:00pmLunch  
    1:00pm - 2:10pmWords, Word, Words: Text Without Tears
    Concepción
    InDesign offers extraordinary tools for dealing with text, but many of these features are ignored because they seem confusing or they're hidden in the interface. Unleash the power make InDesign work harder for you.
  • Footnotes in CS and CS2
  • Spell-checking and Auto-Correction
  • Bullets and Auto-Numbering
  • Importing RTF and Word documents
    •      		Color Management in InDesign
    Powell
    The color on screen doesn't match the color in print? The color in Photoshop doesn't match the color in InDesign? You need color management! Learn the basics and beyond in this fast-paced tutorial on one of the most important features in desktop publishing.
  • Getting colors to match across all your Creative Suite programs
  • Softproofing: Trusting what you see on screen
  • The 5 most important rules of color management in InDesign
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    2:10pm - 2:20pmSnack Break  
    2:20pm - 3:30pmAutomating Your Workflow: Scripting
    Kvern
    Stop using your computer as if it were just another paste-up tool and start making it do some of your work for you! Scripting is easier than it sounds, and it's extremely powerful.
  • Adding your own custom features to InDesign
  • Scripts versus macros
  • AppleScripting for non-programmers
  • Automating your workflow and page production
  • Where to get cool scripts
    •      		The Future of InDesign: An Open Discussion with the Adobe Development Team
    Eisley, McCleary, Issacs
    Here's your chance to hear it from the source! Sit down with a senior member of Adobe's product development team! Get some insight on the development of InDesign CS2, talk back, and know that the right people are listening.
  • Adobe's page-layout philosophy: Why are we here and where are we going?
  • What features do you wish InDesign had?
  • Vote on features you want changed in future versions of InDesign
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    3:30pm - 3:45pmBreak  
    3:45pm - 5:00pm Hot Tips Panel: Indispensable Advice from the Experts
    Ensemble
    Gather with the gurus for a smorgasbord of favorite tips and tricks. From cool type to hot color, this free-for-all session is packed with techniques that will amaze your friends and mystify your enemies.
  • Bizarre (but useful) overprinting tricks
  • Astonishing methods for avoiding halos when compositing in InDesign
  • Unexpected uses for the Eyedropper tool and Corner Effects
  • Last-minute tips for your last-minute deadlines
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