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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Tuesday, April 25 marked the second 2006 meeting of the New York City InDesign® user group. Over 160 members packed the Katie Murphy Auditorium at FIT, making this the second-largest event in NYC IDUG history.

Alison Catellona of Mobile Mac Training (www.mobilemactraining.com) was the first presenter. Alison's demo covered the finer points of using InDesign's powerful Book feature to synchronize styles and swatches across multiple documents. Afterwards, Alison showed InDesign's table of contents feature, noting that this excellent feature is not limited to tables of contents alone. Some comments included:

"Alison is a great presenter; she is way ahead of me, but I did take notes!"

"Alison's presentation was great. Tools for long documents are something not everyone thinks about, but are very helpful!"

In the second half of the evening, Lucy Albanese, Design Director at HarperCollins Publishers, gave a fascinating and informative look at how her company made the gradual transition from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign. Since HC switched to InDesign:

100% of all jacket designers have converted to InDesign
100% of all interior designers have converted to InDesign
All regular HC freelancers are using InDesign
All typesetters/compositors are using InDesign
Very few or no major printing issues are occurring with InDesign
235 text interior files have been set in InDesign

Based on the feedback we received, Lucy's presentation hit home with many members who are facing similar transitions. Here are a few quotes from the evaluations:

"Great presentations, especially Lucy Albanese, who was organized, informative, and charming. Strong case for the power and flexibility of InDesign."

"I've been wishing for a lecture like Lucy's; she's my hero!"

The evening concluded with another great raffle. Thanks as always to our raffle sponsors, including:

Mobile Mac Training: www.mobilemactraining.com
StockLayouts: www.stocklayouts.com
Adobe Press: www.adobepress.com
Total Training: www.totaltraining.com
Adobe Systems: www.adobe.com

Also, fellow NYC IDUG member and author/expert Michael Baumgardt is offering a number of exciting training opportunities in the upcoming months. Please continue reading for more information, including special rates for IDUG members:

Web Design with Photoshop
eCommerce for Designers and Businesses
Illustrator CS2 Advanced

Visit your Member Benefits page for special offers to all user group members.

Until next time, many thanks to all!

Scott Citron
NYC IDUG Chapter Rep

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