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May 29th Tampa InDesign Meeting
Thu, May 29th, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Poynter Institute
Event Details

On Thursday, May 29, 2008, over 30 Tampa Bay IDUG members gathered at the Poynter Institute to see a presentation by Ron Anderson. Ron explained what a table is and how it is defined. He demonstrated how to create a table from scratch. One specific trick we learned was to hold down the Shift key and drag a line in a table. This technique allows a user to just change the dimension of the selected cell without disrupting all the other cells in a row or column.

Ron continued his presentation by showing the group how to add table headers and footers to tables. Ron also spoke on Formatting Tables and applying formatting to the tables using table styles. Ron suggested following an order of creating a paragraph styles first, cell styles second, and finally a table style last.

In addition to Ron's presentation, we had another successful silent auction again. We raised over $800. GREAT JOB, GROUP!

Thank you

I would like to thank the following Tampa Bay InDesign User Group Leadership Committee Members for their help: Beth Strayer, Jeane Kean, Chris Andrews, Ron Anderson (for the presentation and the pizza) and Betsy Bugeja (PR and Promotions).

If you would like to be on our Leadership committee and you don’t see your name on our list, we would like to include you and please email and I will add you to our list.

More thanks goes to Kenny Irby, Sara Quinn, Bobbi Alsina, and The Poynter Institute for preparing their facility for all of the members, all the Tampa Bay InDesign Members for stepping forward to become a member of the leadership committee. THANK YOU AGAIN, TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED!

Thanks as always to our raffle Sponsors & Speakers:
-Mike Edwards and Rinaldi Printing for donating the Pantone Geo Swatch book to the silent auction
-KW Media the publishers of Layers Magazine (http://www.layersmagazine.com/)
-Lynda.com
-Adobe Press: http://www.adobepress.com
-Total Training: http://www.totaltraining.com
-Adobe Systems: http://www.adobe.com
-O'Reilly Media: http://www.oreilly.com/
-Peachpit Press: http://www.peachpit.com/index.asp

Thanks as always to our location and communication sponsors:
-The Poynter Institute
-Tampa Business Journal
-Create Magazine
-Ad2 Tampa Bay
-Creative Tampa Bay
-Tampa Tribune Business Section
-Weekly Planet
-Sarah Schweiger Creative Design Services
-Betsy Bugeja – Digital Media Creations.tv (Public Relations)
-St. Pete Times
-The Tampa Graphic Design Meetup.com Group

We appreciate everyone who attended! Don’t forget to visit your Member Benefits page for special offers to all user group members.

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10:30 - 11:45 am Acrobat: Introduction to PDF
Claudia McCue, Adobe certified trainer
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Limited to the first 50 InDesign User Group Members. This is a FREE Event open to InDesign User Group members.

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Comments from attendees

"Thank you Ron for showing us how to use tables. You brought up little things that always baffled me."

"Very interesting presentation on tables. I learned a lot and thanks for the pizza."

"Ron's presentation was very informative. I appreciate how well prepared his demo was."

"Love the Venue! Great Space, comfortable, convenient location!"

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Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 6:00 PM
International Academy of Design and Technology
Classroom 407/470
5104 Eisenhower Blvd
Tampa, FL 33634

Our speaker will be Triesta Hall, department chair for Digital Publishing at Full Sail University. Her presentation runs from humor (we all need that) to serious (resources) to a call to action (i.e sustainability). If you are interested in learning the fundamentals or brushing up on your typography, you won't want to miss this meeting. (But then, why would you want to miss ANY of our meetings?)

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