Our 2nd meeting of 2009 is scheduled for June 10th, and it promises to be a fun and knowledge-filled evening as we welcome back Sebastian Distefano.
We will be discussing Data Publishing with InDesign. With "Beyond Data Merge" we will discuss what InDesign can do on its own and also demo some third party solutions that show you how to get InDesign to talk to and maintain live links to external data sources such as spreadsheets, databases, etc...
Jeff Kew will be also briefly discuss how he used one of these 3rd party products to generate hundreds of pages of formatted data.
Some additional InDesign plug-ins such as CtrlChanges for text change tracking and Chartbot for chart automation will be discussed.
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Door Prizes
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We have some great door prizes to give away at this meeting, including:
A copy of Adobe InDesign CS4.
Books on InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop and Digital Photography.
InDesign plug-ins from the following companies:
65 Bit - EasyCatalog
http://www.65bit.com/products/products.shtm
CtrlPublishing - CtrlChanges
http://www.ctrl-ps.com/products/ctrlchanges
EM Software - InData and InCatalog
http://www.emsoftware.com/products/
Soft Horizons - Chartbot
http://www.chartbot.com/ChartBot.htm
Teacup - Datalinker
http://www.teacupsoftware.com/
And Photoshop plug-ins:
Alien Skin
http://www.alienskin.com/product_index.aspx
Vertustech - Fluid Mask
http://www.vertustech.com/
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Refreshments
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We are currently looking for a sponsor for our refreshment table for this meeting, so you may want to bring your own bottle if we haven't arranged this by then. :-)
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Agenda
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6:00 PM Registration
6:15 PM Presentation
7:30 PM Quick break
8:30 PM Q & A
8:45 PM Wrap-up and door prizes
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***Sales to be aware of
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FOLDRite Template Master v2.0.3 for Mac & PC is currently on sale for $99 during their stimulus sale. This is reduced from $299.
http://www.foldfactory.com/index.php
This is a phenomenal InDesign plug-in that creates folding templates with guides, trim marks and everything else you would need.
If time permits Jeff will be demoing this plug-in and giving away a copy of it.
INDESIGN MAGAZINE is also having a super sale. Members of IDUG only.
Discounted Two-Year Subscription to InDesign Magazine
Exclusively for IDUG Members
Get a two-year subscription for only $39! Details are at
http://www.indesignusergroup.com/members/benefits_members.php
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