In this episode:

News: InDesign Conference 2014, CC update, Mike Rankin new EIC of InDesignSecrets.com
A few great third-party companies you should know about
The State of the Flattening Universe: Still need to flatten transparency when exporting to PDF for press?
Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: False Italic



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Links mentioned in this podcast:


InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
InDesign Magazine
InDesignSecrets membership
Sign up for a link and reminder of the Adobe CC update webinar on June 18
The PePcon 2014 Sponsors page has details and links for XMPie, Rorohiko, Ripon Printers, Recosoft, Em Software, eDocker, Aquafadas, and Adobe (reverse alpha FTW!)
Claudia McCue's Adobe Creative Suite Printing Guide (direct link to the PDF)
Claudia's book Real World Print Production and some great posts here and on her blog
David's Creating Print PDF video title on lynda.com will be released shortly
Adobe PDF Print Engine info
See "False Italic" appear in Anne-Marie's flame war-igniting ID Secrets video on making fake bold and italic