InDesign conference for Melbourne in August

1 July 2004

According to producer Barry Anderson, users at the conference will learn helpful techniques, expand product knowledge and network with other InDesign users.

Says Anderson, “We’re very excited to bring The InDesign Conference to Australia. We’ve had tremendous interest and a steady stream of inquiries coming from Australia and New Zealand compelling us to bring our conference to Melbourne. We’re looking forward to an exciting and very productive event.”

Conference programme chair, David Blatner said, "Our mission is to continue our support for InDesign users worldwide. Whether you are an InDesign novice migrating from Pagemaker, QuarkXPress or FrameMaker; or a skilled pro, The InDesign Conference will offer a dedicated platform where you’ll find all of your questions and needs addressed."

The InDesign Conference Melbourne Program

Keynote: The event will kick off with a keynote address, “Adobe InDesign: The Future is Now,” with David Blatner and Adobe’s senior InDesign evangelist, Tim Cole.
  • The Future of InDesign: An Open Discussion with the Product Development TeamAttendees will sit down with representatives from Adobe to get a backstage view of how InDesign was developed and perhaps learn what the future will bring. Attendees have the opportunity to voice their opinions about their likes and dislikes of the product and what they hope to see in the future.
  • InDesign Tips and Tricks
    Eliot Harper, leader of Sydney’s InDesign Users Group
    Learn how to make your pages fly with the essential shortcuts and techniques that top InDesign demons use every day, such as hidden and undocumented productivity features, vital keyboard shortcuts, and super-charging InDesign for a real-world production setting.
  • From QuarkXPress to InDesign: Making the Transition
    David Blatner, Program Chair, expert and author
    Explore how to leverage your years of Quark “XPerience” to get up to speed with InDesign fast. 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.
  • Ain't it Rich: Creating Interactive PDFs with InDesign
    Mike McHugh, Australia’s Premier Photoshop & InDesign Trainer
    Learn how to build interactive PDF files and what pitfalls might await you, such as supercool rollovers, using transparency effects to your advantage and dual-purpose files that play and print.
  • Getting Great Type: The Top Ten Typography Tools
    Matt Davis, DDB Melbourne
    Find out about and learn how to solve the top five typography and font problems, The scoop on CID, TrueType and dfonts, and wrestling the paragraph composer into submission.
  • From Page to Screen: Print and Web Workflows
    Tim Cole, Adobe senior InDesign evangelist
    Learn how you can streamline your workflow using Adobe InCopy, plus find out how to convert your InDesign documents into Web pages and how to use InDesign as a web authoring tool.


    • Attendees may attend their choice of these as well as the following sessions covering everything from general tips and tricks to highly focused workshops on creating and managing tables, how to print successfully, and working with color in InDesign. Full details on these and other InDesign Conference sessions can be found online at: www.TheInDesignConference.com

    • From PageMaker to InDesign: Stepping Up, Deke McClelland, pioneering electronic publisher, speaker and author
    • Where Text Meets Graphics, Deke McClelland
    • Style Sheets on Steroids: Supercharged Techniques, Sandee Cohen, expert author/trainer
    • Favorite Real World Tips, David Blatner
    • In Full Color: Working with CMYK and Spot Colors, Sandee Cohen
    • A Sweet Suite: Making Adobe’s Products Play Well Together, Mike McHugh, Photoshop & InDesign expert trainer
    • Overcoming Your Fear of Tables, Eliot Harper
    • InDesign the Deke Way, Deke McClelland
    • Fast and Sure: The PDF Workflow, Michael Stoddard, Adobe System
    • Automating Your Workflow: Scripting and Macros, Shane Stanley, publishing automation consultant
    • Preparing for Print: Everything You Need to Know for Successful Output, Nick Hodge, Adobe Systems


    The three-day event will wrap up with a Hot Tips Panel: Indispensable Advice from the Experts.David Blatner, Sandee Cohen, Mike McHugh and Deke McClelland will conclude with this fun session covering last minute tips for last minute deadlines, unexpected uses for the eyedropper tool and Corner effects, astonishing methods for avoiding halos when compositing in InDesign, and bizarre but useful overprinting tricks.

    Discounts and Special Offers
    Special incentives are available for early registrants. Those who register before July 1 can take advantage of a conference rate of $895