Feb. 26, 2009
Hope you enjoyed tonight’s meeting! Here are the questions we didn’t have time to cover.
I have posted your questions here with video tutorials explaining the answers. If you have any more questions be sure to send me an email via the Contact page. Click on a link to play video tutorial in your browser, once it has downloaded in full your browser will play the video (may take a minute). Right click and choose “Save Link As” to download it.
“Question 1″
I’m unsure if the print department will open the file as a pdf or illustrator file so must ensure the file opens correctly eg. fonts, strokes etc. I have text with a paragraph rule, set above it with a dotted line. I need to convert the text to outlines. But… when I create outlines the text is outlined but the paragraph rule dotted line disappears. How can I convert all of it to outlines?
“Question 2″
This is just one of those niggly little things that i have put up with in InDesign CS3 for a while so if there is a way to fix i would appreciate it. How do i stop InDesign from highlighting custom tracing/kerning for good? I know how to take off (under preferences - composition) but it seems to just apply it to the current file I’m working on - is there a way to apply it for good and stop it doing it ever again?
“Question 3″
As a publication designer I am constantly copying subbed text from Word to InDesign. The problem is that the italic formatting in Word does not carry over to InDesign. Is it possible to include the italic formatting from Word when pasting text into InDesign.
“Question 4″
How do I link to a particular page on a PDF file when placing and relinking?
“Question 5″
I have the following problems using the Book feature in CS3. Crashes when exporting to PDF. Links to the wrong file (an older version) when I open the InDesign file from the Book palette. My question is: is this a common problem in CS3?*If you are having this specific problem, I recommend resetting InDesign’s preferences, then exporting all the InDesign files that made up your book to INX. After that open the INX’s and save over the old InDesign files and import them back into a NEW Book file. Its a bit of a process, I know… You should get a reasonable outcome in the end.
Posted by Neil Oliver in Troubleshoot | 1 Comment
Feb. 24, 2009
Saving time with InDesign CS4’s new preflight panel.
Using the brand new preflight panel as you workwith InDesign saves vital time at the end of a job, making it easier to meet tight deadlines and raises the bar on productivity.
Thanks to everyone who dialed in to todays Saving time with InDesign CS4 eSeminar. Well we definitely covered the A-Z of InDesign CS4’s new preflight panel in our hour together. As promised here are my video tutorials which you can watch/download.
Todays eSeminar was recorded and will be posted by Adobe over the next week or so at the following link: http://adobeeseminars.com.au/ondemand/ If you missed it be sure to check it out.
If anyone has any questions feel free to send me an email via the contact page.
Click on a link to play video tutorial in your browser, or right click and choose “Save Link As” to download it:
DEFINE A CUSTOM PREFLIGHT PROFILE
EMBEDD A PROFILE INTO YOUR DOCUMENT
Posted by Neil Oliver in CS4 New Features, Feature, Troubleshoot | 3 Comments
Aug. 6, 2008
Resetting your preferences can eliminate the little demons…
It’s surprising when talking with people, to find that many don’t know they can reset their InDesign preferences back to the default out of the box configuration. One person told me they had printed out screen grabs of each individual tab in the preferences dialogue, and when they wanted to revert back to InDesign’s defaults they used their printout as a reference.
There is a way to revert to the default out of the box preferences in InDesign, but before I show you how to do that, let’s talk about why you might want to do this. One reason would be to eliminate any of the weird and quirky things that sometimes happen in the InDesign environment. For instance, I have had a document that for some reason or another the links panel wouldn’t display the links that were obviously on the page. My options at that stage were either exporting the doc as an InDesign Interchange (.inx) file or resetting the preferences back to their default out of the box configuration. I decided to try resetting the preferences first because I noticed some weirdness on another doc I was working on the day before. I went with the hunch and bingo!
Resetting these preferences can sometimes go a long way to eliminating all sorts of technical quirks, so the next time InDesign goes AWOL give it a go, you may be surprised. Oh, make sure you know what your old preferences were so you can go through and set them up just the way you like. Enough of all that, lets look at how to reset them.
Well first of all make sure you have quit InDesign. Mac Users, while pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files, this dialogue will appear twice. Once you choose Yes to both dialogues you can release your fingers from the keyboard. Windows users, start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files, this dialogue will appear twice, once you choose Yes to both dialogues you can release your fingers from the keyboard.
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