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  1. tad1952

    IndDesign File sizes

    Pasting images into InDesign embeds the images & the file size expands accordingly. Placing the images with links will keep the file size down.
  2. tad1952

    IDCS2 EPS Export (Text to Outlines) & Selection Help

    I started browsing & tracked down a couple of places selling the InTools plugin for CS & CS2 - ranging from $15US to 59Pounds. The latter has a demo version available for PC or Mac but I could only install it on InDesign CS - maybe CS2 is available once you buy it.
  3. tad1952

    Creating a reverse block character style

    Easy - Use a paragraph rule, make it the weight of the height of the reverse box you require, colour it to suit your needs, adjust the offset to position it or adjust be offset of the type - sometimes a combination of the 2 works best.
  4. tad1952

    *Permanently* setting stroke/text wrap defaults?

    I must be missing something because I just don't get it. Once I ceate a document, I expect those preference to stick & if someone goes into my file and changes the preferences for any item, then it is NO ACCIDENT. If I set my defaults to be a .5 black rule, then that is the default setting I...
  5. tad1952

    Newbie InDesign question regarding size/leading increments.

    Open ID, do NOT open any documents, Preferences/Units & Increments, change the amount of leading to whatever you want, QUIT ID. Now whenever you open ID, your amount will be the default. Do this for anything you want - h&js, strokes, colours, drop shadow, default font, paragraph styles, page...
  6. tad1952

    *Permanently* setting stroke/text wrap defaults?

    kzhessel - you jumped the gun. GoGz is absolutely correct. Open ID but do NOT open any documents, create all the attributes you want: h&j's, stroke width, default font & size, drop shadow, colours, even paragraph & character styles - anything you can think of. For example, select the frame...
  7. tad1952

    pdf color darker then in-design screen

    We had a customer who was very upset because the proofs we were printing for him did not match his files. It ended up that he was selecting pantone colours simply by how they looked on the screen - he had no swatch book. His screen was way too dark so the colours he was seeing were several...
  8. tad1952

    Drop Shadow Settings?

    Set up the block of type with the drop shadow the way you want it & then drag the frame into a library. For text, drag the frame out, double click on it & replace the type retaining exactly the same drop shadow treatment as the original text block. For a logo, drag the frame out, select it...
  9. tad1952

    Indesign stalls for a second when moving objects

    Anabole I'm not sure if this will help or not, but check View/Display Performance. Iif it is set to high quality display, change it to Typical. I set up files for murals/display units/billboards - anything large format - and if I have lots of high res photos, InDesign can start to bog down. So I...
  10. tad1952

    re arranging Windows

    Touch & hold the tab on any one of the toolbars & drag it out into your desktop then drag the others into the new palette. You can drag the others so the tabs line up in the same toolbox or dock them at the bottom.
  11. tad1952

    Why are InDesign files so huge and slow?

    Try this - Check your file size then do a "Save As" and either overwrite the original or rename & save - you'll see the file size drop dramatically.
  12. tad1952

    Where to place ppd in InDesign CS

    For one of my jobs, I also write postscript to a specific ppd. I put the ppd in OSX/Library/printers/PPDs and restarted my computer to get it to show up in my list of drivers available to ID.
  13. tad1952

    Getting page 1 to print correctly

    Insert a blank page in front of page 1. Page 1 will change to page 2 so you will have to tell the page to start a new section with the numbering starting at page 1 so you'll have "blank page, page 1, page 2, page 3". Now when you print, the blank with print on the left of your 8-1/2 x 11 page &...
  14. tad1952

    Idesign pages not ripping correctly

    For one particular job, I have to send my pdfs out-of-house. My printer was having to open the pdfs & resave them in order to get them to print properly. We had a little chit-chat, ran a few test. Here's how I make his pdfs: Command/print Printer - postscript file PPD - PSM 7.1 (the ppd...
  15. tad1952

    Missing charchters

    If you are concerned about saving time, you might consider using leader dots instead of periods. Select the copy, click on the tab marker to set up a right hand tab & move it to where you want the right hand number to line up. Type a period into the "leader" box. Now all you have to do is...
  16. tad1952

    Quark will not alert you for missing fonts!!!

    My Quark 6.1 alerts me whenever a font is missing. Go into your Quark Preferences & under "Font Mapping" make sure that the "Do not display the "Missing Font" dialogue box is NOT checked off.
  17. tad1952

    Fonts In 10.3

    I am using Suitcase 10.2.2 with Panther at home and Jaguar at work and haven't had your problem. I'll run through the method I used to install the fonts & maybe it'll work for you as well. Created a font folder on my hard drive (not in my user folder) & copied all my fonts from backup cds into...
  18. tad1952

    COMBINING FILES

    Oops, I'm working in InDesign CS and just realized you are in 2.0.2 so perhaps my method won't work for you.
  19. tad1952

    COMBINING FILES

    Here's a much easier way. You might have to change to Pages Palette Options to small icons in order to see what you are doing. Open the main document (1). Open the document you want to copy (2) and make the window smaller so you can see (1) behind it. In document (2), open the pages palette...
  20. tad1952

    Export text from InDesign CS

    When you select the text tool, touch anywhere inside a text block, and go Export, in the dialogue box that appears, Adobe InDesign Tagged Text will show up as the default. But an up-down scroll bar should appear to the right of the Format box and when you click-and-hold on the bar, the...

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