Erica Gamet
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In regards to rich black, you might want to ask the printer (a loaded proposition, I know) what formula works well on the intended press and stock. There is no set or “magic” formula and the *should* know what works best. If they throw a lot of printing terminology at you, just ask them to clarify…it’s in their best interest, after all. In most cases, I prefer to have black overprint…because black will cover most colors/inks and you avoid registration problems. I would only not have it overprint if there is a clear cut reason for it. Hope that helps!
Erica Gamet
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I think the plugin I mentioned (and maybe the script) was so that you could place multipage PDFs in CS or 2…which you can already do in CS2. I thought it was so you could have an autoflow-like feature when placing multipage PDFs in CS2. I should have read further….oops!
Erica Gamet
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There are a few plugins and scripts available, but I’ve never used one myself. It is not possible to AutoFlow natively in InDesign…fingers crossed for CS3!
Script: https://scriptbuilders.net/files/pdf2idcs2.2.html
Plugin: “PDF Multipage Import” found here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?searchString=PDF+Multipage+Import&view=sn105&exchangeID=0&Submit=SearchIf these work, that would save a lot of time. I generally set up one page, import (with either media or bleed chosen as my import size, so the PDF is the same size and my page), click on the “zero point”, then do a quick page add (without moving my mouse): Command-Shift-P (or Ctrl-Shift-P on Windows), and click, repeat. That way, my cursor stays sitting on the zero point and I can quickly add pages and not have to reset the zero point of my placed PDF.
Hope that helps some.
Erica Gamet
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Glad I could help…sometimes I’m not sure how clear I’m being…that’s why I always have my outline and workbook at my side when I’m conducting training…so I don’t ramble on!!!
Good luck!
Erica Gamet
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On the subject of seeing the changes being made when formatting tables (instead of seeing everything in reverse color): I use the tiling method. Create a new occurence of the document (Window > Arrange > New Window), then choose Window > Arrange > Tile to see the two windows side by side. Make sure you don’t have any other documents open by the way…or you’ll see ALL of the open windows side by side. Choose one of the documents to select your table and make adjustments…the results will show in the other document window. The nice thing is, you can have each window set at a different magnification!
Erica Gamet
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If you’re on a Mac, try repairing permissions before resetting your preferences. That usually takes care of strange little oddities. Plus, who wants to have to reset all their preferences? Only as a last-minute option!
Erica Gamet
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Instead of overriding the item from the master page (detaching it is a different beast) with the Shift-Command method, why not create a section header?
So:
Make a master page with the design you want for the section intro pages. Maybe your text frame says, “Work that I’ve done for” and where the Client name will go, insert a Section marker (Type>Insert Special Character>Section Marker).In your pages palette, go to the first page of the first section (we’ll call it Client X). Under the Pages palette menu, choose Numbering and Section Options. Type in “Client X” (without the quotes) in the box labeled Section Marker. Assign the Master Page with the intro page art to that page. The text frame should now say, “Work that I’ve done for Client X”. All the subsequent pages in that section will get a different master page (or Master page of none). If you’ve already set up the file with master pages, this will be as simple as adding in these section pages, or at most re-assigning the new master to them and marking them as separate sections.
Hope that helps…let me know if you need screenshots!
Erica Gamet
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Select the graphic with the either Selection (hollow or solid arrow) tool and look in the Info palette…it lists actual and effective resolution, as well as what type of graphic it is and what color space it’s in. Hope that helps.
-Erica Gamet
Erica Gamet
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SmartStyles from Woodwing Software will do the trick (woodwing.com). Once you style one table, save it as a style, much like an item in an Object Library. Simply drag that “library” style on an existing (or newly-created) table and the styling will be applied. This product is cool especially if you have imported table info (say, from Excel) and you keep the Excel file linked to the placement in InDesign…when the Excel file is updated, you lose table styling…just re-apply the style with SmartStyles and you’re done!
Hope that helps some.
Erica Gamet
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If you need to keep the file in InDesign, you could put each “page” on a layer and name it as such, but that is a clunky way to do it. I would also suggest the PDF route. I would put a label on each page, using a paragraph style (you can hide this label on a hidden layer if you don’t want it to show), create a Table of Contents that searches for this paragraph style. You can even put the TOC on a hidden layer, but be sure to check “create PDF bookmarks” and don’t forget “include text on hidden layers” if you put the labels on hidden layers. When you generate the PDF make sure you select Include Bookmarks and in the resulting PDF, you’ll have thumbnails down the left hand side (under the Pages tab) that can be clicked on for navigation, and also a Table of Contents list (by name) that can be used to navigate the PDF.
Hope that helps…
Erica Gamet
Digital Dimensions
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“…for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”