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Indesign: How do I find out page dimensions? by Joe Constance on Sep 15, 2009 at 8:28:41 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hey guys, I've got a document with cutomized dimensions, and I want to replicate its exact page dimensions in another, separate document. How do I do this? I've thought about drawing a box around the sides and taking the length and width of that, but Re: Mass distribute/edit Indesign Flyer by Terry Mikkelsen on Sep 15, 2009 at 5:44:03 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Option 1: Make a pdf that has fillable blanks they can complete with Acrobat. Option 2: Make a pdf that has empty boxes for the variable data. Then they can import image into Word? to type in the information they want there. Tech-T Production Error opening file by aislan rodrigo on Sep 14, 2009 at 3:29:12 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Good staff, Was here in my company and files created a long time ago not open more. Message appears Windows file not responding and when you open the message in InDesign # of error: 3. I am desperate to find help :), Thank, Aislan Mass distribute/edit Indesign Flyer by Stephan Hochmann on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:59:47 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi everyone, I just finished working on a flyer project for my company, and management wants the same flyer avaialable for different branches. The issue is management wants to have an easy way for our non-graphic designers to produce the same h Need help with setting up half-page indesign layout by Pat Haert on Sep 13, 2009 at 1:47:20 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I have some knowledge of indesign, but no matter what I do I can't figure out how to set it up to print a double-sided half page book. In other words, like a whole bunch of greeting cards put together. Massive Link Update and Export to PDF by Jeffry Chen on Sep 12, 2009 at 2:44:41 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum I was forced to create an Indesign document (master) that is nothing but "PLACE"ment of smaller Indesign documents (3 per page), and all the smaller Indesign documents contain a graphic that can be updated at any time. But when I open the master d Re: Using Data Merge to publish database of names by Terry Mikkelsen on Sep 11, 2009 at 7:25:36 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I would make the text frame first (before importing the data), and place dummy data so you get an idea of layout. John Doe 555-1234 Jane Doe 555-4321 Then apply the font, style, size, etc...to get it the way you like. Then import data Re: InDesign CS4 printing by Terry Mikkelsen on Sep 11, 2009 at 7:20:07 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum We had this same problem with CS2, but after we upgraded to CS3 it worked fine. I don't think that there are any preferences or options to make this happen. It must be some way that the data is conveyed to the RIP. With CS2, I had always assumed i Motion Graphics/ Special Effects Studio intern position wanted! by Tracy Toscano on Sep 9, 2009 at 5:10:47 pm in the JOBS Wanted Forum I am looking to intern at a motion graphics/special effects studio. I have been working as a print designer for 10 years now and would like to change careers. I took an after effects class this past summer (fell in love with it) and am registered for publish to book - missing pixels by kirk tabalotny on Sep 6, 2009 at 6:12:21 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum when I've published a short document to PDF as a booklet (for printers pairs), the resulting PDF has missing pixels on pages containing one specific Illustrator image. Embedding the image doesn't help. The image in the inDesign doc hasn't been resize Re: Where do I find the web designers? by Chris Blair on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:35:11 am in the Business & Marketing Forum While wordpress is free and has millions of users, I've tried to learn it and found it's NOT as easy as everyone makes it out to be. And I work on mutliple NLE platforms, as well as in Digital Fusion, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Using Data Merge to publish database of names by Keith Faber on Sep 1, 2009 at 9:57:18 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hello all, I'm exploring ways to improve the process of layout my organization's publication. In our organization we have many districts and each district has a list of contacts (position, name, email, phone). We list each district's contacts on t InDesign Tables Overset Text by Shannon Snyder on Sep 1, 2009 at 12:28:40 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I made a table in InDesign and when I went to put text into, it overset, no matter how small the type was. I started over completely, making a new table off to the side, and not on the document. It looked perfect, I put it on the document and again, Snow Leopard with Color 1.5 So far so good by Timothy Payton on Aug 30, 2009 at 3:46:56 am in the Apple Color Forum I did a test upgrade on my MacBook Pro (2.2 ghz) with a whole bunch of software on it. FCS3, CS4, AE CS4, etc. Everything is working beautifully! I did some test color grading on some 30 second spots shot in HDV 1080. Everything worked in Color an InDesign CS4 printing by William Coats on Aug 28, 2009 at 3:45:20 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I am trying to figure out how to get this CS4 version to use the document name when printing to a Harlequin RIP. The CS3 version did this and I don't remember having to make any special settings to do this. Bill Re: How do I centre align text in a box in CS4? by Clair Boston on Aug 27, 2009 at 8:39:54 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi Emily, I found the answer at the Adobe Help forums. Try here and read all the comments at the bottom for more information http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6dc5a.html. If you have any further quest Re: Translate InDesign file by Furio Incolto on Aug 25, 2009 at 11:49:22 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum Because I want to export files for translation effetturne, I suggest you use the tool directly available from major software-assisted translation, As across, Sdl trados, STAR Transit, Etc.. Thus, Addition to safeguarding the layout and all the format The World Series of Beer Pong needs a designer by Duncan Carroll on Aug 25, 2009 at 5:44:29 am in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum Hi all, The World Series of Beer Pong (http://www.bpong.com/wsobp) is growing and is seeking a motivated designer to help with various graphics tasks. You can work from anywhere provided you can be reachable by phone and online. We are willing t Auto text resize - can it be done? by Gareth Jones on Aug 20, 2009 at 10:44:38 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi, I am trying to discover if there is a way to automatically get text within a text box to be resized (increased / descreased) using an option within Indesign CS3 (or plugin). I am trying to automate this task (for a web app) so there can b Re: Final Cut Pro Video Editor Needed by barbara neuman on Aug 18, 2009 at 9:16:35 pm in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum Hello, I am looking for more work my resume and link to my site as follow , willing to relocate. http://www.vfx.digialera.net Mobile: 647.294.4458 barbneuman3@shaw.ca DIGITAL EDITOR – TV & FILM GRAPHIC DESIGN / MOTION GRAPHICS Highly skill Re: Opacity by Jen Parker on Aug 18, 2009 at 12:31:08 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi Kate, I have been having the same problem with InDesign CS3 but I have no idea how to fix it - unlike you I have NO images on my page, just several frames with fills of different colours, some with text, etc. If I select one frame and change th PLEEZ HELP - Min System Requirements for CS4 Master w/HD editing by Heather Mason on Aug 13, 2009 at 5:33:44 pm in the Windows Hardware & Software Forum Okay, I'm a graphic designer inside a company and I put together anything from ads, to custom illustrations, web pages, web banners and recently video editing and exporting. The problem is...I believe my current computer system CANNOT handle this typ xml or idml by Chrystina Hanna on Aug 12, 2009 at 9:21:14 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Need some advice-create catalogs of cars in indesign. Boss now wants to export data (descriptions, car pix) for web. Know little to none about xml or idml. Can I export without having to go back and tag everything? Need real simple solution, please. Data merge by Sherry Gu on Aug 11, 2009 at 8:13:36 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I would like to know how to do a mail merge in InDesign. I will be bringing data from excel. Can anyone help? Many thanks. Looking for FLASH CHARACTER ANIMATORS by Sunny Midha on Aug 10, 2009 at 9:35:16 pm in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum Comedic Internet Viral in 2d/3d Style We are currently looking for 2D Animators that can turn around complete flash cartoons fast. It is being directed by a student director that recently got nominated for a student academy award. The stories are Re: Placing a PSD changes InDesign colours!? by Terry Mikkelsen on Aug 10, 2009 at 1:50:02 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I guess the question now is: What is your final output intent? Are you or your intended audience going to print this document? Or is this for a website to be displayed on a monitor only? If printing is involved, you should try to get your colors Re: Placing a PSD changes InDesign colours!? by Josh Thurston on Aug 9, 2009 at 8:53:24 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Ah ok, thank you. The colours change as soon as the preview is set to 'separations'. However, the colours don't change when placing the PSD. So I take it I've been working with RGB colours in a CMYK document? I thought I had changed it to RGB, but Cannot select parts of InDesign GUI by Simon Mitchell on Aug 9, 2009 at 6:13:07 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi All, I've just bought a new PC and installed a copy of InDesign CS4 on it. All seemed well until I started looking through some of my previous files and noticed that I was unable to select certain options, usually in the right-hand panel sectio Re: Need Photography Assistant by Jenna Lebert on Aug 9, 2009 at 1:14:31 am in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum JENNA LEBERT 66 Central St., Turners Falls, MA, 01376 Cell: 413-559-9773 Other: 519-253-0029 August 6, 2009 Dear Sir/Madame, I am extremely interested in obtaining a position as a Photographer with your company. I have exce Re: Placing a PSD changes InDesign colours!? by Terry Mikkelsen on Aug 8, 2009 at 1:26:26 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Just as a test, I would place the tif and png into the document anywhere. Now goto "Window>Output>Separations Preview" With that palette open, now select the drop-down menu from Off to Separations. Notice the colors. Now while still viewing the s Re: Indesign 911 by Reuben Zuazua on Aug 8, 2009 at 4:37:26 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum thats why there is Master Pages. but after you shorten the size the text will not align and it might become more pages Reuben Zuazua After Hours Production graFX Artist indie@afterhoursproduction.com white text turning black! by Neil Bradley on Aug 4, 2009 at 6:54:18 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi all, I have InDesign CS3 and have a white type output problem. I am having an issue with type that is meant to be whit is showing up black when I export to PDF. The printer as asked me to “ensure 'Overprint Fill' is not ticked” however I have ch Masters & Setup by Wanda Lightbody on Aug 3, 2009 at 9:38:49 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I am new to indesign, but have learned enough to work my way around a little. Have discovered Masters and am creating a brochure and catalog of products. I am having difficulties setting the document up and have questions regarding the book merge (pr Flash 2D animator by Daniel Montoya on Aug 3, 2009 at 8:27:40 pm in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum We are Comedy Defensive Driving located in IRVING, TX. We are currently looking for a 2D Animator that is mostly a Team-Player, somebody creative that is willing to have fun in creating and develop different animations, cartoons, etc. We are right n Re: Final Cut Server & Creative Suite by Micah Godbolt on Aug 3, 2009 at 6:54:41 pm in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum Hey Tom. We are a small print shop working primarily in CS4. We aren't doing any video at all, but the organizational features of FCS seem like the perfect tool for us (or at least I haven't seen any other solution that gets it right). How is your e Graphic Designer in L.A. by John Bruther on Jul 31, 2009 at 7:00:33 pm in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum Position Overview: A business solutions company in Los Angeles is searching for a top notch Full time Graphic Designer with Flash skills. Job Summary The graphic designer and production artist will assist with a large variety of print and 508 compliance problems - need help today! by Elizabeth Bailey on Jul 29, 2009 at 7:57:26 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I'm working on a large book in InDesign (CS3) with five separate chapters, two 11 x 17 foldout pages, and lots of graphics. This book has been printed but the job also requires a 508 compliant PDF to be posted online. The client wants the table of co Placing a PSD changes InDesign colours!? by Josh Thurston on Jul 28, 2009 at 3:17:30 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi, I'm new to InDesign. I've made a document in InDesign CS4, using all the defaults. I'm trying to add a button graphic I made in fireworks. It is a simple rectangle with rounded edges. I have added several images to my ID document with no pr exporting from Indesign by Jupiter Figuera on Jul 28, 2009 at 2:19:12 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Is there any way to export individual drawings created in InDesign CS3 to Word? After doing some of them in a Mac Computer I want to create a Word file that import and contains these drawings. Thanks Re: Suddently missing font - HELP by Bob Johnson on Jul 27, 2009 at 10:03:26 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Adobe InDesign CS4 worked fine on my older computer; just one font missing, not a big deal. Well, on my new computer it can't find any fonts! I tried online for some help and followed the bogus instructions; nothing. Adobe must know about this paths by ronelle fobbester on Jul 27, 2009 at 3:52:43 pm in the Adobe Photoshop Forum when creating a path the paths pallete on the right shows a little grey icon of your image and as you start pathing the inside of the image your pathing goes white on that icon...or so it should! mine has turned the other way round and has grey in th Re: Designing a Magazine in InDesign by Courtney McLaggen on Jul 25, 2009 at 12:03:10 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Wow. Maybe I should demand that they get someone else to help me :) Thank you so much for all your help, is it ok if I keep coming back to ask you questions as I go along? The first thing I tried to do was the barcode - but the barcode has to b Re: Designing a Magazine in InDesign by Brandi Morlen on Jul 24, 2009 at 3:45:04 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum Hi Courtney, It sounds like you have a lot to undertake here. I think first things first you need to ask either your Yearbook advisor or the Printer what the size of the magazine is, or needs, to be. Because magazines come in all sizes. But I will t Designing a Magazine in InDesign by Courtney McLaggen on Jul 23, 2009 at 7:27:10 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I need to design a 50-page magazine, do I use InDesign for the whole thing? 1)How do you create the outer cover in one piece (front and back), including the binding spine? 2)How do you know what size the pages must be, and including the bit that Cannot draw lines w/ Pen Tool by Jocelyn Robancho on Jul 23, 2009 at 6:00:51 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I know use of the Pen Tool is very basic, however, I am new to Indesign and learning to operate it via online tutorials. When the Pen Tool has a (-) by it, you can delete a point on an existing line, and when the Pen Tool has a (+) by it, you can InDesign Floating palette by Robert Siani on Jul 23, 2009 at 2:48:18 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum I'm using InDesign CS4 on my Mac G5, OS X 10.5.7, and except for InDesign occasionally refusing to "quit", it's otherwise worked fine. However, when I opened a document yesterday, the Floating "Character" palette opened BLANK! Still reads "Character" Indesign links HELP! by Andrew Johnson on Jul 23, 2009 at 11:24:11 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum just recently I have to update EVERY link on EVERY indesign document I open (just update, not missing) and I know these linked files haven't been opened or changed in any way. I am on a network and the links are on 2 servers, the other people on this Re: How many Adobe programs does it take to create a swatch? by Miroslav Hora on Jul 21, 2009 at 1:56:56 pm in the Adobe InDesign Forum You don't have to open anything than the Indesign. To create a swatch from placed graphic: Use a color picker and choose color from artwork Don't forgett that color picker picked color values in RGB(convert it in color palette (f6) to CMYK Producing Documentaries - Creative COW Podcast by Creative COW on Jul 20, 2009 at 5:40:54 pm in the Creative COW podcasts Forum Episode #085 - July 20, 2009 by Franklin McMahon(23:18) -- 7/20/2009Producing Documentaries with Walter Biscardi, Panasonic AG-HPX300 update, LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign, Amazon ironically deletes 1984 from Kindle, Astroscope DSLR night vision, Re: indesign & illusrator templates by Jiggy Gaton on Jul 16, 2009 at 3:14:14 am in the Adobe InDesign Forum Judy, you can cut and paste layer elements between ID and IA, so in a sense the template could be replicated that way. I don't think you can copy and paste the guides, but not sure. So you could just recreate the size of the artboard in IA to match Adobe InDesign Mike Gondek reviews Real World InDesign 2 Mike Gondek takes a look at Real World InDesign 2 by Olav Martin Kvern & David Blatner. ~ This book is published by Peachpit Press. Read on to find out what this book has in store for you... Review Author: Mike Gondek Adobe Audition Adobe takes COW members inside Adobe Creative Suite 3 Steve Kilisky, Giles Baker, Hart Shafer and Mark Randall sat down with Tim Wilson and Ron Lindeboom to talk about the launch of CS3. They discuss what it means to them, and what it will mean to you. This is a brief overview of what you'll find in each of the 4 parts. 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