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Indesign equivalent of an Excel document

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    • February 28, 2011 at 8:01 pm #58827
      GregB
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      In our design/prepress dept of a newspaper, we use an Excel doc which we enter how many pages in a publication we are outputting and the document will fill in a running list eg: enter '16, then the doc will fill in numbers 1 thru to 16, then we mark off what pages have been sent to which RIP , or what laser printer for proofing they have been sent to (used this way so the change-over from day to night shift know what's going on).

      As we are reducing our paper usage, I would like to create a PDF from an ID doc which I can fill out electronically.

      To my question, how can I make an ID work like this? We are using CS3. Hopefully you can work out what I'm after.

    • February 28, 2011 at 10:10 pm #58829
      David Blatner
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      InDesign cannot export pdfs with form fields in them. We've all been asking for that for many years. You can make a form and then add the form fields in Acrobat Pro.

      That said, you can make tables in InDesign that have spreadsheet functions in them with this plug-in: https://dtptools.com/product.asp?id=atid

    • February 28, 2011 at 10:20 pm #58830
      GregB
      Member

      Thanks David. I have been working with Active LiveCycle Designer, but I thought ID would be much quicker, then through Acrobat. Cost is an issue at the moment, as we have 15 licences. Cheers

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