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June 14, 2010 at 8:59 pm in reply to: How long do you keep old software (CS3, CS4, etc) installed? #53083
Roland
MemberIf you bought your copy of CS2 locally, and not from the US, you can call the local customer service. Perhaps it is a valid code but it's been activated without prior deactivation too many times? If you call Adobe they'll want to know why but shouldn't make a big deal out of giving you more activations.
MemberYour computers might be up-to-date, but you were apparently running into memory issues. Add more memory and the problems ought to go away without needing to resize every image every time you want to export a PDF (in my experience 4GB is a minimum, 6 or 8 will suffice, but if you use Windows you'll need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of more than 3GB of RAM).
As for compressing the PDF: if you use Acrobat Pro, you can go to Document > Reduce File Size and that can make the file smaller but your milage will vary. Optionally, if the file stays too big to email and you don't want to use a service like FileMail.com (a site that'll let you send large files for free) you could print the PDF using a setting like “High Quality Print”. That tends to get much smaller files than an InDesign exported PDF using the same settings.
MemberI prefer to use my USB drive as my internet connection at work is slow as heck (only .5Mbps up and 3Mbps down).
Maybe once the file gets really large it'll be more worth it. For now I'll stick with the INDD file. At least I found out that opting for “Save As…”, overwriting the file rather than just saving, generally also shaves off quite a bit of the file size.
MemberMan I feel dumb for not even looking at the Find/Change dialog. Thanks though, you saved me 708 anchored objects to be manually re-assigned an Object Style :)
MemberI prefer to use my USB drive as my internet connection at work is slow as heck (only .5Mbps up and 3Mbps down).
Maybe once the file gets really large it'll be more worth it. For now I'll stick with the INDD file. At least I found out that opting for “Save As…”, overwriting the file rather than just saving, generally also shaves off quite a bit of the file size.
MemberMan I feel dumb for not even looking at the Find/Change dialog. Thanks though, you saved me 708 anchored objects to be manually re-assigned an Object Style :)
MemberIt's just me and I'm using CS5 both at home and at work (thankfully the license still allows this) with the same settings, so things shouldn't go haywire, right?
MemberIt's just me and I'm using CS5 both at home and at work (thankfully the license still allows this) with the same settings, so things shouldn't go haywire, right?
MemberDamien, would it work to set everything up as a data merge? Unless I'm mistaken, you should be able to specify the locations for logos, other images and text in the template file along with object, character and paragraph styles pre-defined on the items' frames and then load up a new data merge source for every job.
Unless setting up the data source file is as time consuming as it is to place everything manually, that would be the option I'd look into.
MemberDamien, would it work to set everything up as a data merge? Unless I'm mistaken, you should be able to specify the locations for logos, other images and text in the template file along with object, character and paragraph styles pre-defined on the items' frames and then load up a new data merge source for every job.
Unless setting up the data source file is as time consuming as it is to place everything manually, that would be the option I'd look into.
May 30, 2010 at 11:56 pm in reply to: Define table row heights, column widths in styles somehow? #55861MemberOf course clients keep changing their minds, so I've had to adjust the script so it can change the width of a column in all tables. Turns out it takes only two words to be changed, along with the values of course:
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().rows[0].height = “12mm“;
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().columns[4].width = “6mm“;It doesn't change the fact better planning probably wouldn't have made the scripts necessary at all, but it looks like most of the data has changed (gotta love “final versions” changing several times) so I'll have to start copying data from scratch anyway.
May 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm in reply to: Define table row heights, column widths in styles somehow? #52821MemberOf course clients keep changing their minds, so I've had to adjust the script so it can change the width of a column in all tables. Turns out it takes only two words to be changed, along with the values of course:
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().rows[0].height = “12mm“;
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().columns[4].width = “6mm“;It doesn't change the fact better planning probably wouldn't have made the scripts necessary at all, but it looks like most of the data has changed (gotta love “final versions” changing several times) so I'll have to start copying data from scratch anyway.
May 25, 2010 at 5:09 am in reply to: Define table row heights, column widths in styles somehow? #55829MemberAnother perfect script, Jongware. 10mm did the job :)
erickp, either that or nobody uses tables :)
Maybe I ought to add some animations to this catalog's file if the tables end up being too much of a hassle after all. I bet my client would love animation in his printed catalogs….May 24, 2010 at 10:09 pm in reply to: Define table row heights, column widths in styles somehow? #52818MemberAnother perfect script, Jongware. 10mm did the job :)
erickp, either that or nobody uses tables :)
Maybe I ought to add some animations to this catalog's file if the tables end up being too much of a hassle after all. I bet my client would love animation in his printed catalogs….May 21, 2010 at 7:46 am in reply to: Define table row heights, column widths in styles somehow? #55802MemberUnfortunately I set them to be header rows and indeed a fixed size. Going through them one by one to set them to “at least” works but it so darned time consuming I might be better off just making one new table with the correct settings, copying & pasting it plenty of times and then copying & pasting the contents back in.
It's a 3-day weekend over here, so I'll get to it on Tuesday.
I used the Bug/Feature Report form on Adobe's site to request a width/height option in the styles dialog boxes, but if I'm the only one who asks for these sorts of things, I doubt it'll ever be added, no matter how useful it may be or how many people want it (the form is so well hidden I had to Google for it).
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