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Adam Jury
MemberIf you have a single master page for the entire catalog, can you make a duplicate master page, apply the top-border to that master page, and then apply that master page to every single page that needs it as a near-final step in production?
MemberCan you fake the top border on all the tables by putting a stroke (or some other object?) on the master page? Or do the tables start at different heights on some pages?
September 15, 2011 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Is there a script to make pictures of a PDF and insert them into InDesign? #60536MemberWhat happens if you take one of the broken PDFs and try to print it to Postscript from Acrobat? Does it output a PS that can then be distilled back to a working PDF, or does it crash?
MemberI honestly don't know if it creates any sort of “problems” beyond “I don't want two bookmarks for the same thing in my PDF” :-)
September 13, 2011 at 6:54 pm in reply to: Is there a script to make pictures of a PDF and insert them into InDesign? #60522MemberAre the PDFs corrupt in such a way that they simply can't be placed page-by-page into an InDesign document, then exported again?
MemberMake a new Table of Contents style for the mini-TOC and use that; be sure that “Create PDF bookmarks” isn't ticked in it.
(Always use TOC styles, even if you have only one TOC in a document.)
If you have multiple chapters in one InDesign file, I think the best way to approach this is to make one “mini-TOC” that covers all the chapters, and then just flow it onto the chapter-intro pages that you'll need to place it on.
I regularly use multiple TOCs in the same document: I use TOCs on a master page to create hyperlinked navigation throughout the PDF, and then a normal TOC at the front of the book. Haven't run into any issues.
September 1, 2011 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Losing hyperlinks and bookmark links after using PDF optimizer #60424Member9.9MB for a 450 page document sounds quite small, actually — unless there's some major concern about the filesize, I would leave it as-is. If the major concern about the filesize comes from someone else, I would try to educate them.
I work on graphically-heavy books, and they usually end up being about 10MB per 100 pages, with similar features to your title (bookmarks, hyperlinks, TOC, live layers). The export to PDF preset that I use is here: https://dirtywords.tv/2011/inde…..df-preset/
I do end up manipulating the files slightly in Acrobat after exporting, but I stay away from the Save As/PDF Optimizer settings, as they often introduce JPG2000 compression which doesn't render properly on iOS devices.
MemberFYI, since I still get a couple requests a month for the ID -> iPad PDF preset, I made a blog post linking to it: https://dirtywords.tv/2011/inde…..df-preset/
MemberRoland, drop me an email to adam at adamjury dot com — I'll zap you the preset that I've been using for all the PDFs my company sells, which work very snappily on the iPad (even for 400-page full color books).
With that preset in hand, you should be able to massage things for filesize.
MemberA search-and-replace could handle this; make sure that your cursor is inside the story, and search for any frame using that object style, replace with the same object style.
MemberThis is a job for Dropbox, not USB drives! ;)
I think that any time saved by the smaller file transfers is probably lost with the additional time to export to IDML, wait for InDesign to rebuild the doc, etc?
MemberA search-and-replace could handle this; make sure that your cursor is inside the story, and search for any frame using that object style, replace with the same object style.
MemberThis is a job for Dropbox, not USB drives! ;)
I think that any time saved by the smaller file transfers is probably lost with the additional time to export to IDML, wait for InDesign to rebuild the doc, etc?
MemberI've had this happen before, and it can be totally maddening.
Some of the Top 10 Troubleshooting tips from Anne-Marie may be worth applying to the troublesome document: https://www.lynda.com/home/Disp…..lpk2=47762
Additionally, I'd try removing the troublemaker from the book and exporting the book without it — just to make sure that specific doc IS the troublemaker.
I have occasionally found–and this blows my mind and makes no sense–that sometimes a file will export fine by itself but not as part of a Book when the file contains elements that span both pages on a spread. It's a super long shot, but you may want to check for that.
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