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Bob Rubey
MemberIt probably has some limitations in actual practice, but it is possible as long as you have an InDesign version with the Page Tool. It's not quite the same as o-Boo's screen capture, however.
Watch my video and combine it with David's suggestion.
https://screencast.com/t/kVVebfESF
Sorry, I don't have a mic.
Bob
December 4, 2012 at 7:37 pm in reply to: Oldstyle numerals convert to small caps (or something?) when exporting #63678MemberNot curious enough to put you to task. I'm happy to forget about it as well.
December 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Downsampling Compression vs No Compression Exporting PDFs for OOH #63669MemberFirst, if you drop your image size down to 500 dpi, or 50 dpi at full size, it most likely won't be noticed.
Next, the no downsampling/ZIP compression would be okay. The following is from Adobe Help:
- Image Quality–Determines the amount of compression that is applied. For JPEG or JPEG 2000 compression, you can choose Minimum, Low, Medium, High, or Maximum quality. For ZIP compression, only 8?bit is available. Because InDesign uses the lossless ZIP method, data is not removed to reduce file size, so image quality is not affected.
- Here's the link for above: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/in…..cb3f-70baa
- Lastly, provide your billboard vendor with the working files as well as the PDF. While they may not be a traditional printer, it doesn't mean they don't need to preflight and make adjustments to ensure the job prints correctly.
December 1, 2012 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Oldstyle numerals convert to small caps (or something?) when exporting #63659MemberI don't have an answer, but I do have an observation. Did you happen to notice that it wasn't affecting your footnote numbering?
As a test, I would switch one of the problem numbers from italic to roman, export again, and see what happens. It may not reveal anything, but it might also narrow the focus of your investigation.
Good luck.
MemberThe solution seems to be to copy/paste the frame into AI, edit, and reverse the process. Be careful with your selection after you paste into AI as there will be a bounding box as well as the wavy line.
MemberPerhaps one of Dan Rodney's scripts would help? There's a free and a Pro version.
MemberAnother update on this strangeness:
Considering the aforementioned information, I used Dave Saunder's ReleaseAnyAnchor script throughout the document, and confirmed their elimination with Story Editor.
With great hope I exported another page with only a vector logo to PDF, and again the resulting PDF was 19+ MB. [sigh]
MemberAn update: A friend of mine who also has been a prepress tech for many years, and a sharp one at that, took a look at this job after I provided the necessary files. She came to the same conclusion that I eventually came to as well. Here is her response:
Hey Bob–Just so you know, I got a chance to test your file yesterday with the same results as what you had. I tried changing the font on that page with no change in PDF size. Then I copied just the text from that page and pasted into a new 1 page Indy doc and made a pdf. It was 57k. So, I am guessing it is the anchored links causing the shift in file size when exported to a single page pdf. I'm guessing [InDesign] is “seeing” all the anchored links in the text chain as being on the same page and feels it has to include them, even though they are not actually visible. That's why the entire pdf is not abnormally large—that 19mb is already included in that file data and the other images are making up the additional size.I think you're out of luck!MemberFurry,
I was all ready to reply no, then I remembered something. You can copy from Illustrator and paste into InDesign (or vice versa) and the result is an editable image, color and points. There will be no link info of course, so if you need to remember the file name, you may want to stick a note on a non-printing layer or use the Articles panel. You'll also lose AI's ability to find strokes and fills globally.
I'm not a big fan of copying and pasting between applications, so I tend to forget that.
There's some preferences you'll need to check, and Mr. Blatner posted that info in September 2011: https://creativepro.com/cop…..-versa.php
BTW, the grayscale/b&w bitmap color technique also works on Scitex CTs (.sct), but it's an old format few people use anymore, methinks.
Bob
MemberPerhaps not in the same manner, but you can apply color to grayscale TIFFs within InDesign. You just need to change to the Direct Selection Tool to do so.
October 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm in reply to: InDesign CS5 on pc keeps crashing when I delete items #63333MemberOn a copy of the document, try switching fonts (or convert all to outlines). I would in particular look for a TrueType font that's not found in your other documents. I've also had a similar problem with CS5, albeit on a Mac, which turned out to be a rogue font.
There's another recent post where Jongware suggests a similar course of action to another member.
October 10, 2012 at 4:17 am in reply to: How to create a watermark that INVISIBLE on the screen, but VISIBLE when it print? #63322MemberDon't know if it works with CS5.5 or 6, but you might want to take a look at this script: https://in-tools.com/article/sc…..-indesign/
What you're remembering from Quark certainly worked with images, and InDesign can do the same, but I don't recall if Quark could also auto-fit text as you suggest.
MemberEugene:
Why not create three (or more) facing pages then use the page tool to adjust the spine width (or flaps and so on)? Not that the scripts aren't nice…
Bob
MemberEugene:
Why not create three (or more) facing pages then use the page tool to adjust the spine width (or flaps and so on)? Not that the scripts aren't nice…
Bob
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