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March 18, 2019 at 10:30 am in reply to: How do I reinstall the complete set of PDF export standards? #115017
Brett Stone
ParticipantThe preview link should now be fixed.
I have the PDFx4 option selected, but the compliance standard is unavailable.
I don’t recall having seen this issue before. I’ve checked other workstations on site and they have same behavior (Mac Mojave cc2015; I’ll be testing in cc2019 and cc2018 as well this afternoon.)December 17, 2018 at 2:37 pm in reply to: Kerning Options: Metric, Optical, Numeric, and Zero (0) #112966Brett Stone
ParticipantI continue to seek affirmation/veto of the descriptions contained in OP.
In the meanwhile, I’m perplexed: I’ve set a complex document to include only Optical kerning, then exported to idml. Upon opening the idml in cc2015 and in cc2018 there is significant conversion of the Optical to Zero kerning. Curiously, the resulting cc2015 and cc2018 PDFs are identical, confirmed using a pixel-level comparison tool. This leads me to believe that the change from Optical to Zero occurs when the idml is created, not in the conversion of idml to indd.Brett Stone
ParticipantLuiz,
I’ve not used the Adobe Cloud for collaboration, so I don’t know specifically if it works well or not.
I’d suggest creating a test project, and ask a few friends or teammates to simulate the workflow. Add files, test the commenting and file management, evaluate the ease/difficulty of communication, and look for any pitfalls that may show up.
I have used Box.com and am crazy pleased, functioning basically as a server for a team of 15 workers all in various separate locations over a three-year period. The tools there help to keep users from inadvertently overwriting files. While our projects contained thousands of files, it may be that Adobe Cloud can function for smaller teams with fewer files just fine.
BTW: welcome to the 21st century. I continue to encounter folks who remain in 1989!Brett Stone
ParticipantCynthia,
I’m confused that LULU would tell you they want cmyk PDFs, yet provided you with a job.options that specifies RGB. This wouldn’t be the first time that a printer — especially one trying to communicate across a large base of users — didn’t keep their story straight for all of us who like this level of detail.
Without confirmation by Lulu that their rgb output is indeed ok, I’d be tempted to modify their job.options to convert to cmyk with preserve numbers (this way, any cmyk content in your file is unchanged.)
Or I might be tempted to do the above, AND also create a PDF using their settings as provided.
With a traditional printer, you might be able to provide both files as a test and receive their feedback. I don’t know if Lulu does such a thing.
Is this helpful at all?Brett Stone
ParticipantTim,
Did you go the PS/Distiller route to address a particular issue, or because ‘that’s how we’ve always done it’? Does Distiller do something significantly different with fonts than an export to PDF?
In related news, many of our documents export as layered PDF, something that appears to not be possible with Distiller.
Hmmm. Still searching….March 7, 2013 at 12:55 pm in reply to: Stacked Heads text: Is there a way to align from the bottom UP? #64355Brett Stone
ParticipantNow investigating…
Maybe a table with each row defined to a partilar cell style that controls the spacing to next head, regardless of number of lines…
Simpler than anchored, and probably behaves better, too….
Hmmm.
Brett Stone
ParticipantMy cheap trick* for this type of problem:
(works when you don't have any character styles applied to the 'source' paragraph)- Create character styles that can be applied in a string-like fashion to the paragraph
- Ex: One, Two, Three, Four (if two lines is the max you would have, then you only need two.)
- These don't apply any particular styles, but just identify which 'parts' of the paragraph are to appear on line one, two, three, etc.
- In Paragraph style for the source paragraph
- Add nested styles in order, each ending at an “end nested style here” marker
- In this scenario,
- if you DON'T enter a “end nested style here” int he paragraph text, the whole paragraph would have char-style “One” applied to it.
- If you do enter a marker, the paragraph is “One” before the marker, and “Two” after, etc
- Redefine your text variable to be based on character style instead of paragraph style.
- You'll need two or more variables (one for “One”, for “Two”, etc)
- On master pages (you are using master pages, right?
in your runnning head
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- (I recall CS5 and CS6 handle this space differently — test it and if you end up with two spaces on your page just delete the space between)
- What you see on the master pages may look odd based on the length of the text variable's name. Ideally, if your variable names are long it will display on two lines, just like you anticipate in your layout.
- String the text variables with a single space between
- If the text is long enough, the running head will split at the variable instead of smashing onto a single line.
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*Davids and Harbs tools are probably more elegant, and aren't even expensive, but by necessity I have to work cheap.
Brett Stone
ParticipantI've learned to watch for the following:
1) On documents converted from Xpress, change the paragraph styles kerning option to Optical, then back to Metrics. This can clear out an over-riding setting. I haven't found this to be needed in a 'fresh' indd file.2) Be sure that your new justification settings are applied to all paragraph styles (using the 'based on' feature.) It's a bit a of a pain, but I make a master style for body text that has the correct settigns, then always 'base' on that. To verify, I can temporarily change the color of this master style and watch where it migrates to in the document.
What fonts are you using? Are they possibly old and not well kerned to begin with? If this is the case, you might consider optical kerning which can bypass a poorly kerned font.
- Create character styles that can be applied in a string-like fashion to the paragraph
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