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December 11, 2019 at 11:45 am in reply to: GREP query to find first space of a given paragraph style #14323579
David BlatnerKeymasterGreat question… sorry, I should have done that. Was typing too quickly. :-)
- The stuff in the parentheses is the stuff you want to keep.
- \d means “any digit”
- the stuff in the brackets means “any one of these things”
- the +? means “one or more of these”
- means “any space”
So the result is “find a digit, followed by one or more digts-or-dots, followed by any space… then replace it with the numbers and dots, followed by an em dash and an indent-to-here character.”
December 11, 2019 at 11:34 am in reply to: GREP Expression – formatting names at the beginning of a paragraph #14323580David BlatnerKeymasterYeah, it can be tricky. But for any formatting that begins at the start of a paragraph, I recommend using Nested Styles. Much easier!
https://indesignsecrets.com/video-how-to-automate-run-in-header-styles.phpDecember 11, 2019 at 10:27 am in reply to: GREP query to find first space of a given paragraph style #14323582David BlatnerKeymasterWith GREP you could search for
(\d[\d.]+?)and then replace it with$1~>~iDavid BlatnerKeymasterYou would need to move the pages around in the Pages panel. It is not easy, unfortunately. You can make pages inside the Pages panel easier to find by labeling them:
https://indesignsecrets.com/keep-your-pages-in-order-with-color-labels.phpAnother idea is to make each story a different InDesign document, and then put them together in a Book panel. That makes it very easy to move them around.
https://indesignsecrets.com/adding-files-book.phpDecember 10, 2019 at 8:40 am in reply to: Importing multiple word files to the same primary text box #14323599David BlatnerKeymasterIf you have multiple word docs, you can place the first one, as you mentioned. Then you would need to add a new blank page to the end of the document. Then you should be able to place the next word doc onto the new page. It will place it there as the beginning of a new story.
David BlatnerKeymasterSure, you can split the longer “story” into individual stories.
If the current story threads across multiple pages, you can use this to break it up:
https://indesignsecrets.com/how-to-split-long-story-into-smaller-pieces-unthreading-middle-story.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterHi Christian. Data Merge is limited in what it can do, but it can definitely import a lot of images. There are some references here:
https://linkedin-learning.pxf.io/kXD9z
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https://indesignsecrets.com/quickly-place-images-indesign-document.php
and
https://indesignsecrets.com/import-folder-full-pictures-page.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterI cannot think of an easy way to do that. Normally, if you want the border to be a Pantone color, you will need to turn it into a spot color channel in photoshop.
David BlatnerKeymasterHere’s one solution:
https://indesignsecrets.com/flipping-frames-front-page-align.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterWell, in this particular case (in the image you shared), it cannot work. If the “says Nigel” line moves to the 2nd column, then that forces “sport, which” to the 3rd column, right? Then the line that begins “Nigel, and” cannot move to the 3rd column because that would leave only one line at the top of the paragraph. So it’s a no-win.
David BlatnerKeymasterThanks, Ariel! I see that you and I were typing at the same time earlier, from across the miles! :-)
David BlatnerKeymasterI’m not sure… we aren’t selling scripts like that here. Perhaps it was Quick Resize from: https://www.id-extras.com/products/quickresize/
We have a review of it here:
https://indesignsecrets.com/inreview-quickresize.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterDoes it work if you use that technique to copy/paste in Word or some other program?
Does it help if you quit and relaunch InDesign or restart the computer? I honestly can’t think of why the right-click feature would work differently than a keyboard shortcut.David BlatnerKeymasterIf this ever happened to me on a document, I would:
- Try switching from page to page to see if it goes away.
- Press command-shift-/ (slash) or ctrl-shift-/ to force a redraw.
- If that doesn’t work, then: Close the document and open it again
- If that doesn’t work, then: quit InDesign and launch again
- If that doesn’t work, and it’s just that one document, then: Save as IDML (use save as or file > export), then open that IDML file.
David BlatnerKeymasterHm. It’s working well for me in 2020.
Can you try with a brand new document?
Are you rotating the pages, or doing something other than just using the default settings? -
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