Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
David BlatnerKeymasterIf the name tags are one per page, then it’s not too hard: Make a 2-page document with the data merge template on page 1 and the schedule on page 2. Then do the data merge and you’ll end up with the name tags on every other page.
However, if you need a grid of multiple name tags per page, then this is harder. You will probably need to make a document with all the merged names, and then manually insert another page (with all the schedules… just make it a master page so you can insert it super fast) in between each of the other pages.
David BlatnerKeymasterGlad my tutorial has been helpful for you, Dennison. Wow, it certainly sounds like you have had your fair share of strange problems this week! Sorry to hear it.
I have never run into the paste problem you had, where the objects turned into a graphic. Even with the preference set, that shouldn’t happen if you’re just pasting from one location in InDesign to another! Weird.
David BlatnerKeymasterSorry for:
a) your message not going through… as Dwayne mentioned, sometimes our forum holds things for moderation for weird reasons. I have approved your forum post Lala.
b) That unsettled profile. Yeah, something is definitely messed up there!If you have problems in the future, feel free to contact us on our Contact Page
David BlatnerKeymasterMike, I see this a bit differently than you: In my experience, InDesign and Photoshop show virtually the same data in virtually the same way. As long as High Quality Display is enabled in InDesign, it looks the same. (There have been times I’ve been zoomed into an image when I’ve lost track of which app I’m in!)
Of course, InDesign’s GPU feature may change that a bit… there have been some display bugs. But that can be disabled if you need to.
Remember that Photoshop is ALSO showing you a proxy-image at any zoom level other than 100%/Actual Size. I agree that it may be hard to get 100% size in InDesign (because the image has been scaled), but I believe the image-rendering quality in InDesign is plenty good enough to do sharpening for print (which is always a crapshoot anyway due to the vagaries of half toning) and on-screen output (which is also a crapshoot, due to the myriad of devices the document will be displayed on).
David BlatnerKeymasterMattias, you are asking a question I have asked Adobe for many years: Why can we not do sharpening/unsharp masking in InDesign?! It is the very natural place to do it. Unfortunately, InDesign cannot do this. But please go vote for this idea here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31280467-add-image-sharpening-before-output
So yes, the inefficient method you suggest is what people usually do. There is a plug-in that can help, but probably only worth it when you have a lot of images.
September 4, 2017 at 12:51 pm in reply to: "Document" VS "Book" option – University Portfolios #97724David BlatnerKeymasterI generally recommend keeping all the pages of a document together in a single InDesign file when possible. Creating multiple documents in a “book” publication is okay, but is often more trouble than it’s worth. 100 pages is no problem for a single InDesign doc.
As for freezing and losing work: Train your fingers to hit Command-S (or Ctrl S on windows) to save every five minutes. And every so often make a backup of your whole file just in case.
David BlatnerKeymasterAs Graham said, grouping the objects is perhaps the best first step: Choose Group from the Object menu.
David BlatnerKeymasterUm… WHAT?!
David BlatnerKeymasterHere is an article from Jongware that explains it well:
https://creativepro.com/javascript-for-the-absolute-beginner.phpAugust 22, 2017 at 7:55 am in reply to: Custom page numbering: Q1, A1, Q2, A2 — How to set up? #96977David BlatnerKeymasterActually, I think you could probably make this work with numbered lists instead of using the normal page numbers. See:
https://creativepro.com/use-numbered-lists-instead-of-auto-page-numbering.php -
AuthorPosts