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David BlatnerKeymasterIf you have 500 pages of text, all threaded together in one long story, that will likely slow down InDesign. I would strongly suggest breaking up the story into smaller chunks (like chapter breaks).
One easy option for doing this is to use the free StorySplitter script:
https://creativepro.com/downloads/StorySplitter.jsx
(You place your cursor in the frame where you want to break it and then run the script.I should write this up more clearly as a blog post… will do that soon.
(You don’t necessarily have to break the document up into smaller InDesign docs and put them in a book, though that is what some folks do.)
David BlatnerKeymasterThanks for reporting on this, Jack. I urge you to watch the section on Master Pages in my course InDesign Essential Training. I don’t go deep into primary text frames in that course, but I do talk about how InDesign handles master objects and how to Override them, place Word docs in them, etc.
David BlatnerKeymasterMaking the colors look the same on screen and in print is called “color management.” If you can get a subscription to Lynda.com or LinkedIn Learning, you can see my video “InDesign Insider Training: Color Management.” Also, I wrote about it here: https://creativepro.com/issues/issue-85-color-management
David BlatnerKeymasterCarey: No, the regular “text” find/change cannot search for things like “end of story.”
But you can do that easily with GREP, too. If you just search fortill\zit will find the word “till” at the end of a story.David BlatnerKeymasterWhat does “rebuilding the file when open” mean?
Are you exporting using “PDF (print)” or “PDF (interactive)”?
What are you opening the file in?David BlatnerKeymasterJack, a “book” (.indb) file is just a collection of InDesign files. There are pros and cons to using the book feature. Personally, I’ve been tending away from using books for the past few years because they’re often more hassle that they’re worth. That said, in complex, very long documents, it definitely can be helpful — especially when it’s important to work on different pieces (chapters) at a time.
As for the corruption problem: did you try exporting as IDML and then opening that IDML file? That often clears up corruption and oddities.
David BlatnerKeymasterHi Ken,
I’m not sure that rule really works properly. But this would the expression for that particular rule, I think:
Find:([^IAia])
Replace:$1The caret ^ means “not any of these in this list”
But in your example, it would remove the space after “round”, “barrels”, and others.
David BlatnerKeymasterSorry about the forum post not showing up… it got “stuck.” Visible now.
January 16, 2017 at 1:31 pm in reply to: InDesign CC2017 + MathMagic Pro 9.3 plugin for CC 2017 performance issues #91297David BlatnerKeymasterIt would be interesting to see if performance is still bad if you remove that plug-in. If so, you may have to discuss it with the MathMagic company. But if the performance is still bad, then it’s possible that it’s a problem with InDesign.
Make sure you try rebuilding your preferences.
https://creativepro.com/why-is-indesign-soooo-slow.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterOh! I see. If you are doing a big catalog like this, you should seriously consider using a service or plug-in. Creating it by hand will take a LONG time, as you know.
If you need to do this only once a year or so, then you might want to consider a system like this:
https://creativepro.com/database-publishing-a-lean-approach-with-pagination-com.phpWe talk about database publishing here:
https://creativepro.com/watch_listen/indesignsecrets-podcast-145
and I recorded a Lynda.com title here (the first part is all about data merge, but I talk about some of the other options in the last chapter).If you have to do the catalog more often, you will probably want to do it yourself with a tool such as:
- DataLinker from Teacup Software
- EasyCatalog from 63bit
- XMPie
- Autoprice from Meadows
- InCatalog or InData from Em Software
David BlatnerKeymasterCan you explain: What does “automatically search for pictures” mean?
Are you trying to find a picture inside the InDesign document? For example, you need to quickly find where you placed “NS_2511_a.psd”? One solution might be to click the Name column header in the Links panel to alphabetize the list. (You can click those titles to sort them, like a spreadsheet.)With a catalog like this, are you using a plug-in (such as InCatalog, EasyCatalog, or DataLinker?) or a service (such as Pagination.com)?
David BlatnerKeymasterGREP cannot really see parts of speech; that’s too much to ask.
The regular find/change could probably do much of what you need… finding “ss” and replacing it with a different character.
But what really caught my eye is your comment about “arbitrariness”… any kind of automated solution will, by definition, be the opposite of arbitrariness. :-)David BlatnerKeymasterYou may need to hide the trigger button.
This article might help, too: https://creativepro.com/creating-a-two-function-button-for-interactive-pdf-or-swf.php -
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