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April 21, 2016 at 11:46 am in reply to: Kerning & Tracking Default – getting a better starter for ten #84179

David Blatner
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First of all, you need to use the normal Justified Text setting, not the “Justify All Lines” horizontal alignment — unless you really do want the last line spaced out like that.

Second, make sure you’re using the Paragraph Composer. And you can learn more about H&J settings here:
https://creativepro.com/what-are-your-favorite-word-and-character-space-settings-for-hjs.php

There are some excellent resources on InDesign typography at Lynda.com, or in Nigel French’s book on InDesign typography.

April 21, 2016 at 8:29 am in reply to: Underline Text #84175

David Blatner
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That won’t be particularly easy in InDesign. You can kind of do it with a combination of Rule Above and Rule Below, like this:

April 21, 2016 at 8:23 am in reply to: Truncated dialog box text #84173

David Blatner
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My first move would be to rebuild your preference files: https://creativepro.com/resources/faq#143

April 21, 2016 at 8:11 am in reply to: Best way to "dumb down" InDesign? #84172
David Blatner
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Hi Joel! A pleasure to see you here. One option is to avoid InDesign entirely and give them InCopy (see https://incopysecrets.com).

I’m not sure there are any “best practices” for this beyond:
- Open just the panels you want visible
- Use Edit > Menus to hide the menu items you don’t want visible
- Then save the Workspace and show them how they can Reset back to it if things get messy
- If they’re mostly editorial folks, teach them Edit > Edit in Story Editor (and use the Story Editor Preferences to choose a better font, cursor, and layout, so it’s easier to read in Story Editor)
April 20, 2016 at 12:10 pm in reply to: To include or not include an ICC profile #84156
David Blatner
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I believe that most printing companies ignore the embedded profiles when you send them a PDF that contains CMYK images. I believe the only reason to embed CMYK profiles is when the profile that you used is something they do not expect, and if you explain that they must honor your profile.

But in your case, where you are using Fogra29 and Fogra39, you probably do not need to include the profiles. (And, if you are making PDF/X files, then I believe you cannot embed the profile anyway.) But what you can do is set the “Output Intent Profile Name”. That does not embed the profile, but it makes an annotation inside the PDF that says “my intention is that you use this profile.” The printer may or may not see that, but at least you tried. :-)

I explained more about making PDFs in my Lynda.com courses on:
- Making PDFs
- Color Management
April 20, 2016 at 11:21 am in reply to: Grep with Glyph #84155

David Blatner
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See this week’s tip here:
https://creativepro.com/tip-of-the-week-making-custom-accented-characters.php
(most importantly, see the comments that say this is a problem when making an ebook)

It is much better to use a font that actually has these accented characters.

But yes, you can do this with grep. First make a character style that applies -400 tracking. Then, in the paragraph style definition, make a GREP Style that applies that character style to ´(?=[aeu])
(That is the accent character followed by a “positive lookahead”. I just used a, e, and u. You can add or change “aeu” to something else if you want.)

April 20, 2016 at 11:13 am in reply to: PDF export: circle icon has a flat tire #84154

David Blatner
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Well, yes… if it was originally an AI graphic, then it would be much better to keep it as a vector artwork and place it in InDesign as an AI or PDF file. Rasterized (bitmapped) images can get changed in many ways and will never be as clear or sharp as vector lines.

Your comment about PSDs with transparent backgrounds also made me think of this old post:
https://creativepro.com/screen-artifacts-on-transparent-psds-in-exported-pdfs-can-be-deceivingmost-of-the-time.php
I think that was mostly fixed, but it may still be helpful.

April 20, 2016 at 10:35 am in reply to: Help – GREP #84151

David Blatner
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Are you trying to apply the character style to the course name, or just the part in brackets? Are they curved brackets (parentheses) or square or angled brackets?

The tricky part is: “is so many words long”
If the course names are different lengths, then it is impossible to identify them.

But perhaps these articles will help:
https://creativepro.com/findbetween-a-useful-grep-string.php
https://creativepro.com/favorite-grep-expressions-you-can-use.php
https://creativepro.com/grep

April 19, 2016 at 9:22 am in reply to: PDF Export Trouble #84125

David Blatner
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Great point, Ari! Wow, yes, vector artwork (e.g. artwork from CAD systems or Illustrator) will not compress. This was a topic of discussion a while back here: https://creativepro.com/creating-smaller-pdfs-from-a-vector-dense-book.php

April 19, 2016 at 8:56 am in reply to: Should I buy a calibration tool? #84123

David Blatner
Keymaster

It’s actually extremely difficult to put an RGB swatch and a CMYK swatch next to each other and ensure they will always look the same. It can work, but it is not recommended. If you want to match colors, use the same color mode.

April 19, 2016 at 8:55 am in reply to: PDF export: circle icon has a flat tire #84122

David Blatner
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Are you saying this happens when you save a PNG out of Photoshop? Or when you export as PDF? You see this on screen or when you print?
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