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David BlatnerOh my gosh, you’re right. That’s embarrassing. I will contact them right away. Thanks!
I’m sorry for the confusion; for CC, please see: https://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=dcid
You’ll need to contact them directly (support at dtptools.com) to get on the beta.
David BlatnerThe only full find/change color feature I know of is in the Blatner Tools suite (blatnertools.com). It’s in public beta for CC now, with information about how to get it on the web site.
David BlatnerDwane and Tom: I didn’t say I use vertical justification (especially for things like books)! I don’t. I was just answering Carole’s question about what is possible.
And, actually, as I read this again, I see that she’s really just talking about two columns. If it’s a multi-column text frame, you may be able to use Balance Columns in the Text Frame Options dialog box to get what you want.
(And yes, in-tools’ proper VJ is better than the built-in tool in some good ways.)
David BlatnerCarole, the vertical justification feature is in the Object > Text Frame Options dialog box. I’m not sure why people say it is a hassle, as it is easy to turn on/off there. You can increase the Paragraph Spacing Limit in that same section so that it adds space between the paragraphs instead of changing your leading.
There are also other tools out there that help with this in sometimes better ways, such as: https://in-tools.com/products/plugins/proper-vj/
David BlatnerYou can search for color as part of the Find/Change. So you can search for any text that is black or any text that is red. Unfortunately, you cannot search for “any text that is black in the middle of a word that is red.” GREP or Find/Change cannot see the formatting of the text around it.
David BlatnerIt may be how you created the PDF. For example, if you exported using the “smallest file size” pdf preset, then all your colors were converted to RGB.
I did a course at lynda.com on how to export good print-quality PDFs here: https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-Insider-Training-Print-PDFs/155936-2.html (I did not address lulu specifically, though)
David BlatnerHi Steph, We’re pretty partial to lynda.com.
We’ll see if Anne-Marie sneaks in here. But in the meantime, you might also check out incopysecrets.com. :-)
David BlatnerAh, I see what you mean now. Try this:
(?<=\.)([^.]+?\?)
Notice that instead of the dot (which means "any character"), I'm typing [^.] which means "anything except a dot/period"
David BlatnerJay-Art, you can. Let’s say you have 7 paragraphs and you want to move the 3rd paragraph to the end.
First, search for
(.+\r)(.+\r)(.+\r)(.+\r)(.+\r)(.+\r)(.+\r)
and then replace with
$1$2$4$5$6$7$3
David BlatnerYou’re almost there, Carole. However, I very rarely use None for a master page. It really is only for when you want a blank page. Instead, make a new master page “B” — probably based on “A” — and then remove the elements you don’t want (or add the ones you do). Then apply that to your first page.
David BlatnerWhy not use (?<=\.)(.*?\?)
David Blatnerif each image and its VO were grouped together, you could perhaps use the Content Collector tool. You’d just click on each group to add it to the content panel, then when you’re done, you could use the Content Placer tool to click on each page. It’s not the most obvious interface, IMHO, but we have some articles about using it here on the site.
David BlatnerThat’s pretty weird. I would press Cmd-Shift-L to unlock everything on the spread, and then Cmd-A with the Selection tool to see if there really are any frames there. (Make sure no layers are locked, which would prevent objects from being selected.)
Also, you could try the Separations Preview panel to see if they’re really there in the document.
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