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David BlatnerNo, there’s no good way around this problem, I think. You’ll likely need to break it up. Note that you can just place the entire INDD file into two new documents (because you can place an INDD file in the same way you can place a PDF file). So place it into a 1-page sized file and crop it to show just page 1. Then place into a 3-page-spread sized file and crop it to show the other 3 pages, perhaps.
David BlatnerMaybe there is cell inset? Or an indent applied to the text? Could be all kinds of things.
David BlatnerNo, but it might be a sign of a really messed up document. Personally, I would keep deleting things and doing Save As until you can get a successful IDML to export and import.
David BlatnerRemember that old phrase that your grandmother would say? That “it builds character”? That’s what you’re experiencing. ;-D
That does sound very odd. My suggestion is to export the file to IDML (using file > export), then open that IDML file. That usually gets rid of corruption.
David BlatnerI answered this on my data merge lynda.com article where you asked it, but the quick version is:
* If you have already made the barcodes as art, then you’d just merge them as regular artwork with data merge
* If you need to make the QR codes with data merge, you might want to look at TaDaQR: https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/tada-qr/
David BlatnerVery cool idea, but unfortunately I don’t think there’s any way to do this with a paragraph style or grep style because it’s literally changing characters/glyphs.
Well, I should say: it might be possible, but it depends on the font. For example, Minion Pro Italic does have a stylistic set with some alternate characters. So if you made a character style that changes the text to Stylistic Set 2, you could apply that with a grep style to a particular character (such as an e in this font). That does seem to work. But most fonts I’ve tried don’t have that.
David BlatnerNo easy way, but Soxy can be a good solution:
https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/downloads/lightning-brain-soxy/
David BlatnerThe red dots are overset markers:
https://creativepro.com/mysteries-of-the-elliptical-overset-cell-symbol-revealed.php
David BlatnerVirginia Systems has been around since the 1990s, so I know they are a reputable company. I have not used that plug-in, though. I would ask if they have a demo version that you can try first.
David BlatnerOK, here you go: https://creativepro.com/sort-index-page-number.php
David BlatnerOK, hold on a moment and I’ll gather some screen shots and show you how to fix this. I have a feeling other people need this sometimes, too, for indexes of advertisers or products or other catalog lists.
David BlatnerJust to confirm… you used the index feature for this rather than the table of contents feature, right?
Unfortunately, I think the answer is that you should have used the Table of Contents feature for this instead of the index feature. The index feature isn’t really designed for what you’re doing. However, there’s a short process you could use to fix it… I’ll try to write that up quickly in a blog post.
David BlatnerIt depends on what you mean by “text documents.” If you are creating a PDF file or printing, then yes, it is very good for that.
David BlatnerHere’s one of my favorite options:
https://creativepro.com/easy-diacritics-and-other-tough-glyphs.php
Or:
https://creativepro.com/type-any-unicode-character-you-want-in-indesign.php
Plus, I don’t know if Mindsteam or other spelling plug-ins will work, but check out the comments after this blog post:
https://creativepro.com/let-indesign-add-the-diacritics.php
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