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December 9, 2009 at 6:44 am in reply to: Automatic numbering across various chapters in one file #51163
David BlatnerKeymasterre: numbering. Check out this blog post on the topic: https://creativepro.com/multi-level-automatic-numbering-in-indesign.php
The quick version is that you will need at least two different styles (one for each 1.x, which restarts the numbering as part of the style definition.)
re: graphs. This is a perpetual problem. I don't know where you read that you can copy and paste graphs, but I hope it wasn't on this site. Copy and paste is not a good idea. Save as PDF/EPS and open in Illustrator for fixup.
David BlatnerKeymasterAcrobat Pro has (more or less) a RIP built into it, so if you have Acrobat Pro, it's easy to make pre-separated PDFs, where each plate is on its own page. See https://creativepro.com/create-color-separated-pdfs.php
You can turn on/off plates by clicking Ink Manager.
David BlatnerKeymasterYou can made it auto-generate more, if the objects are anchored. We discuss this in “Real World InDesign” (peachpit press). You also must get a hold of Jim Maivald's XML and InDesign book.
David BlatnerKeymasterYou can made it auto-generate more, if the objects are anchored. We discuss this in “Real World InDesign” (peachpit press). You also must get a hold of Jim Maivald's XML and InDesign book.
David BlatnerKeymasterOh, I think I see what you mean. The import options are “sticky” — that is, they stay the way you last used them. Right? That's just the way ID works.
However, I'm still not clear on your use of the phrase “update links.” Do you mean just placing them again? “Update links” means something specific in InDesign, having to do with the Links panel.
December 7, 2009 at 11:54 am in reply to: Viewing Tagged Text Import options for linked files #51134David BlatnerKeymasterOh, I think I see what you mean. The import options are “sticky” — that is, they stay the way you last used them. Right? That's just the way ID works.
However, I'm still not clear on your use of the phrase “update links.” Do you mean just placing them again? “Update links” means something specific in InDesign, having to do with the Links panel.
David BlatnerKeymasterIt sounds like a bug to me, but I've never tried that. In general, however, I strongly recommend that people use File > Export to create PDF files from InDesign.
David BlatnerKeymasterIt sounds like a bug to me, but I've never tried that. In general, however, I strongly recommend that people use File > Export to create PDF files from InDesign.
David BlatnerKeymasterHm! Interesting and frustrating. Thank you for letting us know. (We decided to use gravatar because we find it far easier than having to manage one's picture at each and every site. You just manage it in one place. Also, then we don't have to worry about people uploading gigs of images… tricky problems there.)
David BlatnerKeymasterIt sounds as though you have Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet Files turned on in preferences. This makes text files act like images, so they show up in the Links panel.
I have long wanted a way (both for linked text and images) to simply “show import options again for this file,” but there isn't anything, except using the Relink feature, and re-linking to the same file… same as in this post:
David BlatnerKeymasterYes, it was Kris' really wide image. I manually edited the HTML width tag and it's better now. We'll try to find a way to manage that automatically in the future.
David BlatnerKeymasterHm! Interesting and frustrating. Thank you for letting us know. (We decided to use gravatar because we find it far easier than having to manage one's picture at each and every site. You just manage it in one place. Also, then we don't have to worry about people uploading gigs of images… tricky problems there.)
David BlatnerKeymasterIt sounds as though you have Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet Files turned on in preferences. This makes text files act like images, so they show up in the Links panel.
I have long wanted a way (both for linked text and images) to simply “show import options again for this file,” but there isn't anything, except using the Relink feature, and re-linking to the same file… same as in this post:
David BlatnerKeymasterYes, it was Kris' really wide image. I manually edited the HTML width tag and it's better now. We'll try to find a way to manage that automatically in the future.
David BlatnerKeymasterThere are a bazillion plug-ins, it seems, to handle creating catalogs and directories and other sorts of “database publishing” projects, including:
- Auto Price from Meadows Software
- InData from Em Software (or the more powerful InCatalog)
- DataLinker from Teacup Software
- EasyCatalog from 65Bit
and others!
In general, using a plug-in like one of these is the way to go when trying to automate the process.
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