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David BlatnerKeymasterOh yes, I remember Ben well! Great guy. If you're out there, Ben: Hi!
David BlatnerKeymasterYou can sort of get a list of text anchors by choosing Hyperlinks Destinations Options from the Hyperlinks panel menu.
David BlatnerKeymasterI'm curious about what James said about #2… because that is true in some circumstances, notably when printing to a lower-resolution printer (like under 1200 dpi). Not everyone is outputting on high-res platesetters.
But yes, there are so many myths out there. We just heard elsewhere on the forum about the old “don't use truetype” myth. That's been false for years.
November 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Trying to find past article on transparency flattening #50932David BlatnerKeymasterNot sure exactly what you're referring to, but this page talks about a problem when printing to an “office printer”:
https://creativepro.com/eli…..ndrome.php
But more importantly, if this is really being printed on a laser or inkjet printer (as final artwork) I would suggest setting the Transparency Blend Space to RGB, and then making sure the Output is set to RGB instead of CMYK. That might help, too.
David BlatnerKeymasterSheri, my first editor, Steve Roth, once taught me an important lesson: desktop publishers should always try to be as lazy as possible by automating everything — letting the computer do what we bought 'em for!
You might also try Peter Kahrel's Batch_Convert
and Zevrix BatchOutput.
David BlatnerKeymasterWe'll see if we can get someone from dtp tools over here to look at this. But in general, specific plug-in support questions should go to the plug-in developer. For example, check out dtponline.com
David BlatnerKeymasterI always found that it was particularly helpful to do a Save As from PageMaker before opening the file in InDesign… just to clean out gunk that might have accumulated. But remember that ID has very different type controls than PageMaker (especially things like “tracking/range kerning”) so some changes are inevitable.
David BlatnerKeymasterWe'll see if we can get someone from dtp tools over here to look at this. But in general, specific plug-in support questions should go to the plug-in developer. For example, check out dtponline.com
David BlatnerKeymasterI always found that it was particularly helpful to do a Save As from PageMaker before opening the file in InDesign… just to clean out gunk that might have accumulated. But remember that ID has very different type controls than PageMaker (especially things like “tracking/range kerning”) so some changes are inevitable.
David BlatnerKeymasterOf course (you know I can't help but include this… sorry!) this is a great opportunity to buy copies of the InDesignSecrets Keyboard Shortcut poster for the whole department!
(The thing that gets me when I move between mac and windows is the reversal of the Ctrl and Command keys; I need to look at the keyboard to figure out where to put my thumb. Gr.)
David BlatnerKeymasterYour printer is probably just being “old fashioned.” That's a polite way of saying, he or she hasn't updated their brain since the 20th century. TrueType fonts are almost always fine, unless their RIP is from the mid 90s or something (in which case, you probably want a different printer anyway).
Of course, another option is to flatten the file while outlining the type as written about in this post.
David BlatnerKeymasterOf course (you know I can't help but include this… sorry!) this is a great opportunity to buy copies of the InDesignSecrets Keyboard Shortcut poster for the whole department!
(The thing that gets me when I move between mac and windows is the reversal of the Ctrl and Command keys; I need to look at the keyboard to figure out where to put my thumb. Gr.)
David BlatnerKeymasterYour printer is probably just being “old fashioned.” That's a polite way of saying, he or she hasn't updated their brain since the 20th century. TrueType fonts are almost always fine, unless their RIP is from the mid 90s or something (in which case, you probably want a different printer anyway).
Of course, another option is to flatten the file while outlining the type as written about in this post.
David BlatnerKeymasterForgot to mention, if you have additional comments on Blatner Tools, you can also leave them here on the DTP Tools forums!
David BlatnerKeymasterForgot to mention, if you have additional comments on Blatner Tools, you can also leave them here on the DTP Tools forums!
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