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David Popham
ParticipantHi Cheri,
Text Variables are considered to be single entities by InDesign, so you won’t be able to parse individual characters within the variable string unless you use Convert Variable to Text. However, you then lose the ability to have it update if changes are made. Can you construct the footer so that the vertical bars are regular text, with the Text Variables on either side?
A sample of the intended output would be helpful for more guidance.
ParticipantHi Flo,
I would start by selecting the text frame and opening Story Editor (Cmd/Ctrl + Y) to view your content and get a sense of what’s happening. You can see which Paragraph Styles are applied to the text in the lefthand column. Some things to check when text is perpetually overset are paragraph Keep Options on the text and Text Wrap on any graphic elements. Additionally, any inline graphic elements that may have come in too tall to fit inside the frame will cause this issue.
ParticipantIt sounds as though your co-worker may be confusing “customizing” with installing a plug-in or plug-ins. The only way to customize the toolbar is to set it to either a single-column, single-row or two-column layout in Preferences > Interface > Panels > Floating Tools Panel.
I’m aware of only a couple of options that allow generation of charts in InDesign. One is a font (https://www.fontshop.com/families/ff-chartwell), and the other is a script solution (https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2010/06/claquos2-pie-chart-builder-for-indesign), but I don’t think either adds any tools to the Tools panel.
ParticipantFile > Export, and in the Export Adobe PDF dialog, under Pages, choose the Export As Spreads radio button.
ParticipantI think I better understand what you’re trying to accomplish, but an illustration would be helpful rather than my providing a solution that may not be relevant. Do you have a link to an example?
ParticipantIf I’m understanding correctly, you want to have two running headers that show the same level of listings on a page, one with the first item on the page and the other with the last item on the page.
Based on that logic, you can create two variables using Type: Running Header (Paragraph Style). The Use option for the first one should be set to “First on Page”, while the second variable would be “Last on Page”. The Style option would be the same for both. Then place them on your master pages where you want them to appear.
ParticipantHi Deborah,
I’m not seeing that behavior when I test searching for 2 or more spaces. Do you mind sharing the GREP expression you used?
Also, out of curiosity, is the End Nested Style Here character being used to end the style at the colon? If so, you could trigger the style change by instead typing a colon in the field with End Nested Style Here.
January 9, 2020 at 6:35 pm in reply to: Is there a way to set up my footnote in hanging indent style? #14323312ParticipantHi Hiro,
Do the following to create a hanging indent in your footnote paragraph style:
1. In the Paragraph panel, right-click on the style name and choose Edit “styleName”.
2. Click on Indents and Spacing, and set Left Indent to the leading value of the footnote (e.g. 9pt).
3. Set First Line Indent to the negative value of what you used for Left Indent. So if you set Left Indent to 9pt, set First Line Indent to -9pt.
4. Then make sure in Type > Document Footnote Options that in the Numbering and Formatting pane, the Footnote Formatting paragraph style is set to your footnote style, and leave the separator as “^t.”The value you use does not have to be the leading value but that’s a good starting point. You can experiment if necessary to get the look you want. Just make sure that it’s the same for both (but that First Line Indent is negative).
ParticipantIf a secure PDF doesn’t work for your needs, you can export to PDF from InDesign and then create a Fixup in Acrobat that can convert pages to images. You can save the Fixup for future use.
To Create a Fixup in Acrobat
1. Choose Print Production from the Tools menu and choose the Preflight tool to open its dialog.
2. Click on Options in the upper right of the dialog and choose Create Fixup… .
3. Enter the fixup name in the Name field.
4. From “Fixup category”, choose Pages, and then click on “Convert page content into image” from “Type of fixup”.
5. Choose the desired image resolution, keeping in mind that a high resolution for a multipage document can create a rather large file. You may want to test the resolution that works best for your needs.
6. Click OK. If you have a document open, it will apply to the current file.
7. The new fixup will appear in the Preflight dialog under the Pages and can be run on any open PDF by selecting it and clicking on the Fix button in the lower right of the dialog.ParticipantHave you considered using the Security pane in the Export Adobe PDF dialog to password protect your PDF proofs? It seems like the options under Permissions would fit the bill for what you are trying to accomplish.
January 5, 2020 at 11:59 am in reply to: Pushing lines to next page when there is big footnotes #14323334ParticipantThe choices in the Type > Document Footnote Options… dialog, specifically in the Layout pane, allow you to determine footnote behavior in your document. Making sure that Allow Split Footnotes is checked (middle of the Footnote Options Layout pane) should help in your case. You’ll also want to pay attention to the Keep Options for the footnotes to make sure that Keep Lines Together All Lines in Paragraph is not selected. If you’re using a paragraph style, you can check the settings there. Otherwise, you can access them from the Paragraph panel or from the menu in top right corner of the Control panel.
ParticipantAnother option is (?<=short)[aeioi].
Also, if there is a particular character that always follows the vowel, such as a space or punctuation mark, you may want to include that in your expression to prevent non-wanted italicization from occurring, such as the “a” in the phrase “short and sweet.”
ParticipantLooks like this may have changed in the 2017 version (see last comment from this blog post – https://indesignsecrets.com/when-to-use-balance-ragged-lines.php). Not aware of any method to turn it on for paragraphs set with Single-line Composer. Is there a reason those paragraphs you wish to enable it for can’t use the Paragraph Composer setting?
ParticipantI can’t say that I’ve experienced disappearing footnotes, but it does seem that you’re not alone – https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/38832532–performance-footnote-disappears. I would suggest reporting your issue there.
January 3, 2020 at 8:14 am in reply to: HELP! big important indesign cc 2020 file keeps freezing #14323347ParticipantHi Nita,
Glad you were able to get the issue resolved. Regarding your question about how to root out a problem, you got a good start by singling out the problematic chapter. One approach to narrow the issue down further is to make a duplicate of the file, split it in two and determine which one continues bad behavior. When you split files, you’ll have to separate the content in each file, so if you have threaded frames, using something like the SplitStory.jsx script can be useful to keep text in the proper location. If you’re still unable to pinpoint the exact problem, continue splitting the file into two to narrow down where the problem lies and note what behavior(s) cause crashing.
Additionally, saving and reading the crash log can sometimes help indicate what might be causing the issue. This is an old blog post (https://indesignsecrets.com/guide-to-interpreting-indesign-crash-reports.php), but it’s still relevant.
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