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Dwayne Harris
MemberMake sure you deactivate it on your old computer before installing on your new one.
MemberI’m totally stumped, Marc. Sorry.
MemberMarc–what are you setting for the percentage of when you will/will not see the guides?
@Simon: Sometimes the snap guides snapping to margins or columns may “feel” like they aren’t working, but actually are. At other times, it seems as if they will definitely “snap” at a different viewing size/percentage.MemberWelcome to the site and to InDesign.
Basically, you should create a style sheet that has your font, type size, and leading. And then in the “paragraph rules,” select rule below. Choose the width of the rule, and adjust the offset below for your spacing.
Don’t forget to add space below in your style sheet (under “Indents and Spacing) for spacing between those paragraphs.
MemberAh–I didn’t realize it was Retina display.
I don’t know of any reports of corruption if downsaving/updating frequently, but then again, I’ve only had to use that workflow a few times in the past. I do know that workflow is a pain in the butt. So I will feel your pain. Thankfully, we no longer have that issue.
We have all the versions of InDesign, so we normally just keep it in what the client wants.
Maybe I’m worried about corruption because Quark was notorious for corrupting when downsaving/updating frequently.
We too have a client who is only at CS6 and they don’t want to upgrade either. And others are at CC and refuse to go to CC2014, and some are at CC2014. We still occasionally get in CS5 files, and they want it kept in that.
Why things reflow/line breaks change is beyond me. I do know it happens. It’s not usually something severe, but it does occur. A line here, a line there. Sometimes nothing changes at all, but in other jobs some line breaks change.
It’s just something to keep in the back of your mind.
MemberAll the formatting should be okay. I’d be worried about text reflowing (i.e., line breaks changing). And I’d be leery of downsaving and updating too many times. I’d be worried about the file getting corrupted.
I’m not sure what Adobe cloud license you have, but you may be able to get the previous version of CS6 (cloud version).
December 5, 2014 at 9:40 am in reply to: GREP Tricks: Using LookBehind and LookAhead expressions to convert a SPACE into a NON-BREAK SPACE #72077MemberTo be honest, Eugene, our proof room would consider “10 Fake Street” together (i.e., not have the “10” ending a line.
The same rule applies with things such as “10 percent” and things like that. The number always starts the next line in most cases.
Anyway–that’s the only reason I do it like I mentioned.
MemberA.A.–You won’t believe how handy that no break character style sheet can be :)
I’m glad I was able to help.
December 5, 2014 at 8:15 am in reply to: GREP Tricks: Using LookBehind and LookAhead expressions to convert a SPACE into a NON-BREAK SPACE #72070MemberWhy not just do a search on any digit/space/any letter and replace with “no break” character style sheet?
December 4, 2014 at 11:22 am in reply to: Layer items not showing as list (downgrading from CC to CS4) #72050MemberWell, to be fair, CS4 was released six years ago, and CS5 five years this coming spring.
MemberI use two text frames at times, especially when the number of text lines on the chapter opener has to be the same (regardless of the number lines of the chapter title). This is useful because it means you don’t need to write separate style sheets for one-lint CTs, two-liners, three-liners, et.
MemberAnd be sure that paragraph composer is turned on.
In addition to discretionary hyphens, I also use the “no break” (I set up a character style sheet). I use that to either force an entire word down, or if the discretionary hyphen isn’t breaking where I want, I apply the “no break” to the characters I want to force down.
December 2, 2014 at 12:14 pm in reply to: Single (large/long) versus Multiple Text Boxes – Best Practice? #71988MemberGood luck with your project, Allan. And I’m glad we could help, Gilley.
December 1, 2014 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Single (large/long) versus Multiple Text Boxes – Best Practice? #71953MemberI normally try to use single text frames that flow as well.
However, for things like cookbooks with multiple columns, I will use separate text frames on each page (all said text boxes on master pages). This is mainly because I have the recipe head at the top of the page that goes full measure, on the left side is a 10 pica measure box for the ingredients, and the 20 pica box on the left (separated by a two pica gutter). While it would probably be possible to do such a thing in one text frame, it would be a nightmare to do so.
For some double-column boxes with spanners, I will try to use a single text frame that is set for 2 columns. But if it has a lot of heads that stay in the single columns, I will instead set up the job for each column to be separate boxes. This is because of having to sink heads at the top of the page for even lines.
I guess all my jobs vary. The majority of the time it’s a single text frame that flows, other times it’s separate text boxes.
But no matter what–the text always flows and is linked.
EDIT: Our clients always insist on a single InDesign document. I’ve had a document with hundreds of images and over 1,200 pages. I dislike it, but we have to follow the client’s rules.
MemberI’m leaning towards a font issue, especially since you said it was created on a Mac and now being opened on a PC.
What sort of fonts were used (i.e., postscript, true type, open type)?
Did they supply the fonts or do you have to use your own version?
Unless things have changed, I believe that certain characters that are on a Mac won’t work on PC. Ligatures come to find. If the Mac version used true ligatures, then they won’t come across that way on a PC. Of course, that was a long time ago I had read that and that was with Quark. I don’t know if it’s still true or an issue for InDesign.
In any event, I’m thinking font issues.
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