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Dwayne Harris
MemberIf this involves typing in the running head in the section start, and the variable inserted is “section marker,” then you don’t need to do any of that.
You just have to set up your running head variable using the character style, and insert that variable instead of a section marker.
And when you nest it:
1) none through the opening bracket
2) running head up to the closing bracket
3) none through end nested styleOr maybe I’m misunderstanding.
MemberI never use the section. I take it you are telling the chapter where to start and typing in the running head in the section start box?
If so, that’s not how I do my running heads.
I am currently paging a book with chapter titles on the recto pages. I created the empty character style called “runningheads.” In the variable I defined it as RH and said to use the character style sheet “runningheads.” Then I inserted the variable at the top of my master page where the running head goes. I then went to my paragraph style sheet and nested “runningheads”. And it worked.
MemberI always use character styles for my running heads, instead of paragraph.
Basically–set up a character style for the running heads and leave it totally blank. Then nest it in your paragraph style sheet.
For example, let’s say your chapter title is called CT.
In your nesting you would:
1) None through [
2) running head up to ]And that’s it.
MemberGlad everything is working out :)
MemberThere is no way easy way to do it in InDesign that I know of.
At the company where I work, we sometimes do books and they end up being printed in two different sizes. The first one at 100 percent and the second at 115 percent.
What we do is keep the same file. For the 115 percent one, we make the PDF, open it in PitStop and change the size there (the 115 percent). And then (while still in PitStop), remove old cropmarks and put in new ones at the new margins.
With the number of books we do it would be a logistical nightmare to make PDFs of all the pages from the 100% file and import as PDFs into a different document for the larger one.
MemberUnfortunately, I believe that the indents will vary because of the way they center on the longest line.
MemberI’m afraid you can’t create your own glyphs or font characters in InDesign.
You would have to set the zero, then the slash and kern it back. You could just make the one and then copy it. Then search and replace that way. The only problem would be if there are different font sizes in your job.
To search and replace, first copy the slashed zero you have created. Search for the zero and replace it. But leave the replace field blank. Instead go to the pull down menu and select “other” and then “clipboard contents formatted.”
That’s all I can think of.
MemberIf I understand correctly, it’s the dingbat itself that always has to center? And that the text on either side of that won’t necessarily align?
If so, are you using a font for the dingbat (such as Zapf). If so, you can set up your tabs in the paragraph style to align on the zinbat. You just will have to make the style flush left and put a tab in front of each line.
When setting up tabs, select “align on” (it looks like a down arrow with a dot under it). Paste the dingbat until the small window where you see the period. And it should center.
MemberChandru
That’s what I figured you wanted to do. I’ve done countless jobs like those as well.
Unfortunately I don’t know of a single thing that make this automatic or any kind of search and replaces, or GREP.
I don’t think there is a way for InDesign to figure out what the appropriate indent would be. GREP is more less search and replaces on characters and strings. I don’t think it would know how to figure out the indents from margins.
Unless someone else knows some trick that has stumped many of us for years, I think they all have to be done one at a time.
MemberI think what Chandru is trying to do is align the entire block flush left, but the block centers on the longest line.
That is, everything is flush left, but the block of type centers visually on the page.
Something like this:
Line One
Another line of TypeThe lines are flush left but they center as a block on the text measure.
So far as I know there is no way to automatically do that, GREP or otherwise. I know years ago it could be done on the Penta and Miles systems, but those were unix-based.
I deal with poetry like this all the time, and it can’t be automatically done. You just have to figure out the space from the longest line to the outside margin, and add a left indent to the lines.
MemberGlad to help! :)
MemberDo you mean it’s a single straight quote instead of a curly quote?
Go to your InDesign preferences and go to “Type.” Check the top box that says to “Use Typographer Quotes.”
Somehow it got turned off. There is a keystroke that can toggle it on and off, but I forget what it is.
Member@Masood: I don’t know if Adobe checks out these forums, and thus will make a note of it.
I think it needs to be submitted to Adobe as a feature request.
MemberScott–I don’t understand why you have to do it manually. You mean you have to highlight all those sizes (S, M, L, XL) and apply the character style sheet?
The nesting should work automatically. Just click the those paragraphs and apply the paragraph style sheet.
Can you send me a partial file you’ve done so I can take a look at and see why the nesting isn’t working?
You can email me at:
d w a y n e . h a r r i s @ g m a i l . c o m
(remove all the spaces).
MemberToo late to edit my previous post: I wish I could remember what the paragraph mark and word link are. I know I’ve seen it before. Maybe something to do with imported styles?
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