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Dwayne Harris
MemberSo far as I know, it can’t be done automatically, and you can’t change InDesign’s numbering system.
Are the footnotes renumbering at every page, or at every chapter?
If per page, then hopefully you won’t have enough footnotes to number as high as the # you want.
The only way to trick InDesign is to type the asterisk after the InDesign callout, and make the original callout white. Then back the # back over it. Then repeate in the footnote itself. Of course, this could turn into a nightmare if there are more footnotes after the # on that page. Of if during the next pass there is a lot of reflow and foonotes move to other pages.
I don’t believe there are any plug-ins that will do what you want.
MemberI don’t think there is an easy way; except doing manually (i.e.,checking dates in your links palette and the dates in your art folder).
As an aside-how are your art folders set up? Where I work, every individual job has a separate folder with subfolders for fonts, art, the ID files, etc.) And any old art we put in a separate folder and we keep it just in case.
I hope your IT guy duplicated that old art into a folder before the deleted them.
MemberI’ve always used the “control” key with another letter. My shortcut for a discretionary hyphen is control + H, discretionary line break is control + B etc.
MemberSo editors (who don’t know a thing about Indesign can make text corrections via InCopy) and not screw up the InDesign file.
That’s the main reason for me. Personally, I don’t even like them using InCopy. I’d rather they annotate PDFs or do it the old-fashioned way–write it on the page proofs and we will make the corrections in InDesign.
Makes it way too hard to hard for me (and the proof room) to check stuff when they use InCopy. We have no idea what was added or deleted, if it was spelled correctly, etc.
Memberlock to baseline grid and it’s off just a little bit?
MemberGood luck with the upgrade. I haven’t had any problems whatsoever.
MemberWhat version of InDesign are you using?
I updated my 2017 27-inch iMac to High Sierra. But–I have a fusion drive and not a solid state drive; and everything works fine.
The problem with High Sierra is mainly with the SSDs (solid state drives). On the SSDs, High Sierra does that new filing system (AFPS), which does not play nicely with a lot of applications.
If you have a fusion drive or regular drive, I think you will be okay. If you have a solid state drive, I’d hold off, though I think a High Sierra patch fixed a few of the InDesign issues.
MemberWhy blame InDesign?
I mean, my car can go 100+ miles an hour, but if I get caught doing it, the cops will give me a speeding ticket and I will pay a hefty fine. Is it the car manufacturer’s fault?
MemberVery nice.
October 7, 2017 at 6:21 am in reply to: Using Paragraph Style – Underline as a text highlighter with margins #98670MemberGlad to help. Paragraph shading is a great feature.
MemberI don’t think “nightmare” is hyperbole. And I don’t disagree it is a useful option for some folks.
Sometime it’s cheaper to have it double-keyed instead. There is a lot of work that has to be done with those Word files. The running heads and folios need to be deleted throughout. Hard returns at each page break. Discretionary hyphens that turned into hard hyphens when exporting, soft returns turned into hard returns, etc.
If there is no other option except to export that PDF into a Word document is the only solution, then that what has to be done.
I’m just saying that the Word file will need a lot of work
MemberNone. I may do a book with 50 (or a max of 100) tables. And they all vary.
Obi–I am not saying scripting is easy, nor that scripters shouldn’t sell their scripts.
I get what you are saying.
I have several Word macros that I wrote to make life much easier when importing tagged text files. There is no way in hell I would give them away for free. And that’s why I think you have every right to charge for your scripts.
And–at work–I help all my co-worker with how to do things and advise. But there are things I don’t share. I may share 95 percent, but the other 5 percent is job security.
I am in no means arguing or disagreeing with you.
MemberI think it’s great you know how to do scripts. That kind of stuff I find difficult.
October 5, 2017 at 7:12 am in reply to: Using Paragraph Style – Underline as a text highlighter with margins #98610MemberWhat version of Indesign are you using? CC2017 has paragraph shading which would work better.
For several lines or a paragraph you could use that; or a combination rule above and below. In either one of those, you can use a negative amount of space for the alignment
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