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MemberYou're question is very general but I suppose you would carry over your best practices from Quark to InDesign. I'm in the middle of a 200pg catalog with hundreds and hundreds of parts (photos & charts). The last catalog was less than two years ago and was created in Quark. Don't ask me why but I inherited that way form the previous designer. I rebuilt this new catalog in InDesign (Thank GOD!!!). If there is anything specific you'd like to know, feel free to ask away.
PS-> Not bashing Quark above, since I've used Quark for MANY years but for me InDesign is a Godsend.
~erick
MemberBefore I address the “drop shadow” question, I will say that I personally wouldn't create one large file for all the smaller images. Every image/product should be it's own file with it's own unique files name (preferable the product/part #). It allows to identify each product not only in your InDesign document but also in your files structure. I sort of equate it to doing a 500pg. catalog as one big ID file. That's putting your eggs in one basket and if something God forbid goes wrong, it can be costly. Plus, you avoid images shifting within the frame and products not displaying correctly within your picture box. Yes, it might be easier doing it your way but in the end you might set yourself up for frustration in the event that one of those large files containing all the small images becomes corrupt. Of-course, that's just me and I'm pretty anal about file structure and organization. Don't know if that's good or bad? LOL!
As far as drop shadows go, InDesign does a great job with drop shadows and I don't see anything wrong with it BUT I would always advise to create your drop shadows in Photoshop. Heck, I would even suggest rotating any images that need rotating in PS instead of within ID. Do I follow my own advice, well, no. LOL! I do most of the time but occasionally I do use the drop shadow feature within ID and haven't had a problem with to date. I'm speaking from more of an old school mentality and many of these rules become non-issues as the technology improves and all these applications start to meld into each other. The Adobe CS suites is a perfect example of it all coming together.
Hope this helps!
~erick
MemberYou're question is very general but I suppose you would carry over your best practices from Quark to InDesign. I'm in the middle of a 200pg catalog with hundreds and hundreds of parts (photos & charts). The last catalog was less than two years ago and was created in Quark. Don't ask me why but I inherited that way form the previous designer. I rebuilt this new catalog in InDesign (Thank GOD!!!). If there is anything specific you'd like to know, feel free to ask away.
PS-> Not bashing Quark above, since I've used Quark for MANY years but for me InDesign is a Godsend.
~erick
MemberIsaac… I posted a question related to syncing p-style groups. I was wondering if you have any idea how to do accomplish what I'm trying to do. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
https://creativepro.com/for…..-in-a-book
~erick
MemberIsaac… I posted a question related to syncing p-style groups. I was wondering if you have any idea how to do accomplish what I'm trying to do. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
https://creativepro.com/for…..-in-a-book
~erick
MemberOk… so I decided to just give it a go. I opened chapter 7 within my book and grouped all my p-styles into nice neat folders. I went to the book sync options and just selected to sync “p-styles”. After the sync finished, it took all the p-styles I just put in the folders and popped the outside of all the folders and of-course the groups/folders didn't apply to any of the other documents. Is there a way to sync, so it copies all the p-style groups/folders into all the documents with in the book?
MemberOk… so I decided to just give it a go. I opened chapter 7 within my book and grouped all my p-styles into nice neat folders. I went to the book sync options and just selected to sync “p-styles”. After the sync finished, it took all the p-styles I just put in the folders and popped the outside of all the folders and of-course the groups/folders didn't apply to any of the other documents. Is there a way to sync, so it copies all the p-style groups/folders into all the documents with in the book?
MemberYup… got it.
I had to create a character style based on “none+superscript”. Then did a find & replace for “^r” and added the “superscript” character style I created to the “change format” box. It worked beautifully.
Thanks for the input.
MemberYes, exactly. When importing text into the document or changing to a different paragraph style, the “register mark” loses the superscript attribute. The “register mark” unfortunately is all throughout the document. Is it possible to attach the superscript attribute to all “®” marks in one fell swoop?
MemberYup… got it.
I had to create a character style based on “none+superscript”. Then did a find & replace for “^r” and added the “superscript” character style I created to the “change format” box. It worked beautifully.
Thanks for the input.
MemberYes, exactly. When importing text into the document or changing to a different paragraph style, the “register mark” loses the superscript attribute. The “register mark” unfortunately is all throughout the document. Is it possible to attach the superscript attribute to all “®” marks in one fell swoop?
Member@Jongware: Thanks for the expression. Now I get it. Still trying to make sense of it but I'll get it.
I didn't want to start yet another GREP thread. Perhaps I should have but I didn't see any harm in asking within this thread. My apologies if it's out of line.
~Erick
MemberSorry but I don't mean to hi-jack this post but I have a question about a GREP expression.
How do I specifiy to change any number that is followed by double quote to that same number but with double straight quote?
I have an issue of imported text that contains inches and foot quotes but they come in as normal quotes, not the proper straight quotes. Is there a GREP expression to change and replace all of these? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
~Erick
Member@Jongware: Thanks for the expression. Now I get it. Still trying to make sense of it but I'll get it.
I didn't want to start yet another GREP thread. Perhaps I should have but I didn't see any harm in asking within this thread. My apologies if it's out of line.
~Erick
MemberSorry but I don't mean to hi-jack this post but I have a question about a GREP expression.
How do I specifiy to change any number that is followed by double quote to that same number but with double straight quote?
I have an issue of imported text that contains inches and foot quotes but they come in as normal quotes, not the proper straight quotes. Is there a GREP expression to change and replace all of these? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
~Erick
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