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Graham Park
MemberHow about using a Hyperlink-Cross Reference
Create the Hyperlink text anchor of the text you want in the custom header. Then insert the Cross-Reference in the custom header and apply the Paragraph Style to get the text how you want it.https://creativepro.com/creating-cross-references-text-anchors.php
MemberInDesign table flow vertically, rows, not horizontally, columns.
Flowing horizontally does not make a lot of sense as they really become separate tables.You could ether separate the data in Excel into a couple of worksheet and import separately or do the same in InDesign buy cutting and pasting the columns to make two separate tables.
MemberGo to your Master Page and create a text box the size and position you want make sure it extends past the edge of the page by 5mm ir your bleed amount.
Then fill it with the red colour
Add text eg Page Header to the frame.Create a Paragraph Style for the Page Header text, left aligned, character colour white etc. Apply this to the text
Then format the text frame Object > Text Frame Options (or Cmd-B) Set the INSET SPACING left to 2mm and right to the bleed plus 2mm, set Vertical Justification to Centre
IF the text is not vertically aligned then change the bottom INSET SPACING to centre the text correctly.Now go back to your layout page COMMAND CLICK the text box and add your text to each page.
MemberNo. The image and the text are all part of the same image made up of pixels.
You can only really edit it as a photograph in Photoshop.
Best solution is to source the original file not the one that has flattened, exported as a JPEG. If it has been done in Photoshop and there is a layered Photoshop file then source that and work from it.
This is why programs like InDesign and Illustrator exist.MemberIf you want the square dot to be aligned with the right had margin of your text.
Set a TAB then the ‘n’ character at the end of the story.In your Paragraph style add a right aligned tab to the width of the column this will push the last character to the right.
The add a GREP to find the last character of the story
.\z
Apply the Dingbat character format to this.
Or if you want to add a certain amount of space then create as above but with a space before the ‘n’ which will become the square dot.
Then GREP the last two characters
.{2}\zApply the Dingbat character format. You can edit this format and add tracking to it to move the dot to the right.
This will work but you might have an issue if the last line is very tight on space.
MemberWell you have to get creative and GREP it.
https://creativepro.com/almost-automatic-end-marks.phpMemberDo you mean jump lines?
Try this
https://creativepro.com/how-to-add-automatic-jump-lines.phpMemberLynda
Proper trapping of black text on a colour background is for it to overprint.
Text is usually too small to trap (knock out, choke and spread) and would lead to problems when printing.
You will get a rick black which is correct, you will not be able to see this colour in bodies text as it is too small.If you want the seps to look more correct then set the black text in Illustrator to overprint before you save it.
As to the original question your prepress/printer will add their own trapping to text and will usually over ride you settings to make sure they are correct for their print process. Workflow systems (Prinergy, Apogee, XMF, Esko etc) will apply trapping as part of the press press along wiht colour management.
So the separations you see inInDesign are not always the same as what the printer will end up using.MemberAre you ending up in Presentation mode, black background with no menus etc?
If you are the shortcut to get there is Shift W and ESC to get out.VIEW > SCREEN MODE > PRESENTATION
MemberYou need to ask you printer how they would like the file.
Some guidelines.
Book with self cover and all the same print (colour or black & white throughout) one file.
If the cover and the text are different sizes (hardbacks cover are often a little larger) then two files.A book like you describe could be one or two files, if two files I include the inside front and inside back covers even tough they are blank. I would do it as one file and specify what is colour and what is black & white/ Include bleed on all pages weather they need them or not for offset printing.
Again always ask your printer what they prefer.
September 18, 2017 at 7:07 am in reply to: Use document name without extension and a grep question #98168MemberInDesign treats the text variables as a single character so you can only apply formatting to the whole string.
As InDesign treats variable text as one character you can get some strange effects if the text box is too small, try it make the text box very short and see how the characters sit on top of each other, the text will not wrap to more than one line etc.The only way around this is, as you say, to convert it to text, then you can format it the same as any other text.
September 16, 2017 at 4:54 pm in reply to: Grep code for words with apostrophe within single qoutation mark #98154MemberObi-wan
I assumed it was to find and make it all italic
‘mark’s’
‘Oksana’s’Also my GREP probably got more complicated than it needed to be,
this is simpler and does the job..(?<= )’\S+’
MemberHow about create a Paragraph style with a BULLET to make the square dingbat symbol at the start.
Then set a RIGHT ALIGN TAB to the width of the column.text box with and underline as the leader.To use apply the style, type your text and then after the question mark add a tab and you get a line to the end of the column even is when the text goes to a second line.. If you want to add a second line then add a soft return and another Tab to add another line.
September 16, 2017 at 9:39 am in reply to: Grep code for words with apostrophe within single qoutation mark #98150MemberOksana
This should do the trick.(?<= )’\S+(?=’)’
September 16, 2017 at 8:44 am in reply to: Page content not shifting with margin change (tried layout adjustment) #98148MemberWhen you change the size or position of the PRIMARY TEXT FRAME you unlink it from the master page to an extent.
One thing that unlinks is the resizing of text boxes on the master page no longer affect the document pages.
Highlight the pages where you have edited the size of text boxes and reapply the master page this should rest the link and make the master page control the layout again.Best to stick the margins and primary text flow box size and not change them on individual pages or spreads.
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