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Graham Park
MemberI have not tested this but I doubt there will be any difference to the speed by storing files in separate folders etc.
The only thing that will affect speed at times is how fast the storage device is. A faster drive will open and update quicker a slow network connect to where files are stored will slow the process down.
But the folders will not make a difference.MemberGREP would appear to be the solution.
Find .* Augmented with the Format you want to find
Rep;ace +$0 and the new formatThis will find the whole paragraph, if you need something more specific please post and example.
MemberCongratulations you have found the normal behaviour of InDesign.
Think about it, what is the normal short cut for the Hand tool? It is the spacebar? But this will not work with text for obvious reasons so InDesign changes the shortcut.
The shortcut for the ZOOM tool when you have the text tool selected on a Mac are
COMMAND+SPACEBAR for zoom (in that order Hold COMMAND then Spacebar)
COMMAND+SPACEBAR+OPTION for zoom out
OPTION to get the hand tool.MemberThis might be more what you are after.
https://creativepro.com/chartwell-typeface-update.phpMemberWhat do you mean? Add a specific image according to data in a spreadsheet?
If so these may help.
https://creativepro.com/automating-data-handling.php
https://creativepro.com/data-merging-part-2.phpMemberHave you tried the keyboard shortcuts for selecting the tool? The tool hits will show you these.
Pen Tool P
Add point +
Delete point –
Convert point shift+C
Then just select the next tool you wantMemberGlade to hear you are making progress.
What is your data source? Let us know and we should be able to help you to do this the easiest way.MemberMichel is right you may need to convert Header and Footer rows
Highlight the row, Right Click and then select convert to Header etc.MemberTrue
If you need to add a Header or Footer row you can apply your Table Style then select the whole table and in the Cell Styles pallet right click [None}
and select ‘Apply [None} Clear Overrides
That should do it.If you have lots of tables all with Basic Table format you can either edit that or just select BASED ON and use the new table format you have created. All the tables will then update to the new format.
Follow good procedures, plan before you setup a new document and the formatting will be easy and consistent.
A script can be good if you have more complex requirements for correct/update an existing document.
MemberCreated 3 Paragraph Styles, you may only need two and these are just examples. You can set any text formats you want
Table Header – Bold
Table Body – Normal
Table Footer – Light Italic (Optional, not sure you are using a footer to your table)Then I create 3 Table Cell Styles
Header – using Table Header para style
Body – using Table Body para style
Footer – using Table Footer para styleThen create the Table Style using the 3 cell styles above.Under the General TAB in the Table Options dialogue box
This is make the Header BOLD, Body NORMAL and Footer ITALICThen if you edit the Paragraph Style all the related text will change, or edit a Cell Style and these cells will be affected.
A good way to see if things are working correctly is to edit the style, eg edit the Header paragraph style and make the text colour magenta all the controlled text will change, then just undo or change it back.Good luck.
MemberThis shows how the industry has gone down hill in quality.
Photograph can be printed at a lower resolution and look acceptable but text no.
Your eye is very attuned to to text and line and you will easily pick when the text is not as sharp as it could be.
Now a straight line at 0º, 90º etc will print fine, turn it to 30º or worse still 15º and you will see the staircase that is created.
So you can print a business card from a 300dpi or even a 150dpi file it is just that it will not be as clean and sharp as it should be.
PDF with embedded fonts are what the industry works on and ensures that text and vector graphics print at the resolution of the output device.
If you and your clients accept less than optimal quality then fine. You can also print business cards from an RGB JPEG file and then watch the customers complain that the colours are not right, (gamut anyone!) So what can be done and how it should be done are two different things.I come from the packaging industry so we are interested in the best quality possible, We run 20 & 15 micron second order stochastic screen with 6-colour process so there is quality.
MemberRasterise text at 300dpi will not give you the best result.
For offset printing a platesetter runs at about 2400dpi (depends on maker).
Most digital press run at 600dpi or higher these days.
So you can run a lower dpi but when compared to a file with vector text you will see the difference.You could just follow Adobe’s suggestion of rasterising bitmap art/text at 1200dpi that would work. But the file gets really big. Maybe someone should design a vector output method I don’t know like Postscript or PDF.
If someone say they print business cards from 300dpi files find a new printer.
MemberThis might help you.
https://creativepro.com/indesign-basics-primary-text-frames.php
MemberHave you set up the document using Facing Pages and Master Text Frames?
With your B-Master after you have created it open it, highlight both pages in the spread, then go to Layout – Margins and Columns and adjust the bottom margin and the master text frame and the guides will change on your master and all pages you apply it to. You can then also add your page number box at the bottom.https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/master-pages.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/how-to/work-with-multi-page-documents.htmlMemberWhy would someone be useing non breaking space in the first three words of a paragraph?
A pretty unlikely scenario. -
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