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  • June 27, 2016 at 12:23 pm in reply to: HELP! Free script "Catchword Generator" not working #86093
    Isidore
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    The thing is, as I said above, whenever I change the name of the version and upon saving the file, AppleScript asks me to locate the name of the app I entered, in this case “Adobe Indesign”. Therefore I choose my ID application and AppleScript Editor changes the name from [tell application “Adobe InDesign”] to [tell application “Adobe InDesign CC 2014”] (i.e name of the app I choose from my application folder).

    Any other ideas?

    June 27, 2016 at 12:05 pm in reply to: HELP! Free script "Catchword Generator" not working #86090
    Isidore
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    Thank you for your reply Ari S. !
    Yes, this is exactly what I did. I get this error when launching the script from ID:

    [img] https://i.imgur.com/hN6DyVl.png?1 [/img]

    I suspect that it has to do with fact that the version CC 2014 I own is the Middle Eastern one (ME): I noticed that one of my ID folder is named “Version 10.0-ME”. I tried putting [tell application “Adobe InDesign CC 2014 ME”] but the script asks me to locate the app (in my application folder) which is called “Adobe InDesign CC 2014” without “ME”.

    Thanks for the help.

    August 25, 2015 at 5:46 am in reply to: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout #77541
    Isidore
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    Thank you guys for the support and sorry for the delay.

    I think I got it now. I am able to get an harmonious page spread even when I insert text variations by keeping the top and the bottom aligned.

    I have to say that Grid Calculator is of tremendous help although one could do it manually by crunching numbers (cf. Marcus’s article).

    August 16, 2015 at 11:46 pm in reply to: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout #77359
    Isidore
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    Thanks for the support Aaron.

    With regards to your welcome advice my question to you is:

    How do you select a portion of text within a text frame which is locked to a baseline grid and make it not align to the grid? Is it by creating a new paragraph style specific to it?

    I wish I could speak to the dead and have Tschichold answer all my questions. ;)

    August 16, 2015 at 10:43 am in reply to: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout #77349
    Isidore
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    Hi Dwayne,

    Do you mean you put the extract on a different text frame with the leading that you want and then place it with the main text frame (which is locked to the leading of the baseline grid)?

    The reason why I ask you this is that manually adjusting the space before and after the extract, within the text frame, is (to my very limited knowledge) not possible with a fixed baseline grid without disturbing the balance of both pages of the spread. The only exception I have found is by dividing the leading of the baseline grid by an even number.

    Thanks for your help.

    August 16, 2015 at 7:57 am in reply to: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout #77346
    Isidore
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    Hello again AaronA,

    My apologies for the delay in responding. What a tremendous help is Marcus Gärde’s tutorial! Thank you for sharing it with me. As for Grid Designer, it sure looks as a well-thought tool; I have watched the tutorials of the plugin but they mainly focus on magazine layout, not book layout.

    I am still struggling with the variations inside the text frame trying to make them harmonize with the body text; not an easy thing to do.

    I will update any progress that I make on this thread. It will be of great help if other members of the forum specializing in book design could share their experience in having to deal with baseline grids and text variations.

    August 12, 2015 at 3:55 am in reply to: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout #77243
    Isidore
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    Thank you so much for the reply AaronA.

    Could you please elaborate on how to calculate the leading according to the text frame? What is the benefit of that?

    I always thought that the leading of the text has to be based on the size and the style of the typeface (among other things) not on a fixed number.

    I still don’t understand how to add text variations (different size and leading) with the main body text (block quotations, verse, etc.) while having a baseline grid activated and while keeping the same number of aligned lines on both pages.

    Thanks for the help!

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