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Kelly Vaughn
ParticipantThe reason is so that we can see how many paragraphs you have in each listing.
ParticipantCan you post that graphic with hidden characters turned on?
ParticipantYou may also want to try detaching the page number from the master page. I have had InDesign do weird things with master page items from time to time… Maybe some of the tricks I tried here will work for you: https://documentgeek.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-to-do-when-indesign-variables-dont.html
ParticipantHi Rivkah,
I am assuming you want the math problems to have the numbers right aligned. Set up a paragraph styles containing both a numbered list and a rule below. Change all the hard returns in each math problem to soft returns.
Indents and Spacing:
– Right-aligned paragraphBullets and Numbering
– Bullet or number position alignment doesn’t seem to matter
– Left indent: 0.625 in
– First line indent: -0.625 inParagraph Rules:
– Rule Below:
– 0.5 pt
– Width: Text
– Offset: .03 inDo a find and replace for all the underscores to remove them and change the paragraph style to the new one you just made.
ParticipantIt sounds like the text containing the figure number is a stand alone text frame, as opposed to part of the glowing story. And I suspect some sort of custom list was used. If you set up the document as one flowing story, you’ll be able to insert new graphics inline wherever you like, and the figure numbers will update correctly.
ParticipantSadly, conditions cannot trump one another. If text has three conditions applied and any one of those three conditions is visible, then the text with all three conditions applied remains visible.
Since it is just a spelling difference, you can apply the UK condition to just the u in colour. I think that might simplify things. If you would like to to take a look at your files, feel free to send me a link to them.
ParticipantHi Chad,
When I have PDFs that are acting up, I often will open them in Preview, save, close, then reopen in Acrobat. This often (though not always) fixes the problem. I don’t why, but try that. https://documentgeek.blogspot.com/2011/03/using-preview-as-workaround-when.html
You may want to try exporting just single pages or page ranges to see if you can pinpoint the troublesome area. In the past, I’ve had weird issues when I had too much stacked transparency. Even today, I had a multipage PDF placed as a graphic, and one page was corrupted. So I fixed that one page and then InDesign was able to import the file just fine.
I’d also be happy to take a look at some of your PDFs and see if I can figure out the problem if you like.
ParticipantFirst you need to make the new stroke style. Then click Okay and get out of the Stroke Styles dialog box. Then select your object and got to eh Stroke panel. Choose the new stroke style from the drop down. Now, when you go back into the Stroke styles dialog box, check “Preview” and you can see any changes that you make.
The Stroke Styles dialog is box different than all the other styles dialog boxes in that there is no “Apply to Selected” checkbox. So to get alive preview of what you’re doing with the stroke styles is really a 2-step process.
If you’d like, I would be happy to take a look at your file.
ParticipantHello Thomas,
I also use an external hard drive (Lacie rugged SSD) for all my live projects. It lets me take everything on the road easily when I travel. So I plug the external drive into my laptop and it works exactly the same as when I am working on the big iMac at home. The file path is the same. No packaging required (which is great for those projects where I have hundreds and hundreds of files), and it lets me have a central database of images.
I wrote an article a few years ago about basing one project off of another, and having all the links remember where they are supposed to point to. Perhaps it will be of use for use. The important part is in the Easy way, step #2. Basically, change the name of your old working folder. Then relink, run a book function (if working in a book file), and save. I have not run into the exact scenario you discuss here, but perhaps this method will work for you.
https://documentgeek.blogspot.com/2011/01/indesign-absolute-vs-relative-links.html
Good luck,
Kelly VaughnParticipantHi Jacob,
This problem is interesting to me. If you want to send me your file, I’d be happy to take a look at it. kelly-at-documentgeek.com
ParticipantAfter making that color swatch and character style, put the text in a separate text frame and export it as a snippet. Keep that snippet somewhere handy and place it into your inDesign document whenever you need those styles. That way, you won’t have to remake them every time.
ParticipantHi Rich,
1. Close all InDesign documents.2
2. Then make a new color swatch of your choosing. Name it Hyperlink.
3. Then, make a new character style named “Hyperlink.” Style it however you want your hyperlinks to normally look. This will be added to the program defaults.
4. Then, make a new document and create a hyperlink. InDesign will use your hyperlink color and character style instead of the dark blue underlined one that it normally does.Good question.
~Kelly Vaughn
ParticipantYou can do this all in one document. Create an 8.5×11 document with bleed, then as many pages as you need. Put the logo masthead on the master page and apply the master page to all your pages.
Page 1 will be 8.5 x 11. On page 2, click on the Page Tool, then the control bar will change and allow you to type in different page sizes. Set the proxy point to the top, then change the height to 10.5.
Then go to page 3 and change the page height to 10. GO to page 4 and change the page height to 9.5. Continue like this for all your pages.
This will make it much easier down the road if you need to change out the header. You’ll only have to do it in one place. This will also make managing styles much easier.
ParticipantI wish there was a 1-step solution, but I fear not. This involved making a scalloped mask to place over the top of the image.
1. Make a rectangle the same width as your image.
2. Apply the Wavy stroke style.
3. Bump up the thickness of the stroke until the waves are the size to your liking.
4. Copy and paste the rectangle into Illustrator.
5. View in Outline mode (Cmd + Y). Use the white arrow to delete the outside rectangle clipping path.
6. Then use the black arrow to select the wavy rectangle and copy and paste it back into InDesign.
7. Use the white arrow to delete the sides and top of the rectangle (Be sure to get all the points).
8. Use the pen tool to click on one of the end points, then close the path by shift clicking down, then across, then on the last point.
9. Fill with white and remove the stroke.Now that you know how to make a wavy line, you could alternatively, delete the top edge of your image frame, and then connect this wavy edge using the pen tool. Repeat with the bottom edge. Then save the scalloped frame as a snippet or in a library.
ParticipantNot sure if this would be helpful, but this sounds similar to something I did a few years ago: “How to Incorporate Chapter Thumbnail Images into an Auto-Generating Table of Contents”
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