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Melise Gerber
MemberColleen, Colleen, Colleen–you are my hero! That was the problem. I just knew it was going to be something ridiculously simple like this–thanks for making the suggestion!
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MemberAri, thanks for your suggestions. I was also assuming it was related to the transparency, but yesterday I opened a PDF from a couple of months ago, and found the same issues, even on pages without transparencies. The PDF was output through a book file that did include documents with transparencies, so I might try PDFing an individual element within the book that doesn’t include any transparency to see if that resolves the issue.
And trashing preferences is always a good troubleshooting step–I just hate having to reset them, so I want to check out other possibilities before going there.
MemberThanks! I knew that you guys would have an answer for me.
MemberDarn it…brute force is often my go-to production mode, but I was hoping for a different option here. Oh well, thanks anyway!
MemberHere is my concern about eliminating the majority of the built-in fonts. I use the Creative Cloud version of CC on a Windows computer. I work in the construction industry, for a company that offers a few specialized services to larger firms who design or build projects. As such, usually we are a subconsultant to a larger firm. The majority of my work product consists of individual documents (resumes, project description pages, etc) that will be incorporated into a master document by the larger firm.
A surprising number of these firms have not upgraded to the Creative Cloud versions of InDesign–when I am sending files, I routinely package the document with “Include IDML” selected. This allows people with an older version of InDesign to open my file, and has the added benefit of ensuring that my document looks the way I want it to and remains brand-compliant, particularly useful if the person I am sending to is using a Mac and doesn’t have access to the Windows-bundled fonts.
I am concerned that if I can no longer package fonts to send to my end clients who do not have access to Typekit, it is really going to impact my ability to control the quality and appearance of the end document–and if I wasn’t interested in having control over quality and appearance, I might as well just be using Microsoft Word (oh…please don’t make me go down that road!!!)
I faced this exact scenario about a year ago, with a brochure design. The printer that I was required to use would only accept editable indd files for production. I had used a Typekit font in my design, and they did not have access to Typekit. I couldn’t package the font, and outlining the fonts didn’t work either. I eventually had to completely redesign our brochure using fonts from the list of fonts that they had available (they actually sent me a list of what they had).
So, I may never run into this problem with any of our clients–but after going through this experience with printing our brochure, I purposely do not use Typekit fonts for any of my work. So, this change really has me worried–especially as I am scheduled to get a new computer in about a month, and it will require a clean install of the Creative Suite…I am going to go back-up my current font files to an external drive immediately!
MemberIt is the Recipe Design Wizard (www.recipedesignwizard.com) plug-in.
I installed it recently for use with some personal work I have coming up, but hadn’t had the opportunity to use it yet. As far as I know, it works exactly as intended-and there might even be a way to turn it “off” when I am not creating a document that needs that bracket. I plan on reviewing the users manual, and might actually try reinstalling it later.
MemberFinal update…just for those curious types. I contacted Adobe support and they figured out that it was a problem with a plug-in I had installed. Deleted the plug-in and no more curly bracket. I will be reaching out to the makers of the plug-in to let them know so that they can try and troubleshoot.
MemberOkay, some updates. I tried changing the font and that didn’t fix the problem. But, in stumbling around while testing that, I discovered another element to the problem.
The only time I see the curly bracket in that sidebar box is when the box’s height is at 4.355 inches and above. If I turn off auto-resize, and manually increase the height of the box, I can increase it to 4.354 inches and I don’t see the curly bracket. But if I add that additional 1 thousandth of an inch and boom–BRACKET!
One last bit of information–I am working on a Windows-based system. David, I think you use a Mac, right? And the woman who tested it for me before is also using a Mac. If there is anyone else out there using the Windows version of Indd, I would love to see if they ended up with a curly bracket or not.
Anyway…if the information about the box height sparks any other thoughts, I would love to hear them.
MemberWhen I open the merged document in InDesign, I see the curly bracket on my screen, just like it shows on the PDF. Like I said, the database staff member who tested the template didn’t see the curly bracket on her screen either–so, I will try using a different font in the template and see if that makes a difference. Weird, but if it solves the problem…
As for why the information is on the master page? Probably because I put it there, and I am a complete newbie when it comes to creating merge documents. When I originally created the document, I had the standard text boxes on the master pages, and the resizing sidebar box on the first page master page, but all of the merge fields were placed on the document pages.
But, I kept going into the original files and making changes as part of this troubleshooting, and I realized that sometimes I was making the edits on the master pages, and sometimes I was making the edits on the document pages. I wanted to confirm that this problem had nothing to do with whether the items were on the master or document pages, so I randomly decided to put everything on the master pages for consistency. If you suggest putting merge fields on document pages as a best practice, I am completely fine with that. It didn’t really make a difference to me–as I said, I am the only one in the office who uses Indd, so I know that I know how to override master page items. :-)
MemberYou probably already know this…but at the risk of stating the obvious, I will point out that if you don’t have anything selected, then the “selection” option isn’t available.
I only mention this because more than once I have been completely flummoxed by something obvious like this. If you always have text selected and are still experiencing this problem, then feel free to just ignore this particular comment. :-)
MemberSorry…I tried to make those clickable links–if anyone can fix those for me, I would appreciate it.
MemberHopefully you have your answer already, but just in case you are still looking for this answer-when you open your book panel, there are a number of boxes to the left of each document within the book. One of the boxes will have a small icon (a large page with an arrow pointing to three smaller squares) in it. This shows which of the documents is your “master”-the documents that all the others will synchronize with. You can select a different document to be the master by simply clicking in the box to the left of the document you want to identify as the master document.
Also, before synchronizing, please make sure to set the appropriate Synchronize options (accessed through the dropdown menu in the upper right of the book panel). I have “synchronize master pages” turned off as a default because otherwise anytime you synchronize you run the risk of losing many of the master page overrides you might have made throughout your document-ask me how I know that…
MemberThanks to both of you…I logged off of my computer last night, and when I went back into InDesign this morning to check the settings as you advised, I could actually see the gridlines in the table. I must have had some sort of view setting in place yesterday, and just didn't see it (because I thought I really LOOKED at those settings!).
I appreciate the help!
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