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Rich Harvey
ParticipantWell, John, that worked to a certain extent. The pages don’t allow more than 2-page spreads, which is good. The only puzzling me is why the last page of an article is on one spread … and the next page is on its own spread. I can highlight the page and drag it next to the last page, so both are on a single spread. But if I import another document, it seems like the two pages go back to their respective “corners” or spreads. But at least this is a step in the right direction!
ParticipantOkay … so … for a 128-page magazine interior, which is the best setting?
October 19, 2022 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Collect individual files contained in a book in one .indd document #14373801ParticipantI’ve downloaded and used the script Anne-Marie linked to … it’s wonderful except that my individual documents import into one major document … but each new section starts as a right-hand page one. When I try to renumber the documents, I get that age-old problem of everything (text, graphics) going askew. Everything is approximately .25″ to .5″ away from where it should be. So, objects that were perfectly aligned with the margins are now going into the gutter. Rather than fix each one manually … what’s the usual cure? Turn off “Allow Document Pages to Shuffle”? “Turn off Allow selected spreads to shuffle”? … or turn off/on both??
ParticipantWell, after poking around, I found this in the “community” folder of InDesign Scripts:
__aDoc = app.activeDocument;
for (i=0;i<aDoc.pages.length;i++){
aSide = aDoc.pages[i].side;
aSide = aSide + “”;
aDoc.pages[i].insertLabel(“direction”,aSide);
}
aDoc.documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = true;
aDoc.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
aDoc.documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = false;
aDoc.documentPreferences.facingPages = true;
for (i=0;i<aDoc.pages.length;i++){
myPage = aDoc.pages[i];
mySide = myPage.extractLabel(“direction”);
if (mySide == “1818653800”){
myPage.move(LocationOptions.atEnd,myPage,BindingOptions.leftAlign);
}else{
myPage.move(LocationOptions.atEnd,myPage,BindingOptions.rightAlign);
}
}
__Unfortunately, the script instantly separates the spreads, but everything on the right hand page (with the exception of parent page items) shifts to the right by about a half-inch. I have to highlight everything and do an align>center or align to left-hand margin. Is there anything in the script code I can edit to correct this problem?
ParticipantActually, I should add that using the built-in GREP queries for “Multiple space to single space” and “Remove trailing white space” are invaluable. Best to run either GREP (or both) before sending out the search party for the “broken” paragraphs.
ParticipantDhafir and David!
Thanks so much! Works like a charm! I am now happily fixing those “broken” paragraphs — and finding a handful of paragraphs with no ending punctuation, too boot!
ParticipantDhafir, that works great, except that it flags any paragraph ending with quotation marks. Since this is a novel, with a considerable amount of dialogue, it stops on those as well. Would a slightly different GREP flag a paragraph that ends without punctuation AND quotation marks?
ParticipantDavid, you hit the nail on the head. I never even noticed that checkbox.
Of course, now the problem is that I’m getting story title and page number on one line, followed by author name and same page number underneath. There must be a method of getting story title / author name / page number on the same line … with the little dots leading from name to page number.
I’m experimenting since the new InDesign has the automatic update (unlike old CS3 where a change meant generating a new TOC from scratch each time).
ParticipantPatrick:
Did you have any luck with the script?
I am frustrated because when Adobe would no longer “support” my InDesign CS3, I fianlly upgraded to the 2022 software. But I had a script that separated spread pages into single pages. Within seconds, it did what it would take me several minutes to do with the “dragging” pages apart.
Now that script is gone, and I can’t figure out where I had originally found it!
ParticipantJust occurred to me … since I didn’t use Bridge (and several other add-ons), I asked the tech guy not to install the program. Could the absence of Bridge be the cause of “Edit Original” being greeked?
ParticipantAdobe paragraph composer … GOOD.
Abode single line composer … BAD.
At least in this case. I’ve found this to be a problem in the past. I’ll make certain every style in my arsenal does NOT use single line composer in the future.
ParticipantI changed the alignment to left … four words appear on lines of their own. near the middle of the paragraph.
I don’t think I can post a pic.
July 2, 2021 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Anchored object settings for text frames anchored inside other text frames #14340846ParticipantAlternatively, I want to use anchored objects for Premade DropCaps (they’re illustrations) … they’re the same height and width, but if I haven’t worked on this series in a few months, I often forget how to do it and the settings.
Aren’t there settings (like a style menu) for anchored objects? Seems like I’m always starting from scratch, and a style menu-type setting would save a huge amount of time.
ParticipantOk … InDesign is working … I hit the taskbar icon and the InDesign startup screen appeared. THEN … while holding the SHIFT+CTR+ALT, I clciked on the InDesign logo. The prompt appears, “Delete the preferences?” or something. Click OK, and we’re up and running again.
Once I got the sequence correct … it works! So far, anyway!
Thanks!
ParticipantDavid, oh yeah! When the alert popped up — “are you sure you want to rebuilt your preferences?” — I actually got worried. I did it twice. Didn’t seem to do anything. Should I hold the keys down the entire time? I think I’ve released the keys and held them down, still nothing … nada …
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