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| Changing the overall size of Indesign Book | 11/9/2009 |
Q: We have a 200+ pgs book that was created in Indesign. Then the overall size was modified in PDF to ...
A: You can change the document size in the Document Setup. However, you will need to edit each pages ...
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| indesign cs4 page layout | 10/21/2009 |
Q: I have designed a magazine in indesign cs4 and have exported it into pdf format (latest reader ...
A: It sounds like you have the "Spreads" box checked in the pdf setup dialog. It is under the General ...
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| InDesign Question | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I am working on a 28 page 2-color program and am using InDesign CS2. A lot of the advertisers in the ...
A: All too often I deal with this very same scenario. Chances are that the pdf files that have been ...
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| placed pdf document won't print in indesign cs2 | 10/14/2009 |
Q: We have created a pdf from an Excel document using 'print' and adobe pdf as the printer. We have ...
A: The first thing that comes to mind here is, are the fonts embedded in the pdf from Excel? This can ...
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| pagination | 10/13/2009 |
Q: My question is about pagination. I am working on bid cards for an auction and I'm using InDesign ...
A: If you are using Indesign CS 4, try setting up a paragraph style using a numbered list with the ...
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| creating a book cover in indesign | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I am trying to create a cover for my book in InDesign. The dimensions of the book are 12"(h) x ...
A: To include the spine in your document you must first calculate how big of a spine you will be ...
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| Linking Excel files | 10/9/2009 |
Q: I am attempting to design a book with an immense amount of information. It will be similar to a ...
A: I am not sure how you are currently performing this task, but, you should import the excel file the ...
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| Frame lines | 10/6/2009 |
Q: I've been working on a InDesign document and all of a sudden the blue lines that mark a frame don't ...
A: When you are pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y, you are turning on and off the Overprint Preview, which when ...
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| Auto text flow - InDesign CS3 | 9/29/2009 |
Q: How do you get InDesign to automatically create pages from the Master to autoflow long docs? I ...
A: You can use Autoflow by Shift-clicking when you import your text. This will add pages and frames ...
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| Template | 9/17/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to create a template for a 10 page booklet. Each page is 5.5" by 8.5" (so basically a ...
A: One thing to keep in mind, booklets need to have a page count that is divisible by 4. Your "10" page ...
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| page numbering | 9/10/2009 |
Q: This is my 3rd book layout I have done. I am working in Adobe Indesign CS2. I am using styles and ...
A: In the Page Numbering section of the Numbering and Sections options, change the style drop down to ...
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| Horizontal fold layout in InDesign | 8/31/2009 |
Q: How can we set up a horizontal fold booklet, for instance, like a standard calendar, so that in the ...
A: Indesign does not have an option for horizontal binding, yet. I have seen several suggestions for ...
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| text frame styles- InDesign C2 | 8/15/2009 |
Q: I have a text frame with two columns, what is the smartest way to fit the text in it? I would like ...
A: There are many ways to have the text in two columns set evenly. Start by flowing the text from one ...
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| PageMaker vs InDesign | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I lost a Mac G4 and PageMaker 7.0 to Hurricane Ike last fall. I now have an Intel Mac and am ready ...
A: While both Pagemaker and Indesign are Adobe products that are layout programs, the similarities ...
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| Large Format Printing | 7/30/2009 |
Q: Hey Ken! You've answered me a recent question, so I figured I'd come back again! I'm about to ...
A: No, you should not have to change the resolution of your image to match the printers resolution, the ...
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| Indesign | 7/24/2009 |
Q: is there a way to combine multiple page sizes into one document? I have 3 separate documents, all ...
A: Yes and No. No in that you cannot have a single document with multiple sizes. But, you can create ...
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| InDesign layout - one page or two | 7/23/2009 |
Q: I need to design an ad for a newspaper-type publication. We will be doing a spread - size 15 1/8" ...
A: In this case, following the given instruction from the printer performing the manufacturing is the ...
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| In Design text problem | 7/19/2009 |
Q: All my text has a line running through it including spaces. I've tried restarting a few time, no ...
A: I think the problem you are experiencing may be due to the Type Tool having it's Strikethrough ...
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| Corrupt InDesign file? | 7/2/2009 |
Q: My client is attempting to open my (Mac created) InDesign file on a PC, and she received the ...
A: Do you know what version of Indesign is being used? Typically this error comes up when a user has ...
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| InDesign Size setting for double sided print | 6/8/2009 |
Q: I'm doing a small 17page booklet for my school project. The size I'm planning to use is 5"x7" , ...
A: The size you are using should not cause any significant problems when backing up. This of course ...
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| Dark InDesign pdf's | 6/5/2009 |
Q: I was just wondering why an exported PDF out of InDesign comes out much darker than the original ...
A: This is likely due to color conversion to a device profile that doesn't match your working color ...
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| Creating odd shaped boxes in InDesign CS4 | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I am trying to create an odd shaped box in indesign, how do I do it? thanks!
A: You can use the Pen tool to create a closed path in the shape you are looking for. After you create ...
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| Setting the Offset for a PDF | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I am converting my InDesign Documents into PDFs before I send them to the printer, and I have turned ...
A: Offset refers to the distance the crop marks starting point is from the trim edge of the document. ...
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| indesign mass replace text to object | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I have to mass replace all 'a' char to an object (it's an example). How can i do it without using ...
A: If you are using Indesign CS 3 or CS 4, you should be able to use Find/Change (Edit -> Find/Change). ...
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| working with scanned images and separations in Indesign CS | 5/24/2009 |
Q: I have this form that I had to recreate and the logo they gave me was corrupted so I had to scan in ...
A: Sorry about the delay in getting you an answer. After you create your scan, convert the image to ...
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| InDesign Double sided page setting | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I am a little confused on how I should set up the pages for a small book I'm doing in InDesign. I ...
A: Take a look at the attached image. What you see when you choose the facing pages option is Page 1 as ...
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| Text from MS Word into InDesign CS3 | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I am preparing 300 certificates. The text and designed was created in Illustrator and placed on ...
A: You could use the Data Merge feature of Indesign to automate this task for you. I would set up your ...
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| Folder Brochure | 4/29/2009 |
Q: I have InDesign CS3. I am looking to create a bi-fold brochure which folds and the left inside sheet ...
A: Visit our website at: http://www.bestprintingonline.com/presentation-folder-templates.htm The ...
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| Printing for cataloge | 4/24/2009 |
Q: I have a file that I have designed in InDesign CS {on mac osx tiger} with in consective page layout ...
A: I apologize for not completely understanding your initial question, I thought you were having a ...
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| Printing for cataloge | 4/23/2009 |
Q: I have a file that I have designed in InDesign CS {on mac osx tiger} with in consective page layout ...
A: It looks like all you will need to do is drag the page that is to be your back cover to the end of ...
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| Printing for cataloge | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I have a file that I have designed in InDesign CS {on mac osx tiger} with in consective page layout ...
A: Are you saying that you have set up single pages within Indesign and have 2 physical pages set up on ...
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| Indesign Spot Color Issue | 3/16/2009 |
Q: Periodically, we have had an issue with InDesign (CS3 & OS X v10.4.11) not exporting the spot colors ...
A: While this is similar to "make sure it is a spot color", it is a little different. Check the Ink ...
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| Missing Fonts when file printed | 3/1/2009 |
Q: Using InDesign CS3: Missing fonts - Dom Casual Medium, Brush Script Std Bold Italic, ITC Garamound ...
A: The fonts need to be loaded on your machine, before Indesign can use or print with them. A font ...
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| Resizing Multiple Text Frames | 2/20/2009 |
Q: I have created 25 text frames but need to resize them to all the same height and width. After ...
A: The reason the boxes seem to shrink is because when you have all of them selected at once, Indesign ...
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| Info on Phaser 7760 | 2/13/2009 |
Q: I am a graphic designer that also offers printing services for my clients . . I am interested in ...
A: Sorry Cesar, You must have read a previous answer regarding printing on a Phaser 7760. That was me ...
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| Image resolution after placing | 2/12/2009 |
Q: I've received the proofs from our printers and one of the images looked blurry/low resolution. I ...
A: This can be caused by placing a 300 dpi image and scaling it to make it larger. The larger you scale ...
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| InDesign CS$ Question | 2/12/2009 |
Q: I am a college student and have been given an assignment that involves InDesign. I have set up my ...
A: It sounds like the printer you are using has a limit to the area that it will print. It is common ...
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| Printing | 2/6/2009 |
Q: I have a border in place and want it to bleed to the edge of the page. I've attempted all the bleed ...
A: To create bleed you need to bring a portion of the border off the edge of your document. This does ...
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| Typing | 2/5/2009 |
Q: I downloaded a form that need to fill out. However, when I start typing in a box I can only type for ...
A: Chances are that the person who created the form did not make the active form fields as large as the ...
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| Print to PDF | 12/15/2008 |
Q: How do I print my In Design File to a PDF?? The only Save As options I see are "in design document" ...
A: This is an Export function. You need to select one of the PDF Export settings in the file menu ...
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| InDesign Margin measurements | 12/6/2008 |
Q: I am fairly new to InDesign and I am working on a magazine file that needs to have 5/8 of an inch ...
A: You could do the math i.e.- 6 picas to 1 inch, 12 points to 1 pica, 72 points to 1 inch - here you ...
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| graphic design career | 12/2/2008 |
Q: Black, I'd like to professionally engage in both - children's illustration as well as graphic ...
A: If you have not already been utilizing any software up to this point, I recommend that you take a ...
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| In Design - getting a font to work | 12/1/2008 |
Q: I want to use font: ITC Ronda. I have installed it on my computer and it shows up in all my other ...
A: I had this problem before myself when using the system font folder. It only did it with certain ...
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| Text boxes printing | 11/28/2008 |
Q: When I print a document the outline of the text box prints. How can I prevent this? Thank you.
A: Hey M.F. In the print dialogue under set-up uncheck the print non-printing objects and print ...
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| printing pix in Indesign vs. Photoshop | 11/25/2008 |
Q: Can Indesign print photos of the same quality as Photoshop?I have an issue where an image prints ...
A: Your output should be the same between photoshop and indesign if your color management is ...
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| corruption when printing to Phaser 7760 | 11/18/2008 |
Q: Having trouble with file corruption when printing to a phaser 7760 from indesign. The files range ...
A: Have you tried printing to a different printer? What kind of corruption? Does it print at all, or ...
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| Printing to a R2400 in INDesign 5.0.4 | 11/1/2008 |
Q: In the Printer, under color matching, if one clicks on colorsync, one has to choose a profile. The ...
A: I am not really familiar with how the profiling works on your printer. I would try to make your ...
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| illustrator CS | 10/31/2008 |
Q: "Hi im a graphic design. so this is the situation im working on 10 files in illustrator cs and they ...
A: While symbols link to the symbols palette, the information for them is stored within the document ...
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| image with transparent background "ghosts" when printed in house? | 10/30/2008 |
Q: I'm a Graphic Communication Student working as a Designer. I'm having an issue with a few different ...
A: My first assumption is that it is your printer, especially if you cannot see this on screen. It ...
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| illustrator CS | 10/30/2008 |
Q: "Hi im a graphic design. so this is the situation im working on 10 files in illustrator cs and they ...
A: I am not readily aware of any xref capabilities within Illustrator. I recommend checking into ...
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| Links within Indesign | 10/28/2008 |
Q: We are a large advertising agency with dozens of mac workstation running CS3 products. We are ...
A: While I know that Apple can have some issues with SMB vs. AFP, the only issue there that comes to ...
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| Question regarding Indesign and magazine layouts | 10/25/2008 |
Q: Ok, using Indesign CS4 to create a magazine layout. When looking at other magazines I see the front ...
A: Unfortunately, I am a step behind in the upgrade race for CS4. From what I have seen thus far, the ...
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| Links within Indesign | 10/23/2008 |
Q: We are a large advertising agency with dozens of mac workstation running CS3 products. We are ...
A: I have seen this occur in the past when it involved Mac workstations and PC servers. It is possible ...
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| indesign vrs photoshop | 10/16/2008 |
Q: illustrator and one more that i don't remember in in design and it's better .. how true is that? ...
A: While Indesign has some capabilities that Illustrator and Photoshop both have, it is a layout ...
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| Indesign Exporting for print | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I am working on a 20 page wedding album, placing high res jpegs into the doc. I am viewing the doc ...
A: Some of the issue that you are facing is within the file format of .jpg. Since the .jpg format is a ...
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| indesign cs3 magazine pagination | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I'm wanting to design an A4 magazine in indesign cs3. at present i dont know how many pages it will ...
A: First, your page count needs to be divisible by 4. So, 40, 44, 48, and 50 are all acceptable. Other ...
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| Skills required to work in a creative department | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I am currently working in an advertising company in I.T Department. There is a Creative Department ...
A: The course you are taking should get you familiar with the interfaces of the software you will most ...
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| Exporting Indesign CS3 to Illustrator | 9/3/2008 |
Q: Ken, I need to export a document i've created in Indesign CS3 to any editable format in ...
A: Federico, You could export the document as an .eps and then bring it into Illustrator or use the ...
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| Create outline | 9/1/2008 |
Q: Is it possible to convert text to outline of all the pages in oneshot?
A: Unfortunately, without creating a special script to do so, not really. If you have all the text ...
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| Printing In Design to PDF and getting true black | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I have a document that I created in In Design (Mac version CS3) and it is comprised of a black ...
A: Does the black look black on screen? If this happens when you print from the pdf the only other ...
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| Printing In Design to PDF and getting true black | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I have a document that I created in In Design (Mac version CS3) and it is comprised of a black ...
A: You need to set your Preferences to display and print "Rich Black". To do this select Preferences ...
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| InDesign Pc to Mac | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I recently purchased a MacBook with OS X version 10.5.4. It has a 2. 4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ...
A: The answer to this is no, but, yes at the same time. While no you cannot load your InDesign CS2 onto ...
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| Problems opening InDesign 2.0.2 docs on another machine | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I have created several docs in InDesign 2.0.2 and saved them as documents. I have gone to commercial ...
A: Many times in this situation I have found this to be related to the file not having its extension at ...
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| Automatic Trapping in PDF from InDesign CS3? | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I've got a full-color postcard I'll be creating in InDesign CS3, which I'll need to export as a ...
A: Typically, trapping is handled in the RIP process your print provider uses to image your job. ...
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| InDesign scaling text box | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I'm using InDesign 2.0.2 and I'm wanting to scale the text box proportionally with the arrow tool ...
A: In the type preferences (Preferences->Type) check "Adjust Type Attributes while Scaling" Select the ...
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| Color separation | 7/23/2008 |
Q: I am an invitation (wedding) designer and have only printed things digitally or on my ink jet up ...
A: Photoshop images need to have a channel for each color being used. In this case you should only have ...
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| Why are CMYK colors still showing in separations? | 7/22/2008 |
Q: I am trying to get my project to the printers but after testing my separations there are still ...
A: First, check the Ink Manager in Indesign. To do this, click the option arrow on the swatches palette ...
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| InDesign Page Sizes | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I'm very familiar with all the programs of Creative Suite (I'm a graphic design student), but a new ...
A: You will need to create two separate documents for this. You will be able to assemble it into one ...
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| Pages In Adobe InDesign | 7/16/2008 |
Q: The pages are made in Adobe Indesign. I have a huge problem. We send the pages to a printer, & they ...
A: I am fine, thanks for asking. And You? Well, besides the obvious. I believe the issue you are ...
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| Bleed in indesign | 6/30/2008 |
Q: How to add bleed in indesign, my design is a die cut and i want to give 5mm bleed around. ( edges ...
A: I apologize for the late answer. In your case the bleed will need to be added manually. To do this, ...
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