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About Roy Wilhelm
(Top Expert on this page)

Expertise
I can help you with questions about typography, style sheets, document setup, image placement, importing text, exporting, and much more.

Experience
I use InDesign daily to design magazine pages. I have experience in newspaper and magazine design.

Organizations
AIGA

Education/Credentials
I have a Bachelor's degree in Communication Design

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Roy Wilhelm 
In Category  Adobe InDesign

SubjectDate Asked

Dividing space equally9/3/2008
  Q: Is there a way to equally divide a given area? Example being that I have an area 8.5" x 11" that I ...
  A: Yes. What I believe you are trying to do is to create guides that will split your 8.5" x 11" ...
Font Default8/25/2008
  Q: Is it possible to specify a font default for an entire project instead of requesting it with each ...
  A: That is an excellent question. I don't believe that there is a way to project-specific font ...
Importing Text into InDesign7/18/2008
  Q: I have 120 pages of text in a Word document. I am doing the layout for the book in InDesign. I ...
  A: I have exactly the solution you are looking for! Very simple. If you haven't already created your ...
can not copy text to export7/18/2008
  Q: I am use to using Page Maker as my book design software, but my printer and others recommend using ...
  A: Glad to help you. You have three options: 1. Your editor purchases InDesign or InCopy(much ...
Exporting in InDesign6/24/2008
  Q: I just put together a 33 page document (text and images), but when I Export to .pdf, InDesign ...
  A: Sorry for just now getting back to you. It sounds to me like your file contains a bug. Not always ...
Layout6/22/2008
  Q: I need to set up an 8.5"x17" brochure due to the amount of material. I know the inner pages need to ...
  A: It depends on the number of folds in the document and the type of folding you do. I'm assuming ...
Nested Styles6/20/2008
  Q: I am converting many long, run-on paragraphs of details to bulleted lists in an InDesign 3 document. ...
  A: I am completely unfamiliar with this feature. Please let me know if you figure out how to do this. ...
Output paginated pdf?6/16/2008
  Q: I had to "dumb down" an indesign document for a printer who was not up to speed with computer apps. ...
  A: just wanted to see if my suggestion helped or not.
Newbie Question - Document Settings?6/12/2008
  Q: I am very new to Adobe Indesign. I am working on a 200 page full colored book project. The book ...
  A: I recommend finding a new printer because frankly it scares me that they're pushing you towards ...
Rounded corners for documents6/3/2008
  Q: How do you customise a document so that it has rounded corners? Specifically, I'm trying to finalise ...
  A: If you have dozens or even hundreds of name badges you need to create and you'd like to automate the ...
Creating an A5 booklet in InDesign6/2/2008
  Q: I'm becoming familiar with Adobe Illustrator but am completely new to InDesign (version 2.0, though ...
  A: I found this downloadable tutorial on making an A5 booklet using InDesign: ...
Newbie Question - Document Settings?5/28/2008
  Q: I am very new to Adobe Indesign. I am working on a 200 page full colored book project. The book ...
  A: Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. The answer to your question depends on how you plan ...
Creating an A5 booklet in InDesign5/25/2008
  Q: I'm becoming familiar with Adobe Illustrator but am completely new to InDesign (version 2.0, though ...
  A: I apologize for not getting to you sooner as I was out of town until yesterday evening. Do you still ...
In Design5/17/2008
  Q: Help - Just got In Design. All document sizes are given in "p" as are all margin sizes - what pray ...
  A: Picas. It's an old typesetting term from when all printing was done with lead type. It's a really ...
sample master pages5/6/2008
  Q: I already have a 40-page (one column) document in word-format. I'd like to transfer it ...
  A: OK, I'll take you through the process in steps. Once you've successfully made it through this first ...
sample master pages5/4/2008
  Q: I already have a 40-page (one column) document in word-format. I'd like to transfer it ...
  A: Ok, I'll be glad to walk you through this. First step will be to begin a new document and set up the ...
Renaming pages (as opposed to layers)4/30/2008
  Q: I am putting together a fairly large document in CS3 InDesign with several layers per page. I want ...
  A: I have two suggestions: One is to make a Table of Contents on Page 1 and then create headers and/or ...
Renaming pages (as opposed to layers)4/30/2008
  Q: I am putting together a fairly large document in CS3 InDesign with several layers per page. I want ...
  A: Sorry, no you can not name the pages. I'm guessing you're just trying to improve navigation within ...
Splitting pages4/29/2008
  Q: I have created a brochure using one of InDesign's templates. This contains two pages, designed to be ...
  A: I have a great solution for you but first you need to make sure you have guides in the document to ...
Indesign and Extra text4/22/2008
  Q: When you have a text box and you have imported text but there is more text than box...how do you ...
  A: I believe all you would do is put your cursor to the right of the last visible character in the text ...
Change Default Font4/18/2008
  Q: When I create a new document the default font is TIMES when I click on the type tool. How do I ...
  A: Ok, easy one. Launch InDesign but don't open any documents. Navigate to the Character palette and ...
copying from indiesgn to word3/31/2008
  Q: I often need to copy/paste text from indesign cs2 inito word or elsewhere. I used to be able to do ...
  A: Well you've stumped me. I don't work in Windows and I was giving you advice based on research I did ...
copying from indiesgn to word3/31/2008
  Q: I often need to copy/paste text from indesign cs2 inito word or elsewhere. I used to be able to do ...
  A: <b>First issue</b> I've head that this can work if you're on a PC: Delete the following folder, ...
Copying and Pasting text in between documents3/21/2008
  Q: Hey Roy, My classmates and instructors and I are working on an imposition for our magazine ...
  A: I think your question is outside my expertise but I will try to help. At the magazine where I work, ...
Please HELP urgent!3/16/2008
  Q: I have to submit a file tomorrow and I am in dire straits! I had a 5gig indesign file, indesign cs2 ...
  A: First off, I hope you can get your file back! Second, 5 gigs is an ENORMOUS InDesign file. My guess ...
InDesign error message - Opening the file2/26/2008
  Q: I am trying to open an InDesign document created in InDesign CS2 using the CS1 version. I cannot ...
  A: I believe you may not have the most updated version of CS1 that Adobe released. They released two ...

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