Hi, we're new to InD CS6 (recently updated from CS4), so still trying to see what's changed and been updated.
We're trying to find an easy way to make a grid of iamges with a specific border or space between them. The grid won't always be equal, sometimes some image frames will be wider and some narrower. But we will always want the same amount of space and/or stroke in between the images. And a lot of times, this will be a pretty small 'border' (e.g., 1-2pts).
I know we can obvoiusly draw individual image frames and then do some math to figure out the size each needs to be and use the 'distribute space' to put equal space between them. But that's just a lot of math to get it perferct, including the space alotted for the 'border/gap'. And then, any time you want to change the width/height of an image, it's going to throw the whole thing off.
So we've been getting deeper into using tables as well, and coming from a web point-of-view, this would be perfect to create a resizeable 'grid' for the images, with a selectable border on any side to determine the gap (including a color choice). So we gave this a shot, anchoring the photos as inline object, setting cells to have no inset, and setting to vertically align bottom.
This looks like it would work perfectly, as we could just adjust the column widths to change the width of images, and the border would keep the exact gap we need between images with no extra fuss.
UNFORTUNATELY, once I have my images in the table cells, I no longer can get the resize arrows to pop-up when mousing over the edges of the cells. I zoomed way in, it's simply not possible in the version we're using (v. 8.0 on Mac 10.6.8).
- Is this a bug in this version? Am I doing something wrong?
If I could adjust the cells like normal, this seems like the ideal way to do this. But if I can't, then it becomes pretty useless.
- If this is a bug that is not overcomeable, how else should we go about this?
Thanks!