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View ArticleHow do I change the InDesign scratch disk?
I have InDesign installed on an SSD with an HDD for data. My Windows 8 page file is on my HDD. I've changed the document recovery folder in InDesign to the HDD, but whenever I try to export a complex...
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How to import Excel data?
Hello,I am not a graphic designer however I hope you can give me an advice . Is there an easy way how to import a set of data stored in an Excel file (table) to a indd file? Properly speaking I need...
View ArticleColumn titles above every frame
Sorry for my vagueness. I underwent some training in january for indesign and amongst the training was a methodology for tables that span multiple text frames to have the column headers appear at the...
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Text frame Auto-size problems
Hello!I create a lot of flyers with InDesig CS6. I need to put the informations onto the product photo. To speed up my work I apply on this text frames the feature automatic resizing, but I have some...
View ArticleCan you change drop shadow colors?
Is it possible to change the color of a drop shadow? The image on which I've applied a drop shadow lies on top of a dark back ground. A white drop shadow would help make it stand out. Thanks,
View ArticleExporting JPGs with custom file names
I have an InDesign document that consists of a number of pages each with one image per page. I would like to be able to export this document as individual JPGs, but I would like the files to be...
View ArticleI can not open PDFs while using Parallels
My boss recently bought me an iMac and since our company is on Windows I have to use the software for Parallels so I can run both Windows and Mac. The problem I ran into today was I can not open any...
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Different colours top to bottom
We are trying to create a document in InDesign and when ever we create something with colour it appears to be a different shade of the same colour if we drag or copy the object to the bottom of the...
View ArticleEmbedding fonts in pdf
Hi there, this questions sounds a bit lame but it got me puzzled. I have to produce a pdf where the client (without any design skills)can edit some parts of the text without having the font so the pdf...
View ArticleIts is safe use a big list of words with alternatives (|) or better use...
I have lists with hundred of words that need to be tagged with Grep.I would like to know if it is the right way or it is a wrong/dangerous method Until the moment the f/change Grep window is...
View ArticleLaunching an mp3 from a PDF when the sound file is not embedded in the PDF
I'm using InDesign CS5 to create an interactive PDF that will run from a website. I want to be able to launch a sound file from the PDF but I don't want to sound file to be embedded in the PDF. I...
View ArticleWhy can't I open older files in InDesign6
I have recently installed CS6 (teacher version) on my Windows XP operating system. when I try to open certain older files in InDesign, I get a message saying: "Cannot open (file name). Please upgrade...
View Articlepdf.rpln plug-in cs5.5 crashes on loading plug-ins
I have tried everything from uninstall, re-install the cleaner after uninstall, nothing works.......any ideas?
View ArticleHow to import a PSD file into Indesign WITH layers so it can be edited/saved...
How to import a Photoshop file into Indesign CS6 so that it's layers show in InDesign and it can then be edited/saved as an InDesign file?
View ArticleLooking for the last item in a string set in a particular character style
I should find each space that is the last character in a string set in a particular character style. For example, in the passage "123 456 789" (the underlined part here indicating a passage set in a...
View ArticleProblems Placing Text from Word
I'm placing text from a MS word doc into my master pages in InDesign and it only imports part of the text, the first 8 pages, and after many blank pages, I see the little red plus in the box in the...
View ArticleInDesign CS6-HELP in Menu
At the top of the InDesign screen there is a HELP drop down menu. When I click on "InDesign Help" or Support Centre I get nothing but a browser screen that says the server cannot be accessed. I...
View ArticleTable of contents file not taking book files into account
Hi everyone, I've used Indesign's book panel to manage the chapters in a book that I've typeset. I set up the table of contents style (in a TOC document which is part of the books panel) and made sure...
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How can I use the Windows 7 high contrast theme with CS6?
I prefer using a high contrast theme in Windows, as I find it reduces eye strain, unfortunately these themes don't work in InDesign CS6 (i've tested Illustrator, Dreamweaver and PS and they seem to...
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