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‎Feb 05, 2017
02:09 PM
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Ah, I see. Never used it for just two objects. Probably because in panel you use separate checkbox with custom value... that's not a part of an 'distribute' icon. Well, that's a 'feature', I'm afraid.
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:46 PM
Yes, I use it quite often (you see, I do have KB shortcut assigned) and have no problems at all. However, I'm still on CS6. Does it works from the panel, with the same selection? FWIW, never use 'key object' feature... EDIT: context selection in KB shortcut panel is OK?
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:39 PM
Glad to hear. Are you sure you marked proper answer as 'correct'?
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:33 PM
2 Upvotes
Object Editing > Vertical Distribute Space:
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:27 PM
Some basic highlights how to handle text like yours...
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:18 PM
I'm not sure from your description, possibly it acts like a numpad key should do (some people report this). If so, try Fn+Return combination - is it better? Few minutes later I'll show you some basic screenshots on formatting.
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‎Feb 05, 2017
01:07 PM
And you have no issues with entering regular carriage return? Lines below doesn't jump to another column/frame/page? Just to be clear and exclude possible problem...
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‎Feb 05, 2017
12:54 PM
And just to be clear: under the Return key you mean the key on the main keyboard? Have you numpad at all? it may be important.
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‎Feb 05, 2017
12:50 PM
Ah, you found out how to upload pics, good. Your main problem, I guess (you don't show hidden chars) is using 'empty line' (carriage return) as a spacing - don't do this! First of all, two separate Paragraph styles should be created, and all proper settings defined there (not only spacing):
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‎Feb 05, 2017
12:20 PM
Yes - to give us more info. What OS, version? InDesign version? How do you 'separate the lines'? By hitting Enter/Return? Which? On a main keyboard, on a numeric pad? These keys act differently in ID. And this: 'when I fix these problems'. How, I wonder? If you found a right way to do what you want, why do it wrongly again? And it would be nice to see a screenshot with non-printing symbols visible...
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‎Feb 05, 2017
10:11 AM
Here’s the thread in Scripting Forum with exactly this question discussed and answered. Use script provided there for text styles, then I would advice to run simple Find/Change to hunt for overridden Character Styles or local formatting:
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‎Feb 04, 2017
12:53 PM
Right, and even more: if you want the layouts to be truly identical, and you have more than a few such pages, you should consider bothering with a special Master page - with graphic placeholders My proposed approach is handy, when layouts differ a bit from page to page, say, you may want 3x4, on another page - 2x5 images, etc.
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‎Feb 04, 2017
12:20 PM
1 Upvote
Neither wrong nor right - just different working areas and different size frames. Probably the quickest technique to achieve what you want: 1. Layout > Margins and Columns > Gutter: set the size you want the gap between your photos to be. 2. Select Rectangle Frame Tool, start drawing a rectangle from the upper left corner, where you want block of images to begin. 3. While drawing (don't release the mouse!) hit Right Arrow key once and Up Arrow key 3 times. 4. You'll get 2x4 'live' graphic frames under your mouse. 5. Still holding the mouse left button pressed, finish drawing frames to the bottom right corner of your working area (or where you want it to end). 6. Release the mouse. That's all! A lot faster to do then describe. Hint: if you don't want to touch default gutters setting or changed your mind while drawing, you can adjust the width of the gaps between frames with Alt+Arrow keys (while you still hold the mouse button pressed!). Just experiment couple of times and you get use it soon.
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‎Feb 03, 2017
12:23 PM
1 Upvote
Thank You ladies, now I'm feeling undeservedly proud and embarrassed
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‎Feb 03, 2017
07:41 AM
1 Upvote
Why not simply use F/C dialog? if in Text tab: Find: ^? Change to: [leave blank] if in GREP tab: Find: . Change to: [leave blank] Choose your search scope: Stories (just select needed text frames with Selection Tool), or the whole document (nothing selected, ALL text in a document will be deleted), and you're done!
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‎Feb 03, 2017
06:31 AM
Known bug on Mac. 1. Turn on "Application Frame" under menu "Window". and / or 2. Navigate to Preferences -> Advanced Type -> Show Adornment on Text Selection/Text Frame for more Type controls >> uncheck these.
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‎Feb 03, 2017
06:27 AM
2 Upvotes
Baseline Grid is set via Document Preferences (Edit > Preferences > Grids). So it will be Document-wide setting. You should consider your own value here for Baseline Grid increment. It's 100 pt in my sample. After that you should turn on Align to Grid option for your text. It's a preferable approach to set it as a Paragraph Style option (Paragraph Style Options > Indents and Spacing > Align to Grid: [I guess you should set here First Line Only]). Assuming you already have set a special Para style for the text you want to align...
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‎Feb 03, 2017
05:43 AM
1 Upvote
You could use Baseline Grid. Here I set Increment Every: 100 pt in Preferences:
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‎Jan 31, 2017
12:52 PM
1 Upvote
Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences https://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990
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‎Jan 31, 2017
12:41 PM
Not sure what do you exactly mean. May this thread be useful: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2021646
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‎Jan 31, 2017
12:15 PM
Yeah, I’m with Obi-wan here. You should use 'horizontal space', not 'any white space', anyway. Negative Lookahead works nicely. And no need for 'shortest match', IMHO. Your 'working' regex \s*?(?=\r) finds a lot of false positives to me (well, harmless), just use Find Next to see...
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‎Jan 31, 2017
11:00 AM
Oooh, it was a hard day.... Simple \h+$ is just enough, blind me!
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‎Jan 31, 2017
10:57 AM
Your reply disappeared for me... However, here's "improved" version: \h+[^\r]$ it works on my side...
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‎Jan 31, 2017
10:40 AM
What if simply exclude carriage return? \s+[^\r]$
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‎Jan 31, 2017
03:08 AM
1 Upvote
vinny38 wrote: If InDesign allowed some space between the left-hand and right-hand pages of a master spread, I wouldn't have this problem! Sorry but it doesn't. Setting "facing pages" will always keep your Master spreads together True up to CS4. Page tool was introduced in CS5, and it makes possible to make a gap. However, your pages turn to be not truly "facing" and not truly "spreads" then... For CS2-CS4 you can try nice javascript by Harbs - SeparatePages.jsx Original description: An InDesign CS2 javascript by Harbs. For more scripts and automation tools visit www.in-tools.com. Will separate all pages to allow for inner bleeds while preserving the original orientation of the page. Basic testing done on CS2 ME. (Should work with CS and CS3 also, but untested.) Use at your own risk!!! The script still works nicely in CS6.
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‎Jan 29, 2017
07:02 AM
1 Upvote
rob day wrote: ... compressing placed images doesn't help in any meaningful way with the final PDF size and can create a double compression quality problem ... Yes, indeed!
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‎Jan 28, 2017
12:37 PM
I second rob day when it comes down to placed images and destination color space. Flattened pdfs tend to be slightly bigger (FWIW, just my own experience), so it may be not a good idea when you're after smaller size. On the other hand, complex vector drawings can add a lot of MBs to your pdf, indeed. Consider rasterizing them before placing in ID? mranonymous wrote: Also, when I try distilling EPS ... Why distilling? Just Export pdf directly (File > Export). In Export dialog choose options to downsample images to lower resolutions, experiment using lossier compression for raster images, make sure to check the Compress Text and Line Art and Crop Image Data to Frames options. In Export > General tab make sure Pages > All radiobutton is checked - you'll get all pages in one file. After export use PDF Optimizer in Acrobat (File > Save As Optimized PDF...). There are six tabs. Usually you'll gain a little from the upper three (Images, Fonts, Transparency) if your Export settings were correct. It's worth activating Discard Objects, Discard User Data, Clean Up. Before hitting OK you may want to take a look at Audit space usage... at the upper right corner of the dialog box. The bottom line: Since the final size of pdf highly depends on the actual content of your ID file and Export settings, you'll need to experiment a bit. 50 MB pdf of 30 pages for viewing on screen - definitely too much, but don't wait miracles - they rarely happen...
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‎Jan 27, 2017
08:28 AM
Some people complain about this type of lags when Paragraph styles are heavy loaded with GREP styles. Especially if your machine specs are not perfect. This issue is not limited to the latest version, though.
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‎Jan 27, 2017
02:01 AM
@The Patina You're welcome @Uwe Uwe, thank You for GREP tutorial. You're frighteningly perfect, as always
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‎Jan 26, 2017
03:32 PM
3 Upvotes
If Para with the asterisk should be removed: Find: (\*\r)(.) Change to: $2 If should be left: Find: (?<=\*\r). Change to: [leave blank] In both cases in Change Format: field define your desired Para Style.
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