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‎Sep 01, 2022
06:51 PM
OK, so that did the trick! Not exactly how I expected it to work, but it worked. I saved the file as an IDML file. Then I opened that file in InDesign. I still got a message that an image was missing. And there were still no red or yellow warnings in the Links panel... BUT one of my images was now showing up as a gray rectangle instead of a logo. So I just re-input that logo and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
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‎Sep 01, 2022
06:46 PM
Good idea! I'll do that and will report back.
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‎Sep 01, 2022
06:46 PM
Yes, I was referring to the links panel. There are no red circles or yellow triangles. I clicked on every image in the panel and it showed me where it was in the document. As I mentioned, there are only five! And yes, I imported all of them using File > Place.
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‎Sep 01, 2022
03:33 PM
Hi all! I'm running 17.4 on my Mac. I have a file that I created. When I go to save it, it warns me that image(s) are missing. But they aren't! I went to the Links window... and it shows everything is fine. I checked the master pages and looked for anything that was locked. Nothing. It saved it... but it worries me that it thinks something is missing. It's a small file... just one page with 5 links. So it shouldn't be hard to find. But it is! Any ideas? Thanks!
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‎Aug 23, 2022
09:26 AM
1 Upvote
I found a tutorial on "Next Style" and it works great! Thank you so much!
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‎Aug 23, 2022
09:01 AM
I could do a table, but now I'm intrigued by Peter's response. How would I set each style as the next style for the other? I haven't heard of that. Thanks!
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‎Aug 22, 2022
03:21 PM
Hi all! I'm adding comments to a report. I have two columns per page. And I want every other comment to have a light blue stroke behind it (so it looks highlighted). I have assigned styles to the text, so I can click on every other line to add or remove the stroke on every other line. But it's tedius. I am thinking there's a way to have alternating highlighting. But I can't figure out how to do it. Some comments are two lines and some are one, so the height of each "highlight" can vary. I'm attaching a screenshot as an example. Thank you for any advice you can give me.
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‎Jul 21, 2022
02:15 PM
Hi all! My head is spinning trying to figure this out. I have a report I'm creating. I have an Appendix with details. So on certain pages, I want to say "See Appendix, page 27 for details." But... page 27 keeps changing.. as I have to add and remove pages periodically. So I want that page number to be linked to the actual page... despite the changing of the page numbers. So would that be a hyperlink? Or would it be a cross reference? This report will be an interactive PDF as well as printed... so I want the page number to be on there, not just text. But I can't quite figure out how to make this happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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‎Jul 05, 2022
03:05 PM
2 Upvotes
Any updates? This makes my job so much harder... and more painful!
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‎Jun 14, 2022
11:26 AM
2 Upvotes
THANK YOU!!!! This worked perfectly. I had some issue with my Apple Font Book app, but once I got that working, I turned off a lot of fonts... plus I validated the fonts, per your instructions. Now Illustrator is running beautifully (I did turn on GPU performance... and it didn't crash my program).
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‎Jun 13, 2022
07:38 PM
Actually, that's how all this came about. Illustrator was freezing on me... I was unable to use it at all. I spoke with someone with Adobe tech support, and they ended up deleting and reinstalling Illlustrator on my computer. He said to NOT check GPU performance... because that was what was making it freeze. Ever since I did that reinstall, it's been super choppy and laggy. It's really frustrating, because it had been working so well. I will try the other suggestions and will let you know how it goes. Thank you!
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‎Jun 07, 2022
09:58 AM
Did this ever get resolved? I'm having the same issue...
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‎May 04, 2022
10:36 AM
Sure! When I go to delete the second page (at this point it's the first page of the PDF), I first get the message "Are you sure you want to delete the page from the document?" This is normal, so I click "OK." Then I get the following message: "One or more pages are in use and could not be deleted." I'll try resetting the preferences. But I just recently had to call Adobe and the agent re-installed the entire program because I was having another, unrelated problem. Not sure why I'm having so much trouble with this version!
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‎May 02, 2022
11:34 AM
I'm running Adobe Acrobat Pro DC v. 2022.001.20112 on an iMac. Creative Cloud says I'm up-to-date. I create reports... here's my process (which has worked just fine until recently): I create a report and save it as a PDF. I delete the first page of the report and do a "save as" for a different report. Then I delete the second page of the report and try to do a "save as" again for yet a third report. I've been doing it this way for years. Recently, I've had a problem. I can remove the first page and resave it. But... I can't delete the second page and resave it again. I have to quit out of Acrobat and restart it. Anyone know why it's doing this? And is there anything I can do about it?
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‎Mar 15, 2022
09:03 AM
Thank you so much! That's good to know.
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‎Mar 14, 2022
03:22 PM
But wouldn't that mean I am setting the resolution when I open them? I want to save them as big as they can possibly be... so what they were originally saved at when the PDF was created. Does that make sense? Or am I not understanding your approach?
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‎Mar 10, 2022
10:33 AM
1 Upvote
Thank you! But when I go to File, there's no "Export All" choice. I see "Export to"...?
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‎Mar 10, 2022
09:38 AM
Hi there! I've been asked to rebuild a brochure. All I have is a PDF... not the original artwork. What is the best way to extract the photos... to retain their resolution? Thank you for any advice you can give me.
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‎Feb 08, 2022
12:28 PM
1 Upvote
Thank you both so much! I haven't perfected it yet, but I'm able to get the items squeezed up so that they take up less space... so then I can just drag the first one and last one to their respective locations... and then distribute them evenly. That itself saves me a ton of time. I'll work on getting it down even more precisily per your recommendations. Thanks again!
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‎Feb 07, 2022
10:32 AM
Hi all! I build charts for a company. The charts are generated online. But I download them and make them look better and fit into a specified space. I find myself moving things one by one... and I'm wondering if there is a way to seperate a line of objects by a certain amount. For instance, I have 30 items spread out horizontally (and evenly) over 20". I want those items spread out over 10". But I don't want them smaller. I want them to remain the same size... just have less space between them. Is there a way to do this? The objects are not connected... or grouped, but the way. Thanks!
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‎Oct 01, 2021
10:15 AM
Oh! OK. I didn't get that distinction in the tutorials I was seeing. Thanks!
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‎Oct 01, 2021
10:13 AM
YES! That's it! That works great. THANK YOU SO MUCH! And it's much quicker than the way I was trying to do it.
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‎Oct 01, 2021
08:24 AM
Hi all! I am trying to make a tint of a color (ex: 70% of a specific blue color). I haven't had to do this in awhile, so the directions I'd saved were no longer current. I did some reasearch, and watched some youtube videos. But... the process doesn't seem to always work. I select the color I want a tint of. I make sure that color has the "global" checkbox checked in the New Swatch window. I open the Properties panel. I make sure my object I want to change is selected. I click the "Fill" box in the Properties panel. Then I click on the "Color Mixer" tab. Theortetically, the tint slider should appear. And once in awhile it does. But more often, I just get the RGB sliders. No tint slider to be found. I feel like I'm playing rouletette... sometimes my number comes up and sometimes it doesn't. What can I do to be sure that the tint slider shows up every time? Thanks! PS This is a LOT of steps to just get a tint. In my opinion, it should be as easy as changing the transparency. I'm surprised it's not!
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‎Sep 15, 2021
12:30 PM
Oh wow! This is so great! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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‎Sep 15, 2021
11:38 AM
Hi there! I need to create a line that smoothly curves around a circle (see attached image for a poorly-hand-drawn example). I've tried a few different things, and I just can't get it to look right. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
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‎Sep 14, 2021
06:42 PM
SO it turns out the PMS color was 876 U. But my handwriting made it look like 8760. So that was my mistake. I DO have 876 U. I looked up CCMI 10. And apparently it just is a black that looks like Pantone black. So I'll just use pantone black. Thank you! This is all useful info anyway, as there have been times in the past where I haven't been able to find a PMS color.
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‎Sep 14, 2021
09:46 AM
Thank you so much! I did install this extension, but I'm on a Mac... so I'm not sure how to find extensions using the Mac version?
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‎Sep 14, 2021
09:05 AM
OK, so when I went back to check on my post, I saw some suggested responses to the right of my post. And one of them answered my question! This is exactly what I was trying to do. I knew it was a simple process... but my brain just wouldn't go there today. 🙂 Thanks you both for your quick responses! For anyone else looking for this answer, here it is: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-do-i-make-a-diagonal-lines-fill/m-p/6731350#M22293
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‎Sep 14, 2021
08:41 AM
2 Upvotes
Hi all! I'm designing a box for a client. I haven't used PMS colors for print in a long time. They want the background to be "CCMI 90" standard black. And the artwork to be PMS 8760 Uncoated (which I believe is a copper metalic color). But I can't find either color in Illustrator's color books. So how to I get them? I've not run in to this issue. I have never even heard of "CCMI" colors.
Thanks so much for any help you can give me!
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‎Sep 14, 2021
08:37 AM
I know I should know how to do this, but for some reason, I'm not figuring it out. I need to create a pattern of lines... getting gradually thicker across the pattern. How do I do this? Is it step and repeat somehow? Morphing? It seems like it would be an easy thing to do. Thanks for any suggestions you can give me.
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