Is the entire section one number or do you want the section number to increment independently from the page number? Example1: Custom Wood Hoods is on pages 470-570, while the section number number is 1-100. Example2: Custom Wood Hoods is on pages 470-570, while the section number number set to 1 on all pages in section. ... View more

If styles were not used, change the language on the Basic Paragraph style in the Paragraph Style panel. (Do this anyway even if styles were used.) If Styles were used, I would not use Find & Change. Hopefully based-on styles were used. Look at the styles panels and track down the "parent" styles. Change them and any based-on styles will change too. (If based-on setting is set to No Paragraph Style, you will have to change the language on a style-by-style basis.) ... View more

A last ditch effort is to use Markzware file conversion service. Sometimes you can convert an InDesign files to QuarkXPress and then back to InDesign. There website specifically mentions Error code 4. Depending on the work required to rebuild or update the file, it might be worth it. https://markzware.com/products/file-recovery-service/ ... View more

In the Numbering and Section Options, add the Section marker info but make sure the page number is set to Auto. That will keep the page numbering continuous. ... View more

I believe the the book export, which was tried, by passes the background process. ... View more

Also, if the"Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath" preference is checked, text wrap will not affect objects below the text box stacking order. (That preference is to mimic QuarkXPress' behavior.) ... View more

The "Always save preview images with documents" is for the InDesign document preview, usually for Bridge. Are you sure you are not in View>Display Performance>Fast Display mode? Sometimes it happens by accident with a keyboard command. ... View more

To add to Barb's post... Here is my code for a multi-level list: ^#.0^m ^1.^#^m ^1.^2.^#^m ^1.^2.^3.^#^m The ^m is for an em space. Just use ^t for the tab. ... View more

Note: my reply was being typed before the ID and OS version was posted, so I don't know if my suggestions will help at all. ... View more

Here are some suggestions... As I general process, I would rebuild the preferences (Mac: hold down Cmd-Cntl-Opt-Shift immediately upon start; Windows hold down Cntl-Alt-Shift). See if it makes any difference. Use the Window>Utilities>Background tasks to watch progress of the PDF export. See what page it seems to hang at. Try exporting just the pages before the problem page and all the pages after the problem page. Then see if the problem page will output on its own. You can try putting all the graphics on their own layer, hide that layer, then export. That will tell you if it is a graphics problem or a font problem. Also try exporting another document to make sure it is not an InDesign problem (like an install glitch). Another method is the binary (50/50) method. Export pages 1-113 and see if it works; then output 114-227 to double check that it works. Let's assume, for example, the first section failed and the second worked. Then split the fist section into two parts--1-66 and 67-113. Repeat splitting the problem section in half until you track down the problem page. (This method goes quicker than it appears...) ... View more

Try running the Adobe CC Cleaner (works on CS too) at: Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems If the new serial number and installer are still not working, uninstall everything and try creating a new admin user and install it there. If that works, once it is activated, it should work everywhere. ... View more

Chad's method will work perfectly (naturally). However, I prefer using Illustrator for this type of work since it supports use of Symbols. Same basic concept, but I only have to keep track of one file instead of two. ... View more

In the Preview monitor, click on the wrench icon. Choose Closed Caption Display > Enable. ... View more

You can extend the slug area and put the tabs in it. When you export/print, be sure to include the slug area. You can create your own crop marks for these pages using registration color lines. A new notes: I would build the tab sections separately as Derek suggested, however, you can always create the PDF and use Acrobat to extract the dividers from the main document. ... View more

PDF/X-1a = Transparency flattened and color converted at creation of PDF. User is responsible for creating "good" PDF. PDF/X-3 = Transparency flattened; color left as is. User is responsible for flattening; RIP is responsible for color conversion. Benefits included more accurate color conversion, especially if using custom printer color profile. PDF/X-4 = Transparency flattened and color converted in RIP. Benefits include trapping occurs BEFORE flattening happens, and better color conversion. It really comes down to if your RIP can handle the process. Usually up-to-date RIPs can process files without issue (assuming it is set up properly.) If you haven't upgraded your RIP in a while, you may have problems. ... View more

That would be a good feature request, especially if using named regions from Excel. I think the best option would be to break the Excel sheets into separate files with VBA code. Here is one example of the code: goo.gl/LJ9S2j It has the option to keep or break any links between the sheet ... View more

I already know what the icon does--I want to know if I can disable the default Connect icon so the application's icon (the one being demonstrated) can show. Thanks for the input anyway. ... View more

Using the Slug area for fold lines works fine. What problems have there been with that option (other than remembering to export with bleed and slug areas on)? ... View more

And don't forget I.D.E.A.S. at<br />http://www.IDEAStraining.com<br /><G> ... View more

In my experience, most of the companies that are prone to use FrameMaker often have strict IT departments that want to standardize on one platform--Windows. Even though Macs have about 50% or more of the graphics world, the need or want of FrameMaker on that platform is small. For those creating long documentation, InDesign CS4 is getting close to Frame's capabilities, including cross references and conditional text. It still is missing some useful Frame features, however. Don't forget that you don't need Parallels to run Windows software--you can use Boot Camp that comes with Leopard. The only problem is you have to reboot to use it. I use Parallels 4 to access my Boot Camp partition (without rebooting) and have not experienced major slow-downs compared to version 3. The best thing I like about version 4 is that it breaks the 2 GB RAM limit. ... View more

The Shift key with File menu "trick" to save open files not only works with .book files, but with any open Frame files. ... View more

The solution was to use a pixel-based graphic (PNG, GIF, etc.) for the pre-loader, rather than a SWF pre-loader. ... View more

A couple of other tips... Make sure you use Paragraph styles Make sure you name the lists (don't use the default name unless doing a continuous list document wide) For a numbered list, make two styles, both part of the same named list: One style, name NumList (for example) and set to continue from previous number; The second style, name NumList1 and based it one the first; set this style to (re)start the count at 1 Use a character style to format the numbers if desired. I have a ID file with different numbered list examples at: <http://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/IDCS3_NumberingExamples.zip> ... View more