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Mar 01, 2017
07:02 AM
Well, that’s interesting, but my pictures don’t flow within or around a larger body of text. Book has only pictures and captions. jwc
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Feb 28, 2017
12:26 PM
I appreciate the importance of waiting until all content is stable before creating the topic list for the index to my document. I thought I had done that, but lo and behold, I found an outlier, which I now have added. So now, the question now becomes, is it possible to insert this new item into the existing document structure, so that subsequent page numbers are simply increased by one or two (in this case, the new item occupies a two page spread)? Luckily, my new item slides in relatively late/low in the document, so that removing and re-adding perhaps a dozen or less, subsequent images is not a big deal. But if this feature does not now exist, I propose to suggest that it be added in a future update to inDesign. Any comments appreciated, as always.
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Feb 23, 2017
10:24 AM
Oh, GREAT, then I can actually use the TOC generator for my index. and that is likely what I had also done in v. I. Best, jwc
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Feb 23, 2017
03:28 AM
If the TOC tool includes the option to sort entries alphabetically by title (or n my case, the figure caption), then yes, that would work. Normally, however, TOC is presented in order of page numbers.
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Feb 22, 2017
08:19 PM
Just begjnning to createg the index for my second book, which should appear in the much the same fashion as the index in my first. I am 90+% certain that index entries in v. I were selected based on their paragraph styles. When I now try to repeat that approach in v. II, I am having trouble finding that option. Help page at Create an index in InDesign does not appear to include or refer to it. Would one of you please advise if it still possible to arrange an index based on 1 or more paragraph and/or character style(s), thus avoiding the tedium of making a separate entry for each such occurrence in the book. Hoping that the index can be made to contain, in the case of my flowering subject (orchids)entries in two levels,l as follows: Genus and one of Species "Sp." "Hybrid" Best, jwc
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Feb 21, 2017
01:20 PM
Right, I did go back, reread his posting tried his suggestion, and yes, it worked. Many thanks, jwc
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Feb 21, 2017
12:53 PM
The first two pages in the book WERE un-numbered, but converting from spreads to single pages caused automatic reassignment of those page numbers, so that there are now two pages marked “1” and ”2”. I would like to make the first two unnumbered as they were prior to conversion from spread format, or do delete them and start over. When I try to apply master to them or to delete them, inDesign throws an error stating that more than one page has that number. I’m wondering if I need to refine the spread version prior to converting (?). Or maybe revise the masters to to convert away from spreads? Maybe that will work better? jwc
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Feb 21, 2017
11:57 AM
Trying to fight my way through a new problem set that I seem to have created for myself. I created my book in horizontal, spread-paired pages for effient preview, and now have to convert to single pages. When I did so I found that the process of converting from spreads to single pages did a ‘number’ on my page numbers: now each page number, odd as well as even, is on the same (left) side of every page. I’m assuming that I will now have to fix this by revising odd-page masters to have page numbers on the right-hand sides of the respective pages. In addition, front matter page numbers have been reassigned. I feel like I have lost control of page numbers. Front matter has page numbers, which are unintended, and werenot present before converting from spreads to single pages. When I try to assign a page-number-free master to one of those pages, I'm informed of a conflict because (after conversion from spreads) more than one page now has that number. Same thing when I try to delete one of those two, leading pages in book. Next step will be to try inserting several new (unnumbered) pages after the 'problem' pair, to see if I can resolve the above numbering issue in that way, and then delete the 'offending' pair. In the meantime, your further comments are welcome, as always With thanks in advance, jwc
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Feb 19, 2017
11:58 AM
I generated a new book from an older one, deleted the older page content, etc., add new content, well and good. Now, lo and behold, when I went to generate the index, I found a topic list containing entries from the previous book! So now I'm faced with the laborious process of deleting each topic, answering "Yes" to a dialog ("Are you sure"?), etc. Wondering if there may be a quicker way to purge the topic list. Thanks, jwc
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Feb 14, 2017
06:42 PM
Thanks, very helpful. Sent from my iPhone [Personal details removed by Moderator]
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Feb 13, 2017
04:49 AM
My master page contains a text box, which is supposed to be editable. However, when I create page based on that master, inDesign does not allow me to edit content of that box. If one of you can show me how to do this, I would be grateful.
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Feb 11, 2017
12:03 PM
Believe I may have placed inDesign into an odd, inappropriate mode, perhaps by a weird combination of random keystrokes. As a result, what is now happening is that an attempt to insert 1 or more pages results in their being appended to the page prior to or after the insertion point, rather than in a new row at that point. Would appreciate an idea how I can adjust settings within the app and/or the document so that I can again, as usual, place new pages where they need to be located. Best
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Jan 23, 2017
05:06 PM
Perfect, thanks so much. This is going to be SO helpful going forward.
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Jan 20, 2017
09:10 PM
Thanks, but on my iMac el Capitan I get only the brush adjustment window, from which I can then, as normally, drag to increase/decrease the brush size. Was hoping to be able to drag and adjust the size directly rather than stopping to enter that little adjustment menu, etc. jwc
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Jan 20, 2017
08:15 PM
I spend significant time using the clone-stamp tool, where it would be neat to hold down a key while dragging the mouse up or down to increase or decrease the size of the clone-stamp cursor (or "paint brush"). Believe I have read somewhere about the availability of a method to implement this. If one of you could point me to a workflow to accomplish this, I would be most grateful. Best, jwc
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Jan 11, 2017
07:57 PM
Should also explain that all of my prior books/calendars have been mostly images, with only a little text, mostly confined to single-page textb bodies standing alone. In this latest book that I'm working on, however, at least one section and perhaps others will be free-flowing over multiple pages, and that is where all of the current hang-ups are occurring.
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Jan 11, 2017
07:47 PM
Well, you are throwing entirely new usability modes at me rather quickly! Given my choice, I prefer not to work within Word. But if there are other advantages that I have not thought of, I can always reconsider that. I have, however seen the loaded-cursor symbol without realizing its meaning. My modus operandi has been to work within iMac TextEdit, then copy/paste that content into inDesign. So, I'm not sure where we are now. Do you want to look at my work on Creative Cloud tomorrow? Is that our next step going forward? Best, jwc
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Jan 11, 2017
07:18 PM
I'm not "getting it" at more basic, fundamental levels. What I'm also now seeing is that the flow-enabled text box contained in the master page is not carrying over into the new page, derived from that master, and, as stated above, it is missing the text box altogether! At this point I think I'll Call Adobe to request remote-access assistance with this in about 10 h. from now, unless you have a better suggestion. Thanks for your help with this.
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Jan 11, 2017
06:58 PM
Not quite out of the woods. New master that was created as you specified, works great, as reported above. However, new pages created from that master were then created without the required textbox (as earlier created in the master). Subsequent creation of text box in the new page again has the italicized font assigned by default after creating the text box. Had to manually correct that. What this amounts to is just that user has to manually adjust each new page after creating from master. Not the end of the world; just wondering if/where the correct settings exist, that will further simplify the process of creating new pages from masters.
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Jan 11, 2017
06:13 PM
Perfect, Jeff; many thanks; have been chasing this for DAYS. Best, jwc
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Jan 11, 2017
06:16 AM
Yes, it means what you assumed in your reply, thanks. Tried to assign the style using option-click on my iMac, did not help. There is no ‘+’ sign next to the font assignment, to begin with. Best, jwc
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Jan 11, 2017
05:56 AM
When I apply a font to a character/paragraph style in an inDesign master page, inDesign appears to be applying the (undesired) italicized setting to my font, which, by the way, comes without the 'italics' option in its own feature set. Could one of you please show me how to fix this/reset the font to normal (upright). I cannot find that option anywhere in character/paragraph style settings.
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Jan 10, 2017
11:10 AM
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Thanks, all of you. I finally found the Styles panel(s) hidden behind the Links panel. No need for reinstallation. jwc
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Jan 10, 2017
10:06 AM
Thanks, Steve. Tried that but the behavior has not changed. I did notice some different folder names on my system, compared with what appeared on the help page. I replied to the help thread to explain what I found. In the meantime, I'm still at sea about this. What makes this really weird is that I'm certain that I was able to access my styles with no problem, just hours prior to posting this help message, when suddenly the lists of both para. and chara. styles stopped appearing; there was only a blue outline where the list should have appeared: blue outline that faded out, then nothing. Best, jwc
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Jan 09, 2017
09:12 PM
When I go to Type | Paragraph (or character) | Styles, a list of previously-created paragraph/character styles is supposed to drop down, according to Apply paragraph and character text styles in Adobe InDesign, but that is not working for me. A blue text box shows up briefly, then fades and disappears without showing a listing of available styles. I had created a number of both text- and character styles in this document, earlier; have recently, successfully accessed both lists. Now that is not happening. Wondering if one of you can show me what is going wrong here. Using inDesign CC 2017.0 running on iMac elCapitan v. 10.11.6.
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Jan 07, 2017
07:26 AM
New master created from an existing master is not editable; objects from the old master are not positioned correctly, and I am unable to select them in order to make needed edits. Would one of you please show me what is going wrong here.
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Jan 02, 2017
05:09 PM
Wondering if any of you have found a way of configuring masters so that, when a text-containing spread created from a given master is full, inDesign automatically will create a new spread using the same master. Or is it always necessary to manually create the next spread, when the current spread is approaching the state of 100% filled? I already have text flow enabled on my master, but I still have to manually. create the next spread when the current one is approaching its capacity. Thanks, and Happy New Year to all. jwc
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