You cannot buy InDesign. You have likely been scammed. InDesign is used by a monthly subscription. ... View more

This would not help because it would change the way text is pasted when using paragraph formatting. Let us say I have two documents, Document A and Document B. Both use a paragraph style called Body Copy, but the definition is different in the two documents. If I copy text formatted as Body Copy from Document A it should paste into Document B using Document B’s definition of Body Copy. This is how paragraph styles have worked in InDesign for as long as I can remember. The change you suggest will remove that feature. The correct change, the only one that makes sense, is to remove Basic Paragraph from the default styles in InDesign. It was added in, I think CS2 or CS3. InDesign never suffered for want of a predefined and undeletable paragraph style before then and it will cruise along quite well without it in the future. ... View more

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Please show the Keep Options for the paragraphs in question. I ask this because the option say you used… "keep with 2 last lines" in options paragraph does not exist. You can tell the paragraph to keep with the next two (or more or fewer) lines of the next paragraph, to keep the first two (or more) lines together, and to keep the last two (or more) lines together. ... View more

You don’t connect them. Flow text into one text frame and InDesign will add pages (hold Shift when you place) until there are enough pages for all the text. Since the text frames are not connected InDesign will add pages and continue to use the same frame on each new page or spread. Edit: The two column page must be two text frames, not one two-column frame. ... View more

If the inset is the same as or larger than the corner radius you get sharp corners. ... View more

Would you be willing to share those files? Just post the INDD files to Dropbox/Google Drive and share a link, either here of via DM. ... View more

Are you opening a raster image format (jpg, tif, png, psd, for example) and viewing in Artwork view? ... View more

What happens when you create a new file in CS4, quit, then reopen that file? ... View more

Are you using any raster effects, like the artistic effects near the bottom of the Effects menu or blur, drop shadow, glow, etc? These are constantly being recalculated, even when the object they affect are not edited, even when the effects are hidden in the Appearance panel (which is just lazy programming). If that’s the case, try lowering the Raster Effect resolution in the Effects menu. You can lower it for editing then bump it back up for printing and saving. ... View more

I do not. In fact I make sure I don’t even base any styles on BPS. Furthermore it was a poorly considered feature and should never have been added. Why? Because any changes to BPS will certainly mess up formatting when copying and pasting text between documents. Try it. Create two files then enter text in one document. Edit the definition to BPS then copy and paste text from that document to the other. The appearance of the text changes because the base definition of BPS is different in the two documents. It’s only a problem maker, it is not a problem solver. ... View more

One advantage to keeping a book as separate files is to allow multiple people to work on it. This may mean different people doing layout or it could mean that final production, prepress, and exporting files to the printer are handled by separate staff. This lets layout work on sections that are not approved while production can get to work on the sections that are. Another is to keep panels from getting too bloated. Perhaps there are colour swatches, styles, or master pages specific to each section. Keeping separate files means keeping those panel items out of any sections where they aren’t needed. ... View more

Once you have found a position for the text field as an anchored object that you like, make it an Object Style. As an Object style you can turn on and off different attributes to be part of the style, such as Anchored Object Options and Stroke and Fill. This way you can quickly apply the same Anchored Object Options and other attributes to all the text fields in your form. Also, as a style, you can make global changes. If you decide you want a different stroke or different potion for all your text fields just change the Object Style and all the text fields will update. ... View more

Open the PDF in Illustrator. You’ll be better able to see what’s there, like an added stroke or other objects. ... View more

I set 11 point type in Microsoft Word using single line spacing and 1.5 line spacing, then exported to PDF and opened in Illustrator. Each line of text is a separate point-type object so it’s easy to measure the leading. First of all, when I opened the PDF in Illustrator the point size was 10.8, not 11. Also the text was in the wrong font and complete gibberish. That’s why I never use Microsoft Word without a loaded gun to my head. So I scaled the document to make the text 11 point then measured the leading. At single line spacing, 11 point text had 13.69 point leading, or 125%. InDesign’s default for Auto leading is 120%. At 1.5 line spacing 11 point text had 20.12 point leading, or 183%, which is a little less than 187.5% (1.5 × 125%). So if you are trying to simulate Microsoft Word’s line spacing, I guess that’s the way to go. But why? You’re not using a word processor, you’re using something much better. Leave behind your old ideas of line spacing. Edit: As a comparison I tried the same experiment in Pages. The text was readable, in the right font, and the right point size. 11 point text with single line spacing had 12 point leading. at 1.5 line spacing the leading was 18 point, which is 1.5 times 12. It goes to show you that single line spacing or 1.5 line spacing doesn’t mean much when different programs use different values. ... View more

Did you open the InDesign file in the supplied folder, the same folder that contains the Document Fonts folder? Are the files for the missing fonts in the Document Fonts folder? Have you tried installing the supplied fonts? ... View more

First, I’m not convinced borders will make the information easier to find or read. If everything is in borders the nothing will make it stand out. Try horizontal rules, spacing, contrast with colour or font weight, paragraph shading or (if you’re in love with borders) paragraph borders. ... View more

You can’t do that with a table. Cells cannot be split between text frames or columns. If the entire cell cannot fit in the column the entire cell will be forced into the next column or frame in which is will fit. The only way to accomplish what you want using a table is to manually split the text into two cells. You could easily accomplish what you want without using a table. Why are you using a table? ... View more

Even easier than that is to use the Type > Find Font command and change all instances of one font into another. If you did use Paragraph Styles or Character Styles you can turn on Redefine Style When Changing All. ... View more

Or use the Gradient tool with the text highlighted and drag to apply the gradient. The position of the gradient will still be relative to the frame, not the text. Meaning if you change where the text is the gradient won’t move with the text. Think of the text as being a window you use to view the gradient, but the gradient is actually applies to the text frame. as the text frame moves or is resized the gradient moves and is resized. As the text moves or is reformatted within the frame the window through which you view the gradient moves, but the gradient stays put. If iyou convert the text to outlines then the gradient will apply to the path created by the text. This is much easier to work with, but you lose the ability to format, edit, or use text styles. But you can use object styles. ... View more

Press the W key. W is for “Will someone get rid of these darned blue lines for me?” ... View more

I prefer to redefine Typical View. Go to Indesign > Preferences > Display Performance. Under Adjust View Settings select Typical, then move the slider for Vector Graphics all the way to the right for High Resolution. Now all your vector images (actually, all images that InDesign assumes are vector: PDF, EPS, and AI) will be rendered in high resolution when you’re using Typical Display. ... View more