I would use a custom underline applied to the tab. Use Nested Styles to make all tabs underlined. The space before the tabs is a thin space (Command+Option+Shift+M), the space after the tab is an en space (Command+Shift+N). ... View more

Make them non printing layers. Right-click on the layer in the Layers panel and select Layer Options for [Layer]. Turn Printing off. ... View more

I do not have this problem with InDesign CC 2015 or 2017. Are you saying that if you select the text in the Space Before field (say, “0 in”) and the  new value the selected text in your document is replaced, rather than the text in the field? Again, not my experience. Does this also happen with the Control panel? ... View more

What happens if you set the Text Frame Options to Ignore Text Wrap? If that fixes it then there is text wrap on the graphic, its frame, or something else. ... View more

There are many serious bugs remaining to be solved, even after decades of development. Most of them are ignored when Illustrator is upgraded and they remain. Illustrator is as buggy as the trap room in Temple of Doom. Performance in particular has always been weak. Sorry I can’t help, but I remain optimistic that if enough people make enough noise Adobe will do the right thing by Illustrator and replace it completely with something lean, modern, and stable. Meanwhile Illustrator can move to a farm upstate where is can chase rabbits all day. ... View more

Use the Direct Select tool (white arrow) to select the frame edge then change the fill in the Appearance panel, Color panel, or Swatches panel. ... View more

Try printing in reverse order. ... View more

Ahead of “Colors” enter a column break, which is Enter on the numeric keypad. On a Mac without a numeric keypad use Fn+Return. For Icon Identity system, select the line and go to Span Columns in the paragraph panel. Select Span Columns then select the number of columns you want o span. In the case either 2 or All. ... View more

Post did not contain a link or image. John T Smith’s suggestion that the original poster’s moderation status might have something to do with it sounds plausible. Except this original post also received the same message. ... View more

You say it’s not working but don’t provide any more information. What is not working? What does not working look like? Is your email client not recognizing the image? Is it recognizing it but not showing it? Is is showing it, but it doesn’t look how you want? Is it something else? Tell us what program(s) you are using. Tell us the steps you are taking. Tell us the results you see and how those differ from the results you expect. Show us a screen capture of the unsatisfactory results. ... View more

Illustrator is at version 16 and has been sold since 1987. That feature has not been added in all those updates over more than a quarter of a century. Yeah, think on that. ... View more

I think the only way to correct this is for Adobe to pay a programmer to fix this ancient POS program. IOW it is impossible. ... View more

If I were in your place I would strong discourage my client from working entirely in Photoshop to produce a menu. Anyone who would want to do this is almost certainly not savvy enough with either Photoshop or print production to do anything but a lousy job. (I would, of course, not phrase the situation that way.) If my efforts failed I would inform the client that rebuilding the file as an editable Photoshop file would be time consuming and billable. If the client was alright with that I would proceed this way: Export the InDesign file as a PDF. Open it in Photoshop at 600 ppi grayscale with antialiasing off (assuming the menu is one colour). 600 ppi sounds high, but remember this is typeset and should be treated as line art, not a continuous tone photograph. Start adding guides wherever you need alignment. You will probably add a lot of guides. Set the layer’s opacity to 50% or so. With the Horizontal Type tool I would re-enter all text as separate text elements. Use folders to group as you see fit. You may want to make a group for each menu item (Item name, Item description, Price). You may choose to group all like items together (i.e. one group for Item Names, one group for Item descriptions, etc.) For any other elements, like lines, try to rebuild using shapes like the Line tool. Complex paths difficult to replicate can be copied from InDesign and made into vector masks, which can either be filled or stroked. When the menu has been completely rebuilt to your satisfaction delete the template from step 1. Save the file as a Photoshop PDF. Change the file’s extension to PDP. This file will open in Photoshop and behave like a normal PSD, but it will print using vectors from any PDF savvy application like Adobe Reader or Acrobat Pro. Steps 1 and 6 may sound contradictory. Why set the file up at such a high resolution when it will be output as vectors? That’s because it probably won’t. Make a file as idiot proof as you can, but idiot-proofing is always one generation behind idiots. Good luck. Edit: One more thing you need to tell your client is they will need to buy licences for any fonts you used. This may prompt them to request you switch to fonts you can both support without puying licences. This will suck. ... View more

THis makes sense. Adobe tends to introduce half a feature, then abandon it and never develop it further. ... View more

Bnonymous wrote: I already know how to do that. I want to know how to do it with pathfinder intersect. You can’t. Pathfinder produces one resultant path or compound shape, but you need two: one blue, one brown. ... View more

For this I would but the brown gradient below the text, select both, then go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make. The fill for the text will be removed just to piss you off (thank you, Adobe!) so you’ll need to reapply it. ... View more

First, ALWAYS tell us the version of Illustrator you are using. We can’t help you if we don’t know because there are many differences between versions. A screen grab is also a very useful tool. Take a screen capture showing objects selected and attach it using the camera icon. But, just a hunch… try holding Option  or Alt as you click on Intersect in the Pathfinder panel… ... View more

280 ppi is an ideal resolution for print, so long as the image looks good when viewing Actual Pixels in Photoshop (or viewed at 100% in Illustrator before scaling). ... View more

The resolution of the JPG images in Photoshop is irrelevant. Resampling does nothing to improve the quality or smoothness of the image. When you place the unmodified JPG in Illustrator and scale it, you can then use the Links panel or the Document Properties panel to see the final resolution of the image. This is all that matters. As for the print shop telling you your file must be all vector, it sounds like you are dealing with a sales rep or someone who has nothing to do with printing the file. There is no reason a printed (as opposed to plotted) file must be all vector. If you want to make you file vector anyway, perhaps to improve the sharpness of low resolution images, then you need to use the pen tool to trace the artwork. Put the JPG image on one layer then make that layer a template layer by selecting Template from the Layers panel flyout menu. On another layer use the pen tool to trace over the shapes of the JPG. Search for Illustrator Pen Tutorial. ... View more

What document do you have? Is it an Illustrator file or some other type of file? What makes you believe it is not currently vectors and, more importantly, what makes you believe it must be vectors. Almost everything I get printed is not completely vectors. Raster or bitmap are the common terms for a graphic that is not vectors. Tell us more about the file and about how it will be printed. If there are non-vector elements, tell us the resolution in pixels per inch (ppi). For example, a 300 x 300 pixel image that prints at 2 inches square is 150 ppi. A screen grab of your file may help understand what you need as well. ... View more

It is often acceptable to leave RGB to CMYK conversion to InDesign when exporting a PDF. But this is best done in a colour managed workflow where the document has been given the proper CMYK profile and the image already contain the proper RGB profile, which is usually Adobe RGB (1998) or sRBG. If this is sounding Greek to you then you are likely not working in a colour managed workflow, so your images’ RGB > CMYK conversion will not be ideal. You may prefer to do the conversion in Photoshop. Open each RGB image and go to Convert to Profile. Pick a CMYK profile that it appropriate to your output device or press. Your printer can help and may be able to provide a profile you can use. Use Save As or Save a Copy when saving from Photoshop so you can preserve the wider gamut and layering of your RGB images. Relink to the CMYK in InDesign. When you export a new PDF, in the Output setting, choose Convert to Destination (Preserve Numbers) under Color Conversion. ... View more

You can’t fit ten gallons of water in a five gallon jug. If you need amazing quality, forget about file size. If you need under 2 MB, then expect to lose some quality. Back up. Rather than telling us you need something so specific (raster image in a certain format with a specific size limitation) tell us what you are trying to do with it. Another format or process may work better for you. ... View more