Re: Master items not displaying on document pages

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 10, 2017

I was able to recreate your problem when I tried to make spreads out of a single page document using the A & B Master Pages you mentioned. If I created the document as Facing Pages the only problem with crops was on the first document page which would only consist of the right page of the Facing Pages Master. If you are set on using manual crops you can go this way and just add additional crops on the left side of page one and on the right side of the last page of the document. Or you could use automatic crops as was suggested above.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 10, 2017

Are you saying that you are drawing crop marks and registration marks manually in your master page? As Derek says crop marks and registration marks can be added for export as pdf or for printing in the Marks and Bleed tab in either the Export Adobe PDF or Print dialog boxes. There is really no need to be drawing them manually.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 09, 2017

When you add a column to a table it will automatically increase the table by the width of the column. You can then Shift-drag it back with the Type Tool to the edge of the column from whence it sprang and all of the columns will be reduced equally and the original dimension will be retained. If you copy and paste an existing table into a new frame that is smaller in either dimension than the dimensions of the table it will be treated as if it were overflow text and not appear in the frame until the frame is enlarged. If you want to enlarge the table proportionally you can drag a corner of the outer frame with command/control-shift pressed and the regular selection tool chosen in the tool panel. If you want it sized unproportionally then do it without the shift pressed. To make enlarged or reduced in width columns enlarge to the left, right or center place the text cursor outside the table and choose left, right or center alignment as if it were a piece of text. Left alignment will enlarge to the right, center out from center and right alignment will enlarge to the left.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 09, 2017

I would try opening each file in Photoshop to confirm that the files are indeed pixilated.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 09, 2017

If your panels are not opening it could mean that you have to reset your Illustrator preference files. To do so: For Macintosh Users: With Illustrator closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe Illustrator <Version #> Settings” (earlier versions of Illustrator might just say “Adobe Illustrator”) and “com.adobe.Illustrator.plist”. When Illustrator is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 08, 2017

Even if you do manage to select the individual characters, since you used auto-trace, moving the characters will leave a hole in the image where the characters were. You're better off buying it as a vector graphic as Monika suggested.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 08, 2017

Unfortunately, that version is so old that is most likely the cause of your problem.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 08, 2017

Are you using the latest version of Illustrator? If not, it could be helpful to update to CC 2017.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 08, 2017

Try restoring your Illustrator preferences. To do so: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 08, 2017

If everything is working correctly in your version of Illustrator then drawing two circles, as you have, and filling one with 80% Black and the other with either 0% color or white will produce the results below: In the first example I used the Blend Options (Found through Object Menu>Blend) to set up the Smooth Color method. This way will usually provide a blend smooth enough for most uses. The second method used Specified Steps and I (arbitrarily) chose 100. In either case the keyboard command Option/Alt-Command/Control-B will apply the blend after you've chosen the blending method. The third option in the Blend Options Dialog Specified Distance does not apply to what you've asked about. In either of the cases above if you want to expand the blend to live Illustrator art you can select it and choose Expand under the Object Menu. If your program is not working like this then you might need to delete your Illustrator preference files. To do so: For Macintosh Users: With Illustrator closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe Illustrator <Version #> Settings” (earlier versions of Illustrator might just say “Adobe Illustrator”) and “com.adobe.Illustrator.plist”. When Illustrator is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

What do you mean when you say "exported"? To print? To pdf? And are you referring to the grey lines on the left and right of the art? Do you want the art exported with the crop marks which appear to have been drawn manually? InDesign allows you to use automatic crops which are much more accurate than any you might draw manually. Please give some more information.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

The letters for GLOBAL VILLAGE and AIESEC do not appear to be a type font since each letter that repeats (the "Ls", "As", etc.) do not match each other as they would if they were part of an actual font. I am thus assuming that they are drawn objects which can be individually selected using the Direct Selection Tool (The White Arrow at the top right of the Tool Panel). Depending on how they are drawn you should be able to Option-click on each letter to select it. Hold the shift while doing so to click on each of the other letters until the whole word is selected. Once they are selected press the V key. Hover your cursor over the selected word until you see a solid black arrow and then you can drag the word as needed. Since this is not a type font, though, I don't know how you'll be able to add the extra word "INCAS".

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

I tested it on my copy of CC 2017 and the top field is indeed ghosted back more than the the Change To field (although mine was not quite as indistinct as yours—maybe it's the screen shot). It does appear that this may be either a bug or somebody's idea of subtlety.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

I tested this on CC 2017 and the problem didn't happen. I would suggest deleting your preference files as well as your InDesign Caches. To delete preferences: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe InDesign” and “com.adobe.InDesign.plist”. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. To delete caches: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the “Caches” folder. Within the Caches folder find and delete the entire file “Adobe InDesign”. I find that deleting the cache file completely leads to a lasting change. For Windows Users: Follow the path to C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]\en_US\Cache

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

Glad it worked.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

I guess sometimes you just have to take a step back to move forward. Good call, Bob.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

Try deleting your preferences. To do so: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe InDesign” and “com.adobe.InDesign.plist”. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. After you've done that try launching InDesign without opening any document. If that works create a new document and see if you can work in that and save it. If all is working up to there then try and open the original document. If you're back to the original problem then it is a problem with the document. If that document prevents the program from continuing to work repeat the steps of deleting the preference files.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

Did she also have you delete the cache files for InDesign? In this case it's a long shot but you can do it by deleting the last file in this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]\en_US\Cache.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

I didn't realize that you were working in Windows. You can manually delete preferences for Windows 7 and above by deleting the last file in this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#].

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 07, 2017

Do other documents also hang? If yes then try deleting your preferences. If no then this document may be unusable. To delete preferences: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe InDesign” and “com.adobe.InDesign.plist”. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

Did you actually delete preferences? Just installing a new version of InDesign will not get rid of corrupt preferences. As a matter of fact CC 2017 seems to have a problem using preferences left over from earlier versions.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

Have you tried deleting your InDesign preferences? To do so: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe InDesign” and “com.adobe.InDesign.plist”. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. If your problem is the result of InDesign corruption, this could help.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

In that case it was all worth it!

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

The time it takes to make the screen shot did me in too. Nobody had replied when I began to set it up and now it all seems like an afterthought. Oh well.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

Have you tried deleting your preferences? To do so: For Macintosh Users: With InDesign closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe InDesign” and “com.adobe.InDesign.plist”. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 06, 2017

When you import your .xlsx file into InDesign using the Place command (Command/Control-D) make sure that "Show Import Options" is checked in the Place dialog window and then in the Import Options dialog that appears choose "Formatted Table" from the Table drop-down menu and click OK. The spread sheet should then appear as an InDesign Table with formatting intact. See screen shot below:

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 05, 2017

I recreated what you described and found the eye dropper worked correctly. The Blue square took on the attributes of the black square with the white stroke and read correctly in the UI. See screen shot below: Have you tried deleting your preference files? I've found that CC 2017 does not work well with preference files picked up from previous installs. To delete your preferences: For Macintosh Users: With Illustrator closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe Illustrator <Version #> Settings” (earlier versions of Illustrator might just say “Adobe Illustrator”) and “com.adobe.Illustrator.plist”. When Illustrator is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults. After you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, it is a really good idea to create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete. For Windows Users: Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. I hope this helps.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 05, 2017

Just to be clear the folder Version 12.0 should be deleted (while InDesign is closed) and it is supposed to be recreated (as a clean version) when you relaunch InDesign.

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 05, 2017

The actual path to the preference files for Windows 7 and above is: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]

Bill Silbert · ‎Jul 05, 2017

Your problem seems to be happening because of the extra right tab you're setting at 0p10. If you eliminate that as you said it aligns but you lose the right alignment of the numbers. If you were to set the first line indent to -0p7 (or any number that works) you should be able to at least give the appearance of the numbers being right aligned. You may have to adjust for certain numbers being naturally wider than others and would have to set another first line indent when you get to double digits but at least you will be able to maintain correct alignment for your text.

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