It has happened to me in the past with a warning that certain fonts had to be outlined. If ligatures were the actual reason then so be it. ... View more

I can think of two possible reasons why this might have happened. The first is that several years ago Illustrator started showing the following dialog when opening an older file (either an .ai or .eps) with a newer version of the program: My memory of when this first came in (more than ten years ago) was that if you clicked OK without using Update the type appeared on screen both in the preview and artwork mode but when I ran some tests using CC 2017 and a fifteen year old .ai file it no longer shows even outlined text in artwork mode. It only shows an empty frame as if it had been embedded into the file. In either case the text can be "reinstated" by going through the Type Menu to Legacy Text to Update All Legacy Text. The other possible reason for this might be that if the file you're opening in Illustrator was originally saved as a pdf and the fonts needed for the file are not open or installed on the computer then a warning should come up that text will be converted to outlines. If it didn't come up or you missed it then the only possible way to fix this is if the original pdf still exists. If it does then make sure that all fonts are loaded. ... View more

What type of font are you using: Opentype, Postscript Type1 or Truetype? If you're using Postscript Type 1 do you have Printer fonts for each weight? If you're using the one of the others do you have all of the weights loaded? ... View more

On a Mac while in the Finder  you can click on one of your ai files and type command-i to get the info window. In that Window you can click on the "Open with:" pull-down menu and choose the version of Illustrator you want the file to open with. After you've done that click on the "Change All" button below the pull-down and all similar files on your machine should be converted. See the screen shots below: ... View more

In the large agency where I work that is just a fact of life—inconvenience breeds quality. I would suggest trying the resize I suggested just to see if that is the problem. ... View more

If trashing your preferences doesn't help then try trashing your cache files. In a finder window in the column view click on your Home ice and with your finger on the option key choose Library from the finder Go menu and follow the path in the screen shot below: ... View more

For print work it is the general rule of thumb that Photoshop images should be imported into InDesign at 100% with a resolution of 300 ppi. I tried to duplicate your problem using (100%/300 ppi) images that had been silhouetted in Photoshop and they looked as good as when printed directly from Photoshop. Hopefully, that will solve your problem. ... View more

Have you saved your psds with Maximum Compatibility turned on? ... View more

I assume that you've been creating your documents with "Primary Text Frame" in your New Document dialog. This puts a text frame on your default Master page that is set for Smart Text Reflow. It can be identified by the icon that appears when it is selected on the Master page as shown in the screen shot below: Any other text frame set up on the Master will have an icon like the screen shot below and will not be automatically set for Smart Text Reflow: When you try to autoflow text in your document pages as you describe then the default Primary Text Frames would prevail. You can, however, make your text frames that are part of your layout into the Primary Text Frames by clicking on the icon shown in the second screen shot with the regular selection tool on the first of your custom text frames. It will then become primary and can be linked to other custom text frames on your master. Delete the original default Primary Text Frame and you should be ok. ... View more

Have you had the same results with other files? ... View more

The first thing you should always do when InDesign starts acting wonky is to trash the preference files. With a Finder window open and InDesign closed put your finger on the Option key (on a Mac) and with the Home Icon clicked go under the Go menu, choose library, click on Preferences and delete the highlighted items "Adobe InDesign" and "com.adobe.InDesign.plist". Then relaunch InDesign. This is especially useful after a crash such as you've described. ... View more

I just want to add a small bit to what I said above. First I agree with the other respondents that you should talk to your printer about what they need. Secondly I want to clarify about the way to indicate fold versus cut lines. I work in a very large New York agency where we deal with vendors from all over the world. We receive die lines from all types of printers and also create many of them ourselves. Over the years most of the die lines we've received from outside sources used the dashed lines for folds and solid lines for cuts. We've also received many die lines which used separate colors to define the folds and cuts. In our agency we've decided that the dashed line/solid line method allows for more instant recognition of the difference between the lines than having to check a swatch panel to see which is which. Either way is valid but your printer will let you know which they prefer. ... View more

Traditionally fold lines are made dashed and cut lines are solid for a die strike. Most of what you've done is correct. As long as you have the die line set to overprint you don't have to uncheck print layer. Then you can send the files to the printer with the die line in position. If the printer is requesting the job to be sent as a press quality pdf then send him two pdfs. One with the die line in position and one without. The only other thing I would do is save the die line from Illustrator as an .ai file rather than an .eps. It is illustrator's native format and is better handled by all versions of InDesign. Just one last thought, make sure that the color you've defined for your die line is set to spot and is not used anywhere else in the job. ... View more

Are you sure that your text frame is not on a layer below the art? ... View more

I tried duplicating what is happening to you but did not have the same problem. Have you tried deleting your InDesign preferences and/or your InDesign cache files? ... View more

When I look at the outside cover it appears to be centered on a page with equal margins left and right of the image and top and bottom. The inside cover does not appear to be set up in the same way. Because the inside has to back-up the outside exactly it is imperative that whatever size you made the document page and however it is placed on that page for the outside must be exactly the same—that is centered top and bottom and on the left and right. In the screen shot above I took your inside cover and using the control panel I was able to determine that it's overall dimension is 29.8 x 17.65. I then made my document page 31.8 x 19.65. It was then simple to again use the control panel to place the art 1 inch from the left and one inch from the top (note the reference point icon on the left of the control panel) which centers the art exactly. Doing the same for the outside cover should assure that they will line up correctly. When you do this make sure that the bleed is temporarily pulled in as this should all be done to the overall trim size. After it's centered make sure to restore the bleed. Note also that you actually need bleed on the right of the dark blue rectangle in the upper right. Also make sure that if you do what I've shown make sure that you take your own measurements of the actual art as I was only working with a crude screen shot. Good Luck. ... View more

Have you tried trashing your InDesign cache folder? ... View more

What he means is that the art for inside cover should be positioned on the page exactly like the front cover was because when he prints them they will be on opposite sides of the same piece of paper and need to be aligned for when they are trimmed. You have the front cover exactly centered both side to side and top and bottom. Do the same with the inside cover and you should be good to go. ... View more

Have you tried simply opening up the text frames? It looks like you have the text aligning to the bottom of the frame so set the reference point icon to the lower left before opening the frame and it should stay in alignment. ... View more

Usually this can be fixed by Force Quitting InDesign and just trying it all over again. To Force Quit type Option-Command-esc (on a Mac) and choose InDesign in the Force Quit List. If this doesn't work deleting your InDesign preferences might be necessary. ... View more

Are you sure that the quotes are actually wrong? The typographer's quotes for some fonts are not curled (Optima for instance) and may actually resemble non-typographer's quotes. ... View more

In this case I think that you can provide him with One pdf for the front and back of the cover and another for the rest of the brochure in spreads. Also provide him with the pdf of the front and back cover without the die lines. I am assuming that this brochure is to be saddle-stitched (bound by staples). If it was to be spiral-bound then it might have to be done as single pages. The spreads that you will be providing will be in what is called reader-spreads but the printer should not have trouble making them printer spreads for production. Good Luck. ... View more

I notice that there is a space before the unwanted paragraph symbol while there is no extra space before the correct ones. If this is consistent throughout then a  global Find/Change could do this task simply. Set up in the Find field space^p and in the Change field just a space. All of the unwanted paragraph symbols will then just become spaces within the rejoined paragraphs. ... View more

It sounds like you're trying to just pick up what the printer has sent you and output it. What you actually have to do is somehow extract the die line from what he sent and set it up on a layer on an InDesign page that is the same size as the perimeter of the die line on its own layer. Lock that layer. create a new layer for the art and put that layer below the die line. Then copy and paste the art from the original InDesign file into position relative to the die line. I am assuming that the file the printer sent is full size, by the way. Once you have all of the art in position you will not need to have crop marks for it as the die lines themselves serve that function. If the printer wants a second pdf without the die line simply shut off the die line layer and export it as a pdf. If the die line is not done full size you may have to ask the printer—nicely— for a full size copy of the die line. If he sends it to you as a pdf, open it first in Illustrator and save it as an .ai file before placing it into the InDesign file. ... View more

What the printer is requesting is for you to set up this part of the job in the actual way that will be trimmed folded and glued using a die-strike. Die strikes are used when the content is to be printed on something other than just a rectangular page. The die strike is usually drawn precisely in Illustrator and then placed into an InDesign file on a page that has been sized to match the outer perimeter of the die strike on its own layer. The InDesign content is then placed on its own layer(s) in the exact position that it will be printed on the die. If the printer has supplied you an already drawn die strike open it in Illustrator and save it as an .ai file and proceed as above. If the printer has not provided the die it will take a knowledge of how to draw precisely in Illustrator along with the exact dimensions needed. Generally a die strike will use solid lines for anything that is to be cut and dashed lines for anything that is to be folded. It does look like the printer has provided you with a die in which the blue lines are what will be cut and the red lines are folds. ... View more