Even though the client said that the presentation will be displayed on a 22 in screen, would it make sense to simply set up the dimensions to be 10" x 7.5" like PowerPoint uses? The monitor that runs this presentation will determine the best aspect ratio to create presentation. But, from what you stated: the client created a document at 19.44 x 11, which is at a 16:9 aspect ratio. I would leave it at that size. Do you know what monitor that will run presentation? ... View more

When you have a PDF open in full screen, the document is sized so entire doc fits screen without truncating content.  I would not worry about precise dimensions, rather build or modify your document to a proper aspect ratio, which it sounds like 16:9 would be suitable. As for image resolution, Acrobat's resolution can be customized but is generally around 99 pixels/inch. You can downsample images, but do this on the PDF export, not to native images. You would want to optimize the rendering settings in Acrobat like smooth image and line art. These are Acrobat application settings and need to be set on the machine showing slide show. ... View more

You can use the Indesign Document, then export to PDF for a slide presentation. There are some things you would set in Indesign and other things you would set in Acrobat. Content would be edited in Indesign. You can set transitions between slides, this can be done in either app, but keep in mind, to view transitions, the presentation needs to run in full screen. Full Screen mode is set in Acrobat's Document Properties. You can set  a presentation to automatically cycle through slides. But this is an application preference, and if you are sending the document to some else, they would have to set the preference for looping and time advancement. ... View more

Here are the visual effects of these options, they only come into play if the object you are applying the drop shadow has another transparent effect applied. ... View more

Polygon Tool, Width: 1 and Height .866 ... View more

My opinion: Preview bug. The vertical graphic - whether it is grouped to the variable frames or not will not allow a multiple record merge. ... View more

Do you have bleed set in the export as well? ... View more

Yep, you are right, the CMYK image behaved the same as a RGB image. ... View more

Rob, RGB images will be converted with different separations when different destinations (US Sheetfed Coated vs.US Web Uncoated) are set. But, does this hold true for CMYK images placed in ID exporting PDF X-1a? My comments are for Christian, who stated "Because when I am converting from camera's RGB to CMYK" and not necessarily applicable for all. ... View more

you would have significant problems if the PDF/X-1a was exported for US Sheetfed Coated and the unknown destination was uncoated paper on a web press. This would only be a problem in a system where the output intent was detected, and then the system makes a cmyk to cmyk conversion based on the incorrectly specified destination. ... View more

A PDF with X-1a compliancy must meet certain criteria: 1.4 compatible, all fonts must be embedded, all color must be gray cmyk or spot, icc profiles can not be included, along with not permitting non-essential elements like annotations or forms. This PDF format is commonly submitted for the following situations: unknown printer specs, printer specifically requires X-1a, or working with a printer system that manages color independently of included icc profiles. My suggestion comes from hearing things like "icc profiles can cause possible troubles", but best advice is to ask your print provider their specifications. ... View more

I will give you the simplest answer for this project. Export using PDF X-1a. You will not have to change your ID color management settings, you will not have to delete ICC profiles, you will not have to worry about ICC discrepancies, just export and you are done. ... View more

If I did, I couldn't say. I know, I just couldn't find the facetious emoticon. Grayscale support has been one of those long-requested additions that has to make it into the program someday. By the time it does, we will be living and working in a paperless world of the future, that we won't have any need for grayscale. ... View more

InDesign does not yet support conversion to grayscale during export to PDF Hmm, using the word "yet" implies that this may eventually happen... know any secrets ... View more

First, that is a very intense infographic and well done. Now the bad news... most Safari (desktop and laptop) users are going to have Preview as their default PDF application. Preview does not honor most interactive elements in a PDF. Likewise, iPhone and iPad use PDF applications that do not honor interactive elements as well. ... View more

To create a URL hyperlink: With no text selected, Hyperlink panel > flyout > New Hyperlink Destination > Type: URL > Name: (whatever you like) URL: HTML destination To edit an existing hyperlink: From flyout > Hyperlink Destination Options > Edit > change text in URL field To apply hyperlink to text: Select desired text in frame > Hyperlink Panel > toggle (red dot) the list and select desired link ... View more

Is the problem 1. a hyperlink can not access the desired destination within the intranet? or 2. the process of successfully creating the hyperlink in Indesign? ... View more

I want to link to the class description on our intranet. How are you defining the URL destination: with an HTML link destination (http://www.training.com/classdescription/class1.html) or the intranet's directory path (\\servername\folder\classdescription\class1.html) ? ... View more

re Post 9: an URL link happens automatically. You do not need to create anything in Indesign or Acrobat. If pref is turned on it happens whether you like it or not. ... View more

Also, Acrobat/Reader will create a link from a typed URL as long as this application preference is turned on. This pref is turned on when app is installed and most people do not change this behavior. So what this means is, you wouldn't need to define a URL hyperlink in Indesign for the majority of users. ... View more

In a text frame, you can set the text of an URL, select it, from the Hyperlinks Panel > New Hyperlink from URL. This will do two things: create the hyperlink destination, and then make the selected text a link with your URL destination. ... View more

Are you creating just a hyperlink destination without applying it to text? What is the hyperlink linking to: URL, File, Page, Text Anchor, etc. ? Does the destination still exist in your document (i.e. if the link goes to page 12, is there still a page 12 in doc?) If the hyperlink goes to an URL, is the address spelled out correctly? ... View more

Here is Wired's spin on the situation. ... View more

You can have bulleted text manually created (i.e. type stroke bullet mark, then tab, then enter text) or automatically styled through Paragraph > Bullets and Numbering. You would only have to follow this step "convert bullet to text" if the bullets are the latter. ... View more

John, after a few more tests, my suggested lab method is flawed. ... View more

Pick up the color and change to lab. The "l" value can be used, just invert it. (i.e. "l" reading is 22, gray equivalent would be 78) ... View more

Possibly, the text from the original document is applied a [Basis Paragraph] paragraph style, and the style has been modified. You copy the text into a new document and it takes on the attributes of [Basis Paragraph] of new doc, however differs from the original document. ... View more

My account is back to normal, thanks ... View more

I have had my forum user account split into two: Jeffrey_Smith and Jeffrey_Smith-6H7DLl I have done the login\log out instructions, and currently can post as Jeffrey_Smith, but all user info linked to 6H7DLI. May I have the Jeffrey_Smith account restored with user info from Jeffrey_Smith-6H7DLl? ... View more

I don't believe it is a problem with the permissions since there is only one user account on this computer and it is an administrator account. No changes have been made to the user profiles since the machine was first set up! Have you tried repairing permissions? Another thing to try is creating a new user, login, and see if there is any change. ... View more