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J van E
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J van E
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‎May 04, 2020
06:30 AM
1 Upvote
I know what you're trying to say 😉 but that doesn't make a difference here. What's (sort of) worrying me here is that all who posted here so far apparentley have their views saved everytime... Am I the only one having this problem? Must be something on my side then...? But I can't imagine what that would be. BTW It's not a HUGE problem: I am used to pressing a view command right after opening a document but well... it's not how it's supposed to be and having to press a view command everytime does get cumbersome every now and then. 😉
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‎May 04, 2020
06:12 AM
Ah, LOL, no, I had disabled all that in the meantime again (because I am not a fan of the frame). But here it is with those options enabled: First as it is when I saved it, before closing: And as it is when I open it again: And the same with the A5: before: After (centered but filling the screen):
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‎May 04, 2020
05:59 AM
Er... right. That's what you'd expect. But as I tried to make clear (the point of this entire topic): that's not how it works here. 😉 The view never ever is as I saved it. I attached another example: a screenshots of how I saved the document and a screenshot of what I get when I open it again.
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‎May 04, 2020
04:54 AM
Ah, yes, sorry, totally forgot to add that information. I am working in a Mac indeed, OS Mojave 10.14.6. InDesign 15.0.2. Okay, so I need to enable that frame... Tested it: no luck. I enabled the frame: still the same odd results. I also also enabled the option to open documents in tabs: still no luck.
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‎May 04, 2020
04:02 AM
Whenever I open an InDesign document the view seems to be different. Sometimes it's 100% but the page is off centre, sometimes it fills the entire screen, but it's NEVER as I want it to be! I'd like my documents to open with the page at 100% and centered. I seem to remember that years and years ago InDesign would remember your last view or at least open a document with my prefered view but since a few years already I am getting odd random views. See the attached screenshots for two examples: the A4 is shown at 100% but off center, the A5 is shown in the center but filling the window at 141%... It's different every time! (BTW I saved both documents with a centered view of 100%.) I was hoping the recent ID version would solve this problem but it didn't. There HAS to be a way to make a specific view default... right...?!
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‎Apr 06, 2020
05:47 AM
Hm, not, not a circle... I made a (random) example of what I'd like to do. In this example the yellow box is a seperate frame behind the selected textframe. As soon as I create a text frame with a rounded corner (or any other corner effect) I only have on inset option, as in your screenshot.
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‎Apr 06, 2020
05:06 AM
5 Upvotes
I was hoping ID 2020 would finally give me a much desired feature. But no, it still isn't there. Maybe someone has a solutiuon for my problem? I use a LOT of text frames with for instance one or two rounded corners. When a text frame is a regular regtangle you can set inset spacing for all sides but as soon as you make a corner rounded you only have ONE inset spacing option... which is driving me crazy because I use different inset spacing setting for all sides all the time... and now I have to make duplicates of all my text frames, remove the text from it, place it underneath the text frame, add a corner effect and then change the inset spacing of the original text frame... if you still know what I mean. Resizing these frames is a core... Is it really so hard to give us text frames with rounded corners and still an inset spacing option for all sides...? Why doesn't ID 2020 have this option? And how do you all solve this problem?
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‎Apr 01, 2020
05:46 AM
Ah, thanks! That's it! The document I tested with had one link (only one) so I removed it, saved the document and behold, the document opened within three seconds again! So good to know it's a link itself that's causing this! Talking about 'lagging'...! I think it's quite odd that only one link can make 3 seconds turn into 10! It's also odd that apparently the link isn't processed whenever the Hyperlinks window is closed...? Anyway, to prevent this from causing problems I will save my workspace with a collapsed Hyperlinks window and only open it whenever I need it! Thanks for the heads up! BTW Disabling the option that automatically checks the URL-status (don't know what the option is called in English exactly) didn't help: only collapsing the meny or removing it does.
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‎Apr 01, 2020
04:40 AM
Just noticed something odd. I already have a solution for this but I wanted to post it anyway just to check if anyone else has this too and also because I am curious what's happening here. After switching from ID 2019 to ID 2020 (on OS X Mojave) I noticed that it took quite a while before some documents would open. Like instead of a few seconds it now took quite a few seconds. After quite a few tests I discovered this has to do with the Hyperlinks window...! In my workspace I have the Hyperlinks window in view and expanded. When I open a (large) document it takes about 10 seconds to open. When I collapse the Hyperlink window or remove it completely it takes 3 seconds for the document to open! Very odd...! Now the solution, obviously, is to NOT have that window open and expanded while working but it's a strange problem and I wondered 1. if anyone knows what's causing this and 2. if Adobe might look at this as a bug and fix it...? Going from 3 to 10 seconds when opening a document ONLY because of this Hyperlinks window being open is odd! Of course I also post this so people become aware of it: maybe it can help them with similar performance problems!
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‎Mar 31, 2020
05:44 AM
Just came here to posted the same as Tony did. Preventing this folder bug is easier than having to deal with that undo bug.
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‎Mar 31, 2020
03:40 AM
Best 'solution' so far: quit InDesign before you move any folders... Odd and annoying but it works.
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‎Mar 30, 2020
05:33 AM
Same problem here! Installed the latest version of InDesign this morning (coming from the 2019 version) and also upgraded OS X to Mojave. And suddenly I get all of these folders on my hard disk...! As someone posted this problem stops occuring as soon as I quit and restart InDesign so right now the trick seems to be to quit ID everytime you create a package...? Scary and annoying nonetheless. And very odd that this hasn't been solved yet...! EDIT It also seems to happen when I replace a package. So I have an existing package and I replace it: as soon as I open the document a folder is being created where the package was first. Really odd...
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‎Mar 07, 2019
04:07 AM
1 Upvote
It happens when I save (cmd-s) an existing document. It's always the exact same code. No extensions in use. I get the idea this isn't a known InDesign option... Maybe it's system related.
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‎Mar 07, 2019
01:54 AM
I am using the Dutch version of InDesign and it automatically adds this to the filename when working with the files: GEREED-C02LRR7VFH00 Anyone knows what this is...? And how to prevent it from happening? Working on an updated Mac.
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‎Jan 11, 2019
03:06 AM
And once again you made my day! It works! Great! Thanks once more!
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‎Jan 10, 2019
11:58 PM
Hi there, I am back again! I noticed something odd with the edited script: it only works on text that is visible in a frame! Text that has flown out of it isn't changed at all... The old original script changed everything, so also text you couldn't (yet) see and that had flown out of the frame. Is it possible to change this behaviour back to what it was? Or is this the only way to limit the search and replace...? I usually import rather large Word documents in to a frame and then copy parts of it out into other frames. Those large texts almost always overflow the frame I imported it in. As it is now I have to run the script every time I copy something out of that frame into another frame because invisbile text becomes visible and hasn't been changed by the script yet. If you know what I mean. Would be great if everything within a frame would be changed and not only what you see.
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‎Jan 09, 2019
01:24 AM
WOW! Totally awesome! You are my hero of the day. Or even week! This is absolutely GREAT! it's exactly what I was looking for! Much appreciated! Thanks!!!
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‎Jan 09, 2019
12:52 AM
Yes! That worked like a charm! Thanks for the clever tip! This is exactly what I needed and this saves me a lot of valuable time. One request though if you may have time for it: is there a way to make the 'Run on Selection' option ticked ON by default? It is quite important for me that this script ONLY runs on the selected frame and as it is now I have to tick that option otherwise things go terribly wrong. In fact, it would be even better if the script wouldn't run at all if no frame was selected: as it is now it may run and screw up my document by accident if I forget to select a frame... But anyway, your edited script works like a charm already so I am happy with how it is too!
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‎Jan 08, 2019
07:32 AM
Thanks for the link but I can't get it done. Saved the file as .txt file with various programs (TekstEditor, TextWrangler, even Word), changed the extension to .jsx but ID won't run the script. Is shows an ! in front of it. I must be doing something wrong. The files remains editable as a .txt file while the other .jsx files aren't. I will Google for some more scripting instructions. Maybe I have to use different options that default for Line breaks and Encoding.
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‎Jan 08, 2019
06:31 AM
Yes, that's the one indeed! But er... how do I save that script of yours...? Or how do I edit the one I've got? I have no experience with writing and editing scripts: I only use them. (I suppose the script is fully compatible with ID 2018 (and 2019)?
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‎Jan 08, 2019
05:51 AM
I've been using the Find change by queries script for 'ages' to clean up all the word docs I have to import. It deletes double spaces, double hard returns, replaces soft returns with hard ones, etc. etc. etc. and all with ONE CLICK. I think it's a script I downloaded from the net at some time, not the basic one that comes with ID. I have 23 queries and it works like a charm. However... it finds and changes everything in my entire document.... I think (?) I should have set the find option to Story only when I created the queries...? Anyway, I was thinking about creating new queries that ONLY finds and changes things in the selected text frame but while the script itself does its job when I press Run queries the Create queries option does nothing... I am using ID 2018 here btw. So... what would be the best alternative for this? I read about a multi find/changer but 1. it costs money (not a real big problem) but 2. it also requires another program to install the script, which I don't like... What is my best option to replace all those common errors in Word docs with one click and in one text frame only?
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‎Dec 21, 2018
05:28 AM
I think I split the document up in 4 parts, saved each part as a ID 2019 file and then opened it in ID 2018 which asked me if I wanted to convert them. (I say 'I think' because I tried so much options that I forgot what I did exactly...!) I suppose that's called the Saveback Service.
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‎Dec 20, 2018
01:30 PM
1 Upvote
I managed to get the file open in ID 2018 by splitting the 2019 file in 4 parts... I am back to ID 2018 now and won’t touch the 2019 for a few months anymore, that’s for sure. And when I do I will be testing it for a week or so before actually switching. Never again will I switch to a new version just like that. Lesson learned.
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‎Dec 20, 2018
02:17 AM
We have a winner! Thanks for that link, williamc3112933! That's EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Well, as long as the document doesn't have sections otherwise I need to rename files once more but that's no problem. But for my regular documents this works as a charm! It exports my doc and gives me seperate pdf's which filenames that start with the actual pagenumber in 3 digits, even when I export a few specific pages. TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Thanks again (and also everyone else who participated)!
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‎Dec 18, 2018
03:57 AM
Because of an annoying problem I want to stop using ID 2019 and go back to ID 2018. However... I have ANOTHER annoying problem: the ID 2019 documents I am working on can't be opened in ID 2018! Not by converting them and not by using an idml! What's going wrong here!!!!!!!! This morning I spend with Adobe online support (chat) and they thought they'd solve my previous problem by trashing my prefs. So all in all I spend all morning getting things to work again and now 1. the previous problem (Re: Spacing options locked/greyed out...? ) is still here and 2. there is another problem added to it! I am completely stuck with a buggy ID 2019 now! I have a job to do and I am losing a lot of valuable time with all this!
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‎Dec 18, 2018
03:49 AM
Sigh indeed. I am also screwed because there is NO WAY I can open my 2019 ID doc in 2018... Convert won't work, idml won't work, so I am stuck with a bugged ID 2019. This really sucks, specially after spending so much time with Adobe...
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‎Dec 18, 2018
03:43 AM
Well, SCRAP THAT! I just wanted to align some objects and everything is GREYED OUT AGAIN! **** This really sucks. I spend half the morning with Adobe support on Chat and they decided that trashing the prefs was the only option. **** I am really screwed here.
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‎Dec 18, 2018
03:37 AM
1 Upvote
Seems the only solution is to trash your prefs and set everything up from scratch again. That seemed to have solved the problem on my Mac, at least for now. Seems something goes wrong with the automatic import of previous prefs.
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‎Dec 16, 2018
10:57 AM
1 Upvote
Thanks for the information, Stephen, and thanks for that GREAT pdf, Colin!!!
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