I've done this myself. What worked for me was to make a box the size of the label, measure where the label is in reference to the top left edge of the sheet and place the box there. Then duplicate the box over by the amount of distance on the sheet twice and measure from the right edge to be sure you got it right. Then measure down and duplicate the top row 8 times. Once the boxes are in place, apply a stroke and print to a piece of plain paper. Hold the paper up to your sticky label sheet and see if it matches. It probably won't, because there will be a little drift, which is caused by your printer. All printers drift a bit. If you need to, select all of the boxes and nudge them up, down, left or right by the amount that they seem to be off and print to plain paper again. Once the boxes match your sticker sheet, run a sticker sheet through the printer to double-check. If you're satisfied, you can remove the strokes and start filling the boxes with what you want to be printed. If you want to keep this for future use, select all, cut, go to the master page and past-in-place. Then drag page guides to the edges of your boxes (snap to guides and a close-in zoom will help you be accurate). What I did was to cut the boxes from the master page and only leave the guides. I then pasted them (in place) back on the document page, linked their text threads, set the text inset and when I need labels, I can type one, hit Enter to jump to the next box and continue. If I only need to print a few, I place them at the bottom of the page, run it through the printer, and peel them off. The next time I need some, I just make sure not to use the spots that were already used. That way, the lead edge of the page is always clean. I also saved my file as a template, so I don't have to worry about screwing it up. ... View more

Funny, but I forgot I had that script from Ajar. I agree this would make using Data Merge for this project much easier. ... View more

scoobitydapdap  wrote The names are separated in columns on the excel sheet though. Does the Excel file look like either of my A or B examples? If it's A, you could insert a column between Last and First, and fill it with a comma for each row. Then, add a column between First and Major and add an Em dash for each column, like this: When you place it in InDesign, it looks like this: Now, if you use Find/Change and find ^t,^t (^t is a tab) and change to a comma and a space, it will look like this: And then if you find ^t—^t (that's tab em dash tab)and replace with — (just an em dash), you get this: Delete the first row and you're done. If the Major column doesn't have the correct capitalization, you may be able to fix it in Excel (I don't have a copy to test it out, I'm using a knock-off). If you can't fix it in Excel, place it into InDesign as a table, select the Major column and use InDesign's Change Case to make it Title Case or Sentence Case—which ever is appropriate. Do that first, then convert the table to type, and then do the find/changes. You can also apply a paragraph style to all of the text while it's an InDesign table, and select only the Major column and apply an Italic character style. It may sound like a lot of work, but it should only take a few minutes. ... View more

You could save the Excel file as a text file (either plain text or rich text) and place it. ... View more

First, if the book is going to be printed in saddle-stitch, it needs to have a page count that is divisible by 4. If you add a front and back cover, you will be off by 2, and because you are adding a page to the front of the book, it will throw all of your right pages to the left, and your left pages to the right. To fix that, you should add two blank pages. One after the cover, to let your first page be on the right where it belongs, and another before the back cover, so it can be on the left. That will mean adding 4 pages to your inside material, and keeping your page count divisible by 4. Even if you don't expect someone with the soft copy to print this to a printer that can duplex and bind, it will look better (in my opinion). If you don't agree, you can just add the cover to the front and the back cover at the end. ... View more

The thing about bleed is that you want to cut through the page where there is image so that you don't see slivers of plain white paper if the cut is off a bit. This is noticeable on all edges except the spine, unless you have a spiral or wire binding. This is probably why they don't ask for a bleed at the spine. You may or may not want to have the appearance of bleed on 4 sides, but because the spine edge will be obscured by the binding, you only need for it to extend to the spine itself, and not bleed past. In fact, if it did bleed past the spine, it would show on the opposite page (if you are using facing pages). As to the crop marks, I think you should expect to see crop marks on all 4 sides of each page, with the image bleeding off of the outside of the page but not going past the page edge at the spine. The printer will be imposing the pages into their own printer spreads, and could choose to align the crop marks at the spine and have the page edges abut. It would make sense for them to request no image past the page edge at the spine in that case. From a design perspective, you should decide if you want to, or are allowed to have image going past a predetermined margin at the spine. That's between you (as the designer) and the client you are designing for. I think the printer is just asking you to not go past the spine. Then again, this is just a guess, so check with the printer. ... View more

Pat, you should consider submitting this as a bug to Adobe. Feature Request/Bug Report Form ... View more

The size of the margins can't be larger than the size of the page. You probably have margins on your existing page size that are OK, but would be too large for your new page size. First go to the Pages panel and double-click on your Master pages. Next, go to Layout>Margins and Columns and change the margins to 0. Now try to change your page size and it should work. ... View more

I probably can't help either, but just for clarity, does the shift key work at all, or just for the things you mentioned? In other words, can you type capital letters? This probably won't work either, but have you tried tapping the esc key before pressing shift (that's really just a wild stab in the dark, but it won't take long to try). ... View more

The translation of your question isn't very clear. Are you saying that CS3 will not run after you installed it? If so, can you tell us your computer platform and operating system (please be precise, for example Mac OS 10.12.4, or Windows 10 Version 1703). ... View more

Could you do it as a table with no strokes on the cells? ... View more

If I'm understanding you correctly, it appears that part of the image from one page is invading it's neighbor when viewed as an exported PDF, but it looks OK when you zoom in. Do I have that right? If so, it's normal for the detail to get better the closer you zoom in. An example that I deal with regularly is if a client sends me a PDF with flattened transparency. When viewed at full-page, there can be visible lines caused by transparency flattening artifacts. If I zoom in, sometimes the lines are pronounced, and other times they are so faint that they can hardly be seen. That's just a limitation of viewing a PDF. If you zoom in and there isn't a problem, it won't be a problem when you print. If it's only for viewing, I'm not sure what to tell you, because there are several programs that can be used to view a PDF, and you can't control which program is used by someone who gets the PDF from you. ... View more

A Jpeg can have no clipping path, or 1 or more. If you have paths in Photoshop, you can designate one as the default path. Once placed in InDesign, it will use the one designated in Photoshop, but you can change it in InDesign. If you click on the image and go to Object>Clipping Path>Options. That will bring up a window where you can select from the paths that were saved in the Jpeg, or have InDesign create one (although it will usually be not as good as if it were done in Photoshop, so only use that as a last resort). You can also select None as the path for a Jpeg that has one or more, and it will act as if it had none. What you should check is whether these particular Jpegs were saved in Photoshop without designating a path as default, and possibly it was turned on after it was placed. If that were the case, it could be that the setting for the clipping path was changed to the default, which is to use what is in the Jpeg, and not the changes to the path after it was placed. I'm not sure how this could be switched off by copying, but it's what I would probably check first. ... View more

InaLandCalledHonahlee  wrote …but I cannot shift select both circles to group them while one is covering the other. If you have an object that covers another, and we call them top (the one covering) and bottom (the one being covered), click on the top to select it, Command-click to deselect the top and select the bottom (think of it as clicking through the top in two steps). That's how you get to the bottom object through the top. Once the bottom object is selected, you can Shift-click on the top object, the way you can shift-click any number of objects to include them in a selection. When they are both selected, you can move, group or do what ever you need. ... View more

Did you see this one: https://indesignsecrets.com/topic/how-do-i-apply-a-drop-cap-when-the-sentence-starts-in-quotes ... View more

The top of the text frame is higher, but the text isn't. Is that correct? If so, it could be that the text frame is set to bottom alignment, or maybe the text is locked to a baseline grid. Just guesses, of course. Can you post a screen shot? ... View more

Any chance the text frame is behind the image frame? It could be stacking on one layer, or the image might be on a higher layer. ... View more

Here's something to think about. Have you ever tried to print on pre-cut or pre-perforated sheets, like mailing stickers? When I did it, I set up my template by measuring the sheet—how far down and over each sticker was. When I printed, it was off by a bit, so, if the image was a bit too low, I'd select all and nudge it up a bit and try the print again. After a few tries, I got it to where it was on target. You might want to see if you can do the same. ... View more

I think your explanation is correct. You will also find that the same page printed twice will have some amount of drift. The trick is to design your page so that the difference isn't as noticeable. Can you post a screen shot of your post card so we can make suggestions? ... View more

LoveGod  wrote Is there a way so I can at least see my graphic without it being pixelated? The part of the image that you see in InDesign (the preview) is built from the image, although it isn't actually the image itself. If you really want it to be more clear in InDesign, you could lower the resolution in Photoshop without resampling (very important point) to something like 100ppi. That will necessitate it being scaled down in InDesign to the size you need it to be. The larger the image physically, the more data in the preview, so once it's scaled down, it will be a bit sharper. Make sure you don't resample in Photoshop, or you will be removing data (and detail) from your file. Larger previews will make your InDesign file a bit larger in file size, but if it's just a few images, it probably won't be a problem. But, I wouldn't suggest doing this for a large book with tons of images, because the extra file size could really add up, and a larger file is more likely to fail. ... View more

LoveGod  wrote …and the resolution is fine. It might be, but you haven't said what the effective resolution is. Click on the image, go to the links manager and look for this: This image is 300ppi in Photoshop, but because it's scaled larger in InDesign, the effective resolution is only 99ppi. Your 500ppi image is what it is when placed at 100%, but you didn't say if you have scaled it in InDesign. ... View more

flaming1  wrote It is certainly not the place of someone who has not even participated in the discussion to mark an answer as correct. I've never seen one of my questions marked correct unless I've done it myself. I think that's the way it's intended to work. I'd be surprised if a moderator did that and not the OP. ... View more

I don't have a copy of Word to check this out with, but are you talking about a Word file that has edits? Here's an example: ORIGINAL: I'm going to the library to borrow a book. EDITED: I'm going to the store to buy a book. When you place the Word file into InDesign, you get this: I'm going to the librarystore to borrowbuy a book. If that's the problem, you open the Word file and find "accept changes" (or something like that). I haven't done it in years, but that's what I think you might mean. If not, someone will be along with a better answer. ... View more

Do what works for you, but in my experience, if something can be done in the Finale stage, it's better to do it there. The reason is that if you need to do something that can only be done in Finale, you would have to redo anything you had done after you exported an image. For example, I used to work with an engraver who would set the notes in Finale, export as an EPS, open the EPS in Illustrator and add the lyrics, articulations, chord symbols, etc. He would send it to me (at the publisher), and if I had to change the number of measures-per-system, all of the work that he hadn't done in Finale would need to be redone. That was fine with him, because he had been paid, and it was up to me to fix the problem in hours, that would have taken minutes to do if he had done all that work in the Finale stage. It's been several years sine I've done any work in Finale, but I think that making small cue parts is something that is built into Finale. I have an older copy (2008) at home, so if I can remember to have a look, I can tell you how it can be done. ... View more

For what it's worth, master text frames have some advantages and disadvantages. Most of the time you don't need them. Here's an example for anyone looking in, although since you can write scripts, I probably don't need to tell you this: You have a letter-size document with half-inch margins. You place page numbers on your master page at the lower outside corners, and then go to the document page to place a multi-page story. You click the loaded cursor with the shift key at the upper right corner of your page, and it creates several pages of text, but the text all runs over the page number. If you go to the master page and change the bottom margin from .5 to something like .75 while the Enable Layout Adjustment box is checked, you can move the margins on all of the document pages (that use this master), and because the text frames are associated with the margins, the frames will all move to the new margin. The frames on the master page that hold the page numbers will also move up, but moving them back down to a half inch from the page margin only takes a few clicks. And if you had set your margins before you placed the text, they wouldn't run over the page numbers. You can use master frames if you like, but if your text is going to snap to your margins anyway, there's not much they actually do for you, and (in my opinion), if something isn't doing something for you, you might be better off not having it. My 2¢ ... View more

I have a mix of music crossing the full width of the page, and some "cues" that need to be indented next to the name of the person singing the cue. Do you mean the lines that begin with Cantor: ? If so, are you changing the width of the staff system in InDesign? I would change the indent in Finale for those staves. ... View more