InDesign

Question of Master Pages

I'm wearing a book (first time).  I have master pages.  Master A for normal pages, for the title of chapter I Master B, which is a two pages with a quote on the left page and a nice chapter title page on the right.  These have the text in the text bo

CS4 question... A link to an ID of another file?

I use IDS (CS4 6.0.1 under Win XP SP3 OS) to create my newsletter.I need to create an information card that includes a photo of our project area of construction current airport with numbers superimposed over the picture that corresponds to a key with

[CS3 - Win] - Auto cancelled the dialog box

HelloI have to cancel my Modal dialog box move after a few minutes (applying the UserCancelled() function automatically).Try this code:Application InterfacePtr < IApplication > (gSession-> QueryApplication());InterfacePtr < IDialogMgr > dialogMgr (ap

Import excel tables in InDesign and retain formulas

Hello worldI need to update the style and format of a bunch of old forms that were made in Excel, to match our new style guide. The problem is that many forms understand formulas... What can I do to make these in InDesign? And they will always be the

JS CS3 dialogue Simple changing of doc from page.

This user this example is a dialog telling them that their current document from page. The user can then change the value and update the first page number. For some reason, I get an error cannot process the request because a modal dialog box or the a

Problems of paragraph CS4 styles

I had weird problems with paragraph styles in InDesign CS4, I've not had in CS2. The first weird problem that happened in a class project where somehow a style is stuck in the head of the program, so to speak, and any model, I try to apply by default

Automatic sequencing of numbers - say the inventory by 5

Is it possible in InDesign CS3 from 5s?  or 10s?  Or something other than 1?I have a table of 10-15 line where I need every line to increase by a number that is not 1.  It is 5 or 10.  And I have 300 pages of these tables before manual is a painful p

Import InDesign XML - newline

I need to add a line break in my XML that I import. The XML is formed by an ASP script I tried pretty much everything I can think of. I also exported XML to Indesign to see which characters to a line break, but doesn't have to imitate. I came across

How to create text with a bar full of color boxes at the top of page 1/3?

I am in the design of learning and using CS4I want to create a form with boxes like those below.I understand how to set a block of text on top with white text, but how can I box behind that bar (incl. rounded corners) colorOnce I have the design that

Get the VB Script CS3 TextFrame shape

When I use the command on a TextFrame TypeName she returns the textframe, how do you get the value of the shape (rectangle, oval) a textframe?Thank youArchie

How to include a .jsx in another?

Hey,.I use javascript for ID server scripting. At this point, I have several scripts that do use the same exact functions.I copy - paste these common functions of a .jsx to another.But there must be a way to create a common .jsx library which can be

Facing Pages and maintain all spreads

HelloSometimes we need to produce a lot of coverage and delivery options so needs flexibility as to what is a gap, and what is a single page - and the ability to choose on the fly.Facing pages works ever really because if you drag three pages down as

Make a center within margins textframe but be framed on the left

I wish a textframe to size its width automatically and Center itself in the page margins, but the text remains justified left. Is this possible? for example, three pages of poetry with very different line lengths. If possible, it would be a sort of g

InDesign CS4 - now - reinstall my empty Table Panel has not repaired

It was working fine, and then the next time I opened InddCS4 was just an empty gray Panel (with just the Table title on the tab at the top of the page). Other table signs are normal. I use the table Board all the time to define the dimensions of the

Quote bleeding overboard

Hi, well right of the company;I have a paragraph that is dialogue, so I use double qoutes "for her. However, the leader 'displays before the first letter, in other words, if I didn't', would not move the first letter.So instead of being: (| = edge/bo

Check the Dates in a document

Hello, I need to check all the dates (day, date, month) in a document to a list of predetermined places (nearly 200 dates) to make sure that they are correct.My plan is to search for the document using the following grep find...(Monday |) Tuesday | W

To scale an imported graphic (framework and content at the same time)

I read the help files, the knowledge base, even watched instructional videos but can ' t find a way to scale a placed graphic. I understand the difference between a frame and the content. I can put the scale either by using the mouse or digital contr

How to select a rectangle that was inserted into the Clipboard?

For inserting images batch execution, I am faced with this situation:There is a document with a large number of paragraphs containing a file name of image as "034.tif."I have a rectangle that has the exact size and style how the images should be plac

Opening documents InDesign CS3 CS4

I hope someone from Adobe can help me with this question. Here's the scenario:I'm working on the support team in a prepress environment where we get hundreds of files InDesign customer provided per week. Some customers provide their files in InDesign

Fonts/regular "BOLD" toggle

Is there an easy way to switch between the settings of fonts "BOLD" regular while typing?  Or should I continue to use the drop down menus?  I work on some pretty lenghy for my catalog business descriptions and I need the name of manufacturers in bol