I need to create a user-friendly InDesign template for a client that they can re-use and customize slightly over and over. Normally I'm the one doing the customizing so I'm a little leery of my ability to produce an editable template document that will be easy for someone else to use with less InDesign knowledge. (I'm somewhere between being a beginner and an intermediate user.) Fellow designers, could you weigh in with tips, warnings, and resources?
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posted by Hello Darling
on Apr 27, 2013 -
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I'm looking for PC-based layout/design software that runs less than $500 that works better than MS Publisher.
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posted by PuppyCat
on Mar 7, 2013 -
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The market data page of the WSJ is incredibly dense and filled with interesting graphs. I've been trying to figure out what must go into the creation of such an item on a daily basis, and by perusing the careers page for Dow Jones, i've gathered some information, namely that there is extensive use at the WSJ of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and MATLAB. What I haven't figured out is what the workflow looks like for the latter part of creating those graphs.
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posted by arimathea
on Feb 12, 2013 -
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You guys are always supersmart and up-to-date with this kinda stuff. Help this semi-retired print designer understand the tablet/mobile magazine biz!
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posted by miss lynnster
on Dec 3, 2012 -
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THE PROBLEM: Let's say you have a large store spread across several floors of a building, with many many aisles and sections. There are information kiosks located at various rooms in the store, oriented different directions. Each information kiosk has a map of the store on it, with the aisles and sections numbered and labeled, and the map rearranged and the text rotated to the viewpoint of the customer standing at the information desk. What is the most efficient way to create and update that map as sections change?
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posted by redsparkler
on Nov 9, 2012 -
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Adobe InDesign CS4: I've got a very large document, divided into sections (chapters). Currently, there are section markers on various pages, with each section defined by a labelled submaster (so I can see from the Pages panel where each section begins and ends). When I add content to various sections, the section markers no longer align as the pages reflow (because the markers are attached to the actual page numbers and not the content). How can I fix this so that adding content to sections continues within the submaster style / section marker for that section and not reflow over the pages?
posted by iamkimiam
on Oct 8, 2012 -
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Let's say I'm an in-house graphic designer working on a sale sign template for a company with several locations. I've got Helvetica. The various locations don't. I'd like to make a fancy template in InDesign, and then create a PDF form where employees can alter small portions of the text and then print the completed sale sign at their location, still using the Helvetica. Is this possible?
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posted by redsparkler
on May 25, 2012 -
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My 8 year old Dell 8600c laptop while still working, no longer has a screen and so is retired to desk work only tethered to an external monitor. Now I need a laptop that I can move around again that'll play nice with Adobe CS5, run some decent games, and will cost no more than $1000.
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posted by merocet
on Apr 20, 2012 -
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When I export an InDesign document as a PDF, the bookmarks automatically generated by Indesign from a table of contents are consistently going to a page 2 pages after their target when clicked in Foxit PDF reader. I am going nuts. Help?
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posted by merocet
on Jan 25, 2012 -
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Can somebody please explain to me image compression, specifically with regard to creating smallish PDFs from Indesign files that contain large linked vector graphics?
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posted by This_Will_Be_Good
on Nov 20, 2011 -
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I've signed up to do layout an annual report-type document for a not-for-profit. But I'm using a computer circa 2005 that has InDesign CS (the first) ... where can I find professional report templates for InDesign CS?
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posted by avidreader
on Nov 5, 2011 -
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Can you tell me which software tools graphic designers use when they do print design?
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posted by sharkfu
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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I am doing a Data Merge and I need to drop out blank lines. I want to split some of the lines to the right and left, but how can I do this without embedding some whitespace?
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posted by wenestvedt
on Nov 2, 2011 -
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Another InDesign question. You know that thing InDesign does? Let's say you just placed a Word doc into your InDesign doc and now you're applying your paragraph styles, heading styles, etc. You remove an extraneous paragraph break (because authors love their extraneous paragraph breaks and have about 100 in each article) and InDesign sees that and says, "Hey, in some universe, the last line of a paragraph has a different leading value than the other lines in the paragraph, even though it's dictated to me by the paragraph style. So I'll just go ahead and fix that for you by making this line of text a different leading value than the others. Then I'll make it not so easy to fix. You're welcome!"
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posted by bleep
on Sep 10, 2011 -
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I have a Word document with Word-generated bar graphs, and an InDesign document. I have to get the graphs into the InDesign document and I'm getting a little stuck.
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posted by bleep
on Aug 31, 2011 -
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InDesign: Let's say you have a multiple photos associated with a multiple paragraphs on many pages. I want to insert another photo & paragraph in the middle.
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posted by artdrectr
on Jun 24, 2011 -
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Indesign Gurus! Is there a way for two separate documents to have different style sheets with the same names but different attributes? So that when I bring in tagged text, the styles "translate" into the new version?
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on May 6, 2011 -
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Adobe Indesign 4 trouble. My wife is working on a document with two placed images (one is a B&W TIFF, the other is a monotone EPS) on a page. If she applies transparency to one image, both appear to be desaturated. This problem just cropped up today after she has worked on essentially identical files before.
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posted by adamrice
on Mar 28, 2011 -
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How can I capture my blog pages as images to import into InDesign? (Tryin' to create a portfolio here...)
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posted by pearl228
on Jan 7, 2011 -
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Architects, builders, and engineers -- what is the best software for drawing up a basic set of floor plans? What's the most cost-effective way to get a set of working drawings for a basic house rehab?
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posted by slidell
on Dec 30, 2010 -
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I created a 20x28 inch poster in inDesign that I then exported to PDF. However, the exported PDF is much bigger than 20x28. Why is that?
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posted by gfrobe
on Nov 5, 2010 -
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I'm working on transitioning our agency newsletter from Quark to InDesign (CS5), and I'm looking for some good magazine templates as a creative starting point.
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posted by dortmunder
on Nov 2, 2010 -
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Wrangling Excel data in InDesign: When first creating a multi-page pricelist (which will need to be updated regularly), importing data from a 2000-odd row speadsheet, what should I be considering?
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posted by puffmoike
on Oct 27, 2010 -
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I want to put together a reasonably simple book of text, interspersed with drawings and a few "full bleed" photos. Is Apple’s Pages app robust enough, or will I have to wade into learning InDesign?
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posted by blueberry
on Oct 19, 2010 -
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What is the best practice workflow for using Illustrator file in Indesign? Cut & paste catastrophe to follow.
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posted by Hoenikker
on Oct 4, 2010 -
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Do I need to buy CS5 just because I have to use the Classroom in a Book for CS5?
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posted by SMPA
on Sep 25, 2010 -
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I am looking for basic design/development clients in Rochester, NY. I have picked up a few over the past couple months, but would be love to get any any pointers from some more experienced mefites.
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posted by thsmchnekllsfascists
on Aug 3, 2010 -
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Multilingual (non-)Unicode translation issues inside, from someone who doesn't know nearly as much about Unicode as she should.
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posted by avocet
on Jul 6, 2010 -
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How do I achieve crisp text in a Photoshop PDF, and how can I ensure that Photoshop-created type will come out OK when commercially printed?
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posted by roxie110
on Jun 21, 2010 -
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This seems like it should be simple, but I'm not sure how to search for it: after placing images into an InDesign file, the text flows around it, but it isn't automatically extending the pages at the end of the document to make up for it. How do I do this?
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posted by interrobang
on May 11, 2010 -
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Is there a way to disable or remove the "drop shadow" on the right and bottom in all InDesign documents?
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posted by LillyBird
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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Mac users: Can somebody please tell me how to set up a keyboard shortcut or script that allows me to toggle between U.S. keyboard and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) keyboard layouts? I switch these on and off a LOT when I'm using my iMac and Macbook, but am tired of constantly going up to the little flag dropdown menu in the Finder (which I have to do repeatedly as I switch from program to program, since the drop-down window change doesn't seem to apply globally, but rather only within the current program you have up top). I know there's an easier way, I just haven't gotten around to figuring it out or setting it up. Thanks!
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posted by iamkimiam
on Mar 25, 2010 -
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What are the downsides of using Scribus for Windows for my desktop-published magazine?
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posted by teracloth
on Jan 12, 2010 -
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How do I make a document that will be printed so that its pages can be folded in half and stapled down the middle? (saddle-stitched?)
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posted by qvinx
on Dec 9, 2009 -
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IndesignCS3Filter: Is there a way to break threaded text boxes but keep the text that is currently in the frames where it is?
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posted by nanhey
on Nov 7, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a job doing presentation graphics (in law firms, possibly financial firms); this is about 30% of my current job at a law firm. I'm one of very few "experts" at my firm which isn't very technologically advanced in this area, so I'm afraid that my skills won't cut it in the outside world. I need advice on how to upgrade my skills.
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posted by kenzi23
on Sep 30, 2009 -
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What are some tried and true resources for someone who needs to become more familiar and efficient with Photoshop and InDesign?
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posted by bookmammal
on Jun 28, 2009 -
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I have been having a pervasive printing error that I, as a professional should know how to avoid/solve but I can't seem to stop cutout images from printing richer than the surrounding color. Let me explain...
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posted by Foam Pants
on Apr 13, 2009 -
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Looking for a way to compare linked filed in InDesign with the linked files in folder that contains both said files and other unlinked ones.
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posted by travis08
on Apr 1, 2009 -
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Is there a fool-proof way to consistently print high-quality drafts out of InDesign CS3? (my prints rarely look like the on-screen version)
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posted by siclik
on Mar 17, 2009 -
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I just purchased 24 Indesign licenses, for OS X. I am planning to install Indesign on one mac, then copy the image to the others using Carbon Copy Cloner. Am I going to have to manually type in the license key for each installation of Indesign?
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posted by mecran01
on Jan 16, 2009 -
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