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  1. Triska

    Display issues with Acrobat

    Alright: this info reiterates part of what I've said... It is the anti-aliasing nature of Acrobat. But it isn't the solution. The following has some great info about white boxes from Spot colors as well http://www.nickhodge.com/mne.php?mcid=1359 ... So... after hours of researching...
  2. Triska

    Display issues with Acrobat

    Alright... I'm not 'feeling' the the response to TexasJoes original question, it's just not all there... Joe asked: Are their any solutions? It's kind of annoying not being able to see what I get. You said it Joe. Indeed, a real solution will allow us to educate ourselves, make a...
  3. Triska

    Connecting 2 anchor points with straight line

    07930: Make your circles, then: Turn on smart guides w/ Ctrl+U, this will give you feedback to know when the pen tool is snapping to an anchor. P for pen tool, then click on anchor 1, then anchor 2. Finally, make this a compound path by selecting the two circles and the connecting line...
  4. Triska

    copy/cut and paste in illustrator 10

    Hmm... yes that sounds reasonable to me, I didn't realize the architecture of the OS's clipboard hadn't been optimized for the PC, I figured they would hire folks who 'knew' PC's (or Windows arch.) to make it efficient. And, perhaps you're right even further, and the Clipboard service is just...
  5. Triska

    Error opening illustration (Misplaced Operator?)

    Great advice, and to an earlier post, www.textpad.com is an excellent text editor that supports Regular Expression Replacing, syntax highlighting, and much more. I use it for all things text, and all HTML coding (along w/ dreamweaver) Sef. It is alright to decorate construction, but never...
  6. Triska

    copy/cut and paste in illustrator 10

    Jaquan, I'm not following how this may have 'nothing to do with your (their) comp.' Wouldn't you agree that software and hardware are completely dependent on each other? I have had this problem personally, while cutting broken text paths in my production work... and yes, AI was strangely slow...
  7. Triska

    How to adjust page tiling

    You're right. My bad. How silly. Sef. It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch. www.elucidesign.com
  8. Triska

    Online Help...

    Yeah... I've had this over the years too... and have found that installing "Adobe Online" when doing a new install (or a repair I would expect) seems to help, as well as all Help files as well. (obvious.) Adober Online, should NOT be connected with the basic functionality of Help in...
  9. Triska

    copy/cut and paste in illustrator 10

    One thing I've found can sometimes speed up 'Cuts' in AI is fooling around w/ the settings under: Prefs > Files & Clipboard It is VERY unlikely that AI will use your scratch disk at all unless your file expands to larger than say: 500+ MB in memory, meaning, when it's open.(That would be a...
  10. Triska

    How to adjust page tiling

    Yes. Also, double-clicking the Page Tool will snap it automatically and exactly to the lower-left of the artboard, which, if the same size as the print setup, aligns them perfectly with ease. Sef. It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch...
  11. Triska

    Illustrator Drop Shadow problem has no Blur

    Make sure you are saving any AI8 files from the Mac. up to AI10, and ensure they scale in AI10 before proceeding, if necessary, recreate the shadows in 10 on the Mac first. If your filters in AI10 on the PC work in other files (either created on the PC or from the Mac) then it could be that the...
  12. Triska

    Starting a project and have two que

    The page with currentWIP.jpg didn't seem to be 'up' when I clicked the link (8/28) but as for the screw design... As a furniture designer, I've drawn a few screws in profile and plan, but not in 3D (I use Rhino 3D for that). You should be able to create a very realistic design within...
  13. Triska

    Starting a project and have two que

    The gradient mesh tool initially creates a grid of mesh points based on the settings for the tool, but you can add as many as you want. It will be difficult to create spherical looking gradient meshes, because the default grid is rectangular. The gradients are created out 'along' the control...
  14. Triska

    Cannot find linked file

    Just an idea.... not exactly what you're looking for perhaps... You could save the AI's uncompressed and search for linked file references within the text itself (haven't tried this myself) and change the relative paths to the files this way. TextPad (www.textpad.com) would allow you to open...
  15. Triska

    formatting large amounts of text

    If I understand what you need.... Illustrator will not be a good choice for creating this, since you are positioning HUNDREDS of groups (i.e. boxes with text) over a large page/ probably multiple pages. InDesign's AutoFlowing text with 'threaded' text boxes will be much easier, each item...
  16. Triska

    line graph data entry

    EOG: What you'll need is the Scatter Graph to set up a One-to-One correspondence between A column Data and B column Data. In other words, coordinate pairs, not the line graph...(although I can see that you Ultimately need lines.) Double-click the graph tool for more options to set up the...
  17. Triska

    How do I set a transparent color?

    That's right... the only way to maintain complete (sometimes) editability over a PDF is to open it in Illustrator. Copy/Paste should be a last resort in most cases for transferring data between programs, as there are often conversions taking place that destroy editability or reduce quality...
  18. Triska

    Missing Degree Symbol.

    Thanks for the reply... yes, very suspicious, especially that it wasn't replaced witha missing character symbol, like: [] It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch. www.elucidesign.com
  19. Triska

    Error opening illustration (Misplaced Operator?)

    The specific 'operator' that is offensive in the FIRST post is 'Unicode'... Make sure that the same version of Arial Unicode (arialuni.ttf) is installed and active on the machine opening the file. NOTE: Arial Unicode is a *** 23 MB *** Font ! and contains glyphs for many, many languages all...
  20. Triska

    Missing Degree Symbol.

    Most likely differing font versions, with mismapped charecter codes. Or a corrupt font file. Or a degree symbol with an 'Appearance' applied to it, or with a 'background' matching color... Is there anything IN PLACE of the ° ? It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct...

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