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  1. robertw477

    Placing Type over Background texture?

    Thanks for the tips. i think the overaly will work well. Thanks for the diamond plate sample :) Rob
  2. robertw477

    Placing Type over Background texture?

    I have a background texture that I want to use from Alien Skin (diamond plate). I want to place some text over it so it looks like the type was painted on the texture (I dont want the type to look flat-just layered over the texture). How do I do this? Are there any tutorials online using this...
  3. robertw477

    Web Gallery-PDF Files?

    I saw this effect using Adobe Pdf files. It is an easy way to show a corporate catalog. How is this done using Acrobat? Appreciate any ideas or suggestions for this or similar effect. http://www.caseworksintl.com/CatalogPages/index.html Rob
  4. robertw477

    Indesign CS To PDF Problem!

    I have a large document using INDESIGN CS that was originally designed 8.5 x 11 with bleed. I need to go to Adobe PDF at 8.38 x 10 7/8 total page size that includes the bleed. I printed to a postcript file and distilled with a page setting in distiller of 8.88 x 10.88 but it doesnt seem to...
  5. robertw477

    HELP! Cant Install IndesignCs/Suite

    After over 90 mins with Adobe on tech support they said they would have to clal me back. Seems we tried everything known to man. I ended up uninstalling everything and trying again. Now I cant get Indesgn cs or Photoshop to install either. Everything is selected properly but for some reason...
  6. robertw477

    Excel into Indesign CS?

    I tried to bring some excel spreadsheets into Indesign. So far I have not had good results. If I use formatted table Everything looks fint but Idont have the control over the line spacing and table cell width. Tabbed text looks like and unformatted mess. Am I missing something here? Appreciate...
  7. robertw477

    Data Merge Problem

    Yes the fields are labeled with the @ sign. Still get a blank spaceafter the merge for the image.
  8. robertw477

    Data Merge Problem

    I just started using data merge. Had no problem with the basic merge however I could not get images to merge with my data. I keep getting an error message or the merge happens and the image box/frame is empty. I used data from excel and followed all the directions for the merge. Any ideas what...
  9. robertw477

    Printing-Collate Problem

    Even the Adobe PDF reader 6.0 cannot collate copies. You would think this is brain surgery. I have some documents that I needs qtys on that I have to hit control/p 50 times in a row to get what I need. I will look in the printer driver again to see if I can get it to collate. You would think...
  10. robertw477

    Placing Photoshop image into pagemaker layout

    Not exactly. Pagemaker 7.0 handles native PSD files and always has. The reason the image looks pixelated is that you might have the preview set to low res. go to edit preferences and pick high res if you need it that way. It slows the screen redraws depending on how large the file is. If you...
  11. robertw477

    Phantom Text?

    I have a document that has a text heading that shows when I export to pdf. I view the page and sometimes it is not there. I try to grab the text box anbd I cant grab anything. I am going crazy from this. i have never had this happeen before. Any ideas? Rob
  12. robertw477

    Printing-Collate Problem

    I have a 6 page Acrobat document. I am printing duplex on a tektronix phaser 860. When I go to print and choose 15 copies and collate, the job does not collate. It prints each page 15 times and I have to collate manually. Otherwise I have to print the set one at a time to get the sets collate...
  13. robertw477

    Exporting to Pdf-RGB?

    I am working on a fairly large catalog project. At the end of the project I will export to pdf and give a print ready pdf to the printer. Almost all of the images are placed psd files rgb. I know Acrobat will convert the RGB images to CMYK. Should I convert them anyway to CMYK before the export...
  14. robertw477

    I was working on some headlines in

    I was working on some headlines in a publication. I changed the font size in the style pallet but the headlines did not resize. I had to do them manually. Any idea what the problem is? Rob
  15. robertw477

    Invoicing Application Wanted?

    I am looking for an invoicing application to run my business using access as the front end. This will allow flexibility and importing of my current databases. Does anyone have any apps they can recommend for this. I dont think I have the skills to design my own database for this. Appreciate any...
  16. robertw477

    Photoshop 7 wont run! Help!

    Finally got this to run. 10 reinstalls, font changes nothing worked until I deleted and reset preferences. I cant understand that when I uninstalled the pref file was still somewhere on the hard drive causing all these problems. Rob
  17. robertw477

    Photoshop 7 wont run! Help!

    Yesterday I had problems running photoshop 7 on my laptop which is runnin winxp pro. The program starts to load and then completely crashes. Shuts down. No real error message other than it mentions scratch disk is on the same volume. This crash happens after it is reading all my fonts. I wonder...
  18. robertw477

    Converting Indesign to PageMaker?

    The tip by Jimoblack just saved me many hours of work. I never thought of moving text to wordpad and back to the app in order sto strip formatting. In my case this saved a ton of work when I brought it into excel for data updates etc. Rob
  19. robertw477

    Web Page Creation?

    I am using Photoshop 7 and Image cready to create a home page and a few templates. My design seems to work but the page is aligned to the left side when previewed in a browser. I would like the page to center with a little white space on each side rather than lining up on the left side. How is...
  20. robertw477

    Who sends PDF files to printers.

    I just did a big job 48 pages to a printer who is familiar and comfortable working with pdfs. Forme this was a huge benefit as I use Pagemaker PC. It prevented the little glitches etc than can occur transferring hundreds of images etc. Anyway a printer that can go the pdf route will save alot of...

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