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  1. dabob

    Print Issue from INDESIGN CS3

    Brochures need to be set up with what will be the front and back panels the same size and the one that folds inside slightly smaller, i.e.: 3.7-3.7 - 3.6 . . . be aware that the panels will flip from the outside to the inside The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the...
  2. dabob

    Indesign File won't open - diploma thesis gone?

    you might look for a file named "XXXXX.idlk" . . . its an automatic backup file for situations like this . . . I have had my computer crash numerous times for any number of reasons and have always been able to get my InDesign work back right to where I was working on it. .. . good luck The...
  3. dabob

    HELP!

    open the text in the edit in story editor and it should show you why its overset or you could show hidden characters under the type pull down to see if you can see what is causing it The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. . . .
  4. dabob

    PSD cut out versus ID clipping mask.

    I always use the transparancy power in Photo Shop when getting rid of a background .. . you can get a nice soft edge that blends nicely with the background this way - otherwise it looks like you cut a photo out with a pair of sissors . .. The person who says it cannot be done should not...
  5. dabob

    working with columns

    If its just for a single page you can draw a text box and then go to the text frame options (Apple Key + B) and set up columns for that text box only The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. . . .
  6. dabob

    how do you create a custom default start page in cs4

    Andrew Thanks . . . this has been buggging me for years!!! The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. . . .
  7. dabob

    how do you create a custom default start page in cs4

    What I need to know is how to define the default settings when i create a new page in Illustrator CS4 in this case. The biggest issue is when I create a new page it gives me what seems like 100 different swatches in the swatch pallet and i know that I can select unused colors and delete them but...
  8. dabob

    making 3-fold pamphlet with indesign

    like doug said its better to adjust the folds . . . i use panel dimensions of 3.7 - 3.7 - 3.6 inches - don't forget to turn it around on the back side since the paper flips over - the 3.6 panel is the one that folds to the inside . . . this makes the bindery workers love you dabob The person...
  9. dabob

    Greyscale to Pantone

    you can make it a montone - dutone ( i know that sounds funny but go to the duotone option and you can make it anything from a monotone to a quadtone) in photoshop and assign it the pantone # . . . but its better to work with than image in a page layout program like indesign which is optimized...
  10. dabob

    What does illustrator do that Photoshop does not do?

    Answers (kinda) 1. Depends on the design program . . . most design programs have limited trapping abilities but most medium to large printers are using a good direct to plate system which includes very good final trapping of all objects on the page so you don't have to worry about it and the...
  11. dabob

    Disk Permissions . . . setting and changing

    Hi . . . i was in a non-admin users account trying to setup disk permissions and set the permissions to "no access" - now even when i start up using my admin identification the disk does not show up . . . how can i reset the permissions to allow access . . . the disk utility does not let me fix...
  12. dabob

    QUARK IS NOW OFFERING FREE TECH SUPPORT!!!!

    GOOD ANSWER . . . . my favorite movie quote when asked if I know Quark is . . . "I said I never had much use for it. Never said I didn't know how to use it." Matthew Quigley from Quigley Down Under
  13. dabob

    QUARK IS NOW OFFERING FREE TECH SUPPORT!!!!

    I personally have little use for quark . . . but for those of you that still have not discovered InDesign or have tooooooo much money invested in plugins . . . Quark is apparently (to me) getting desperate . . FREE TECH SUPPORT for registered users . . . see their web page at...
  14. dabob

    automounting of network servers on osx

    Hey . . . i have about 5 network servers i need to mount on my osx machine and was wondering if there was a way to automaticaly mount these on a restart including passwords . . . it gets old remounting all of these everytime i restart thanks
  15. dabob

    How do you like to use Layers in InDesign?

    Well a hundred is true but when I start I only count up by 10's but there is a hundred availabe to slip one inbetwen if I have to and yes I have been know to draw the seating arrangements for concert halls, out door amphitheaters complete with trees vendor booths and a bazillion other objects...
  16. dabob

    How do you like to use Layers in InDesign?

    Oh let me count the ways . . . just recently I had to do a job with six colors, a dull varnish, a spot UV gloss plates just a whole raft of things . . . in order to see where the "varnish and UV" plates were I made a special color brite yello for the UV and brite red for the varnish and would...
  17. dabob

    shift click brush-pencil-eraser tool in CS doesn't work anymore

    Ok I give up - My older versions of Photoshop all let me click with the brush-pencil-eraser tool and then shift click and the two points would be connected with whatever tool I had selected - made clean up real easy etc. Does anybody know if this feature is available in CS or has it been...
  18. dabob

    Adjusting corners

    hi ya back . . . in quark 6 you select the round corner box tool and then you can modify it by either command M or item > modify to bring up the "modify box" menu . . . left hand column at the bottom . . . corner radius plug a # in there and you adjust the radius of the corner . .. ...
  19. dabob

    Images disappear in overprint preview and don't print.

    is this on files that started life as a quark file??? in conversion quite often a couple of things happen . . . objects get position locked . . . and if objects are grouped with an object that has suppress printout checked all of the attibutes will be "non-printing" fortunately its an easy...
  20. dabob

    Actual Font Styles in the drop-down list?

    I asked adobe that very ? - It appears that it is on the top of their wish list for the next revision if anybody knows of a plug in that would do that it would be a best seller I'm sure

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