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Sarah Rose Re: indesign Digest #407
Jan 13, 2010; 19:41
Sarah Rose
Re: indesign Digest #407
Please excuse a beginner's question, but how do you resize a photo
proportionately in CS 1 that has been copied and pasted into the document?
I am coming from PageMaker and Quark background.
Thanks,
Sarah
> [Original Message]
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> Date: 1/11/2010 2:41:18 AM
> Subject: indesign Digest #407
>
> InDesign Talk Digest #407
>
> 1) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by "Bob Levine" <rjlevine@verizon.net>
> 2) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by David Creamer <ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> 3) Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 4) Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 - Patch
> by Thomas Rohde <tom@bonobo.com>
> 5) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
> 6) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 7) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
> 8) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 9) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> 10) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 11) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> 12) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by Rick Gordon <lists@rickgordon.com>
> 13) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by Bryce Amner <bryce@monsters.net.au>
> 14) Re: Opening Quark files
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
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> From: "Bob Levine" <rjlevine@verizon.net>
> In-reply-to: <list-8197900@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: RE: 6.0.5 update???
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:18:14 -0500
> Message-id: <006201ca91f7$5dcd5d90$196818b0$@net>
>
> That's a very vague description.
>
> What errors? What does "not export properly" mean?
>
> I'm not being glib here, but one does not need to be a genius to notice
that
> the distillation of PDFs has been pretty much declared an archaic method
and
> if fixing this issue in ID is a going to require major efforts, I doubt
it's
> going to happen.
>
> So, it's really best to try to workaround the problem.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> Amner
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 5:11 AM
> To: InDesign Talk
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
>
> The two that I've experienced are:
>
> Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
> showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
> RIPed)
>
> Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
> documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
>
>
>
> Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
> conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by
> Acrobat 6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either
> place the whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually,
> or find and open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as
> required, and re-export a PDF.
>
> This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
> significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
> doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
>
> Bryce.
>
>
>
> Bob Levine wrote:
> > I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
> What
> > problems does exporting create?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
> Bryce
> > Amner
> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> > To: InDesign Talk
> > Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >
> > It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
> > with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
> > solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >
> > Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> > deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:48:27 -0800
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> From: David Creamer <ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> Message-ID: <C76F28BB.835E5%ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8197987@mail2.starmark.com>
>
> > Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> > deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
>
> I think the issue is not with IDs handling/importing of PDFs as much as an
> issue of how it writes the PS (and EPS) code.
>
>
> David Creamer
> IDEAS Training & Consultation
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:24:23 -0500
> Message-Id: <C18AE3C7-09FC-4C63-ADA9-ADA70CE3B6D9@embarqmail.com>
>
> I think this is a working behavior Adobe hasn't designed a solution for:
>
> Create a character style that includes a change of text color. Apply it. > Now edit the CS and remove the color so the word or letter that has the > CS applied to it returns to the body text color. Can't do it, can you?
>
> In order to change the CS text color, you have to specify a new color. > None doesn't solve the problem, because the text with the CS applied > then becomes invisible.
>
> What I want to do: I have a CS for footnote references in the text. The > CS includes Position > superscript and the color red (so I can find them > easily as I work in the layout). When I am finished and ready to prepare > the printing files, all I want to do is to change the FNs back to > black-–OR TO WHATEVER COLOR THE TEXT IS. I cannot do it by simply > editing the CS style for the footnote reference and setting the Color > > Text Color, so it reverts to the underlying color of the text. I have to > pick a color from the list. Usually--99% of the time--the text will be > black, but there are time when I use another color. Or there will be the > rare occasion when I change the color of the text after I remove the red > from the footnote. When I do that, the FNs will remain black even though > I have changed the color of the words themselves.
>
> Is there a way to remove a CS character color so it reverts to the text > of the paragraph style already applied to the text?
>
>
> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> Michael Brady
> michaelb@michaelbradydesign.com
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message-Id: <p06240801c76fa3628902@192.168.2.103>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:37:12 +0100
> From: Thomas Rohde <tom@bonobo.com>
> Subject: Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 - Patch
>
> <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!--
> blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
> --></style><title>Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 -
> Patch</title></head><body>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Security updates available for Adobe
> Illustrator CS4 and CS3<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Release date: January 7, 2010<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>[..]<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Platform: Windows and Macintosh<br>
> <br>
> SUMMARY</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Critical vulnerabilities</b> have been
> identified in Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0) and Adobe Illustrator CS3
> (13.0.3 and earlier versions), on the Windows and Macintosh operating
> systems. The vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution.
> Adobe has provided a solution for the reported vulnerabilities. It is
> recommended that users update their installations using the
> instructions provided below.<br>
> <br>
> AFFECTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS<br>
> Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0)</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Adobe Illustrator CS3 (13.0.3 and earlier
> versions)<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>[..]</blockquote>
> <div><br></div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html</div
> >
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198482@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:45:57 -0500
> Message-ID: <9c626e31001100745n4f962df5pea4661f14779518@mail.gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Michael Brady
> <bradydesign@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > I think this is a working behavior Adobe hasn't designed a solution for:
> >
> > Create a character style that includes a change of text color. Apply
it. Now edit the CS and remove the color so the word or letter that has the
CS applied to it returns to the body text color. Can't do it, can you?
>
> Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
>
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198529@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:07:38 -0500
> Message-Id: <DBF3E76A-5863-46E4-BE48-61F105738CFF@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
>
> > Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
>
> Thank you. Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198581@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:46:50 -0500
> Message-ID: <9c626e31001100846k16a6014h9b6d39fbd44a75c4@mail.gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Michael Brady
> <bradydesign@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 10, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
> >
> >> Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
> >
> > Thank you. Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> I think it is supposed to be intuitive. Command-Click adds to or
> subtracts from a selection. You want to subtract the selected color so
> you Command-Click on it (I presume it is Control-Click under Windows).
>
> Once it's been explained in those terms, it kind of makes sense, but
> it took me a long time to realize the logic behind this particular
> keystroke.
>
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198634@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:47:51 -0500
> Message-Id: <3D40B175-AA44-4F8A-BBA8-A9CFF92D715B@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
>
> > Once it's been explained in those terms, it kind of makes sense, but
> > it took me a long time to realize the logic behind this particular
> > keystroke.
>
> I guess it's like Opt-clicking for some tasks. Thanks.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message-Id: <23F62E5C-508F-4543-94A8-DC964D9BD868@gmail.com>
> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198482@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:57:07 +0100
>
> Michael B.:
>
> > What I want to do: I have a CS for footnote references in the text. >
> > The CS includes Position > superscript and the color red (so I can
> > find them easily as I work in the layout). When I am finished and
> > ready to prepare the printing files, all I want to do is to change
> > the FNs back to black-–OR TO WHATEVER COLOR THE TEXT IS. I cannot do >
> > it by simply editing the CS style for the footnote reference and
> > setting the Color > Text Color, so it reverts to the underlying
> > color of the text
>
> I'm glad to have Dave's tip on this, but isn't it as easy just to s&r >
> a color change as to change the CS?
>
> > Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a
> character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl (Windows)
>
> or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
>
>
> Roy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198672@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:59:11 -0500
> Message-Id: <E5CDFA09-4A65-4033-BAD7-60A9B25B45F7@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Roy McCoy wrote:
>
> > CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a > character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl (Windows) > or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
>
> I can see that as an alternate way in layout, but for style dialog boxes > that allow the user to delete, e.g., the name of a font or its size or > leading, then it seems counterintuitive to enable a task ONLY by using a > Cmd-click method.
>
>
> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> Michael Brady
> michaelb@michaelbradydesign.com
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> Message-Id: <AC45A896-1EC4-4826-922D-877AD60A072D@gmail.com>
> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198678@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:31:53 +0100
>
> Michael B. wrote, quoting me:
>
> >> CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a
> >> character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl
> >> (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
> >
> > I can see that as an alternate way in layout, but for style dialog
> > boxes that allow the user to delete, e.g., the name of a font or its
> > size or leading, then it seems counterintuitive to enable a task
> > ONLY by using a Cmd-click method.
>
> This made me laugh out loud, thinking about the normal intuitive
> understanding of deleting - i.e. BOING, there goes your color
> altogether. You don't have that in a text box, where you're deleting -
> normally and intuitively - the text rather than the thing itself.
>
> But I would never have guessed command-click either, and could just as
> easily live with delete.
>
>
> Roy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message-Id: <p06230900c76ff2267203@[192.168.1.69]>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8197900@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:11:53 -0800
> From: Rick Gordon <lists@rickgordon.com>
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
>
> Does the use of an add-on PDF utility such as PitStop allow the for the
redefinition of the missing trim boxes? And if that works, is there any
less pricey option for doing the same?
>
> Rick Gordon
>
> ------------------
>
> On 1/10/10 at 9:11 PM +1100, Bryce Amner wrote in a message entitled
> "Re: 6.0.5 update???":
>
> >The two that I've experienced are:
> >
> >Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
RIPed)
> >
> >Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
> >
> >
> >
> >Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by Acrobat
6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either place the
whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually, or find and
open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as required, and
re-export a PDF.
> >
> >This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
> >
> >Bryce.
> >
> >
> >
> >Bob Levine wrote:
> >>I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
What
> >>problems does exporting create?
> >>
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> >>Amner
> >>Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> >>To: InDesign Talk
> >>Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >>
> >>It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >>
> >>Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message-ID: <4B4A558E.9060807@monsters.net.au>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:32:46 +1100
> From: Bryce Amner <bryce@monsters.net.au>
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198184@mail2.starmark.com>
>
> I think the two errors I was referring to must have been fixed in the
> 6.0.4 update - I can't reproduce them now.
> I've attached a link to one of the files that caused the problem:
>
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1142117/TMA%20Masthead%2007%20coated%20and%20spot.ai
> When placed in an ID document and exported (from 6.0.3) to PDF X-1a the
> drop shadow reproduced as solid black. The solution was to save the AI
> file as a jpeg (saving AI as PDF didn't fix the problem).
>
> Australia was quite early in adopting PDF workflows for print (my
> newspaper started sending PDF's to press in late 2000). But this was
> using Distiller (the only alternative then was PDF Writer), and there
> are still many printers here who specify/expect distilled PDFs.
>
> I agree that the distilled/exported file size issue is no longer a major
> factor, and that as of 28 September 2009 (the 6.0.4 update) the PDF
> exporting workflow seems to be just as stable and reliable as
> distilling. But it's supremely arrogant for Adobe to abandon full
> support for the distilled PDF workflow in their flagship application
> BEFORE they get the alternative workflow completely right! And even now
> that they have fixed the exporting workflow, I'm sure I'm not the only
> one who has an extensive archive of distilled PDFs which have now being
> orphaned.
>
> Bryce.
>
>
> Bob Levine wrote:
> > That's a very vague description.
> >
> > What errors? What does "not export properly" mean?
> >
> > I'm not being glib here, but one does not need to be a genius to notice
that
> > the distillation of PDFs has been pretty much declared an archaic
method and
> > if fixing this issue in ID is a going to require major efforts, I doubt
it's
> > going to happen.
> >
> > So, it's really best to try to workaround the problem.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> > Amner
> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 5:11 AM
> > To: InDesign Talk
> > Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >
> > The two that I've experienced are:
> >
> > Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
> > showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
> > RIPed)
> >
> > Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
> > documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
> >
> >
> >
> > Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
> > conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by
> > Acrobat 6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either
> > place the whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually,
> > or find and open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as
> > required, and re-export a PDF.
> >
> > This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
> > significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
> > doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
> >
> > Bryce.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Levine wrote:
> >
> >> I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
> >>
> > What
> >
> >> problems does exporting create?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
> >>
> > Bryce
> >
> >> Amner
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> >> To: InDesign Talk
> >> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >>
> >> It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
> >> with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
> >> solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> >> deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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>
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> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8183868@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Opening Quark files
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:15:29 +0100
>
> Bret Perry wrote:
>
> > How it got anchored if YOU didn't do it... now THAT might be
> > corruption.
>
>
> Claudia McCue wrote:
>
> > I suspect it once held the contributor's photo, now long gone.
>
>
> That it might have held a photo was a good guess, but the text arrived
> in a Word file that didn't contain any graphics, and anyway the frame
> would then have had portrait proportions and this one was square:
> 25.4mm x 25.4mm. It took me a while to realize that this was a perfect
> square inch, which rules out the possibility of an accidental click/
> drag. It's there in the earliest version of the file I have, but
> didn't affect the type until I changed the biography text style from
> Calibri to Candara and modified the size very slightly.
>
> An empty one-inch-square anchored text frame, lower-right reference
> point set to the right page margin and to the baseline with a 0.018 mm
> Y offset. The Anchored Object Options program default must have been
> Inline or Above Line, since never having been aware of this I could
> hardly have changed it. The Custom default is with the lower-right
> reference point, but X relative to *left* of *text frame*, no Y
> offset, and Keep within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries checked whereas
> it isn't with the mystery frame.
>
> Sounds like a rogue sample script or something. I think I did use a
> script (and/or QK shortcut) to copy the biographies from one file to
> another, but I can't find it now and it certainly didn't have anything
> to do with a one-inch-square text box.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
>
>
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proportionately in CS 1 that has been copied and pasted into the document?
I am coming from PageMaker and Quark background.
Thanks,
Sarah
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> Date: 1/11/2010 2:41:18 AM
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> InDesign Talk Digest #407
>
> 1) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by "Bob Levine" <rjlevine@verizon.net>
> 2) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by David Creamer <ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> 3) Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 4) Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 - Patch
> by Thomas Rohde <tom@bonobo.com>
> 5) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
> 6) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 7) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
> 8) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 9) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> 10) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> 11) Re: Uncolor my word
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> 12) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by Rick Gordon <lists@rickgordon.com>
> 13) Re: 6.0.5 update???
> by Bryce Amner <bryce@monsters.net.au>
> 14) Re: Opening Quark files
> by Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
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> From: "Bob Levine" <rjlevine@verizon.net>
> In-reply-to: <list-8197900@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: RE: 6.0.5 update???
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:18:14 -0500
> Message-id: <006201ca91f7$5dcd5d90$196818b0$@net>
>
> That's a very vague description.
>
> What errors? What does "not export properly" mean?
>
> I'm not being glib here, but one does not need to be a genius to notice
that
> the distillation of PDFs has been pretty much declared an archaic method
and
> if fixing this issue in ID is a going to require major efforts, I doubt
it's
> going to happen.
>
> So, it's really best to try to workaround the problem.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> Amner
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 5:11 AM
> To: InDesign Talk
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
>
> The two that I've experienced are:
>
> Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
> showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
> RIPed)
>
> Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
> documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
>
>
>
> Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
> conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by
> Acrobat 6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either
> place the whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually,
> or find and open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as
> required, and re-export a PDF.
>
> This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
> significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
> doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
>
> Bryce.
>
>
>
> Bob Levine wrote:
> > I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
> What
> > problems does exporting create?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
> Bryce
> > Amner
> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> > To: InDesign Talk
> > Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >
> > It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
> > with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
> > solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >
> > Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> > deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:48:27 -0800
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> From: David Creamer <ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> Message-ID: <C76F28BB.835E5%ideaslists@ideastraining.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8197987@mail2.starmark.com>
>
> > Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> > deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
>
> I think the issue is not with IDs handling/importing of PDFs as much as an
> issue of how it writes the PS (and EPS) code.
>
>
> David Creamer
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:24:23 -0500
> Message-Id: <C18AE3C7-09FC-4C63-ADA9-ADA70CE3B6D9@embarqmail.com>
>
> I think this is a working behavior Adobe hasn't designed a solution for:
>
> Create a character style that includes a change of text color. Apply it. > Now edit the CS and remove the color so the word or letter that has the > CS applied to it returns to the body text color. Can't do it, can you?
>
> In order to change the CS text color, you have to specify a new color. > None doesn't solve the problem, because the text with the CS applied > then becomes invisible.
>
> What I want to do: I have a CS for footnote references in the text. The > CS includes Position > superscript and the color red (so I can find them > easily as I work in the layout). When I am finished and ready to prepare > the printing files, all I want to do is to change the FNs back to > black-–OR TO WHATEVER COLOR THE TEXT IS. I cannot do it by simply > editing the CS style for the footnote reference and setting the Color > > Text Color, so it reverts to the underlying color of the text. I have to > pick a color from the list. Usually--99% of the time--the text will be > black, but there are time when I use another color. Or there will be the > rare occasion when I change the color of the text after I remove the red > from the footnote. When I do that, the FNs will remain black even though > I have changed the color of the words themselves.
>
> Is there a way to remove a CS character color so it reverts to the text > of the paragraph style already applied to the text?
>
>
> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> Michael Brady
> michaelb@michaelbradydesign.com
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> Message-Id: <p06240801c76fa3628902@192.168.2.103>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:37:12 +0100
> From: Thomas Rohde <tom@bonobo.com>
> Subject: Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 - Patch
>
> <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!--
> blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
> --></style><title>Critical Vulnerabilities Illu CS3+4 -
> Patch</title></head><body>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Security updates available for Adobe
> Illustrator CS4 and CS3<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Release date: January 7, 2010<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>[..]<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Platform: Windows and Macintosh<br>
> <br>
> SUMMARY</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Critical vulnerabilities</b> have been
> identified in Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0) and Adobe Illustrator CS3
> (13.0.3 and earlier versions), on the Windows and Macintosh operating
> systems. The vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution.
> Adobe has provided a solution for the reported vulnerabilities. It is
> recommended that users update their installations using the
> instructions provided below.<br>
> <br>
> AFFECTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS<br>
> Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0)</blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Adobe Illustrator CS3 (13.0.3 and earlier
> versions)<br>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>[..]</blockquote>
> <div><br></div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html</div
> >
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198482@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:45:57 -0500
> Message-ID: <9c626e31001100745n4f962df5pea4661f14779518@mail.gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Michael Brady
> <bradydesign@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > I think this is a working behavior Adobe hasn't designed a solution for:
> >
> > Create a character style that includes a change of text color. Apply
it. Now edit the CS and remove the color so the word or letter that has the
CS applied to it returns to the body text color. Can't do it, can you?
>
> Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
>
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198529@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:07:38 -0500
> Message-Id: <DBF3E76A-5863-46E4-BE48-61F105738CFF@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
>
> > Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
>
> Thank you. Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198581@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:46:50 -0500
> Message-ID: <9c626e31001100846k16a6014h9b6d39fbd44a75c4@mail.gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Dave Saunders <davesaunders@pdsassoc.com>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Michael Brady
> <bradydesign@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 10, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
> >
> >> Command-click on the Color. There, that was easy.
> >
> > Thank you. Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> I think it is supposed to be intuitive. Command-Click adds to or
> subtracts from a selection. You want to subtract the selected color so
> you Command-Click on it (I presume it is Control-Click under Windows).
>
> Once it's been explained in those terms, it kind of makes sense, but
> it took me a long time to realize the logic behind this particular
> keystroke.
>
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198634@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:47:51 -0500
> Message-Id: <3D40B175-AA44-4F8A-BBA8-A9CFF92D715B@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
>
> > Once it's been explained in those terms, it kind of makes sense, but
> > it took me a long time to realize the logic behind this particular
> > keystroke.
>
> I guess it's like Opt-clicking for some tasks. Thanks.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message-Id: <23F62E5C-508F-4543-94A8-DC964D9BD868@gmail.com>
> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198482@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:57:07 +0100
>
> Michael B.:
>
> > What I want to do: I have a CS for footnote references in the text. >
> > The CS includes Position > superscript and the color red (so I can
> > find them easily as I work in the layout). When I am finished and
> > ready to prepare the printing files, all I want to do is to change
> > the FNs back to black-–OR TO WHATEVER COLOR THE TEXT IS. I cannot do >
> > it by simply editing the CS style for the footnote reference and
> > setting the Color > Text Color, so it reverts to the underlying
> > color of the text
>
> I'm glad to have Dave's tip on this, but isn't it as easy just to s&r >
> a color change as to change the CS?
>
> > Where was that bit of wisdom hiding?
>
> CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a
> character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl (Windows)
>
> or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
>
>
> Roy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> From: Michael Brady <bradydesign@embarqmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198672@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:59:11 -0500
> Message-Id: <E5CDFA09-4A65-4033-BAD7-60A9B25B45F7@embarqmail.com>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Roy McCoy wrote:
>
> > CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a > character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl (Windows) > or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
>
> I can see that as an alternate way in layout, but for style dialog boxes > that allow the user to delete, e.g., the name of a font or its size or > leading, then it seems counterintuitive to enable a task ONLY by using a > Cmd-click method.
>
>
> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198678@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Uncolor my word
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:31:53 +0100
>
> Michael B. wrote, quoting me:
>
> >> CS4 PDF help file, page 182: "To remove an attribute setting from a
> >> character style: [...] For a character color, hold down Ctrl
> >> (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch."
> >
> > I can see that as an alternate way in layout, but for style dialog
> > boxes that allow the user to delete, e.g., the name of a font or its
> > size or leading, then it seems counterintuitive to enable a task
> > ONLY by using a Cmd-click method.
>
> This made me laugh out loud, thinking about the normal intuitive
> understanding of deleting - i.e. BOING, there goes your color
> altogether. You don't have that in a text box, where you're deleting -
> normally and intuitively - the text rather than the thing itself.
>
> But I would never have guessed command-click either, and could just as
> easily live with delete.
>
>
> Roy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message-Id: <p06230900c76ff2267203@[192.168.1.69]>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8197900@mail2.starmark.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:11:53 -0800
> From: Rick Gordon <lists@rickgordon.com>
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
>
> Does the use of an add-on PDF utility such as PitStop allow the for the
redefinition of the missing trim boxes? And if that works, is there any
less pricey option for doing the same?
>
> Rick Gordon
>
> ------------------
>
> On 1/10/10 at 9:11 PM +1100, Bryce Amner wrote in a message entitled
> "Re: 6.0.5 update???":
>
> >The two that I've experienced are:
> >
> >Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
RIPed)
> >
> >Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
> >
> >
> >
> >Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by Acrobat
6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either place the
whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually, or find and
open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as required, and
re-export a PDF.
> >
> >This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
> >
> >Bryce.
> >
> >
> >
> >Bob Levine wrote:
> >>I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
What
> >>problems does exporting create?
> >>
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> >>Amner
> >>Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> >>To: InDesign Talk
> >>Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >>
> >>It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >>
> >>Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
> Message-ID: <4B4A558E.9060807@monsters.net.au>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:32:46 +1100
> From: Bryce Amner <bryce@monsters.net.au>
> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> In-Reply-To: <list-8198184@mail2.starmark.com>
>
> I think the two errors I was referring to must have been fixed in the
> 6.0.4 update - I can't reproduce them now.
> I've attached a link to one of the files that caused the problem:
>
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1142117/TMA%20Masthead%2007%20coated%20and%20spot.ai
> When placed in an ID document and exported (from 6.0.3) to PDF X-1a the
> drop shadow reproduced as solid black. The solution was to save the AI
> file as a jpeg (saving AI as PDF didn't fix the problem).
>
> Australia was quite early in adopting PDF workflows for print (my
> newspaper started sending PDF's to press in late 2000). But this was
> using Distiller (the only alternative then was PDF Writer), and there
> are still many printers here who specify/expect distilled PDFs.
>
> I agree that the distilled/exported file size issue is no longer a major
> factor, and that as of 28 September 2009 (the 6.0.4 update) the PDF
> exporting workflow seems to be just as stable and reliable as
> distilling. But it's supremely arrogant for Adobe to abandon full
> support for the distilled PDF workflow in their flagship application
> BEFORE they get the alternative workflow completely right! And even now
> that they have fixed the exporting workflow, I'm sure I'm not the only
> one who has an extensive archive of distilled PDFs which have now being
> orphaned.
>
> Bryce.
>
>
> Bob Levine wrote:
> > That's a very vague description.
> >
> > What errors? What does "not export properly" mean?
> >
> > I'm not being glib here, but one does not need to be a genius to notice
that
> > the distillation of PDFs has been pretty much declared an archaic
method and
> > if fixing this issue in ID is a going to require major efforts, I doubt
it's
> > going to happen.
> >
> > So, it's really best to try to workaround the problem.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
Bryce
> > Amner
> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 5:11 AM
> > To: InDesign Talk
> > Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >
> > The two that I've experienced are:
> >
> > Some PDF's placed in InDesign documents (eg. produced by Quark) not
> > showing errors when exported (but showing errors when distilled and/or
> > RIPed)
> >
> > Some Illustrator logos with transparency effects placed in InDesign
> > documents not exporting properly (but distilling correctly).
> >
> >
> >
> > Apart from this is the significant inconvenience of not being able to
> > conveniently reuse a large library of archived PDFs (distilled by
> > Acrobat 6, 7, 8 and 9). To use these archived PDFs we have to either
> > place the whole file in ID, and then crop the trim marks off manually,
> > or find and open the original ID file (CS2 or CS3), reinstall fonts as
> > required, and re-export a PDF.
> >
> > This is an inconvenience for us, but it seems that this factor was so
> > significant that at least one other person has gone back to CS3 (which
> > doesn't have this bug). http://forums.adobe.com/message/1966850#1966850
> >
> > Bryce.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Levine wrote:
> >
> >> I seem to remember something about this, but can you refresh my memory?
> >>
> > What
> >
> >> problems does exporting create?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
> >>
> > Bryce
> >
> >> Amner
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
> >> To: InDesign Talk
> >> Subject: Re: 6.0.5 update???
> >>
> >> It happens on ID CS4 (not CS3 or earlier) on Mac and Windows, but only
> >> with PDFs that have been created using Distiller. So, exporting to PDF
> >> solves the problem (but creates other problems).
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, this bug drives a stake through the heart of ID's well
> >> deserved reputation for being excellent at handling PDF.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Message-Id: <92AF39D5-5B9C-482D-A3D6-58655976C95D@gmail.com>
> From: Roy McCoy <roymccoy.nl@gmail.com>
> In-Reply-To: <list-8183868@mail2.starmark.com>
> Subject: Re: Opening Quark files
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:15:29 +0100
>
> Bret Perry wrote:
>
> > How it got anchored if YOU didn't do it... now THAT might be
> > corruption.
>
>
> Claudia McCue wrote:
>
> > I suspect it once held the contributor's photo, now long gone.
>
>
> That it might have held a photo was a good guess, but the text arrived
> in a Word file that didn't contain any graphics, and anyway the frame
> would then have had portrait proportions and this one was square:
> 25.4mm x 25.4mm. It took me a while to realize that this was a perfect
> square inch, which rules out the possibility of an accidental click/
> drag. It's there in the earliest version of the file I have, but
> didn't affect the type until I changed the biography text style from
> Calibri to Candara and modified the size very slightly.
>
> An empty one-inch-square anchored text frame, lower-right reference
> point set to the right page margin and to the baseline with a 0.018 mm
> Y offset. The Anchored Object Options program default must have been
> Inline or Above Line, since never having been aware of this I could
> hardly have changed it. The Custom default is with the lower-right
> reference point, but X relative to *left* of *text frame*, no Y
> offset, and Keep within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries checked whereas
> it isn't with the mystery frame.
>
> Sounds like a rogue sample script or something. I think I did use a
> script (and/or QK shortcut) to copy the biographies from one file to
> another, but I can't find it now and it certainly didn't have anything
> to do with a one-inch-square text box.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
>
>
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