Comments on: Applying an Object Style when Placing an Image

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:25:24 +0000

@Jochen: I respectfully disagree with you. When you draw a shape with the Rectangle tool, the [Basic Graphics Frame] is automatically applied. When you draw a frame with the Type tool, the [Basic Text Frame[ style is automatically applied. We need some method for applying an “automatic” frame for image frames.

@Jay: As far as I can tell, there is no additional functionality in the XHTML export in CS4.

By: Jochen Uebel

Jochen Uebel — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:05:43 +0000

Hi all.
I do not think that this is a bug. Instead I see a very strong rule – which I like very much: Every frame which is created by InDesign (and not by hand) follows always the Object Style [None].
The same is true for every frame which is drawn by hand using the Rectangle Tool.

By: Jay Fresno

Jay Fresno — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:14:36 +0000

Any comments or suggestions about the new InDesign CS4 Save for DreamWeaver command — and if it works well?

By: Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:10:23 +0000

Noticed this before, and my workaround has been to create the image frame first and apply the style, then place the images into them.

In fairness, it doesn’t take that long, for what I’m doing anyway.

By: Roland

Roland — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:41:33 +0000

Regardless of the legality of guns, I think they ought to change the name to something equally deadly but legal. Like mother-in-law, chilly-fart or Brumak?

P.S. if you don’t know what a Brumak is, don’t worry, you’re probably of the wrong generation.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:56:21 +0000

Sleep or caffeine…one or the other David!

I work for the local public school system. Am I going to be allowed to use this great little (or not so little when you are placing a batch of images) feature?

I don’t think I’ll ask the political correctness police. Hmmm, I just realized that the initials for that are pcp. Interesting.

By: Sandee cohen

Sandee cohen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:29:04 +0000

Great post David.

And the history of the “Place Gun” name explains why I have always called the cursor icon of a place image or text a “loaded cursor”.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:04:38 +0000

Wait.. so this is a known bug that has existed since before CS4, and it wasn’t fixed? Did you get a reason as to why?