Troubleshooting Posts

CS4 Live Preflight Best at Checking for Font Embedding Problems

July 2 2009 • 4:25 PM

While InDesign CS3 and other utilities claim to identify protected fonts, Live Preflight in InDesign CS4 does the best in detecting problems.

Bridge Font Blind Spot

June 18 2009 • 6:53 PM

Could Bridge be a little “nearsighted” when it comes to seeing the fonts some InDesign files need?

Hey, Buddy. Can You Spare a Layer?

June 16 2009 • 7:10 AM

A few empty layers can go a long way when placing layered Photoshop and Illustrator files.

SWF Embedded in InDesign PDF Problem Solved (mostly)

June 11 2009 • 9:03 AM

A solution is found for the vexing “buffering” problem when SWF is included in PDF files on the Mac

PDFs Placed into CS4 Documents May Drop Characters When Exported to PDF.

May 29 2009 • 12:30 PM

Issue affects PDFs viewed or printed in Acrobat or Reader version 8 and earlier.

Can I copy and paste images from Quark into ID?

May 28 2009 • 7:24 PM

Copy and pasting images might seem like a good idea, but there are other options to explore.

Troubleshooting InDesign CS4 Pauses

May 18 2009 • 8:10 AM

InDesign pauses whenever you make a change to your document? It may not be due to what you think it is.

Troubleshooting the “Licensing Stopped” Error

May 6 2009 • 5:49 AM

Sometimes a scary error message stops you in your tracks.

InDesign 6.02 Update Released

May 4 2009 • 10:43 AM

InDesign and InCopy 6.02 are out! We love bug fixes!

IDCS4 Bug: Text Formatting Lost in Empty Cells and Frames On Export

April 27 2009 • 4:13 PM

Relying on empty text frames or table cells in your InDesign templates? Perhaps you’d better put some text in them after all.