Comments on: Copy-and-Paste vs. Place http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dr. Halle http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-491364 Dr. Halle Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:11:02 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-491364 HELP!! I'm in the midst of a Logo Project and am stuck with an AI issue. I need to transfer some objects (vectorized word-copy) from one AI document to another document. I find I can do it with Copy/Paste (and have adjusted my Clipboard Preferences to AICB), but every time, it come out in a form which has no stroke and fill. This is friggin nerve-wracking!! Tried dragging and "Place" too: Same result. THANKS. HELP!!
I’m in the midst of a Logo Project and am stuck with an AI issue. I need to transfer some objects (vectorized word-copy) from one AI document to another document. I find I can do it with Copy/Paste (and have adjusted my Clipboard Preferences to AICB), but every time, it come out in a form which has no stroke and fill. This is friggin nerve-wracking!! Tried dragging and “Place” too: Same result. THANKS.

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-491329 David Blatner Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:12:45 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-491329 @Mark: I think the best option is to get a system utility that helps you with that. For example, on the Mac, I highly highly recommend <a href="http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Default Folder</a>. @Mark: I think the best option is to get a system utility that helps you with that. For example, on the Mac, I highly highly recommend Default Folder.

]]> By: Mark Trimnell http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-491327 Mark Trimnell Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:57:40 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-491327 When I am placing a lot of graphics from one particular folder onto my InDesign document, each time I go to 'place' I have to painstakingly go through all the various drives on my system in order to place these images. Is there a way of InDesign remembering where I got the first image, therefore this would take me through to that particular image folder each time I place rather than going through the whole process from scratch again. When I am placing a lot of graphics from one particular folder onto my InDesign document, each time I go to ‘place’ I have to painstakingly go through all the various drives on my system in order to place these images. Is there a way of InDesign remembering where I got the first image, therefore this would take me through to that particular image folder each time I place rather than going through the whole process from scratch again.

]]> By: illustrator placing images | Images http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-490524 illustrator placing images | Images Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:51:24 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-490524 [...] Copy-and-Paste vs. Place | InDesignSecrets Dec 6, 2006 … Either just place the images from the original EPS files, or better yet, get them out of Illustrator … [...] [...] Copy-and-Paste vs. Place | InDesignSecrets Dec 6, 2006 … Either just place the images from the original EPS files, or better yet, get them out of Illustrator … [...]

]]> By: hila http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-488689 hila Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:26:22 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-488689 Copy a picture paste it on to a part is what I do Copy a picture paste it on to a part is what I do

]]> By: klipp86 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-488123 klipp86 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:16:52 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-488123 I hope this forum is still open: I'm running CS4 mac. I have a tiny image, the "TM" logo appearing in my document. My client provided me with a logo including it. However, *it's not an image!* *it's not text!* *it's not an editable path!* but when I choose some fill color choices, they update the TM logo, and if I apply a stroke, it applies it, but as if the path wasn't closed - only part of the lettering are stroked. In my "find font" dialog box, it's listed as "Myriad-Roman" with a triangle warning next to the "adobe" font-type logo. it also says in that box: graphic name: unknown (no linked file) graphic type: unknown (no linked file) font: Myriad-Roman Embed-status: not embedded type: unknown (font is missing) and it says "unknown (font is missing)" for version, restrictions and path (style count and styles is blank). while i'm in the Find Font dialog box, and I select this mysterious Myriad-Roman selection (with the error next to it), the button updates from "find first" to "find graphic" i cannot double click on it, i cannot edit the path, i cannot see where it came from, i cannot convert to outlines. i could easily recreate the little bugger with text, but i'm baffled as to what this is, and i'd like to think of myself as a serious-to-professional-level user. i'm stumped!! PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENON! i can send the file if necessary. thanks guys! I hope this forum is still open:

I’m running CS4 mac. I have a tiny image, the “TM” logo appearing in my document. My client provided me with a logo including it.

However, *it’s not an image!* *it’s not text!* *it’s not an editable path!* but when I choose some fill color choices, they update the TM logo, and if I apply a stroke, it applies it, but as if the path wasn’t closed – only part of the lettering are stroked.

In my “find font” dialog box, it’s listed as “Myriad-Roman” with a triangle warning next to the “adobe” font-type logo. it also says in that box:

graphic name: unknown (no linked file)
graphic type: unknown (no linked file)
font: Myriad-Roman
Embed-status: not embedded
type: unknown (font is missing)

and it says “unknown (font is missing)” for version, restrictions and path (style count and styles is blank).

while i’m in the Find Font dialog box, and I select this mysterious Myriad-Roman selection (with the error next to it), the button updates from “find first” to “find graphic”

i cannot double click on it, i cannot edit the path, i cannot see where it came from, i cannot convert to outlines. i could easily recreate the little bugger with text, but i’m baffled as to what this is, and i’d like to think of myself as a serious-to-professional-level user. i’m stumped!! PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENON! i can send the file if necessary.

thanks guys!

]]> By: Ben Borter http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-486774 Ben Borter Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:53:17 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-486774 Hello, I'm looking for an InDesign trick in cs4 to quickly cut and paste images but retain their crops. If you have a grid of six images and you'd like to quickly transpose them but retain the crops is there a way to do this? In Quark you could literally just cut and paste with the content tool and it would remember the positioning...Thanks for any help you can offer! Ben Hello,
I’m looking for an InDesign trick in cs4 to quickly cut and paste images but retain their crops. If you have a grid of six images and you’d like to quickly transpose them but retain the crops is there a way to do this? In Quark you could literally just cut and paste with the content tool and it would remember the positioning…Thanks for any help you can offer!
Ben

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-484819 David Blatner Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:48 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-484819 @Kevin: I suggest posting this on the forums at: http://indesignsecrets.com/forum/ (You'll need to sign up for a free membership in order to post there.) One option, though, it to turn on Show Import Options when using file > place. @Kevin: I suggest posting this on the forums at:
http://indesignsecrets.com/forum/ (You’ll need to sign up for a free membership in order to post there.) One option, though, it to turn on Show Import Options when using file > place.

]]> By: Kevin http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-484817 Kevin Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:35 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-484817 Hi, very new to both Indesign and Illustrator. I tried placing an Illustrator file into Indesign and only a portion of the file shows up. What am I doing wrong? Hi,
very new to both Indesign and Illustrator. I tried placing an Illustrator file into Indesign and only a portion of the file shows up. What am I doing wrong?

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php/comment-page-1#comment-481573 David Blatner Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:19:33 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/copy-and-paste-vs-place.php#comment-481573 The image is inside a frame, so you need to select it with the Direct Selection tool. Then select the frame you want to put it in and choose Edit > Paste Into. The image is inside a frame, so you need to select it with the Direct Selection tool. Then select the frame you want to put it in and choose Edit > Paste Into.

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