Comments on: The InDesigner – Episode 44: That’s a Wrap

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:12 +0000

I am in the process of completing a 750 page history book that will include over 25,000+ proper names. I seeking a better way to create the proper name index than using outside programs to create the list. This video was excellent – however, with my long list of names, does anyone have any further shortcuts for me? I can create an entire topic list and import it of the names, but they have to be without commas, and to create the proper name listing in the index, I would have to click on every name, reversing first and last name, as well as add all for each name, right?
This will work great for my topics index, but anyone have any suggestions?

By: Natália

Natália — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:56:56 +0000

Mto bacana esse tutorial !

By: Nauália Gabrielle

Nauália Gabrielle — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:41:09 +0000

Thanks for teach! You maked that so good! I’m from “Brazil” and I liked so much! Congratulations! And thanks again!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:59:19 +0000

When setting a text wrap, it seems as if the unit of measure is off. For example, if I try to set up a .5″ inset, it is obviously not .5″. It is considerably smaller. It seems like my units/increments are off, but when I check them, it still says inches. Can anyone help me?

By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:17:10 +0000

Thanks David, that’s a great solution, and the method you present makes it easy for designers and will prevent the problems I described… for Text Wrap.

As much as I love InDesign, I still feel that this and other “auto” features can leave yourself open to problems. But I guess that’s a different topic!

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:42:19 +0000

Chas, that’s an interesting point. But you can get around the problem pretty easily by choosing the Direct Selection tool, clicking on the image, and then nudging any point on the text wrap. The wrap then becomes “user modified” and won’t change if the image changes.

By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:12:20 +0000

I work in prepress, and any time you use “detect edges” in InDesign for text wrap (or “Auto Image” in Quark) you are opening yourself up for problems.

Since these “features” use the color values of the image as the basis for how text wraps, any changes in the image, such as a color correction, can cause type to reflow.

Same with using the clipping path or alpha channel as the basis for text wrap. The use of these methods many times casues problems for us since we routinely correct images for color and/or clipping.

I don’t recommend using any of InDesign or Quark’s “detect” or “auto” features for text wrap (Or anything else for that matter, especially when it comes to silhouetting images. There still is no substitute for a good clipping path or alpha channel.)

Using “wrap around bounding box” or drawing a separate, empty frame with a wrap applied will avoid problems of type reflowing due to changes in the color, clipping path or alpha channel of the image.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:33:00 +0000

What’s your problem -oblem -oblem, Dave -ave -ave?

Just as every InDesign document is required by law to have at least one drop shadow, each of our podcasts must have an echo effect.

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:14:20 +0000

Oh please, no-no-no-no-no!

Dave

By: Eugene Tyson

Eugene Tyson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:23:04 +0000

I like both methods. David and Anne-Marie provide an audio approach, meaning I have InDesign open in front of me and pause and play experimenting with what they are talking about. The video is also good, as it’s great to see things working visually, especially if it’s hard to grasp what is going on.

Both are great and personally I wouldn’t change it unless it was a visually related topic, or an audio as the case may be. I do like ending all the sentences with this ending-ing-ing-ing though. I might do that from now on.