Comments on: The InDesignSecrets Chutzpah Award for Creative Uses of InDesign http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:41:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Eugene Tyson http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102900 Eugene Tyson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:27:10 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102900 Shocking that you didn't just finish it up in InDesign though and Export>PDF. Shocking I tells ya. We decided that all our publications had to be put on the web. We just got InDesign and changed over from Ventura, great craic, but that's another story. The guys that are putting it up on the web seem to not know how to do this. So I made GoLive files, XML files, PDF files and many others, after been told that .rtf file is not compatible. Then I was told that we need to change our "typesetting package" to something that works better with their "software", to which I fervently refused to do. So then I made them an .rtf about 3 weeks of trial and error and the .rtf worked fine, as long as all our "styles were consistent", only in name not in style. The funny thing is, the books went on the web before, given to this company as .rtf files from Ventura. The length of trouble I had explaining that InDesign is for printing on paper, not for making webpages and sites. Different tools for different jobs. They didn't get it. They still don't and somehow our books are appearing. I think they just be guessing what they're at. But that's the circle of life! Shocking that you didn’t just finish it up in InDesign though and Export>PDF. Shocking I tells ya.

We decided that all our publications had to be put on the web. We just got InDesign and changed over from Ventura, great craic, but that’s another story.

The guys that are putting it up on the web seem to not know how to do this. So I made GoLive files, XML files, PDF files and many others, after been told that .rtf file is not compatible. Then I was told that we need to change our “typesetting package” to something that works better with their “software”, to which I fervently refused to do. So then I made them an .rtf about 3 weeks of trial and error and the .rtf worked fine, as long as all our “styles were consistent”, only in name not in style. The funny thing is, the books went on the web before, given to this company as .rtf files from Ventura. The length of trouble I had explaining that InDesign is for printing on paper, not for making webpages and sites. Different tools for different jobs. They didn’t get it. They still don’t and somehow our books are appearing. I think they just be guessing what they’re at. But that’s the circle of life!

]]> By: Daniel http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102841 Daniel Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:20:38 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102841 It was also a good success as I was already a catalyst for their rapid posterior movement towards InDesign… when they saw that I handled all of that in half an hour with ID, they were really impressed. It was also a good success as I was already a catalyst for their rapid posterior movement towards InDesign… when they saw that I handled all of that in half an hour with ID, they were really impressed.

]]> By: Eugene http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102723 Eugene Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:56:42 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102723 Once I started using InDesign I was happy. The only time I opened Quark was to laugh at it. Always cheered me up, and still does. :) Once I started using InDesign I was happy. The only time I opened Quark was to laugh at it. Always cheered me up, and still does. :)

]]> By: Sacha Heck http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102721 Sacha Heck Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:42:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102721 I love such stories :-) Please post more of them. I can remember a situation in the past when I also had a similar problem in "the other" software. How would I have loved to have features like nested styles and next style. However many people still don't know about it because it's a really hidden feature. One must know that it is there ... But then, once found, it can save you a lot of time :-) I love such stories :-) Please post more of them. I can remember a situation in the past when I also had a similar problem in “the other” software. How would I have loved to have features like nested styles and next style. However many people still don’t know about it because it’s a really hidden feature. One must know that it is there … But then, once found, it can save you a lot of time :-)

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102625 David Blatner Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:34:42 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102625 I love this idea of InDesign being a useful add-on to QuarkXPress. Whenever you need something that QX doesn't do, just use ID! After a while, the bosses will realize that it would be more efficient to do the whole thing in ID. I love this idea of InDesign being a useful add-on to QuarkXPress. Whenever you need something that QX doesn’t do, just use ID! After a while, the bosses will realize that it would be more efficient to do the whole thing in ID.

]]> By: Fritz http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102619 Fritz Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:22:06 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/the-indesignsecrets-chutzpah-award-for-creative-uses-of-indesign.php#comment-102619 At a previous job, I had to use Quark as well. Unfortunetly I received a word file where someone had typed in all CAPS FOR MANY PAGES. If I only had Quark, I would have had to retype it. Instead, I placed it inside InDesign, converted it to sentence case, and copy and pasted it into Quark. That saved hours of work. At a previous job, I had to use Quark as well. Unfortunetly I received a word file where someone had typed in all CAPS FOR MANY PAGES. If I only had Quark, I would have had to retype it. Instead, I placed it inside InDesign, converted it to sentence case, and copy and pasted it into Quark.

That saved hours of work.

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