Comments on: What I learned at the Creative Suite Conference http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30450 Tim Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:47:33 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30450 May I also suggest a nice tip for other shapes of text box, especially elipses. Give the box a custom baseline grid, make the grid relative to the top of the frame with a 1pt increment and start the grid where ever works best for that shaped box. This allows for a greater text area with in the text box. Oh yes you need to set the text to snap to baseline grid. These can all be set as styles or saved as snippets for repeated use. Tim May I also suggest a nice tip for other shapes of text box, especially elipses.
Give the box a custom baseline grid, make the grid relative to the top of the frame with a 1pt increment and start the grid where ever works best for that shaped box.
This allows for a greater text area with in the text box.
Oh yes you need to set the text to snap to baseline grid.
These can all be set as styles or saved as snippets for repeated use.
Tim

]]> By: Dave Saunders http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30259 Dave Saunders Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:21:53 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30259 Bran is right. My solution is static. Change the size of the frame and you have to run the script again. And, I suspect that with certain kinds of text wraps, my scripts might even fail, but I also reckon that the combination of those particular text wraps and the purposes of my scripts are sufficiently at odds with each other that it doesn't matter. Dave Bran is right. My solution is static. Change the size of the frame and you have to run the script again.

And, I suspect that with certain kinds of text wraps, my scripts might even fail, but I also reckon that the combination of those particular text wraps and the purposes of my scripts are sufficiently at odds with each other that it doesn’t matter.

Dave

]]> By: Branislav Milic http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30225 Branislav Milic Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:05:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30225 It seems that it is not easy to implement for calculation reason and performance issue. Otherwise Quark and Adobe would have included it in their layout applications a long time ago in our galaxy... It seems that it is not easy to implement for calculation reason and performance issue. Otherwise Quark and Adobe would have included it in their layout applications a long time ago in our galaxy…

]]> By: Fritz http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30194 Fritz Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:35:11 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30194 Thanks Dave. That script is amazing, I can't belive Indesign doesn't have that function built in. You Rock! Thanks Dave. That script is amazing, I can’t belive Indesign doesn’t have that function built in.

You Rock!

]]> By: Dave Saunders http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30189 Dave Saunders Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:00:31 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30189 On Christmas Day last year, I posted a present to the community that included a script that will center vertically in an elliptical frame. Read about it here: http://adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bc2a9f9 Or just download the script directly from here: http://pdsassoc.com/BetaScripts/PseudoVJ-centered.jsx.zip On Boxing Day, I added this: http://pdsassoc.com/BetaScripts/PseudoVJ-bottom.jsx.zip Dave On Christmas Day last year, I posted a present to the community that included a script that will center vertically in an elliptical frame. Read about it here:

http://adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bc2a9f9

Or just download the script directly from here:

http://pdsassoc.com/BetaScripts/PseudoVJ-centered.jsx.zip

On Boxing Day, I added this:

http://pdsassoc.com/BetaScripts/PseudoVJ-bottom.jsx.zip

Dave

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30181 David Blatner Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:34:19 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-30181 Thanks, Sandee, for passing that tip on. Sandee also delivered several dozen great tips of her own at the CS conference. Next stop: <a href="http://www.pixelconference.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Pixel Conference</a> and <a href="http://www.vectorconference.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Vector Conference</a> in Chicago. Then we'll both be at <a href="http://www.idconference.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The InDesign Conference</a> in New York City, June 4-7. Thanks, Sandee, for passing that tip on. Sandee also delivered several dozen great tips of her own at the CS conference. Next stop: The Pixel Conference and The Vector Conference in Chicago. Then we’ll both be at The InDesign Conference in New York City, June 4-7.

]]> By: Fritz http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-29920 Fritz Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:08:52 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-i-learned-at-the-creative-suite-conference.php#comment-29920 Thats a great tip! I have been bothered by that for awhile. Too bad you still can't center vertically in a circle though. I do remember that the FormsX Extension for quark could vertically center text in a circle no problem. Come on Indesign, fix it in CS3. Thats a great tip! I have been bothered by that for awhile. Too bad you still can’t center vertically in a circle though. I do remember that the FormsX Extension for quark could vertically center text in a circle no problem. Come on Indesign, fix it in CS3.

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