Impossible? Importing PDF Corrections into InDesign
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Yeah–it may be crazy.
In the old days, we’d send out first pass pages and the editors and authors would write their corrections/edits on the first-pass pages. And we did the corrections and repaged.
But nowadays they are marking/tagging the corrections on the PDFs. Which makes if very difficult to input corrections into the InDesign file. It’s basically we print out the PDF proofs to see the corrections (and for the proof room to compare), and then go back and forth between the PDF and the InDesign file and copy and paste the edits/corrections.
Is there an easier way? Like a plug-in or something?
I swwear to God, it’s so much easier just to have them write their changes on the actual page proofs. It takes ten times longer to do corrections/edits from the PDF.
Any ideas?
NOTE: They will not use InCopy–I have already suggested that.
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Your case is what Annotations for Adobe InDesign from DTP Tools is for. I tried an early version and it worked but not quite as smoothly as I thought it should. Here is part of DTP Tool’s blurb:
‘Annotations plug-in allows you to import notes and comments from PDF into a source InDesign file. For successful import of text edits and space dependent notes, both documents need to be identical. The plug-in can match different pagination of the PDF and InDesign documents, so you can export just a one page PDF for proof or import notes from a whole book PDF to a single chapter file. Annotations can also process PDFs exported as spreads.
DTP Tools recommends working from the InDesign document’s end to its top. Doing so will minimize misalignment of comments and notes as edits are accepted.’ -
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You can see a few more links here: https://creativepro.com/topic/marking-up-pdfs
Kelly Vaughan has done a lot of work with Annotations. You can find her blog at https://documentgeek.blogspot.com -
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Dwayne, check the DTP Tools Cloud option… that’s the newer version that should work. You get all their tools (including my Blatner Tools plug-ins) as part of that.
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Thanks, David. I’ll check it out. I may have the owner buy a few copies for the folks who do corrections in our shop.
We get a lot (and I mean a lot) of PDFs back that are annotated and have those arrows and blue triangles putting showing the corrections.
If something that could work, it would be a lifesaver.
I will buy a one year subscription tonight for myself (no–I probably won’t get refunded by the company so I can test it a bit).
The other stuff may come in handy.
But–I mainly do the original paging, so hopefully the folks doing the corrections will use it and figure it out, instead of relying on me to hold their hands.
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I hear ‘ya. I can’t even take vacations without being called or emailed. In fact–I usually end up canceling my vacations.
Some of the correctors just want answers and don’t want to take initiative. Some won’t even make up a style sheet and have it queried. I.e., a footnote gets added to the job (none previously existed). Just make it 8/10 point/lead, line space above. Simple! But no–
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That’s definitely job security, Charlotte. It must suck when you take time off, get back to work, and have a desk full of stuff.
My problem is just the opposite. We’ll get a bunch of crash jobs come in and since we can’t extend the deadline, I cancel vacation to get the jobs done.
I’m the main guy for the original pagination (especially the complicated ones).
I do take vacation at times, though it’s usually in the dead of winter, during our slow period :(
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Dwayne, if your budget allows it, there’s an awesome plugin called GoProof.
The Enterprise version allows your client to edit the type from their browser, preview it, and send it back to you. You get to load their changes into the indesign file, and voila! The only catch is, it’s 900 English pounds per year!
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