Running "how do I do this in InDesign?" thread.

[wickedwritah]

I hope you don't get the ATS MediaDesk interface that marries InCopy and InDesign. It's a ticklish little application.

We had that with Quark at a previous stop. Except for its penchant of making stories/pages disappear, it was OK.

 

[Precious Roy]

We use Quark 4.1 with NewsEdit Pro for our pages, but it looks like Indesign CS2 is on the way in the next couple months.

What pairs with Indesign? I know I'm going to have to learn Indesign, but what other program am I likely to be learning at the same time?

If you keep NewsEdit, make sure your IT guy works ALL the bugs out of the system before making the switch.
We made the switch from Quark to InDesign with NewsEdit, and there were so many bugs and so many people upset that we were late on deadline for about three weeks.

 

[Gomer]

Thanks for the heads-up.

Next question... I've got Indesign 2 on my computer. I'm pretty sure that's far from CS2. But I'm thinking I'll learn something from spending some time on it anyways.

One thing I'm wondering about is how cutouts work. In the past I've used Photoshop to create a path which I then save as an EPS. How will that change when I move to ID CS2?

 

[Precious Roy]

If I'm right, and I'm not sure, you can just keep it as a .jpg, or you can EPS it. I did cutouts at home, sent them to our color guys to put into NewsEdit, and got them back as .jpgs.
If I'm wrong, Doc, please advise.

 

[Chi City 81]

That is not correct. JPGs cannot save layers (which is what you need if you knock out the background in a cutout). Save them as EPSs, TIFFs or PSDs.

 

[Precious Roy]

Thanks, I haven't done that is so long, I bow to your superior knowledge as always.

 

[wickedwritah]

Maybe a place I can ask this ...

Downloaded the CS3 trial. Created a document using that CS3 trial program. Trial expires.

Now I'm trying to open that document to make changes. Only version the local Kinko's have is CS2; won't let me open the document in CS2.

Is there any way to get this thing open?

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Maybe a place I can ask this ...

Downloaded the CS3 trial. Created a document using that CS3 trial program. Trial expires.

Now I'm trying to open that document to make changes. Only version the local Kinko's have is CS2; won't let me open the document in CS2.

Is there any way to get this thing open?

Go to your local university. Get a student to let you in the computer lab and sign you in. Go to town.

 

[captzulu]

Maybe a place I can ask this ...

Downloaded the CS3 trial. Created a document using that CS3 trial program. Trial expires.

Now I'm trying to open that document to make changes. Only version the local Kinko's have is CS2; won't let me open the document in CS2.

Is there any way to get this thing open?

Can you install the CS3 trial version again (maybe give them a different e-mail) and do this:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/5.0/help.html?content=WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d4d.html

 

[wickedwritah]

I tried, zulu, and it recognizes that it's been on my system, even if it was registered under another name.

 

[sportsgopher]

How do i create a palette to store photo caption boxes, mug boxes, subheds, pull quote boxes, etc., etc., etc...

 

[Smokey33]

How do i create a palette to store photo caption boxes, mug boxes, subheds, pull quote boxes, etc., etc., etc...

Go to file>New library and create, name and save your library. Then drag various boxes into it, double clicking on them gives you the option to name the various library items. Voila.

 

[sportsgopher]

Thanks Smokey. I appreciate it.