Updates

Today I changed settings so any user may add a comment (as opposed to only blogger residents).

Also up is a short list of outside links to topic related sites, including a great article by David Blatner, author of a book I own called The QuarkXpress 4 Book and a new one that's out now you might be interested in called InDesign for QuarkXpress Users.

Working on a Sunday

It has come to the attention of my colleagues that InDesign 2.0's PreFlight function does not check resolution of images. I did some searching and found that in the CS version, there is an info palette that will show resolution (correct me if i'm wrong). Despite the fact that we won't be getting CS any time soon, it seems silly that Adobe chose to leave that one important detail out. I was thinking we were going to have to get the OSX version of FlightCheck Collect for such things as Illustrator files (e.g., business card templates where you need to leave the type un-outlined), however, I discovered while working this weekend that PreFlight will grab fonts from placed Illustrator files, thus eliminating the need for FlightCheck. However, it is still needed for the resolution issue on large, multi-page documents where one would not want to go open all the images up one by one...

Speaking of Pages...

Problem:
InDesign file set up as reader spreads, with auto page numbering starting on the third page. I want to print as printer spreads for ease of mocking up, but the page numbers move. Any ideas, besides doing the page numbers by hand?

InDesign Tip #101: Shuffling Pages

I recently figured out how to get rid of the cover page in 'facing pages' mode, say when you want just a 4 panel brochure (1 fold). For that size of a brochure, you would create 5 new pages. You'll have the cover page, and four additional pages set up as spreads. Then, in the Pages Palette, click the small menu arrow in the upper right corner and select "Allow Pages to Shuffle" and make sure it is NOT checked. Now delete the cover page (pg 1) and you have just your 2 spreads.