indesign question

[Big Dave]

when I type

www.kiwirider.co.nz

on a layout in indesign it does this by default:

www.kiwirider.CO.nz

and makes the CO upper case

Anybody know where do I turn that shit off???

[riffer]

It's not the auto-correct spelling option is it?

[NighthawkNZ]

Would be my first thought... Will have a look when I get home... I don't use it at work

[Big Dave]

good call - I'll hexperiment.

Some of the indents with graphics (bullets) in the text blow too.

[riffer]

Yep. Another one of the things people complain about after having spent many years with Freehand is the inability to align multiple points to each other too.

Sigh. Maybe one day they'll make the perfect problem.

You spent a fair bit of time in Aussie Dave - did you ever use a Wright Design system? I used one in conjunction with a 9500/132 running PS4, Freehand 7 and QuarkXpress 4 back in the nineties and I was pretty impressed. I dunno whatever happened to them though...

[Big Dave]

nah - not familiar.

I will say 'design system' is not a concept I buy into. I've met some schtinkers.

[Biff]

How do you find the tool guys?
Interface friendly enough?
Feature set?
Ease of use?

[riffer]

I've been using Adobe products since before Adobe owned them.

I used Photoshop since v1.5 (1991), which was shortly after Adobe bought the program off Industrial Light and Magic. No such thing as layers, or even Alpha Channels then. We used to save alphas as separate grayscale files, and use Load >> Alpha > Selection. I was a member of the beta test team for versions 3 & 4, and I've used InDesign since it came out. I eas never really a great fan of Illustrator (except for its excellent graphing and gradient tools) and used Freehand a lot until recently (when it became too incompatible with MacOsX - however it still works well on Windows).

I'd class myself as at the expert level in the Creative Suite products. I'm enjoying some of the new stuff in CS3, but to be honest, it's starting to look a little bit like the Corel suite, which is troubling me.

I wish Adobe would bring in a MacOsX version of Fontographer though. I've found a freeware version of Fontographer (FontForge) which I have to run through X11. It works well, but I'd rather have something that integrated a bit better with the MacOs.

[NighthawkNZ]

How do you find the tool guys?
Interface friendly enough?
Feature set?
Ease of use?

I find it pretty easy to use, but then again I been using DTP software for years and find them all the same. Istarted off using IMSI Master Publisher. InDesign is better than MS Publisher... but that doesn't say much really. Has more features than PageMaker. Is on par and maybe easier to use than QuarkXpress.

But for home user check out RagTime Solo



it's starting to look a little bit like the Corel suite, which is troubling me.


who cares what it looks like, long as if it does the job at hand...

I actually prefer Corel X3 over the Adobe equals and now that Adobe has bought Macromedia well, that was a bit a let down for as I like Freehand and Fireworks. Basically it all comes down to personal choice now days any how. I actually hat ilustator and would rather use CorelDraw or Freehand any day.

I will amitt I don't have the latest S3 suite... can't afford it at present. InDesign (i have Ver2) is better than Quark (I ver5) which I still use from time to time depending on the orginal file I am working or updating. However I do most of my DTP work now directly in Corel (including a 200 page manual. :doh: )


Anybody know where do I turn that shit off???
Oh... I can't seem to replicate your problem... but try just switching that to lower case Type/Change Case

[Biff]

I actually prefer Corel X3 over the Adobe equals and now that Adobe has bought Macromedia well, that was a bit a let down for as I like Freehand and Fireworks.

I always revert back to the Macromedia suite. Fireworks may not be the most powerful tool in the box, but it's good enough for 90% of what I need to do.

[Big Dave]

Indesign is pretty good biff.
I prolly find it easier because I used pagemaker for 5 years before quark took over, so the switch back to adobe workspace is ok.

best advantages are in output.
exporting straight to pdf saves me hours every week.

[Skyryder]

Just started a course on Graphics at Hagley Community College. I don't mind admitting it's been over forty years since I've been at school and it's all been a bit daunting. It took me a wee while to get my head around layers. But when I am more conversent with photoshop y'all will see some of my 'R' rated work...........bet on it.

Skyryder

[NighthawkNZ]

Just out of Curisoty... What programs and applications do you fellas have install and use.. .(Not just for graphics etc)? I have most and use most of the big guns, but depending on what I am doing. A bit of fun...

Graphics

CorelDraw Corel PhotoPaint X3
Adobe Photoshop 7
Macromedia Freehand 11, Fireworks MX 2004
Google Picasa 2
The GIMP (sometimes but not that often)


Desktop Publishing

Adobe InDesign 2 and PageMaker 7, Acrobat 4
QuarkXpress 5
OpenOffice 2 (I have MS Office 2002, and Corel Office 12 but don't use any more)


Database

FileMaker 5 Developer.
Help Maker
Setup Factory 6


Video

Premiere 6


Websites

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
SWiSHMax (I have Flash MX2004 but don't use it)
Note pad... ;)


Music

Adobe Audition 1.5 (trailing version2)
Image Line FL Studio
Cakewalk Sonar 4
Sonic Foundry ACiD 4
A billizion and one plugins...


As well as other apps, FireFox, Pegasus Mail, Mercury Email Server, AVast AV, CyberHawk, WinAMP, Zip Genius blah blah blah

[Skunk]

exporting straight to pdf saves me hours every week.*Cough* Unflattened PDFs with type below transparency effects are the bane of our workplace. Cost us hours every week. ;)


Just out of Curisoty... What programs and applications do you fellas have install and use... We have to have:

Pagemaker 6-7
Quark Xpress 4.1-6.5
Freehand 8-11
Frustrator 5.5-9
CS Suite 1-3

And of course our special stuff:
Pitstop (essential for unflattened, RGB, Word, and Publisher, etc PDFs)
and the Heidelberg Suite (PDF Toolbox 4, SignaStation 2, MetaDimension 6).

Anyway Dave did you get an answer to your problem?

[Big Dave]

I've had my own studio/business since 1986 - all of the above.

Still on CS2.

My files output correctly skunky. if the binders could just get the cover square i'd be a real happy chappie.

You've got the beginnings of a nice set up thar nighty.
Lacks: Cable TV, a playstation - and guitars - ya gots ta have lots of guitars.

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc2/studiowide800.jpg">

[Skunk]

Wasn't meaning you did anything wrong Davey...

Did you sort your original issue? I'd be interested to know what it was.

[NighthawkNZ]

You've got the beginnings of a nice set up thar nighty.
Lacks: Cable TV, a playstation - and guitars - ya gots ta have lots of guitars.


Well I don't play guitar just keyboards... and as for cables, I do have spaghetti junction in behind the desk... I specially tidy up for the photo... ;) and the other halfs puter is in the other corner... :yes:

Im not a play station a gamer fella and I lucky enough to have this all setup in the lounge bwahahahaha... :yes:

[Big Dave]

Wasn't meaning you did anything wrong Davey...

Did you sort your original issue? I'd be interested to know what it was.

Yuh - I'm perfekt.

Nah - if you retype it - it stays lower case. Enough energy expended.

[Big Dave]

Well I don't play guitar just keyboards.

HTFU Nighthawk.

(I cant play the keyboard - yet)

[NighthawkNZ]

HTFU

:scratch: errr what that mean...




:doh: never mind I worked it out (google is my friend....) ummmm to tell the honest truth, my wrists probably couldn't hanle it... when I play I have to strap em up and all...