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Adobe CS3 Clean script (Windows)
2007-08-20 22:03:00 There have been lots of problems installing CS3 (lots might be an understatement). These problems have been occurring on both Macs and PCs and have mostly affected those installing from the Suite, rather than installing an individual product. The main reason for this is that CS3 doesn’t properly uninstall past versions, especially trial or ... More About: Windows , Adobe , Script , Clean
Placed EPS file with Vector Data Hangs InDesign on Export
2007-08-18 15:29:00 This has happened twice in our little production studio here in the span of a few days with two totally unrelated projects, on different machines, with different files. We flatten all our Photoshop files in to EPS files that we use at 100% in InDesign so that 1) InDesign doesn’t have to do any image interpretation on it’s own and 2) so we can get one final sharpen in on the flattened image. Many of our Photoshop files contain shape layers for various effects, so when we save as EPS, the option to include vector data is available. (For some reason paths and/or smart vector objects don’t trigger this option) If this option is CHECKED, that EPS file is placed in InDesign, and you export a PDF from InDesign (no matter what settings), InDesign will hang/freeze. In both cases, re-saving the EPS with the option unchecked and replacing it in InDesign solved the problem immediately. More About: File , Data , Vector , Export , Indesign
Can?t open a Microsoft Publisher File Using InDesign CS3?
2007-08-17 21:26:00 Adobe InDesign CS3 isn’t capable of opening up Microsoft Publisher File s In order to convert a MS Publisher file to InDesign you will first need to use PageMaker. If you don’t have PageMaker you can download a free trial from Adobe’s Website. Solution: 1. Go to Start>All Programs>Adobe>PageMaker 7.0>Converter for Microsoft Publisher and QuarkXPress 2. File>Select Files 3. Select ... More About: Open , Indesign
Adobe CS3 Mac Update Error: The update cannot be applied to the product.
2007-08-16 08:27:00 Error: The update cannot be applied to the product. Please re-install the product and try again or possibly our old friend: Please insert Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2 to continue installation This error occurs after the program has already been installed. The Update r is unable to find the installation source of the toolkit and is therefore unable to ... More About: Product , Bugs , Error
Adobe CS3 Windows Error: The Licensing Subsystem Has Failed Catastrophicall
2007-08-15 18:17:00 The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically. You must reinstall or call customer support. Catastrophically? Really, they couldn’t think of a gentler way of putting this? Well, As catastrophes go this one is threat level green; not all that catastrophic. This error is similar to the Licensing for this product has stopped working error ... More About: Windows , Adobe , Bugs , Error
Awesome Free Font of the Week: Organic Elements
2007-08-15 04:58:00 It’s classy yet loose. Stark yet freeflowing. Blocky yet curvy. It’s a good example of modern type design. You will see this on some organic juice bottle in the very near future. Make sure to check out that uppercase X. That is one sexy X. Downloading this font is worth it if just for that ... More About: Elements , Awesome , Free , Week , Organic
Incorrect, Invalid or Not a Valid Serial Number Error When Installing Adobe
2007-08-14 18:02:00 Adobe InDesign CS3: Incorrect Serial Number . The Serial Number you entered is not Vali d. Click OK to retry entering the serial number. There’s nothing worse then getting your hands on some sweet Adobe product and no be able to install it. It takes the situation from a joyous one to that of ... More About: Adobe , Error
In Progress Installations in Windows XP
2007-08-14 17:56:00 A halted installation can prevent new software from being installed. To see if there is already an installation in progress you can look at your registry. If software is in the middle of installing there will be a “InProgress ” key located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftwindow sCurrenVersionInstaller. 1. Go to your registry. Start>run>regedit>ok Expand the registry so you can navigate ... More About: Windows , Installations , Windows Xp , Alla
Create a New Administrative User In Windows XP
2007-08-14 17:56:00 Creating a new user account can be a great step in fixing software issues. It will let you know pretty quick if it’s your settings or the software that’s to blame. A new user account won’t carry over the same temp files, permissions, corruptions, weird settings that exist in most user accounts. 1. Start>Control ... More About: Windows , Administrative , User , Windows Xp , Create
Delete Temporary Files in Windows XP
2007-08-14 17:56:00 Too many temporary files can bog down your machine or keep you from installing so it’s best to clean them out from time to time. Windows stores temporary files in 2 locations; C:WindowsTemp and C:Documents and Settings(User Name)Local SettingsTemp. To clear them we just need to navigate to those directories Hit Control+A (to ... More About: Files , Windows Xp , Delete
Restart Your System in Selective Startup Mode
2007-08-14 17:55:00 Selective Startup is great. It allows you to control which programs automatically run when starting your system and can help speed up a bogged down pc. This is all easily done through the System Configuration Utility. 1. Start>run> type in: msconfig and press ‘OK’ 2. Click on the Services tab 3. See if any services ... More About: Tutorial , Mode , Select
?Adobe InDesign is Missing Required System Fonts or CMap Files. Please Rein
2007-08-13 06:32:00 If you get a CMap error when loading InDesign then you have a damaged or missing CMaps folder and you will be unable to use InDesign until you resolve this. The Cmaps folder is located at C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe Fonts ReqrdCMaps. The easiest way to resolve this issue is to simply replace your Cmaps folder with an ... More About: News , System , Missing
?Licensing for this product has stopped working. You cannot use this produc
2007-08-13 01:49:00 Licensing for this product has stopped working. You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product or contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support for help. The licensing information can become corrupted in a variety of ways but if it’s never worked in the ... More About: Product , Bugs , Licensing , Working , Prod
Adobe CS3 Error: Licensing For This Product Has Stopped Working
2007-08-12 20:25:00 Licensing for this product has stopped working. You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product or contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support for help. This error is not just limited to InDesign but can happen with any of your CS3 products. ... More About: Product , Bugs , Licensing , Error
Awesome Free Font Of The Week: Delicious
2007-08-10 15:27:00 Delicious is a complete font family by designer Jos Buivenga. The family is essentially san-serif but many of the letter forms feature slight bends for embellishment and help increase readability. It’s nice to see such a nice face come in a complete family, as many of these freebie fonts hardly contain a full alphabet let ... More About: Awesome , Free , Week , Font , Delicious
InDesign CS3 Preference files (Where They Are and How To Deal With Them If
2007-08-09 15:25:00 This is the go-to fix with anything Indesign, especially on the Mac. Plus it’s easy. Instead of deleting the preference files, just rename them. That way, if it doesn’t turn out to be the cause of the problem you can restore them by deleting the newly created preference file and re-rename them ... More About: Tutorial , Deal , Files , Where , Ferenc
Remove Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit
2007-08-08 18:04:00 A couple weeks ago we posted an article on how to Remove Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit from the Macintosh. On the Mac system improper uninstallation causes a problem with the toolkit that prevents reinstalling CS3. In an effort to give equal time to PC users we’ll briefly touch on removing it from the PC. Remove ...
Create Text With A Picture Background
2007-08-07 22:52:00 It can be a cool effect to use a photographic image for the fill of letter shapes instead of a solid color. Here’s how: 1) Place your image on your page at the size, or larger, than you will need to fill with your letters. 2) Create a text box over the image and set your type ... More About: Tutorial , Picture , Text , Background
Error: ?Adobe InDesign is shutting down??
2007-08-06 17:12:00 We ran into this doozy today: “Adobe InDesign is shutting down. A serious error was detected. Please restart InDesign to recover work in any unsaved InDesign documents.” We are thinking it is because we left open a fairly large InDesign document open overnight and during the night our automated backup software (Retrospect) tried to move the file ... More About: Bugs , Error , Shut , Adobe Indesign
Report an InDesign CS3 Bug to Adobe
2007-08-03 19:19:00 Noticed any Bugs with CS3? If not; give it time, you’ll find them. They’re in there, trust me on that. When you do find bugs it’s important that you let Adobe know about them. The only way they are going to get fixed in future updates is if Adobe is aware of the problem and ... More About: Report , Indesign
Adobe InDesign CS3 Error: ?Cannot create swatch library??
2007-08-02 21:18:00 If you have tried to load colors (swatch libraries) from an Adobe Illustrator document, you might have seen this error. Or you might have seen one of these similar errors: “Cannot open file. Please select an Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign document, or an Illustrator EPS.“ “Cannot load swatches from selected document. Either this is not an ... More About: Library , Bugs , Swatch , Error
Windows: InDesign Crashes or Freezes While ?Initializing palettes?
2007-08-01 19:00:00 The problem here is that InDesign is looking for a font file that isn’t there. Windows XP: Tahoma Windows Vista: Segoe-UI Getting this font installed/activated will solve this problem. If you use a third-party font manager like Bitstream Font Navigator, you can use that make sure the font is active. This is probably a good idea, because Bitsream ... More About: Crashes , Palette , Indesign
Security Vulnerability: Turn Your Firewall Back On After Installing Adobe C
2007-08-01 02:31:00 Installing Adobe Creative Suite 3 turns off your firewall on OS X. If you rely on your personal firewall for security (a good idea on any system) make sure you turn your firewall back on after installing. Adobe is saying that the installer needs to set up “controlled access to the Version Cue CS3 Server through specific ports” in your firewall. It needs to turn the firewall off before doing this and the installer does not turn it back on. Of course, you Apple folks have little to worry about in terms of viruses, but having your firewall on is good practice anyway just in case (and to help prevent direct attacks). To turn your firewall back on, go to your apple menu and select System Preferences. Then choose Sharing, then the Firewall tab, then click Start. Happy Safety. More About: Security , Vulnerability , Back
Awesome Free Font of the Week: Tuer’s Cardboard
2007-07-30 20:35:00 Tuer’s Cardboard can be used very cleanly for being intentionally unclean. It looks much better at medium and big sizes, like most grungy fonts, but can be pulled off small like some of them cannot. [DOWNLOAD FONT] More About: Awesome , Free , Week , Font
Creating a Contact Sheet in InDesign through Bridge
2007-07-29 18:15:00 Contact Sheet s are pages of thumbnails suitable for printing that are useful for all kinds of reasons: You may want to provide a variety of layout ideas to a client to choose from You may want to have a reference of design concepts with you for laptop-free meeting You may want to have a tangible catalog of your photographs. You could lay these out in InDesign by hand… if you were a glutton for punishment. Or you could do it really quickly and easily with Adobe Bridge . We realize just because you have InDesign doesn’t mean you automatically have Bridge, so if you are one of those folks who has InDesign Ala Carte, sorry, you are out of luck on this one. Navigate to the folder of images you wish to make a Contact Sheet out of in Bridge. Choose Tools > InDesign > Create InDesign Contact Sheet. If you have no images selected, Bridge will warn you that it will use all images in that directory. Otherwise Bridge will use only the images you have selected. Choose the options ... More About: Contact , Creating , Eating
Need the perfect colored photo for a layout?
2007-07-26 16:52:00 Then you should really check out the Color Fields Experimental Colr Pickr on KrazyDad. A beautiful color spectrum-picker allows you to choose a color and presents you with flickr photographs that closely match that color. The results are very nice! Remember before use a photograph from Flickr that: 1) You ask the photographer for permission 2) The photo ... More About: Photo , Perfect , Layout
Icon Bouncing in the Dock When attempting to Install InDesign CS3 on a Mac?
2007-07-24 04:40:00 Problem: When installing InDesign CS3 to a Mac the icon bounces up and down in the dock but nothing else happens. No error message, no nothing. Solution: Check your OS version. Click on the apple logo in the top left, then select ‘About this Mac’. If it’s OS 10.4.7 or early then ... More About: Icon , Dock , The D , Temp , Indesign
Awesome Free Font Of The Week: EVANESCENT
2007-07-23 17:11:00 The font from the logo for the band Evenescence is pretty damn cool for a novelty font. It even features many of the glyphs free fonts often ignore, like the ® mark and cool brackets. GET FONT The smaller font above is last week’s font, Bebas. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Findesignhelp.com%2Fawesome- free-font-of-the-week-evanescent%2F'; addthis_title = ... More About: Awesome , Free , Week , Font , Vane
Print just one spread from InDesign CS3 Print Booklet
2007-07-23 04:38:00 Sometimes you just need to print one spread and not an entire document. This can be confusing when using InDesign’s Print Booklet feature. If you type in the page numbers, as suggested by the help file, you will not get appropriate results. The key is to change the booklet type to ‘2-up ... More About: Spread , Indesign
Draw Complex Text Frame Shapes in Adobe InDesign CS3
More articles from this author:2007-07-20 19:13:00 InDesign offers a lot of freedom in determining the shape of a text frame. Rectangles are the standard, and usually the best option, but sometimes we need something a little more adventurous. By manipulating a text box with the pen tool and the direct selection tool you can create just about any shape ... More About: Tutorial , Adobe , Shapes , Text , Complex 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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