there has got to be.
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- scoops
...a better way
I had forgotten how horrible it is to work in Quark!!!
So i have 7 different versions of this F!*@in thing sent to me in Quark and now the client wants changes... uggg
my problem is that the changes only take like 10 or 15 min to make, but ripping a low res PDF for proofs takes 30 min+ ...
Futher more since it is Quark 5 running under classic, it seems like if i do anything else and push classic to the background, it takes even longer...
any one know how to speed this up??? i'm swamped and can't have my computer just making PDFs all F'in day...
thanks!!!
- scoops0
*bump*
anyone? please?
- jk_b0
Probably not a solution in your case, but wait till 5 minutes before you´re off from work, use the bookfunction in Quark to write the 7 different documents to one .ps-file to be saved in your watched folder ....
... and hopefully Distiller will have a PDF ready for you tomorrow, which can easily be split into 7 different documents
- ian0
Axe+Computer+Quark=smiles all round.
- leaves0
i assume you are making a .ps file from the print menu and then using acrobat to create the pdf.
and yea, that is a pain in the nads.
i have taken screenshots before and sent them off. they look alright if you shrink them and bump the dpi up in PS. not a great idea if you want to be sure your colors are right, but ok for layout proofs n such.
- scoops0
thanks for the feedback....
unfortuately it has do be done today (it was supposed to be done this morning, but right now i'm on #5 and i've been at it for 3 hours +) also these people think that if i send them anything other than a PDF i'm tring to put one over one them.... i had already suggested sending a jpg...
time to ian's suggestion 10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
- jk_b0
... make sure to post some pics of the execution :-)
- BrianMalcolm0
if you have indesign, it can make the procedure a lot less painless... if it's only a few-page document, export the pages as EPS files from quark, then place them in indesign, and export away... especially in osX, it's HELLA faster... otherwise, you can import your qxd files into indesign with minimal issues to fix (if any)...
- scoops0
Brian - thanks.. I should have thought of that.... Duhhh...
I'm out of it... thanks again!