Indesign help... 55 Responses

Last post: 4 months ago | Thread started: Aug 6, 08, 8:39 a.m.

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• uncle_helv

  may sound a little dumb or obvious, but I'm still getting use to Indesign...

  Problem:
  I've outline a load of text, but now I want to selected individual characters within the text, is there a way of doing this???
  basically I have created three posters (a series of ads) where I have designed the text to flow continuously across all three, which I have done in one document, now I want to put them in three separate pages in the document...

  Aug 6, 08, 8:39 a.m. – Permalink

• ninjasavant

  use the white arrow

  • *ding ding
    also called the "direct select" tool– Gucci1/3

    But it still selects the whole word? I want the individual characters, again pardon me sounding naive– uncle_helv2/3

    you can also press "A" as a quick key.– dan53823/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 08, 8:40 a.m. – Permalink

• turnerworks

  You'll have to select all the points of each character with the direct-select tool. You can also choose Object > Paths > Release Compound Path, but you'll have to go back and apply the Subtract pathfinder to your a's, b's, e', g's, etc.

  • Yeah I figured I might have to release the path, world of pain!!!– uncle_helv

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 08, 8:53 a.m. – Permalink

• ninjasavant

  Usually when I get into projects like this I'll do the letter work in Illustrator and just place it in ID. Less headaches.

  • Good idea– turnerworks

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 08, 9:18 a.m. – Permalink

• uncle_helv

  Started again in Illy, thanks!

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 08, 9:19 a.m. – Permalink

• Josev

  You could simply make a new document with three pages when combined are the total size of the old document. Then just print out the individual pages or export them to PDFS. Which version of Indesign are you using? In Indesign CS2 the multi-page feature was called "keep spreads together" in the pages palette. In CS3 it's not a menu item but still works. The menu and pasteboard would look like this:

  

  • "that when combined", I meant.– Josev1/4

    I was thinking you could paste the entire type illustration across the three pages.– Josev2/4

    but then he'd be sort of screwed when it came time to apply bleeds. Better to do it in illustrator like he's doing now.– Gucci3/4

    Assuming there are bleeds.– Josev4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 08, 10:32 a.m. – Permalink