InDesign CS2 help
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In CS you could paste soemthing from illustrator and then alter the size of the box it appears in to cut out some of an illustration.... in CS2 it seems to just scale the box?! any ideas.. i must be missing something?
thanks.
- honest0
use the white arrow pointy cursor instead of the black one, select one of your box's edges and move that to resize.
- D_Dot0
also, If you hold the mouse button down for a second or two, you can see the image edges while you move it around in the bounding box.
- TwoTimesDaily0
I'm not sure I get what you're saying, but it sounds like you need to take the illustration once it's in InDesign and "paste into" a new box. That way you can crop the image.
- kelpie0
can you not change the size of the container then hit the 'fit to box' button or some shit. sorry I don't use it much...
- Parent0
no.. that actually selects the vector shape.. a cool addition, but no good for what I want. you can't seem to muve the vectors around within a box either now
- Gucci0
1) you're maybe manipulating the container and not the illustration.
2) you're maybe working with a mask and not a "box"
3) try holding different button configurations as you're doing what you want to do
4) use the contextual menu to get a better grasp of what the computer "thinks" you can do
5) try giving us another explanation, I'm sure it's a simple fix.
- Parent0
OK, I'll try and re-explain.
In InDesign CS if you copied and pasted a vector logo from Illustrator it would appear in a box that you could move the edges of and it would crop you ill, and you could move the ill around within the box like it was a placed image.... in CS2 you can't do that, do you know how.. I'm sure it must be a preferenc or something?!
- aliceblue0
i know in CS, you had to set preferences in Illy first, to enable you to do that in Indesign -
perhaps the same thing?sorry can't recall the preference, though:(
- trintaetres0
Try the "place" command... then you can move the edges of the frame, to crop the image or vector...
When you copy and paste vector stuff from Illustrator it groups the vector art .
You can ungroup that.. if you want...
- Parent0
but placing means saving the file like in Quark which is a pain and something that was great about InDesign CS?! bump - help!
- jaylarson0
copying and pasting may be complicating things too (or at least quality-wise). try to PLACE it instead.
- Gucci0
dude. indesign can handle vectors like illustrator can. they're like cousins, so to speak.
if you copy and paste a vector from Illustrator into Indesign, it will handle it like Illustrator does (ie: a vector shape and not a "picture".
If you're looking to handle it like a "picture" you can do a number of things:
1) once it's pasted into the Indesign document, put a shape on top of it and "mask" it so you can hide parts of it and treat it like it's a photo and not a logo/vector illustration. OR alternatively, draw a picture box and PASTE your vector INTO it.... (command + option + E)
2) save it as an .ai file and "place" it.
hope that helps. let us know.