[DM-MUG] Re: InDesign Annoyances Needed for New Book

[Bryan Baker]

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Am passing it along now. (cc'ing you).

On Jan 27, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Marsee Henon wrote:
> Dear User Group Leader:
>
> O'Reilly is pulling together a new book called "InDesign CS Annoyances"
> and we'd like your help! As you might guess from the title, this book 
> aims
> to identify (and solve) the problems, quirks, bugs, odd design 
> decisions,
> conversion hassles (especially for PageMaker and Quark users), and more
> involved in using Adobe's popular desktop publishing program.
>
>
> If any members of your group use InDesign--be they Publishing Mavens or
> DTP newbies--and they have annoyances they'd like to see solved,
> have them email marsee@oreilly.com with "InDesign Annoyances" in the
> subject line. Just have them note which version of InDesign they're 
> using
> and the operating system version (say, OS X or Windows XP).
>
> As thanks for sharing, we'll make sure to get copies of "InDesign
> Annoyances" sent to your group shortly after publication.
>
> --Marsee
>
> ***
>
> An example of an Annoyance:
>
> THE ANNOYANCE: I am a typography nerd. I'm a stickler for having
> everything line up perfectly. But coming to InDesign, I find that when 
> I
> make a drop cap, the large cap often doesn't left align to the left
> margin--it's a few points to the right. And actually, in traditional
> typography, a little bit of the drop cap should hang out into the left
> margin, even beyond the frame edge. I am mortified. How can I get it
> right?
>
> THE FIX: Relax, it's just a few steps. First set the drop cap from the
> paragraph view of the Control palette. There are two controls for the 
> drop
> cap, just below the paragraph spacing before and after. The field on 
> the
> left is the number of lines down the cap is dropped. Your 
> choice--typically
> two or three lines, depending on the column width. In the field to the
> right, however, where you would normally enter "1" for just the first
> letter to drop, enter "2" instead and now there are two large drop cap
> letters. Hold your breath! Insert a hair space in front of the first
> letter of the paragraph. First click the Type tool at the start of the
> paragraph to set an insertion point. Then bring up the Context menu,
> clicking with Control if you have a one button mouse or right click if 
> two
> buttons. From the Insert White Space command, select Hair Space from 
> the
> submenu. Now the second large cap letter is small again. You can see 
> the
> hair space if you Show Hidden Characters (Cmd-Option-I or Ctrl-Alt-I).
> That's the smallest fixed space available. By the way, a common word 
> space
> doesn't cut it. Last, your insertion point is between the hair space 
> and
> the drop cap. Now kern back until the drop cap hangs out to the left a
> little bit. Use Option-left arrow or Alt-left arrow repeatedly until
> done.
>
> ***
>
--
Bryan Baker
President
Des Moines Macintosh Users Group
http://www.dmmug.org
president@dmmug.org

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