Help in copying part of threaded text in InDesign CS5

When I copy part of a threaded text box that is linked to another text box in InDesign CS5 and then paste it to another location, the text from the first text box appears in the pasted version. The remaining text that was linked from the first text box to the second does not appear in the pasted new text box.

Nor should it. You only cpoied what you selected, and the new frame is not threaded to anything.

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I am having difficulty copying and pasting pre-translated Chinese text into InDesign.
Many of the characters are coming up as boxes in the majority of Chinese fonts offered in CC.
马修斯旅游大巴租赁公司
爱尔兰和英国之旅
translates as
Font used above is Apple LiSung
I have tried to import via Apple Text Edit and format stripped the text.

That's happening because you have Simplified Chinese text, and are attempting to use a Traditional Chinese font.
Ellis suggests a well-made Adobe font with Trad support. If you pull down your font dropdown and scroll towards the end, you'll find fonts split into categories according to language support. The one with Apple LiSung is the Simplified category, and the one with Adobe Fangsong is the Trad category. Pick any font from that category - but know that the style of font you pick in Chinese means as much as the style of font you pick in English, and if you don't know what the conventions are, you may well choose one not entirely suited to your audience. (One of my translators likened the Chinese font choices of monolingual Anglo designers to "seeing the body text of my How To Use Your Health Care Benefits brochure laid out in Rosewood.")

HELP! Grey footnote reference text in InDesign CS5

Footnote reference text appears in illegible grey highlighted form in InDesign CS5. Footnote text itself retains numbering and styles. How do I fix this

Is the highlight pink? That means a missing font. Check Type>Document Footnote Options and see what paragraph style you have set for Footnote Formatting, then check that paragraph style. Also, click into the footnote to see if the type has any local override that is changing it from what is defined in the paragraph style (look for the + next to the paragraph style's name).

Anchoring objects to text in InDesign CS5.0

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I'm trying to convert a heavily styled book with lots of photos and charts to Kindle. When I export to Kindle, it's a mess. Is it possible to anchor objects to text in CS5? I know CS5.5 can do it, but I'm having a hard time figuring it out in CS5.
Any helpful hints for making this conversion as easy as possible ... and without knowing any HTML would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

I highly recommend Elizabeth Castro's ebook to learn the basics of creating EPUB files—"EPUB Straight to the Point"
Formatting ebooks - EPUB Straight to the Point
Here is how she suggests you do it in InDesign CS5:
Place the cursor in the flow of your book where you want to illustration to go (at the beginning of a paragraph).
Press Return to create a separate paragraph for the illustration
Apply an Illustration paragraph style. She suggests setting autoleading so the paragraph expands to the height of the illustration.
Choose File > Place to place the illustration in that paragraph.
If you need a caption, press return to create a new paragraph and apply the Caption style.

Problem with black text in InDesign CS5

Hi,
I just got an information from my printer that there is a probem with some text in a PDF files which I've sent to them: they appear in 4 colors. I've exported the file with rich blacsk, for printing (best quality print). Any idea why this might have happened?
Thanks in advance

need more information about the file and how the PDF was made.
is the text that the printer is concerned with:
* text composed in the indesign file; or
* text within an advertisement or graphic made by yourself or a third party?
prior to making the PDF, did the OP check the separations using the separations panel and see four colour blacks, or did the black appear fine?
how was the PDF made? using a default setting (listed in square brackets within the PDF options) or a customised setting made by the OP? what happens when using a different setting, such as [PDFX3 2002] ?
the only way that i can get [black] text from indesign to fault like the OP says is to export the PDF using the [Smallest File Size] setting which would turn the entire job RGB... and create other prepress headaches which the printer would complain about first.
however, if the type was DELIBERATELY made rich black in indesign (e.g. process colours in addition to black to make the black) then i can see why the printer would complain. IMHO I will use rich blacks in solid fills which appear over pictures so that the pictures beneath do not show through and to show a "richer than normal" black... but I WOULD NOT use it on black type under 60pt in size, moreso if the type is thin. Doing so makes it harder to register the colours on-press and isn't normally necessary on body type.
see if this link helps: http://wp.me/p1x3Yg-W

Pasting text into indesign CS5 causes constant crashing

We have a problem with one of our computers and indesign CS5. When they paste text from any other program into indesign it crashes. It may be OK for 10 minutes or so but then crashes. This is a big job with lots of business cards and they need to copy and paste text from excel and then into indesign. She gets through 4 or 5 and then it crashes. We have deleted preferences a few times and tried pasting into text edit first but it always ends up crashing indesign. It happens when text is pasted from a pdf or word also.
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TR

Not a very timely reply but, I was being vexed as well with copying from one InDesign document to another. The original and the destination were both two color newsletters. I would copy an entire page and switch to the destination document to paste it. Unfortunately, once the Command-C was initiated, the swirling ball of death eventually resulted in a crash. After three attempts and restarting my computer, I tried it again but, same result.
Then, I copied only one element at a time (graphic, then a text box, grouped text and graphic...etc.) Not until I came to a single Placed EPS graphic (Illustrator EPS) did it initiate the death spiral. (I'd previously deleted all unused colors just in case)
I opened the offending file and noticed that a radial gradient contained a spot color and a CMYK mix (instead of a percentage of the same spot color). That was all it appeared to be... so far. A bit odd that THAT would hang such a powerful suite of software.
I plan to try a full page copy/paste to see if that was indeed the problem.
Computer Info: 2009 MAC Tower, 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8GB RAM, OS 10.6.8, CS6. (and I was completely sober)
PS: I tried the full page copy/paste and, it worked without a hiccup.
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Can't drag objects/text in InDesign CS5

I'm running Indesign CS5 on a Mac, 10.6.8 operating system. InDesign was working great, and then I stopped being able to drag items. I can select items (both with the regular selection tool and the direct selection toll), but I can't move them. I can move them with the arrow buttons on my keyboard. I tried switching out my mouse, no luck. I tried a new document, same problem. I restarted, same problem. I read in forums to erase InDesign's preferences, I did that, but the problem remains. None of the items are locked, etc. I have no idea what to do. Is there some keyboard shortcut I might have hit that preventing my from dragging items? Is this just an InDesign bug? I recently installed the new updates for the entire creative suite, could that have done something? I'm not sure what else to do. Any help would be great!

You could try also dleting the files in John's list at Adobe Forums: InDesign crashes at startup

Copying and pasting Arabic text in InDesign CS4 ME

We have an arabic document in pdf and word formats and we have InDesign CS4 ME and we are trying to copy and paste text from the pdf/word document but the font isn't transferring, there is nothing only boxes. We have turned on the arabic keyboard and that didnt help either. Working on a mac.
Can anyone help us? What is the solution?

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We have turned on the arabic keyboard and that didnt help either.
Well, why should it. Unless you are typing Arabic, that won't do anything at all. Copy-and-paste is not typing.
If copy-and-paste does not copy the font along so you get the pinky squares in InDesign, it only means that your default InDesign font does not support those characters. Select your text and then choose another font -- one you are sure of contains Arabic.
If you still get pink squares, it's more likely the text in the PDF is not encoded properly, and in that case no-one can't help you -- but it ought to work directly from Word.

Re-threading text causes InDesign crash

What makes InDesign CS3 crash when I'm rethreading text? Does anyone know? I've asked this question before but have not gotten a response.
My fonts are in good shape. I'm still using Tiger, I have tons of RAM. So those things are not at issue.
Here's my workflow: I have a long text that's flowing in boxes, but I want to rethread it into a different set of box threads. The new set is already set up, empty text boxes in a template, threaded. So all I want to do is click on the out-port of the old boxes and click inside the empty new boxes and have the text pop in there. Pretty simple, no? BUT 90% of the time the minute I click on the new empty box, InDesign crashes. I'm trying to figure out what's making it do that because there's about 10% of the time when it doesn't crash.
Does it matter if the box into which the text is being threaded has any guides going across?
Does it matter what font and/or font size is specified in the new box? For example if the font size is way over what could fit into the box size, would that make InDesign crash?
Is something entirely different causing this behavior?
Any insight into this would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Scarlett

If you dont like linking text boxes - I don't like to link a lot as its time consuming! I use InDemand from www.mymacmac.com to flow in text. it has some sort of intuitive placement scheme that allows you to declare which text frames are live and then place, collect or clear their contents in human readable order.
Saved me - I hated having 48 linked product text boxes - this means i can move the text and images about the page to where I want and the box is treaded as if it was in a new link order.

Entering Vertical Japanese text in Indesign CS5

Can anyone point me in the direction of a plugin that will allow me to use the Western European version of ID CS5 to set vertical Japanese text? I don't need to do this very often and the texts are always short (a few lines only), so I can't justify investing in the Japanese version of Indesign.
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but a search of the forum yields nothing.
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Piers

Thanks Peter. That was the thread I was remembering. I downloaded the CS2 template referred to in the messages. It converted to CS5 and worked flawlessly. Saved me hours of messing around.
Piers

Adding a grunge texture to text in InDesign CS5.

Hi!
I would like to know the best way to add a grunge texture in InDesign. Here is an example I did using Pathfinder/Extract:
There is however at least two problems to this technique:
I have to convert my text into outlines;
Seems like the Pathfinder "merges" both shapes together forever... If was in Illustrator, I would have used the Clipping Mask or the Opacity Mask. That would allow me to move my texture as needed in the future.
I tried using the Paste Into method, but this technique ALSO seems to have at least two problems:
I have to convert my text into outlines;
Doing Paste Into keeps the color of my texture. The problem is, I need the "holes" to be transparent, not black!
Am I missing something? Is there ways to do this with Effects?
Thanks!
Chris.

I wonder in this case where you want editable text and transparency if setting the text in Photoshop and placing is the way to go. So in Photoshop set the text with a textured mask like this:
Then place in ID—all you have to do is Option-Doubleclick the text to edit in PS:

Copy and paste - can't copy parts of a SMS message

I'm getting really frustrated with the copy part of copy/paste within a SMS. In the SMS - If I tap on any number or word = nothing happens (if nothing is underlined), If I tap on a number underlined = I get the option to phone or skype?? If I double click = nothing happens, If I do a long press I the options to:COPY MESSAGE TEXTFORWARD MESSAGECOPY MESSAGE TO SIM CARDDELETE MESSAGEVIEW MESSAGE DE TAILSADD STAR If I want to copy some text (e.g. phone number, address, anything else) but not the whole SMS I cannot find a way to do it. Anyone else having this problem with SMS messages? Sometimes you need to extract info from the SMS to paste into an entry box on a website for example or to add to contacts etc. Can anyone help?

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to copy parts of a text message in the pre installed messaging application. But if you press a number, you can open it with the phone application and copy the number from the dialer. And if you want to copy an URL, you can open the page and copy it from the URL-field.
If you want parts from a text message, my best suggestion would be to copy the text into a notepad or similar and edit the text. Thereby, you can copy it with the text you want included.

Copy and paste from word to InDesign - foreign characters

Hello,
I have a Word file using foreign typefaces, Chinese, Korean etc. I have the fonts on my machine because the word document shows them OK..but, if I try to copy and paste the text into InDesign, those characters either don't show at all, or you just get the pink color with the little gray squares...Does anyone out there have any tips for how to handle this type of situation.
Thanks!!
babs

Ooooh, okay. I retract my finger-waggling cautionary statement.
It could be one of a number of different things. I almost always place instead of copy/paste, but I don't have any difficulty copying & pasting complex script text of any sort in any of my various versions and platforms. I'd figure that there are two different possible routes - either there's something about the styling or clipboard that is doing this (meaning that it could be unpacked exactly the same way as any font drop, no complex-script knowledge necessary) or there's something about the non-Latin text itself that is causing the problem. Take a look at the clipboard settings (Edit -> Preferences -> Clipboard Handling) to see if changing those settings resolves the issue, by e.g. changing the settings to raw text.
If that doesn't work, I'd suggest posting a lot more detail. Platform, versions of Word and Indy, the particular fonts that are failing, a description of how styles are set up in the current Word and Indy docs, perhaps a sample of the Word and Indy docs zipped up and made available for testing (e.g. if I can successfully copy/paste into the doc when your user can't, then there's something wrong with the user's install), and so on. Without that kind of information, the best I can do is take random guesses.

I am using InDesign CS5. I have a body of text which is ranged left with tabbed indents. My client now wants the copy to be justifed, keeping the tabbed indents. Help and advice needed please!

I am using InDesign CS5. I have a body of text which is ranged left with tabbed indents. My client now wants the copy to be justifed, keeping the tabbed indents. Help and advice needed please!

Hi
That screen grab helps a lot. There’s a much easier way of doing what you’re doing.
Remove all your tabs and set the text in justified paragraphs.
I’ve typed in dummy text in the example I made below, but after “19.1” put in a space and put your blinking cursor after the space and before the ’N’ of ‘Notices'.
Then hold down the Command key and hit Backspace (on Mac at least - it’s the key between the Inverted commas/ apostrophe key and the return key).
The text will jump into place the way you want it to.
Hope that helps
Paul
PS You can set a tab, instead of using a space, in the description I gave above. So, after 19.1 or 19.2 or 19.185 etc etc insert a tab, then hit the Command Backspace after every paragraph number and they'll all line up exactly together. You'll find that editing text within the paragraphs
after you've set it will be LOADS easier this way.
You can put the tab anywhere you want it to be using 'Command-ShiftT' and putting a 'left align' tab just after the number. Just type the Command Backspace after the paragraph number and it'll work

When I try to copy a drawing with text, it only pastes the text, can anyone help me?

When I try to copy a drawing with text, it only pastes the text, can anyone help me?
adobe illustrator cs5

Are your drawing layers locked and the text layers unlocked? So far it sounds as if the "Copy" command isn't grabbing anything but the text. I've had a similar problem with text not coming across when I saved my vector art as a raster image: for that I had to remove a compound path or something from the text before it would come over.
Make sure your layers (and sublayers) aren't locked, and check your compound paths and clipping masks to see if there's something funny going on.

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