Alternate Layout Issues

I had never used alternate layouts (through the page panel). I selected it and Indesign crashed. This happened several times so I gave up.
Fast forward to a couple days later, a completely different document. When I print and want to select a specific page range, it only has "letter H" as an option. I can't type in what pages I want to print. I've tried to figure out what I have done, but I have no clue. I believe it to be, somehow, related to the alternate layout option. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? In my page panel, it doesn't look like there is an alternate layout.

I've used the Alternate Layout feature several times on two Macs running 10.7 and 10.8 (Lion and Mountain Lion) with no problems crashing.
You can rename an alternate layout by clicking on the layout name in the Pages panel. It will highlight, and you can give it a different name.
As to printing or exporting pages when there is an alternate layout: When there only one layout, you can just enter a range, like 1-2. If there are more than one alternate layout, enter it like this:
Letter H:1-2
It's just like printing or exporting pages from an InDesign document with sections, because alternate layouts are like variants of sections.

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When I move pages from one document to another, it creates a new alternate layout.

Hello,
I'm having an issue with combining some documents. Usually I use the "move pages" command and tell the pages to integrate with another document. However, because of the new alternate layout feature, both documents have the default layouts as "Letter V". So when I move pages from one document to the end of another, it creates a new alternate layout labeled "Letter V2" and "Letter V3" etc. Is there a way to make the pages just go into the main layout of Letter V without creating a new alternate layout? How do I merge alternate layouts created in the integrated document? All documents are the same page size and orientation.
Thank you kindly,
Sheena

Petrill,
Thank you. I was trying to do that yesterday, but it was grayed out. It seemed to work alright today.
Thanks,
Sheena

Creating alternate layout --- missing a step --- how do I change setting so not only print options?

Hi - I'm running into an issue when going to Layout/Create Alternate Layout on one of my docs. The following options only appear vs any of the digital options (iPad-H or iPad-V).
Then when I hit the Page Size dropdown, these are the only options that appear.
I'm confused about how to generate a Digital Publishing option from my print doc.
I sense I'm missing an easy step, but can't figure it out. Many thanks in advance for replies.

You can’t have a print layout and DPS layout in the same file. You really need to create a new file at 1024x768 with digital publishing as the intent.
From there you can use the content collector tools or just copy/paste. Alternatively, use the save as command to create a new file and then do the adjustments to the layout.
For follow-ups please post in the DPS forum.

Error with styles when using Alternate Layout

I'm trying to use the new Alternate Layouts function in CS6 to create a template for both 8-1/2"x11" and A4 sized pages. While trying to create the alternate layout, I receive an error that says, "One or more styles were not mapped. Cannot create a mapped style when one of the source styles is based on another source style."
I think this means that InDesign doesn't like that some of our styles are based on others - for example, Figure references are based on Body text, with bold-italic-centered changes. I have changed all the paragraph styles to be based on "[No Paragraph Style]" instead of being based on other styles, yet I still get the error. What should I do? Thanks.

That's a great find Mike. I just ran into this problem myself and sure enough, removing the nested styles did the trick. That being said, I didn't get the error when creating the first Alternate Layout (even though the source layout contained nested styles). I didn't receive the error until creating the second Alternate Layout. I ended up removing the nested styles, creating the Alternate Layout, then putting them back in. Fortunately with this project, I don't have a ton of nested styles. If I did, it would be a huge pain. Anyone at Adobe able to comment on this issue? Known issue?

Alternate layout question

I have finished the vertical layout of my entire issue and want to know complete the horizontal part of the issue. I went up to alternate layout and the horizontal design showed up and i edited it and saved file. I updated the article in my folio builder, but when i update my issue in adobe content viewer and update it the horizontal version does not show up when rotated. Do I need to do something else before it will show up?

When i hover over folio in builder it does say landscape and portrait. In my pages layout they are both there. but in folio builder it is only showing the portrait version? So for some reason the landscape version is not showing up in there. When i tried to add layout from the pull down i got this error.
Content generation error.
[Error: The page size aspect ratio must match the folio aspect ratio.]
The layout was created automatically in alternate layout and is 1024x768.

Some alternate layout questions CS6

I have been meaning to ask this as I have an issue coming up again and need to know how to proceed.
I have a .indd in A4
I need to do an alternate layout in pixels 600 x 1024
I was able to create this but the artwork and the text falls outside of the bleed box area. So my question is how can I create an alternative layout from an A4 to a 600 x 1024 pixle portrait and at the same time get the art work to display correctly within the boundries?
A tutorial available on this?
Thx
R

Click on the page tool then hover over your text box/object center, the following statement will be shown "The object width is locked. Click to change the object width as the page changes width" and a similar statement will display on the object height. Hover on the box/object edge, the following statement will be shown "Space is flexible between object and page edge. Click to pin the object relative to page edge" (those are the 2 options responsible for displaying your objects correctly). Then from the page panel drop down menu choose create alternate layout and under options choose "Object-based" in the liquid page rule drop down menu. Remember to create the alternate layout after setting your objects for changes to take effect.

Layout issue while trying Migrate Oracle Report to XML publisher Reports

Hi
I am trying to Convert Seeded Oracle Reports (rdf) to BI Publisher reports, in doing so encounter layout issues. The layout of the RTF , PDF or HTML generated by BI Publisher is different form the text, PDF or HTML outputs generated by the concurrent report. The problem with the BI Publisher template and out put
Is, the lay out is getting distorted .
Steps to archive the migration :
-     download the rdf from the server to local m/c.
-     execute Forms 9i Util rwconverter to generate a xml
-     use the oracle.apps.xdo.rdfparser.RTFTemplateGenerator API to generate a RTF template of the report layout
-     Then use this template to generate a XSL via oracle.apps.xdo.template.RTFProcessor API
-     The Apply the XSL on the XML data output of the report using oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor to generate RTF , PDF & HTML files.
Name of the Report used for migration “FSG - Report Detail Listing” , responsibility GL super User. This was just a random report we picked-up for trial.
The layout of these files seems to distorted than the layout of the original report output as generated by the rdf report.
Pls suggest some means to resolve this or any pointers towards what causing this could be of help.
-     Shudipto

The process of "converting" an old Oracle Reports rdf into a BIP report is more akin to writing a brand new report in BIP than to what most people would consider a true conversion.
The conversion routine outlined by Oracle just gives you a starting point for converting RDF layouts into BIP, and nothing more. In regards to the data define it does somewhat better generating your queries and XML layout (but honestly, that is the easy part), but even for the data define it will lose your formula columns as well as report triggers.
I have used the converter on several dozen rdf files and I have yet to see one that is better than 10-20% ready for use after the conversion process.
I would strongly suggest that you only convert the reports that you have to convert (for enhancements, modifications, etc). If it ain't broke in old Oracle Reports, dont' try to fix it in BIP.
Scott

Layout issue with af:tree component

I am using af:tree component but I am finding layout issue with it. I have a requirement where in I need the tree to stretch to the available space but a horizontal and a vertical scrollbar comes up automatically. Is there a way to handle this issue?

User, without your jdev version it's hard to help.
Have you embedded the tree component in a stretch layout?
Timo

CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!

I am having a problem with creating a css layout, in the past i used tables and am trying to convert my sites for my customers. I have layed out the website using divs and css and it looks great until i put in the cosing of the menu bar. when i put in the coding for the menu bar suddenly the bar has a padding around it but i cannot find a padding that would change this in the css coding. I need this done asap! so please help. ill show my coding below:
this is the div coding:
<div id=Nav>
   <ul class="dropdown" id="Bar"; width: 879px" name="Bar">
         <li class="style16" style="width: 161px; height: 22px">
   <a href="default.html" style="width: 146px">Home</a></li>
         <li class="style10" style="width: 169px; height: 23px">
   <a href="about.html" style="width: 153px">About</a></li>
     <li class="" style="height: 31px; width: 175px; left: 0px; top: 0px">
   <a href="Equipment.html" class="style18">
   <div class="style10" style="width: 156px; height: 20px;">
    Equipment</div>
   </a> <ul class="sub_menu">
            <li><a href="compressor.html">Air Compressors</a></li>
            <li><a href="compactions.html">Compaction</a></li>
            <li><a href="concrete.html">Concrete Equipment</a></li>
            <li><a href="forklifts.html">Fork Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="generators.html">Generators</a></li>
            <li><a href="groundthawing.html">Ground Thawing</a></li>
            <li><a href="heaters.html">Heaters</a></li>
            <li><a href="scissorlifts.html">Scissor Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="boomlifts.html">Boom Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="lighttowes.html">Light Towers</a></li>
            <li><a href="misc.html">Misc.</a></li>
            <li><a href="dirtequipment.html">Dirt Equipment</a></li>
            <li><a href="powertools.html">Power Tools</a></li>
            <li><a href="pumps.html">Pumps | Saws | Welders</a></li>
                 </ul>
         </li>
         <li style="width: 165px"><a href="locations.html">
   <div class="style10" style="width: 154px">
    Locations</div>
   </a>
           </li>
             <li style="width: 180px"><a href="contact.html">
   <div class="style16" style="height: 24px">
    Contact Us</div>
   </a>         </li>
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#wrapper {
width: 880px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
background-color: #f4f4f4;
#Navigation {
background-image: url(Images/NAvigation%20BAr.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 880px;
visibility: visible;
height: 3-px;
vertical-align: top;
Nav {
vertical-align: top;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
clear: both;
height: 20px !important;
#wrapper1 {
width: 876px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
color: #F4F4F4;
/* IE10 Consumer Preview */
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Mozilla Firefox */
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Opera */
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #716375), color-stop(1, #E8E8E8));
/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
margin-bottom: auto;
#Bar {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 880px;
height: 28pt;
overflow: visible;
background-image: url(Images/NAvigation%20BAr.jpg);
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
#container {
width: 880px;
color: #000;
background-color: #EDEDED;
dominant-baseline: 578px;
/* IE10 Consumer Preview */
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Mozilla Firefox */
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Opera */
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #716375), color-stop(1, #E8E8E8));
/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
margin-bottom: auto;
#content {
float: left;
color: #090;
width: 580px;
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #033;
margin-top: 20px;
.container {
color: #000;
background-color: #ff6;
width: 876px;
#expect {
height: 164px;
width: 294px;
float: right;
position: relative;
background-color: #C90;
margin-left: 582px;
padding-top: 10px;
#hours {
float: left;
height: 55px;
width: 294px;
line-height: 4px;
word-spacing: normal;
white-space: normal;
display: inline;
letter-spacing: normal;
padding-top: 10px;
font-size: 13pt;
color: #000;
margin-left: 586px;
background-color: #F99;
#footer {
height: 76px;
width: 880px;
background-color: #CC0;
clear: both;
#cards {
float: right;
height: 31px;
width: 294px;
margin-left: 582px;
padding-top: 10px;
background-color: #F36;
#contact {
float: left;
height: 328px;
width: 293px;
word-spacing: normal;
white-space: normal;
line-height: 1px;
color: #000;
display: inline;
font-size: 14pt;
background-color: #FFF;
padding-top: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;
#header {
background-image: url(Images/Proquip%20Logo/Proquip%20logo2.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
width: 885px;
height: 126px;
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margin-right: 2.5px;
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#wrapper #container #contact p strong {
color: #800000;
font-size: 14pt;
#wrapper #container #contact blockquote p a {
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font-weight: bold;
#wrapper #container #hours div {
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#box3 {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/Services/redbox2.jpg);
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background-image:url(Images/Option%201/Logos/gold.gif);
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#scissorlift {
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ul {
list-style: none
ul.dropdown {
font-size: 13pt;
color: #000000;
height: 25px;
text-decoration: none !important;
width: 860px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
ul#Bar.dropdown {
width: 878px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
ul.dropdown li {
font-weight: 600;
float: left;
zoom: 1;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13pt;
display: block;
width: 175px;
color: #000000;
top: 25px;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-align: center;
ul.dropdown a:hover {
color:#cc0000;
ul.dropdown a:active {
color: #000000;
ul.dropdown li a {
display: block;
border-right: 1px solid#333;
color: #000000;
border-right-width: 1px;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-align: center;
ul.dropdown li:last-child a {
border-right:none; /* does not wotk in IE */
text-decoration:none !important; }
ul.dropdown li.hover,
ul.dropdown li.hover {
color: #000000;
position: relative;
height: 28px;
top: 0px;
ul.dropdown li.hover a {
color:#800000;
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ul.dropdown ul {
width: 180px;
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 36%;
display: block;
float: left;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none !important;
height: 25px;
ul.dropdown ul li {
font-weight: normal;
color: #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
float: left;
border-bottom-color: #c0c0c0;
border-bottom-style: groove;
display: block;
background-color: #dbdbdb;
text-decoration:none !important;
/* IE 6&7 needs inline block */
ul.dropdown ul li a {
border-right: none;
display: inline-block;
height: 18px;
line-height: 16px;
color: #000000;
width: 100%;
text-decoration: none !important;
/* Level Three Navigation */
ul.dropdown ul ul {
top: 100%;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none !important;
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I have the site using tables up and running, this is a website for a client so I cant make a test site using that domain would it be ok if I screen shot'ed the problem?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:19:44 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!
    Re: CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!
    created by Jon Fritz II in Dreamweaver support forum - View the full discussion
Well, you're not using position:absolute, so you've got a big thumbs up from a bunch of us for that.
Is there any chance you could post a link to this page on your server? It's much easier to troubleshoot from a browser than it is to rebuild the page from code fragments.
If you haven't gone live with the page yet, create a folder called TEST in your site and save copies of the page and css there. Upload TEST and post a link to it here. Once the problem is found/fixed, delete TEST from the server.
You can also attempt to use Firefox or Chrome to find your issue by right clicking > Inspect Element. All CSS that affects a given element will be displayed with file name and line numbers there.
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How can I export a pdf of an InDesign alternate layout from a book?

Hello:
I have a book that is in a 6×9″ layout and I would like to make an alternate layout for 8.5×11 (and other formats) then export both as independent books to PDFs. How can I do this or is there another better way? I thought alternate layout would be the way to go, but I don’t think I can export the alternate layouts for all my chapters/etc., from the book menu without including ALL the pages from each layout?
Thanks for any direction or advice!
Kevin

Hi Willi:
Thanks for your prompt response. Do you know if there are any scripts that can do this or at least help automate some of this process?
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Alternate layout created when moving pages from one document to another

I'm using CC on Windows 7 - I have 2 documents that I want to merge and make into 1 [I know people will want to know why I would want to do this - each document is the result of a different data merge - data merge can only handle one master page - so I have 2 datamerges - 2 files - and just need to merge the 2 files]
This used to work beautifully in ID 5.5 - now when I use the pages panel to move the pages to the other document - it creates an alternate layout - it is then very difficult for me to interlace alternating pages - - I use dot be able to just move the pages into place - but with eh 2 layouts it is behaving differently and in a way I do not understand. Is there any way I can get around this? or avoid the alternate layout and just have one. The 2 page sizes are identical so it is not a problem of varying size - the paragraph styles are all the same as well. I have tried to delete the alternating style but it will delete all the pages as well.
Thanks

Maybe its time for me to Replace my Preferences, because I also have 8.0.2, and I tried the same thing with two new documents based on the same preset - it still made an alternate layout. When the moved page is placed in the middle of several pages (say - after page 2, of 6 pages) all the pages after the inserted one become part of the new alternate layout. In this example, I had a six-page document, and moved one page of the other identical document to After Page 3 Here's the result

Publishing an alternate layout in InDesign CS6

I've create a 3 page sample file to show a client how they can re-purpose their InDesign print file and use InDesign to create alternate layouts. I've created a test file that has 2 alternate layouts. One is the standard iPad portrait view and the other is an iPad landscape view. I simply want to output this file as a PDF that I can show to the client on an iPad. How do I output or publish this file so that when view on an iPad it will show the landscape layout in landscape orientation and the portrait layout in portrait orientation?

Small correction: You CAN create EPUB3 fixed layout if you have CS6, but it can be a painful process. Anne-Marie Concepcion explains how in her video on Lynda.com:
http://www.lynda.com/Dreamweaver-tutorials/Comparing-looks-fixed-vs-flowable-EPUBs/94249/9 9018-4.html

Adding pages to articles which contain alternate layouts

If I have an article with alternate layouts set up and decide I need to add another page it does not seem to play nicely.
In the pages palette I have 2 columns iPad H and iPad V. If I create a new page under iPad H and try to give it an alternate layout I get a dialog saying "Alternate layout name cannot be blank, must be unique, and cannot end with a "*" or a ";" character." It will not let me save as iPad V as there is already a layout there so I save as iPad V2 but when I test on iPad the H page shows up in the layout but the V2 page does not.
Does this mean I need to create new article to replace the old one, add all my H layouts to it and then create alternate layouts for each of these again?
Cannot find a good tutorial on the subject.
Message was edited by: RollDotHome

Doesn't seem to work – something as simple as this! Screenshots show new page moved to end of doc and also what happens when I put after page 1.
Also attached are pages prefs. Pages and spreads allowed to shuffle. Is this correct? Pages just dance around rather than staying put!
Help very much appreciated, I'm probably missing something very obvious!

Export an alternate layout from a indesign book

Hello,
I'm working on a big file, which has been, for size reasons, separated in multiple files that have then been assembled in an indesign book
Problem: This document is edited for print and also as an interactive pdf for ipad, which is why I have created an alternate layout for the ipad version, which contains a navigation based on hyperlinks, linking different pages and documents from the Book.
But here is the thing, when exporting the whole book to pdf (using the Indesign Book panel), I can't choose the layout I want to export, as I can do when I export from a single document with several alternate layouts
What I get when I export from a single file with two alternate layouts to interactive pdf
What I get when I export the Indesign Book with two alternate layouts to an interative pdf
Why is that? Is there a way I can export only one layout without having to RE-assemble the whole document into one file?
If I export the whole book as it is, my two alternate layouts are just following each other and it's a big mess, not to mention the hyperlinks don't work anymore.
Also, if the only way is to make one file, the file is then too heavy to be worked with, it's 280 pages long, with HD images on every page ( and the alternate layouts double the pages...)
Does anyone have a solution?

You mean, breaking the document into two or three files and then exporting each of these and then assembling the pdf files?
But then the hyperlinks from one doc to another don't work. I tried it already.
The problem is that I need to export ALL of these documents into ONE pdf because of the interactivity of the hyperlinks.

Buttons do not appear in alternate layouts

Hi
I have a 45 page app. Each page has button on it that call other pages, play video, or call an MSO
When I create alternate layouts not all the buttons appear on the new layout
the buttons that DO appear are:
1. A button that calls n MSO with two states
2. A button that calls a video to play
The buttons that do not appear in the new layout are buttons that call another page in the book.
I have hundreds of buttons in the app/book. All the buttons are on their own layer in each document and that layer is at the top of the layer panel.
How can I make the buttons show up on alternate pages?
If I have to copy and paste the buttons to the new layouts - is there a method that the copy and paste command actually keeps the link, so I don't have to relink every button on each of the new layouts... that is a big nuisance.
So.. I guess I have two questions:
1. How to make the buttons automatically appear on alternate layouts
2. If they won't appear how can copy and paste have some brains?
thanks
Deb

Since alternate layouts and buttons are core InDesign features, moving this post to the InDesign Forum.
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