Changes to text and swatch file

Question

After creating a text frame for a photo caption I copied and pasted to the text frame from the caption used in the photo's file name rather than type it directly in the text frame.  The result that was added to the text frame was blurred letters that seem to have a shadow to them rather than the crisp black letters.  My symbols in the Swatch file seem to have changed and I can't seem to get them to back to normal.  Previously I had 3 symbols--a frame, paper and letters.  Now I have only paper and letters.  Any suggestions on how I fix this?  I am using InDesign CS4

Answer 1

To add to my previous message. If you really want to get fancy, create your own messages file. You can reference that message file by specifing it in any custom code. For instance, I created one that is used for custom navigation. Instead of hard coding the name and description of the custom navigation, I created an xml file that contained the values. Using plumtrees own Resource manager, you can read from any xml file as long as it is formatted correctly.
Here is a code snippet
publicclassNavTypeBankersBankMain : INavTypes
publicint_ui_nav_id = 202;
publicconstString PORTALCOMMONMSGS = "ptmsgs_bankersbankbrowsingmsgs";
publicNavTypeBankersBankMain() : base()
#regionINavTypes Members
///<summary>
///Get the ID of the current navigation.
///</summary>
///<returns>ID of navigation</returns>
publicintGetID()
return_ui_nav_id;
///<summary>
///Gets the name of the navigation scheme to be displayed in the subportal list of navigation.
///</summary>
///<param name="_strLangID">Language to be applied.</param>
///<returns>The name of the navigation.</returns>
publicstringGetName(string_strLangID)
IApplication application = ApplicationManager.GetInstance().GetApplication(AppConstants.MAIN_APPLICATION_NAME.ToString());
XPResourceManager rm = (XPResourceManager) application.GetCachingManager().GetEntry("ResourceManager");
returnrm.GetString(0, PORTALCOMMONMSGS, _strLangID);
The bold text is what is used for the custom messages. The only problem is keeping up with where custom strings are used.
HTH too,
Mike Bruce [email protected]