Entire document goes blue

We have noticed that on our scanned documents, not any PDFs that are printed from another program, that occasionally while someone is working, the entire document will get a blue overlay, and the cursor will turn to a black triangle. Any ideas? It is incredibly annoying for users who work in an entirely paperless environment. When it does this, the document behaves differently.
Thanks!

They are probably using one of the select tools (Object select would be my guess) instead of the "regular" Hand tool, and are selecting the entire scanned image (which is a single object).

Similar Messages

Help, InDesign transparency tool changes opacity of entire document

Hi. I just got Adobe InDesign CS5. I have been a very long user of QuarkXpress. What I would like to do is a linear blend of
colours in an object to a design I am doing. Then I would like to change the opacity of the SELECTED OBJECT only. But for some reason when I select the object and change the opacity, it changes it to the picture that is underneath the object to a different colour blue than what was originally in the picture I created? The picture was created in Photoimpact 11, with Pantone Blue as the colour.
First, I created a new document and inserted a PNG picture that fits on the entire document as the background, that has a very bright blue background. I want to put a rectangular text box at the top with blended colours. When I create a new object, using the rectangle tool, and then put it on top of the picture, I select the rectangular box, I right click and go to Effects and then Transparency. I select the "Select for" prompt to "Fill". Then on the right side where it says "Transparency, Basic Blending" it is selected as Normal mode and I move the opacity to 64%. When I click on ok, the picture underneath changes colours to a different colour light blue for some reason?? But the thing is, the picture colour that changes to light blue, stays the same whether it is at 99% or at 1% opacity.
Why is my picture changing colours? How can I change the objects opacity to not affect the pictures colour underneath? I have been trying for hours to figure this out. When I have done this in QuarkXpress, it doesnt affect the background picture at all. The only issue is, when i convert to PDF from QuarkXpress, the pantone blue comes out a totally different colour, like a lighter blue. But when I converted this background picture in InDesign without any other objects, it came out perfect! Please help me. Thank you.
I also want to mention that I update to the latest version of InDesign CS5 7.0.3 and updated everything else, and still it was having a problem. Thanks.

Wow. I can't believe this.
I figured this solution out.
I fixed this problem by enabling Edit-->Transparency Blend Space-->Document RGB.
Now my background picture is just fine. Before, Transparency blend space was in CMYK. I guess that was the issue?
If anyone else has this problem, just keep this in mind!.

Alternative to Entire Document Reflowing with Every Keystroke?

I'm buildng a large-ish document in Pages 09 (about 140 pages) with lots of photos and text wrapping and about 40,000 words over five sections. The issue is when proof reading through it, if I need to make any amendments or alterations to the text, it's a real trial as it's painfully slow. The problem is that if you add one character, then the entire document from that character onwards (at least until the end of a given section) reflows. Add another character and it reflows again. Make a typo and delete a character and it reflows yet again. There's a huge amount of unnecessary processing going on.
In the old days of Aldus PageMaker 4.0 (yes, I am that old!) the system was much more elegant - you could open a separate text edit window, make the changes and then close the window again, meaning any reflowing would only have to happen once.
Admittedly my machine isn't super powerful with 2 Gigabytes of RAM and a 1.25Gigahertz PowerPC processor, but PageMaker used to run well on 4 Megabytes of RAM and 32 Megahertz processor, so I can't believe a lack of processing power is the problem.
Is there an elegant fix for this?
I thought about cutting and pasting chunks of text into another Pages document, editing and re-pasting, but going in and out with chunks of text is asking for mistakes to slip through. (Part of my reason for proof reading is to ensure that I don't have occasional orphan lines from one passage flowing over to another).
Any help or advice gratefully received.

Many thanks for the replies.
I've recently upgraded the hard drive to a 250GB with 170GB still free so no issues there.
And I take the point about effects. Though there are a couple of rotated pics and shadows, the vast majority are just straight photos, though I concede they've all been imported in full and resized.
And I concur about word processing within the layout which is precisely why I wrote the principle copy in a separate document and 'poured' it into the layout. But I always feel the final proof read should be exactly as the final thing will be seen and that invariably means finding typos or wanting to make odd changes to words or phrases here and there.
The same problem applies when you try to add, move or resize a photo - the text re-wraps and re-wraps around it as you move it. It just seems processor-wasteful. I've even started switching off "item causes textwrap" when moving stuff and then switching it on again after I've made the change as it's so much quicker.
I just can't help wondering why something that worked well 20 years ago with a hundredth of the processing power of my current Mac is such a trial today. I have a hunch that Pages is putting too much effort into unnecessary or invisible bells and whistles and not enough into doing the job in hand.
A part of me is tempted to boot up from my external drive in 10.3 and use PageMaker in Classic as, even with all the extra classic conversion processing, my G4 absolutely ripped through eveything I'd ask of it in PageMaker or Claris/AppleWorks. The only reason I don't is that I want the document to work on my eventual next Mac which will have to have an Intel processor. Pages is supposed to be much better optimized for OS-X - a fact which was cited by Apple as partly justifying ditching AppleWorks - but even just opening it up, it grinds compared to AppleWorks despite (it seems to me) only having one or two features that AppleWorks didn't have and missing quite a few that it did. It also frequently stops responding for several seconds before starting up again, though many of my other applications seem to do the same.
But I guess that's progress!
Thanks again for the replies.
P.S. I've tried everything to fix the 'not responding' issue, including defragging; reloading the OS from scratch; cloning the drive to a spare, initializing and cloning back; and when I recently upgraded the drive I used Time Machine to load the new drive in the hope that it might have a more sophisticated optimization process. So far nothing's worked, and since the G5 Mac I use at work often exhibits the same behaviour, I've simply had to accept it as a fact of life.
But it never happened on my old LC!

Hi I have used my macbook pro with miniport to HDM, and it was working fine. Hadnt used it for a month and now when I connect the TV, the screen on the mac goes blue then back to the page but nothing comes up on the TV. Any ideas?

Hi I have a year old Macbook pro. I was using a miniport to connect it to the TV via HDM cable. It was working fine but I have used it for a couple of months kept it in a drawer and now it doesnt work. When connected to the TV the screen on the mac goes blue as though there is some signal then back to original screen but the TV doesnt show what's on the laptop. Please any suggestions, thanks??

Hello nothingissecret
Check out the article below for troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. One would be to try a different cable or adapter to test with the television.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

How do I lift a picture in a document to print it without printing the entire document, and when I ask it to print at 400%, how do I get it to tell me how many pages there are and what is on them

I have a pix of a quilt in a document. I would like to print the page of the document at 400% to enable me to see the quilt better. When I go to effects and put in my percent, it prints the entire document and will not allow me to move to other pages. It says its p1 of 1. I am taking a class for making this quilt. I need this pix for the class.

http://www.kimberlyeinmo.com/classes/
This the site. The tulip quilt is what I would like to enlarge and print without the whole document.

Apple AirPort Express - HP LaserJet M1120 won't print entire document

Hi,
My first post. I've recently purchased Airport Express and installed all necessary programmes (incl. Airport Base Station Agent and Bonjour print service) on my Win 7 Ultimate x64.
The device is set up as "Join a existing network".
Airplay works without any issues, but printing does not.
I've also installed the driver for HP LaserJet M1120 printer.
When I send something to print (regardless of the file), it won't print the entire document. Usually, it prints smaller documents (up to 10 pages) normally, but when it comes to larger documets it prints only half of the document.
I send 30 pages document to print and it prints only 15 pages. Then I need to re-send print command and again, it prints only half - 7 or 8. Printer just stops.
Sometimes i get "Error-printing", but not always.
This issue happens on all 4 PCs that I have at home all running Win 7 Ultimate x64 or Win Vista Home Premium x32.
Any ideas?
HP Print Diagnostic Utility did not find any issues also. Says everything is OK.

Unfortunately, not all USB printers are compatible with AirPort base stations. In addition, the AirPort's USB port does not support the "advanced" printer functions, like scanning, copying or faxing, of multi-function printers.
To see if your printer is compatible, take a look at thisiFelix Unofficial AirPort Printer Compatibility link. If your printer isn't listed, it doesn't necessarily mean it won't work, but simply that it has not been verified. iFelix also provides the following workaround for printers not on the list that would certainly be worth a try.
Also you can try this Apple Tech Support article to see if it will help: Printer troubleshooting for AirPort Base Stations and Time Capsule
Finally, check out this IBM support article to see if your printer is listed as having a Postscript or PCL3 interface. If it does, then it will most likely work with the AirPort's USB port. Printers that use the "HP LIDIL" interface must be connected to a computer directly and will not work.

How to autofill blank cells in an entire document?

Is there a way of filling blank cells in the entire document, not just surrounding cells as the fill-function works? In other programms you search " " and fill (replace) it with "0" for example. Doesn't work with the Find/Replace function in Numbers.
Tino

tis15 wrote:
Is there a way of filling blank cells in the entire document, not just surrounding cells as the fill-function works? In other programms you search " " and fill (replace) it with "0" for example. Doesn't work with the Find/Replace function in Numbers.
A cell containing " " (a space) is not a blank cell.
When cells contain this string, the Search / Replace tool behaves flawlessly and replace the spaces by the wanted string.
To fill the blank cells, I know only one soluce : AppleScript.
Here is a script doing the trick.
--[SCRIPT fillblank_cells_withclipboard]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : fillblank_cells_withclipboard.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Sélectionner la cellule en haut à gauche de la zône à remplir.
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir fillblank_cells_withclipboard.
Le script remplit les cellules vides de la zône définie avec la valeur extraite du presse-papiers.
--=====
L'aide du Finder explique:
L'Utilitaire AppleScript permet d'activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l'Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case "Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus".
--=====
Save the script as a Script: fillblank_cells_withclipboard.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Select a cell which is at top left of the range to fill?
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose fillblank_cells_withclipboard
The script will fill every blank cell of the defined range with the value extracted from the clipoard.
--=====
The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the "Show Script Menu in menu bar" checkbox.
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2010/10/29
--=====
on run
local remplir_avec, dName, sName, tName, rname, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2, c, r
set remplir_avec to the clipboard as text
set {dName, sName, tName, rname, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my getSelParams()
tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
repeat with c from colNum1 to count of column
tell column c
repeat with r from rowNum1 to count of row
if (value of cell r) = 0 then set value of cell r to remplir_avec
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end run
--=====
set {rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my getCellsAddresses(dname,s_name,t_name,arange)
on getCellsAddresses(d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name)
local two_Names, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2
tell application "Numbers"
set d_Name to name of document d_Name (* useful if we passed a number *)
tell document d_Name
set s_Name to name of sheet s_Name (* useful if we passed a number *)
tell sheet s_Name
set t_Name to name of table t_Name (* useful if we passed a number *)
end tell -- sheet
end tell -- document
end tell -- Numbers
if r_Name contains ":" then
set two_Names to my decoupe(r_Name, ":")
set {row_Num1, col_Num1} to my decipher(d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, item 1 of two_Names)
if item 2 of two_Names = item 1 of two_Names then
set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {row_Num1, col_Num1}
else
set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to my decipher(d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, item 2 of two_Names)
end if
else
set {row_Num1, col_Num1} to my decipher(d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name)
set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {row_Num1, col_Num1}
end if -- r_Name contains…
return {row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2}
end getCellsAddresses
--=====
set { dName, sName, tName, rname, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my getSelParams()
on getSelParams()
local r_Name, t_Name, s_Name, d_Name
set {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name} to my getSelection()
if r_Name is missing value then
if my parleAnglais() then
error "No selected cells"
else
error "Il n'y a pas de cellule sélectionnée !"
end if
end if
return {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name} & my getCellsAddresses(d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name)
end getSelParams
--=====
set {rowNumber, columnNumber} to my decipher(docName,sheetName,tableName,cellRef)
apply to named row or named column !
on decipher(d, s, t, n)
tell application "Numbers" to tell document d to tell sheet s to tell table t to ¬
return {address of row of cell n, address of column of cell n}
end decipher
--=====
set { d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, r_Name} to my getSelection()
on getSelection()
local _, theRange, theTable, theSheet, theDoc, errMsg, errNum
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
tell sheet i
set x to the count of tables
if x > 0 then
repeat with y from 1 to x
try
(selection range of table y) as text
on error errMsg number errNum
set {_, theRange, _, theTable, _, theSheet, _, theDoc} to my decoupe(errMsg, quote)
return {theDoc, theSheet, theTable, theRange}
end try
end repeat -- y
end if -- x>0
end tell -- sheet
end repeat -- i
end tell -- document
return {missing value, missing value, missing value, missing value}
end getSelection
--=====
on decoupe(t, d)
local l
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set l to text items of t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return l
end decoupe
--=====
on parleAnglais()
local z
try
tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
on error
set z to "Cancel"
end try
return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 29 octobre 2010 14:42:38

TS1702 I wish to save a multi page document sent by e mail as PDF in Pages - it only files the first page? How do I save the entire document ?

I have Pages on my iPad, which is brilliant....but when I want to save a multi page file sent to me by e mail, pages only saves the first page. How do I save the entire document?

What type of document is the file? (ie. what is the file extension for tie file?)
Regards,
Barry

Is it possible to remove yellow text background in the entire document?

I have the same problem as the one that is mentioned here:http://forums.adobe.com/message/1155089 In my case the yellow background is already in the pdf-file which was created with a virtual pdf printer and then manipulated with another pdf-editor. I noticed accidentally that it is possible to remove the yellow background in Acrobat Pro as if I'd edit an object. Getting rid of it on each page by hand would be a daunting task. Is it possible to do this somehow with the entire document? All help would be much appreciated.
cheers
Btw: The yellowish background does not appear in other pdf viewers.

I'll try to describe the process but the exact numbers will depend on your document - as I said earlier when I ran a test of your file I got 3.4%, but you may not.
Your file has a mixture of color spaces (CMYK/RGB/etc.) and so you must first run the Convert Colors tool from the Print Production Panel to get everything into a consistent space, or Preflight will choke. Run the default profile to convert to the SWOP v2 profile.
Open the Output Preview tool from the Print production Panel and hover over one of the yellow areas, write down the percentage of yellow. Hopefully nothing else in the document will have the same percentage.
Now open Preflight from the Print Production Panel, switch to the Single Checks tab.
Open the Options menu, choose "Create new Preflight Check".
Name it "yellow boxes" and apply it to "Page contents" and "Current file".
Select the Colors group and pick "object uses Yellow with a percentage of..." - press ADD.
Configure it with "Equal to" and your percentage (no % sign)
Click OK, then switch to the Single Fixups tab.
Options menu > Create new Preflight Fixup
Name it "move yellow to layer"
Choose the Layers category, "Put objects on layer" and press ADD
In the "Objects identified by a check" dropdown, select your "yellow boxes" check.
In the Layer name field, type "yellow boxes"
Click OK, then click the Fix button to run it.
You'll get a message to save/close and reopen the file.
When you do, (hopefully) all your yellow boxes will now be in their own layer.
Open the layers navigator on the left side of Acrobat's window and turn off the eyeball for that layer.
Print

HT3349 How do you select a sub-set of cells from the entire document so you can print only those specific cells?

How do you select a sub-set of cells from the entire document so you can print only those specific cells?

There is no analog to MS Excels print range. So the next best thing is to plan your data so that you don't need to use print range. The next best thing after that is to select the range of cells you want to print, then copy, the switch to the application Preview, and create a new document from the clipboard (select the menu item "File > New from Clibboard") then select all, copy then paste to the destination (maybe an email) .
You can also paste that portion of the table into another table (or a new table) by pasting values only

Why does that entire thread goes to sleep when we put a wait function in time critical loop?

why does that entire thread goes to sleep when we put a wait function in time critical loop but not when it is not time critical

Norbert B wrote:
Ujjval,
in a RT system, priorities have (in general) increased effect on the execution of the application.
It is recommended that you only have a single task in your RT program at "time critical". If you have two task "time critical" (that means you are running into issues caused by your quoted "feature"), you have a flaw in your application architecture.
Since LV 7.1, it is recommended to work with Timed Loops in order to prioritize tasks on a RT system. Timed Loops are executed on priorities between "time critical" and "above normal". Each Timed Loop will execute its content in a single thread in order to keep a good overview of the timing (like finished late [i-1]). Using those structures (and according settings) in a reasoned manner will prevent your RT system to run into priority issues.
Ujjval Shah wrote:
[...]also i would really appreciate if i can get more documentations regarding how LV creates threads and assigns subvis to them[...]
You will have a real hard time to go into this very deep. This is the feature of LV: you can just use multithreading (multicores) without the needed knowledge of scheduling and load balancing. This makes LV programming in general very easy in comparison to e.g. ANSI C (in regard of multithreading). So creation of threads, distribution of tasks to the threads are abstracted and most often not visible to the programmer.
There are some switches and levers you can "play around" in order to make LV to behave differently in this matter. But this most often requires deep LV knowledge and cannot be explained in a simple posting.....
hope this helps,
Norbert
Amen to that!
The question can not be fully answered without digging into the internals of the OS LV is run on because LV works with the OS and lets it do the scheduling.
Yes that note applies to pre- LV 7 RT. When run under RT the ONE Time Critical loop was guarenteed to stay determinisitic.
Since then the Timed Loop was introduced that allowed multiple levels of priority and later allowed us to assign which CPU the code would run on.
Ben
Ben Rayner
I am currently active on.. MainStream Preppers
Rayner's Ridge is under construction

When exporting images from iPhoto library to Aperture 3 library the highlights go red and the shadow area goes blue. This happen to all images in the Aperture 3 library, why?

For some reason all the images in Aperture 3 library have had their highlights go red and the shadow area goes blue. I can correct them one at a time with contrast control. This just happen on its on after I uploaded MOuntain Lion. Now when I go to transfer images from iPhoto this happens. The images are all right in iPhoto but this is not the case with Apeerture. I have 15,000 images in Aperture 3 and I can't afford the time to correct them one at a time. What is it that I did to cause this problem?

You have "Highlight Hot and Cold Areas" turned on.
Toggle this on/off from the View menu.
Thresholds are set at "Aperture➞Preferences➞Advanced". (I have mine set to 100% ~ it's not clear what the scale is.)
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

Monitor goes blue on startup

Yesterday we had a power failure. All our computers came back fine, except one - MINE! When I went to restart, after saying "Starting Mac OS X", my monitor goes blue. First I ran Apple Hardware Test and it states, "no hardware problems detected". I was told to start up from the cd/dvd for Tiger and then run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility. I held down the "c" key and started from the cd/dvd for Tiger and it took me through installation. After performing the installation, I was prompted to re-start and it did the same thing (blue monitor). Any ideas? Please help!!!
G4 Mac OS X (10.4)

Many Macs, especially G4s, will not boot after a power failure. The solution is to reset the PMU. In your case it's trying to boot but has a problem.
Try a PMU reset. See Mac PRAM, NVRAM, CUDA/PMU & Battery Tutorial
When you are troubleshooting a Mac, disconnect all external devices except the kbd, mouse & monitor.
Cheers, Tom

Screen goes blue and quits all applications

It doesn't seem to be specific to what I'm doing or running. But all of a sudden the screen goes blue for a second, like its going to sleep after a second it goes back to my desktop, but all applications are closed there is no error message. It has happened while typing an email in mail. Selecting a song in itunes. Scrolling down a web-page. Dragging a file into the timeline if FCP. Its happened with just one application opened and with several opened.

Have you done the usual maintenance jb?
Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them.
Then Repair Permissions.
Then run your Apple Hardware Test to see if it flags something.
DALE

When I turn my mac book pro on the screen goes blue

Hi when I have had my mac book pro for well almost a year now and for some odd reason twice now when I turn on the computer the screen goes blue and will not go to the desk top....please advice

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8963.html

Entire document goes blue

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for