Placing in Illy CS2

Does anyone know how to do precice placing and sizing in Illustrator as Indesign does? When I place an object such as a tif or jpg, Illustrator just throws it anywhere on the screen at whatever size it is. I'm working in speed so sizing them prior to placing is irrelevant - I need custom sizing capability before it appears on the page. Thanks much - Michelle

But AI is not really a full fledge layout program if you are working for speed I would think this a document that you might want to do in ID. Photoshop has different requirements as you edit images with it.
We are talking about different animals and I know you are interested in using AI for certain types of AI specific documents that you might have many of still in all AI is not a layout program.
I think if you want this then you should make a feature request for a placement loaded cursor. I do not think I have ever read anyone requesting this or complaining about the behavior before on the forum.
Although no that I think of it it might be handy to have if you have a lot of art work for a complex work of art. I wonder how other users feel about this I am more curious as to why no one ever brought the subject up, well maybe I just missed it.

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It is the machine which see's the printer.
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haha, it's not an easy one to describe.
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Close up detailing masking effect: (image below)
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We cannot see the file because hte attachment is queued. Attachments are basically a waste of time. By the time the attachment passes through the queue, your post has dropped low in the list and people are ignoring it. Post the file elsewhere and add a link in a new post.
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>This makes no more sense then using Quark to impose PDFs.
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Yes sir! The Word file that crashes CS4 is placed successfully in CS2. The saying "If it ain't broke don't fix it" comes to mind!
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