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Need help with printing. New to InDesign

May 3, 2012 8:31 AM

To make a long story short, I have to learn InDesign on my own for my job. And I am fine with doing simple stuff, but now I ma starting to have problems, I have no clue how to fix.

I created a file, exported it to PDF, all looks great, but when I print it the imagies are all blurry and half of my text is gone. What am I doing wrong? A friend suggested I fix the links, but I have no clue what they are or how to fix them.

Thank you for all your help.

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  • Peter Spier
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    1. Peter Spier,
    May 3, 2012 8:41 AM   in reply to vyasna
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    Let's start with some basic information. What version of ID? Have you installed the latest patch (&.5.3 was released last night for CS5.5).

     
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  • vyasna
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    2. vyasna,
    May 3, 2012 8:51 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    It is CS5.5 for Mac, that is how much I know about it. How do I install updates on it? Wow, I must sound really stupid, but mac usually installs everything on it's own and I never had to do manually do anything except to check for updates. I think my problem is farely simple, but I am so unexperienced in this that I have no clue.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    May 3, 2012 12:09 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    Try Help > Updates... in InDesign, and if the 7.5.3 patch doesn't show up, download and install it manually: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5366

     

    Blurry images are either because the images are poor to begin with, they're linked and the links are missing or out-of-date, or you've used the wrong settings for export. Install the update, then try again, and if you still have a problem come back and tell us the PDF export settings you've used.

     
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  • vyasna
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    4. vyasna,
    May 3, 2012 1:29 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    I think there is something wrong with my links. The images are fine, but I have no clue how to repair links and what are they.

    Peter, thank you for helping me. I downloaded the update. But have the same problem.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    5. Peter Spier,
    May 3, 2012 2:17 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    Window > Links...

     

    Do you see any red question mark icons (missing links) or yellow triangle icons (out of date) next to a link name?

     
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    6. vyasna,
    May 3, 2012 2:32 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    Nope. I think that this is my main problem, that I can not see the links I am using or any red question marks or yellow triangles. I clicked on the link tab. But nothing. On my other Docs I can see the links but not in this one. I am so frustrated by now.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    May 3, 2012 2:36 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    If there are no links in the panel, then all of the images were pasted into the layout. That could well be the problem.

     
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    8. vyasna,
    May 3, 2012 2:40 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    So, what do I do now?

    Let me tell you, I ma not a big fan of InDesign. Getting an accounting degree, it doesn't do me any good to learn it. I am trying so hard though. Ideally class would be a great start, but here I am trying to get help online, bc no one wants to pay for my class.

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    May 3, 2012 2:44 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    The fact that you have not gotten properly trained is not the fault of the software.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    10. vyasna,
    May 3, 2012 2:49 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    Bob, trust me, I know, but it doesn't change things and the fact that I have to learn it somehow.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    11. Peter Spier,
    May 3, 2012 3:06 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    You said you created the file, so you should know how you put in the images, and where they came from, right? Am I correct that you pasted them? Where did you get them?

     

    If the original images were high resolution, you could go back and replace all the pasted copies with the linked originals (File > Place..), but if these are web images or other poor quality images there isn't much you can do.

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    May 3, 2012 3:45 PM   in reply to vyasna
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    Standard, very low cost, newbie learning advice.

     

     

     

    1.       Sandee Cohen’s Visual Quick Start Guide: http://amzn.to/Jv2mea

     

    2.       Lynda.com This link will get you a one week free trial: http://bit.ly/fcGpiI

     

     

     

    Hope those help

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • vyasna
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    13. vyasna,
    May 4, 2012 7:10 AM   in reply to vyasna
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    Peter,

     

    I pasted everything from imagies on my desk top and from word docs on my desk top.

     

    Bob, I am watching tutorials and reading on it too. I do not need to be a professional in this, but I am trying.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    14. Peter Spier,
    May 4, 2012 7:20 AM   in reply to vyasna
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    For those images that you have on the desktop, instead of Copy/Paste, us File > Place... and select the image. That will link it. You may need to drag a frame withthe loaded "Place Gun" cursor to get the size you want. Once the image is placed you can select it and from either the links panel (in the link information section down below the list) or the Info panel you can read the "Effective PPI" value. Taht will tell us if you have enough image data to use the image at the size you've chosen.

     

    Images in Word docs are a bit harder. DocX, I believe, allows you to place the full res images along with the text, and if memory serves (Bob, are you still awake?) you can save from Word as HTML and get a folder withthe images that you can place without the text.

     
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  • vyasna
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    15. vyasna,
    May 4, 2012 7:25 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Peter,

     

    Thank you. I am going to try doing just waht you said today at some point and go from there.

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    16. Bob Levine,
    May 4, 2012 7:39 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    I’m awake.

     

     

     

    Here’s a link to a blog post I wrote on ID Secrets: http://indesignsecrets.com/get-the-full-picture-with-docx.php

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • vyasna
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    17. vyasna,
    May 4, 2012 7:41 AM   in reply to vyasna
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    Let me work on what you said to do today and I will post an update.

     
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