Posts by betterdaze

As you become more conversant with ID, you're sure to see that it's just the old Aldus PageMaker Adobe-fied, revamped to challenge Quark... and on some major steroids!

It's all good. :–)

~Sue

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Adobe cs4 indesign

by Georgiegirl in

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i would imagine cs3 would be similar.

i'm laying out a book for a client and have a question.

just thought on the off-chance....

Hey there, Georgiegirl,

A critical concern is that you're using trial software. See if it will even let you print? Usually it will let you create content for screen use but not output actual files.

Or it will, with a dreadful watermark. Useful for learning but not for real-time work, especially under a weekend deadline!

In the meantime, please do check out InDesign's Long document features section on the Adobe website.

Creating book files
Creating a table of contents
Creating an index
Working with markers

(They also include offsite links to a long documents video and a lesson from the "Classroom in a Book" series.)

I would set up an InDesign template with master pages (with headers and footers) and style sheets. I'd use the template to create each chapter as a unique document, then compile them into an InDesign "book file." From there you can generate the TOC by selecting which styles you want tagged for inclusion. This allows you to maintain a high level of control over local pagination as well as overall book assembly.

There are a host of reasons why I would not choose MS Word for this particular project the way you've described it so far... Suffice it to say I've worked as a graphic designer and production manager in print publishing for the last 20 years (including textbooks and medical/technical user manuals), and prior to that as an executive assistant who's all too familiar with MS typing software masquerading as a professional publishing toolbox.

My 2¢ and best regards,

~Sue

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IS THERE ANY JUSTIFCATION THAT THE GOD OF THE BIBLE KILLED BABIES.??

by Mr. Majestic in

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assuming the bible true:.

thinking of the story of the way that jehovah, through samuel and saul, dealt with the amalekites; with the discovery of the criminal gene, could this justify the god of the bibles actions against these nations, when he put out the order to not have compassion for them, and the israelites were ordered to put to death, man as well as woman, child as well as suckling...??

betterdaze

blondie said:

I never have gotten an explanation for why little bablies would be killed as if they were just cockroaches.

The explanation I received: "If the Israelites spared the children, they would grow up and seek revenge against their captors for murdering their families and stealing their land."

Which makes perfect sense, when you really think about it. The Israelites were hell-bent on land acquisition through genocide, the entire OT reeks of that barbaric theme.

~Sue

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Free Couples Counseling?

by SeekingSanity in

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i'm in a relationship with a great girl...i'm so blesed with her.

she calls me, cares...loves..never argues...always able to communicate.

she is amazing.

betterdaze

Welcome, SeekingSanity.

My area has a "211" service with a whole bunch of resources. Yours does too:

http://www.infoline-la.org/

They also had a link to here:

http://www.healthycity.org/

Best regards,

~Sue

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Non-Bible Believers: What verses still have value to you?

by Open mind in

ok, if a bible believer wants to join in too, please refrain from citing john 3:16 or verse like it that clearly call for a christian perspective to be appreciated.. .

i'm looking for kernels of wisdom that transcend religions and the necessity of faith.. .

to get things started:.

betterdaze

Do not give what is holy to dogs,

and do not throw your pearls before swine,

or they will trample them under their feet,

and turn and tear you to pieces. (Matthew 7:6)

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Having fun with the Elders (Humor,Humour)

by StoneWall in

a friend and i were discussing ways to really have fun with the elders or make them cringe or very uncomfortable.. here are a couple we came up with:.

1) take cash and get a money order to send into playboy magazine as a x-mas gift for a year's subscription and give.

them the elder's name and address to mail it to.. 2) in larger cities for a price you can get a nice looking striper give them a strip-a-gram at their residence or place of.

betterdaze

Why would you want to harass someone like that? I hope you're not serious.

Juvenile antics.

Thank you, StoneWall, for reminding me why I could never get baptized into the JW's.

~Sue

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MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS DIED

by Mary in

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this is one post i had always hoped i would never have to do, but after a long and brave battle, my beloved brother in law has died.

i have done a couple of threads on this in the past, so many of you know the battles he was facing.

he had been diagnosed earlier this year with myelodysplastic syndrome and the mortality rate of this disease is quite high.

betterdaze

So sorry Mary, my sincere condolences to you and yours.

Mr. B has a dear cousin suffering from the same disease, and knowing what he's been through (even with blood transfusions and finally locating a stem cell donor) we can understand what a painful ordeal it has been all along.

I am beyond anger that the WT minions would add further burdens to your family's loss! Their refusal to accept a wife's loving eulogy is wholly unjustified, disgracefully un-Christian, and downright inhumane.

Wishing you all strength in the days ahead,

~Sue

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Has President Obama Disappointed You?

by minimus in

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is he what you expected?

any second thoughts?

?.

betterdaze

He's done as well as could be expected considering his background (let the reader use discernment) in addition to the administration he inherited.

Consider the alternative: McCain could've keeled over by now and we'd all be twitching and b*tching about incompetent President Sarah Palin.

~Sue

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by megs in

this is a wonderful story:.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8257153.stm .

betterdaze

http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/

Thanks for posting this story megs, it really made my day!

(Not to be a downer... but I cannot help thinking that had his family been Malawian JWs back in the '70s... he may never have been born.)

~Sue