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4 total messages Started by Jacque_Talboy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:13

#417

Author: Jacque_Talboy
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:13

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I have a large document (college course catalog) that I need to produce. I have a previous version in publisher. I need to have various individuals edit specific sections of the catalog. I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions on the best way to do this. I have Adobe CS4 and plan on producing the new catalog using InDesign. I have the ability to use a share drive, website, email, or snail mail to deliver the files. Should i break it out by section, send via Word (tracking), and insert the sections in ID? Other ideas?

Re: Best Practices for editing

#418

Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:07

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I would export to Word and import into ID. However to be truthful, you 
are barking up the wrong program. For something as long as a college 
course catalog, I would recommend FrameMaker. Its cross-referencing and 
long document capabilities are unbeatable. With the combination of 
Robohelp in the Technical Communications Suite, you could get a nice web 
version of that catalog up and running and keep them in tandem.

Frame's conditional text features would made producing multiple catalogs 
a snap. This would be helpful for example if you had several different 
graduate catalogs for different divisions. I'd consider ID for a school 
of graphics design, but for traditional colleges, I'd go with the TCS.

Mike

Re: Best Practices for editing

#419

Author: David Creamer
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:06

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Check out PUB2ID from Markzware.com for converting Publisher documents to Indesign.

For the record, InDeisgn has conditional text and cross-referencing--it does not have all of Frame's long-document features, but it does have 90% of them. Plus, it handles tables created in Excel and graphics much better. However, you should certainly check the TCS.

Re: Best Practices for editing

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Author: Tuculiman
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:49

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Download some files,look and them,try to edit them.
Best practicing method ever!

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