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KayEll

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  1. Thanks Step! I will try it both ways. I did have the same idea about deleting points on the curve. What I am imprinting is very short (a first name) so that's the only reason I thought I could find out which names aren't fitting and come up with a fairly accurate character count based on that. Thanks for the quick response. I'll let you know which way works best. KayEll
  2. I'm having to do variable text on a curve, which I figured out. However how do you handle long names? There is no "Overflow" option like in a regular text box, so the long names are wrapping around the curve. I don't want this. Is there a way to say "if the number of characters exceeds 10, decrease the font size to X"? If so, it may be above my level as I usually only write switch rules. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've searched the forums and haven't found exactly what I'm looking for yet. Thanks KayEll
  3. Step, Thank you for your reply. However, when I do step 4 (4. Open up Terminal.app and paste the following command: Code: sh ~/Desktop/generateData.sh) I get "cannot execute binary file" Not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks for you help! I appreciate it. KayEll
  4. I am doing a catalog where each section will contain several PDFs, all the same width but of varying height. Each section's PDFs will be in a separate folder and/or have a corresponding code (ie: section1) I want to have a section header and then flow all the PDFs in that folder below, crossing to another page when necessary, and have the spacing between each PDF the same. I have only used Fusion Pro for mailings and very simple variable data jobs so this is beyond my scope. If anyone can point me in the right direction or get me started, I would appreciate it. I am attaching a simple "sketch" that I hope explains what I'm trying to do. Thank you for any help you can give me! KayEll Orcas test PDF.pdf
  5. Thank you! That was quite painless. I appreciate that. KayEll
  6. The images are all in one folder. They are .pngs, and are randomly named, by which I mean they aren't named "GR-1", "GR-2". I need to place each one individually on 3-up output. KayEll
  7. I am not sure how to do this. I have a folder with 300 randomly named images (customer-generated QR codes). I need to place each one consecutively onto preprinted stock. I did something like this a long time ago but I thought I had linked to data that had all the paths in a field, so that was easy. Unfortunately, all I have is the images. Is there a rule that would say "Place the first image in this folder and then place the next image in this folder" and so on? It seems simple, but I haven't had the need to write JavaScript rule, I mainly do easy switch rules. Any help would be greatly appreciated. KayEll
  8. Thank you! That worked perfectly. I haven't really played around with anything other than basic impos in FP Imposer. I assume it is because I tell it the vertical BEFORE the infinite stack that is making it work? I always do infinite stack in the first pull down. Anyway, worked perfectly. Thanks for the quick response! KayEll
  9. I need to have my output be as shown here. Record 1 and 2 on the left side of page, and 101 and 102 on the right. Next page would be 3 and 4 on the left and 103 and 104 on the right. I've attached a visual as well. Thanks for your help! KayEll FP Imposer question.pdf
  10. Dan, Yes I very recently moved my FP to my Mac and forgot to update my signature. I am using OS X 10.5.8, FP Desktop 6.0P, and Acrobat 9. Thanks for the tip, your fix worked perfectly! I didn't realize I needed that last separator. I also didn't have my text boxes extending all the way to the edge of the PDF, so that was another problem. So, I have this sample working now, and my sample as well after I renamed all my PDFs to Doc1 and Doc2, but I think my eventual data and PDFs will be coming to me in a different manner. My fields will have the different document names as the header (ie: Kitchen, Bath, Bedroom) and the value will simply be a yes or a no if they require that document. They can have 1, 2 or all 8 documents if they desire. I'm not 100% sure how I will need to alter this to fit that. Or if I should just have them make their data fit this existing script. I can probably have them send me the data however I want. Thanks for your help! Much appreciated. KayEll
  11. Help! I am trying to get this sample to work on my computer as well. I downloaded the job and changed the path in the script to: 'Macintosh HD:Users:kay: Desktop:Avalanche_tests:Insert PDF Graphics Inline: Docs' (There are NO spaces in front of the Ds, but if I type here it gives me an emoticon.) I can only get the first page of the doc to compose and it is not pulling the PDFs from the folder "Docs". 1) Is my path typed incorrectly? I thought on a Mac the separators were colons. But I tried / and \\ also jsut in case. 2) Is this the only part of this script that I should need to change to get this to work? Thanks for any help. I have a job very similar to this and I feel if I can get THIS sample to work, I can figure out my job as well. ******************************** I'll paste the original JS here in case that helps: //This rule will examine the input data to find a list of PDF files //that are to be inserted in the template. //Each PDF is of varying and unknown page count. Therefore, this script //will determine that page count and reference each page in each PDF. //The resulting tagged markup will include the variable <graphic> tag to reference //the PDF pages and include as inline images in the template. //This text rule in inserted into a large text frame on a Body page. That frame //is set to Overflow to a frame on an overflow page. //First, declare the variables and initiate them with values. FieldName = ''; PDFfileName = ''; pagesInPDF = 0; markupToReturn = ''; pathToAllPDFs = 'C:\\Work\\Printable\\Insert PDF Graphics Inline\\Docs\\'; pathToPDF = ''; PDFresourceRef = ''; //There are 3 fields in this sample - Doc1, Doc2, and Doc3. We will loop through //each field name with a simple for loop. The following variable sets the counter //for that loop. //For example, if you have 25 fields instead of 3 with the PDF file names in them, //such as "Doc1" through "Doc25" you would set the following to 25. FieldsToInspect = 3; //This is the main loop that parses through all of the fields for a given record. for (fieldCounter = 1; fieldCounter <= FieldsToInspect; fieldCounter++) { FieldName = 'Doc' + fieldCounter; PDFfileName = Field(FieldName); pathToPDF = pathToAllPDFs + PDFfileName; //Create a new resource that references this PDFresourceRef = CreateResource(pathToPDF ,'graphic' ,'no'); //Find out how many pages it has pagesInPDF = PDFresourceRef.countPages; //return PDFresourceRef.name; //This is the secondary loop for this script. //It will loop through and create markup for each page in the PDF. for (pageLoop = 1; pageLoop <= pagesInPDF; pageLoop++) { markupToReturn += '<graphic file="' + PDFresourceRef.name + '" pagenumber = "' + pageLoop + '" position="afterline"/>'; markupToReturn += '<P>'; } } //remove the last <P> markupToReturn = Left(markupToReturn, markupToReturn.length - 3); return markupToReturn; Thanks, KayEll
  12. I have seen the drop shadow in the text dialog box, but can't seem to find how to put a drop shadow on a graphic box. Is that possible? Or does the drop shadow need to be in the resource already? Thanks! KayEll
  13. I'm not sure where I read it, but I was under the impression that Fusion Pro did not use or recognize Font Management utilities such as Font Agent Pro, etc. I'm having some trouble though. I had a job that previewed and composed fine all day long. But the next day, when I opened it, one font would not preview. The only thing that had changed was that 2 co-workers had used that computer for other jobs in other applications and had turned fonts on and/or off in Font Agent Pro. I loaded fonts several times, quit Acrobat, re-opened, and finally had to navigate to my C>Windows>Fonts folder and remove the font and replace from a backup, then load fonts again, quit Acrobat, and then it finally previewed. So my question is two-fold: 1) When my co-workers turn fonts on and off in Font Agent Pro for use in other programs, is that going to affect my FP templates? 2) Is there a way to tell FP to only use fonts from one certain folder? Or is the act of "loading fonts" loading any font on that computer, no matter where it's located? Thanks! KayEll FP 5.82, Windows XP, Acrobat Pro 8
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