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103 Converting text to outlines the right way - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign Secrets
103 Converting text to outlines the right way
Welcome back to InDesign Secrets. What do you do if your printer says you should convert all your text to outlines before sending them a PDF for your InDesign document? Well, I have a super simple answer for this situation. Find a different printer. Most printers who insist on converting text to outlines just don't know what they're doing. Or they're using equipment so old that I personally wouldn't trust it for modern publishing. However, sometimes you're stuck with the printer you've got, or maybe the printer really does have a good reason to insist on this. For example, some signage printers really do need you to convert text to outlines. So if you're going to convert your text to outlines, how should you do it? I'll tell you. Don't select a text frame and then go to the Type menu and choose Create Outlines. At first it seems like its working but you can get into a lot of trouble if you do it this way. For example, let me zoom down here select this text frame and choose Create…
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161 Keeping page numbers on top of master items3m 55s
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162 Adding automatic currency symbols in a table cell or before text3m 50s
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163 Make a pop-up footnote for your ebook3m 48s
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164 Deleting tabs at the beginning of paragraphs and applying a paragraph style3m 10s
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165 Five InDesign Presentation tips6m 28s
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089 Three great Object Styles for any designer8m 1s
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090 Choosing alpha channel image transparency2m 25s
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091 Adding and reading metadata for InDesign files3m 25s
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092 Adding ALT tags to your images6m 59s
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093 How to Place & Link a text frame's text but not its formatting7m 4s
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094 Setting the baseline position of a caption2m 39s
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051 Five things that should be in every new file5m 19s
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052 Forcing EPUB page breaks with invisible objects6m 21s
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053 Understanding component information6m 39s
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054 Creating running heads using section markers4m 16s
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055 Making a font with InDesign using the IndyFont script5m 20s
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056 Finding where that color is used7m 17s
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037 Updating a linked table without losing formatting5m 18s
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038 Creating electronic sticky notes4m 49s
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039 Moving master page items to the top layer for visibility2m 48s
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040 Five guide tricks that will impress your coworkers6m 18s
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041 Letting InDesign add the diacritics4m 21s
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042 Using single-cell table cells for custom paragraph formatting6m 2s
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