a quick question about page sizes in indesign ...

[Skoop]

can i have a multi page indesign document, and control the page sizes for every page induvidially

or am i constricted to one size for every page ?

[cari]

Yes you can... and No you can't... (not like you can in MS Word) :?

Here is the workaround:

Set up your individual InDesign files with their own page sizes, then use the Book Feature to combine and paginate :-)

You can then easily generate a single PDF containing multiple page sizes and orientations.

:-) :-)

[Skoop]

i haven?t used the book feature before, what excatly does it do ? will it allow me to save my indesign document as before after i combine the files with it ? or will i always need to open the book file ?

another question , that i?l just post here since i dont feel it needs a new topic.
I have been using indesign cs2 for a couple of months and i moved from quark 4.1 and there is a feature that i just haven?t been able to locate in INdesign , and that?s is how to control the length of TAB?s ? is it perhaps not possible without using tablets ? cause i haven?t fiddled much with those yet

[cari]

haven?t used the book feature before, what excatly does it do ? will it allow me to save my indesign document as before after i combine the files with it ? or will i always need to open the book file ?

File > New > new book generates an empty palette in which you can add individual InDesign documents, as well as order their sequence.

Use the palette fly-out menus for further controls, and launch InDesign documents from the palette to automatically repaginate all documents if needed. You can also open InDesign documents individually, but would have to run the Book > Repaginate feature afterwards to re-align pagination across documents, if this is a feature you'll be using.

For more information on the Book function, please see the Help Center as well (I don't want to copy here what is already written in the help files ;-) )

[cari]

Originally Posted by Skoop

another question , that i?l just post here since i dont feel it needs a new topic.
I have been using indesign cs2 for a couple of months and i moved from quark 4.1 and there is a feature that i just haven?t been able to locate in INdesign , and that?s is how to control the length of TAB?s ? is it perhaps not possible without using tablets ? cause i haven?t fiddled much with those yet

Have you looked at Tabs? Under the Type menu?
It is a palette - similar to what PageMaker had -, not a dialog box (which is what Quark had).

You can also access and set Tabs (same palette) from Windows > Type & Tables > Tabs...

Click the tab type you want to insert (Left, Center, Right, Decimal), then drag in the ruler... or enter precise X value.