Tips for Multilingual Desktop Publishing
Every now and then there are issues with the layout of translated documents. Text is overlapping, there's a cut off problem in title frames, bullpoints just won't get aligned. Here are some tips and tricks for layout issues in multilingual DTP projects.
How can I change text color in Adobe® InDesign®?
When documents—especially idml files—in huge multilingual project get translated in CAT tools, the exported file may sometimes be incorrectly formatted. Your typeface may appear larger, smaller or the font may no longer have the same color as in the source document. Here is how you can easily change the color of any text in Adobe® InDesign®:
First, you need to choose the text that appears incorrectly formatted. In this case, this is the text that has the wrong color in our desktop publishing project. Once the text frame is selected, hover over to the left side to your Tools panel. You will see two colored boxes overlapping each other. One of them is the fill color, which typically changes the filling of an object or text. The other one is the stroke color, which makes it possible to draw the edges of a colored box in a different color for instance. Right below these colored boxes, you will see a square icon and a T letter. If you click the square icon, you can change the color of the frame itself, meanly the background of the text frame. If you click on the T letter icon, you select the text itself. Once you click on the T icon, you can now change the color and it will be applied to the Text selected. That's it! Good job.
Posted on
13.03.2020
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Berlin
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Desktop Publishing Services
How can I turn off hyphenating in Adobe® InDesign®?
If you haven't customized your settings, Adobe® InDesign® will be hyphenating words by default to make your layouts appear balanced and clean. However, during the DTP of translated documents, you may want to get rid of hyphenating all together. Here is how you can deactivate the hyphenation feature for any text frame in Adobe® InDesign®:
Choose the text frame that you no longer want to hyphenate. Now all you need to do is to go to the Paragraph panel. Paragraph panel is located under Type & Tables, which you can also open by using Ctrl + Alt + T (on Windows). On the Paragraph panel, uncheck Hyphenate checkbox at the bottom. Voila! The selected text frame will no longer be hyphenated.
Posted on
12.03.2020
from
Berlin
by
Desktop Publishing Services