When starting a job, more often than not I do not have the original layout files to export from, so I am starting with a pdf to build my template on top of.
What I usually do is leave all of the placeholder information on the pdf that will be replaced by variable and build on top of it in a different color. When I have everything positioned how I want I delete the underlying info. Recently however (possibly since upgrading to 5) when I turn on the preview, what renders is not the same as what should be under the text box. Sometimes it is a slight offset of what should be there, sometimes it is a whole other piece of the background pdf showing through. So, the job I am working on now for example, I have an area for name and title on a business card. I place a text box directly on top of them and add the appropriate variable data and check preview¹ I should get my variable info roughly right on top of the existing placeholder info. What I get instead is the variable info in the correct position, but the static background name up and to the right nearly out of the box completely and the title almost up to the baseline of the name and over to the right. When I output the file everything looks fine. This is a screengrab with preview turned on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancewente/2646199075/ This shows the above file when output: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancewente/2647028840/ Needless to say, this makes it impossible to try to line up variable on top of a layout. The pdf I am working on has all of its media boxes set to zero. Any suggestions? -- Lance Wente Woolverton Printing Cedar Falls, IA 50613 319.277.2616 800.670.7713 www.woolverton.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! Variable text on a curve and soft drop-shadows for variable text LIMITED TIME upgrade offer of $299 per license for current customers: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/upgrade New licenses available for $599 each at: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/ All FusionPro 5.0 customers to receive FusionPro 5.1 with Adobe Acrobat 8 and InDesign CS3 support when released for FREE. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -- Users of FusionPro Desktop have unlimited free email support. Contact Printable Support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- View FusionPro Knowledge Base, FusionPro Samples at www.printable.com/vdp/desktop.htm -- You are currently subscribed to fusionpro as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Note: All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received or otherwise recorded by the e-mail recipients of this forum. It is subject to archival, monitoring or review by, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. Our privacy policy is posted on www.printplanet.com --
