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From: The Older Gentleman on 24 Mar 2010 15:38
Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <1jftvix.n3hcy9v47enbN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The
> Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > This was adequately demonstrated this week, with the first issue of a
> > *massive* makeover. The new layout boys couldn't write the headlines,
> > didn't know how to make copy fit a page, and the young staff couldn't
> > write to fit, so we were reduced to printing off half-finished pages and
> > making massive corrections on paper, FFS.
> >
> > And I'd sit down on the designer's machine, and simply write perfectly
> > fitting headlines into the boxes for them because... well, because
> > that's what I can do.
> >
> > "How do you *do* that?" I've been asked. What's the answer? Because I do
> > crosswords. I like anagrams and palindromes and word puzzles. I have
> > words, text, fonts, letters and language flowing in my veins. It's not
> > "hard". It's just completely natural. No biggie at all.
> >
> > We get our InDesign later this week.
>
> Yikes! A staff re-org, a makeover and brand new software all at once?
> Does your boss like livin' dangerously?

Evidently. The long and the short of it was that we troops got it done,
and on schedule, because you *do*.


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From: The Older Gentleman on 24 Mar 2010 15:38
eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> Front-page headline in today's Docklands newspaper:
>
> 'Flat viewing ends with a grizzly find'

Unbearable.

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From: Chris Ridd on 24 Mar 2010 15:41
On 2010-03-24 19:38:49 +0000, The Older Gentleman said:

> eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Front-page headline in today's Docklands newspaper:
>>
>> 'Flat viewing ends with a grizzly find'
>
> Unbearable.

Was it near Paddington?
--
Chris

From: eastender on 24 Mar 2010 19:01
In article <1jfvi6r.h0bw1m9dy3w1N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>,
totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:

> eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > Front-page headline in today's Docklands newspaper:
> >
> > 'Flat viewing ends with a grizzly find'
>
> Unbearable.

Yes. Written by a cub reporter no doubt.

E.
From: eastender on 24 Mar 2010 19:10
In article <1jfvi7a.kmf77mwsu21uN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>,
totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:


> I've played with InDesign, but it doesn't seem to have the intuitive
> touch that Quark does.

It's not. It's like learning to use Photoshop, which after many years I
still have only a basic knowledge of. I've had to use Indesign in anger
though and can do most things now but the shortcuts are all different to
Quark and I'm still puzzled by the way it does text and picture boxes.

E.
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