IDCS 3.0.1 August Update

[Robert_Oliver@adobeforums.com]

There is an updated version of the 3.0.1 update for IDCS. It's not yet on the Adobe web site for download, but can be downloaded via the Help menu in InDesign.

(I'm not sure why this isn't 3.0.2 or something, but it is called the "August 2004 update").

[Bob_Levine]

There's an InCopy update, too.

Bob

[Guy_Smiley@adobeforums.com]

I find it amusing that the copy of InDesign used by someone at Adobe on
July 22, 2004, to create the ReadMe for this update has not itself been
updated to InDesign 3.0.1 at all, and is still 3.0.

[Bob_Levine]

The real problem is that this update doesn't change the version number.
I don't understand the reasoning for not calling it 3.0.2 or 3.0.1a.

Bob

[Thomas_Madsen@adobeforums.com]

> It's not yet on the Adobe web site for download, but can be

> downloaded via the Help menu in InDesign.

It's on the Adobe web site now.
<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2451>

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[xDsrtRat]

<Thomas_Madsen@adobeforums.com> wrote in message
news:cfgt81.3r4.1@tgm.dyndns.dk...

> > It's not yet on the Adobe web site for download, but can be
> > downloaded via the Help menu in InDesign.

>
> It's on the Adobe web site now.
> <http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2451>
>

Before applying this, I guess the question to ask is "What does the update
fix or enhance"? I'm not experiencing any problems.

[Matt_F@adobeforums.com]

Hold off on this one. It made one of my fonts display its roman set as bold italic, and I can't change it back.

[Bob_Levine]

What font? I'm not seeing that behavior here.

Bob

[Matt_F@adobeforums.com]

Times New Roman PS MT

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

I don't understand the reasoning for not calling it 3.0.2 or 3.0.1a.




I asked, they said it's too much trouble and it's just a decision they made.

I just spoke to someone at (206)675-6311 InDesign Support about a problem I've been having since Friday. I can't get the download for ALAP InBooklet SE and InDesign CS Scripting updates.

They told me it would be available Friday night. I checked this morning and nothing yet so that's why I called again. Now I have to wait until tomorrow or a few days.

[keithcstone@adobeforums.com]

My InBooklet quits and there's no fix available (not even the old fix). I'd recommend NOT using this patch if you use InBooklet. I was able to do a partial workaround by creating a PDF and doing some merging (I previously created a new document using InBooklet, then changed the centerfold in the imposed document.) This time I did two PDF's and merged, but it took about 15 tries.

I had to reload due to a computer problem and didn't realize there was a "new" 3.0.1 patch when I saw it downloaded. That's incredibly stupid to not change the verison number. That's about as simple a thing as you can do.

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

My InBooklet quits and there's no fix available (not even the old fix).




I was told by the person on the phone that the fix works sometimes - THAT'S encouraging! :D :P

I'd recommend NOT using this patch if you use InBooklet.




Why, does it make matters worse?

That's incredibly stupid to not change the verison number.




I think a large number of us agree with that but that was the excuse I was given over the phone. *shrug* Don't know what to tell ya.

IMO, it's just as bad as the CS naming. I've seen users come around the forum asking when IDCS version 2 is coming out. It's not! It's going to be 4.0 or CS 4 or who knows what. The CS naming has a lot of new and old users all confused about the version numbers but supposedly it's not a problem because by the time they come out with v4 ID 2.0 will no longer exist or something like that. hehehehehe

[Ken_Grace@adobeforums.com]

"That's incredibly stupid to not change the verison number"


I can imagine the confusion at a company running many stand-alone licenses,
all patched up to 3.0.1, and then some patched up to 3.0.1 (August). How
will they know which is which, except by looking at the file dates in
Windows Explorer?



For what it's worth, I read through the PDF of fixes for the latest patch
and didn't know that any of those problems existed. But if previous patches
are any guide, whether or not this latest one does anything for you, it
could be necessary to install it to enable 3.0.2 to install.

k

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

whether or not this latest one does anything for you, it could be necessary
to install it to enable 3.0.2 to install.





What 3.0.2?

If Robert had not posted this I probably would not have even noticed that the 3.0.1 patch was new. I would have seen 3.0.1 and thought it's the same one I already have in my \Updates and Patches\Adobe\InDesign directory.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

To find which version you have, hold down the Ctrl key while activating About InDesign from the Help menu (I believe that's where it is in Windows). The most recent build is number 814, the previous one was 460. The build number is in parens after the version number.

Dave

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

Oh, and another thing I noticed.

When you download the file, it's called ID301en.exe

I could be wrong but it looks to me like that means it's InDesign 3.0.1 English but what do you get when you fire up the install shield?

License Agreement Language Selection

Choose the language that you would prefer to view the end user license agreement.

US English
Dansk
Deutsch
Español
Français
International English
Italiano
Nederlands
Norsk
Português
Suomi
Svenska

:D

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

To find which version you have, hold down the Ctrl key while activating
About InDesign from the Help menu (I believe that's where it is in Windows).




I doubt the average user would know that.

[Skyline@adobeforums.com]

Sounds to me as if Adobe borrowed the key staff from the Quark technical and marketing braintrust to implement this "update."

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

re: I doubt the average user would know that.

I probably wouldn't have bothered posting the information if I thought the average user did know it.

Dave

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

I probably wouldn't have bothered posting the information if I thought
the average user did know it.




Yeah, that was good. I saved it to my Favorites.

That's the first time I save a thread to the favorites. Will I still be able to access this months from now or will this get deleted after a while?