The ghost in the machine …

[Laura Hickle]

We're having an odd problem and wonder if anyone else has run across this. InDesign seems to be unleashing miscellaneous typos into copy, all by itself!

Our workflow is this: one person sets the copy for newspaper articles. She prints it out, it gets proofed by someone else, and then she makes the necessary corrections. Then the article document is forwarded to the editor, who organizes the articles in an galley by section. Then the galley is sent to me, and I copy-paste the articles from the galley into the newspaper layout. We use IDCS2 for the entire process.

This week someone else did the corrections on the articles, changing what the proofreader marked. But after those corrections were made and sent along to the editor, strange typos started showing up … in text that previously was already correct (so was untouched by the person making corrections). Things like double letters, dropped letters, letters changed to caps, added letters … weird stuff. We're all mystified as to the cause, and worried that typos may show up after everything has already been approved.

Can corrupt preferences cause these kinds of strange errors?

[Bob Levine]

Exactly how was this text placed in the document?

Why aren't you using InCopy? It's tailor made for this type of thing.

Bob

[Laura Hickle]

Exactly how was this text placed in the document?




Everything is typeset directly into an InDesign document. When it has been corrected, it is copy/pasted into the galley document. Then I use copy/paste to get the text from the galley to the page layout document.

Why aren't you using InCopy? It's tailor made for this type of thing.




Um … money? (We're a pretty small operation.) Seriously, we have discussed it, and the boss didn't want to spend extra money if we could work without it. I'll check into it more if you recommend it though.

[Bob Levine]

I can't recommend it highly enough. It's not that much
money...$249.00/per seat. IMO, it will pay for itself in one day.

Bob

[Phil_Taz@adobeforums.com]

The original document wasn't in Word, was it? Maybe corrections are made but not 'accepted' with the 'accept changes' or whatever that thing was....Changes made in word are not permanent until that button is clicked, although I though that was only in some old versions....

[Laura Hickle]

We don't use Word, but thanks for the thought. Everything is done in ID, from typesetting to advertising.

[Richard_Sohanchyk@adobeforums.com]

You may need to ask the new person what his/her workflow or method is. Could be some quirky think.

Or…a corrupt font (the old standby!).