Gospel John in ASL Chapter 1 in PDF format

Sun Aug 2 18:36:26 UTC 2009

Great Val, 

thanks a lot - I too am mostly happy with the CS2 - I do not need anything more fancy

Ingvild 


> From: sutton at signwriting.org
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Gospel John in ASL Chapter 1 in PDF format
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:53:55 -0700
> 
> SignWriting List
> July 31, 2009
> 
> Hello Ingvild!
> Yes...I remember you used PageMaker and then Adobe InDesign. And I am  
> using the same version you are...CS2. So my template should work for  
> you if the document looks like a format you want to use...I will be  
> happy to send it to you.
> 
> To upgrade to CS4 costs $200, so I decided to save the money, and I am  
> perfectly happy with CS2...it does for me, what I need, and now I am  
> glad that we are using the same version too!
> 
> Later I will probably upgrade, but meanwhile the template I created  
> should work for CS2, CS3 and CS4...
> 
> I really hope to improve DocumentMaker someday for larger  
> documents, ...but that cannot be helped right now, and Adobe InDesign  
> has other pluses, since it is a well-known program that lots of  
> publishers use, you can hand the files to other publishers and they  
> will be able to print from them easily.
> 
> So in a few days I will post the template to the List....
> 
> For those interested in Adobe InDesign, the program is not  
> inexpensive, but worth the cost if you are doing a lot of big  
> books...and there is a free one-month trial program for download online:
> 
> Adobe InDesign
> http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
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> 
> 
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
> 
> > Great. Big job. I too loved the Page Maker program, now I am using  
> > an old version of the InDesign, vesrion Cue CS2. That may be to old  
> > for me to use your template ...
> >
> > Ingvild
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: sutton at signwriting.org
> > > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:23:55 -0700
> > > CC: romero at signwriting.org; cbatch at san.rr.com
> > > Subject: [sw-l] Gospel John in ASL Chapter 1 in PDF format
> > >
> > > SignWriting List
> > > July 30, 2009
> > >
> > > Hello SignWriting List!
> > > I have been working on the book design and layout, for printing  
> > the 21
> > > chapters of the Gospel According to John in American Sign Language,
> > > translated from the New Living Translation by Nancy Romero, edited  
> > by
> > > ASL editor Lucinda O'Grady Batch (thank you Nancy & Cindy ;-)
> > >
> > > Since we decided to publish the Gospel of John in SignWriting  
> > Level 4,
> > > which means four columns per page, in portrait style pages, I  
> > decided
> > > to use a book-design program called Adobe InDesign for this very  
> > large
> > > book preparation, since it may involve 500-600 pages when we are  
> > done,
> > > and our DocumentMaker Pro program, no matter how much I love it,  
> > needs
> > > to be improved from a software development perspective, and our non-
> > > profit organization does not have the funds right now to invest in
> > > improving DocumentMaker...someday we will!
> > >
> > > So instead, since I used PageMaker years ago to prepare books, and
> > > since PageMaker was purchased by Adobe, they made it possible for
> > > PageMaker users to transfer all their old documents into Adobe
> > > InDesign. I had hundreds of book-layout files in the old PageMaker  
> > so
> > > I had a big job transferring all those old files into Adobe  
> > InDesign,
> > > but over time I learned Adobe InDesign and I enjoy using the  
> > program...
> > >
> > > There are two programs used most for large book-layouts...Quark
> > > Express and Adobe InDesign...and there are others that are terrific
> > > for mathematical textbooks and so forth...so there is a big world  
> > out
> > > there with so many software choices...I know lots of people use
> > > Microsoft Word...I understand how to use Adobe InDesign better,  
> > and I
> > > love the way it makes PDF files, since Adobe is the developer of the
> > > PDF format...they have the creation of PDF files built into the
> > > program, which is a great help. It also coordinates well with Adobe
> > > Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat...
> > >
> > > So I have started the SignWriting 4-column layout for the 21  
> > chapters
> > > of the Gospel According to John in Adobe Indesign now ...I created a
> > > template with a table for the four columns...giving the lines  
> > between
> > > the columns a light grey color, and I established the exact Column
> > > Height, width and so forth in SignPuddle ColumnMaker to match my
> > > template in Adobe InDesign.
> > >
> > > So if there are any of you who also use Adobe InDesign, or would  
> > like
> > > to learn, and you would like to have a copy of the template I have
> > > established for SignWriting Level 4 documents (4-column portrait
> > > documents), please tell me and I will send you my template, with
> > > instructions on how to coordinate with SignPuddle's ColumnMaker
> > > features, which are just superb! (thank you, Steve! ;-)
> > >
> > > Here, attached, is a sample of the first chapter of the Gospel
> > > According to John. I will add more chapters later....
> > >
> > > Hope you all have enjoyed your July!!
> > >
> > > Val ;-)
> > >
> > > See attached -
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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