Gospel John in ASL Chapter 1 in PDF format

Fri Jul 31 12:53:55 UTC 2009

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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