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#1
Reason I ask is if it's a one time thing, you can go to page 1, see the name and then search for it which will tell you what pages it is on. Note the pages, build a csv with that info. When done, use the list and whatever vdp you have to show the pages as needed. Painful, but possible. 

Along the same lines, I wonder if you can export or save all the text from the pdf and do the same thing. Should be faster to search but might be tricky to figure out which page it is on.

Getting a real report would be best 
#2
I would think there's gotta be a way to get a spreadsheet report.

Is this a one-time thing or something that you need to do regularly?
#3
What format is the document in? If it were a csv or Excel you could sort it.

If it's a PDF, not sure what to tell you. The only software I know of that can peer into a pdf for specific data and do something based on what it finds is Quadient Inspire, which is an extremely expensive variable data package.  
#4
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 12:45:27 PM
I don't miss it that much.

Prinect is okay. Interestingly, I learned that it was created by some of the same people behind Prinergy. Seems like it behaves more like Apogee, though. 
#5
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 12:19:20 PM
Boy, do I miss Prinergy!
#6
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 10:41:37 AM
Just tested it. Remap to Separation works. 
#7
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 10:11:14 AM
Yup. Convert to spot would probably work best. Or you could remap to a different channel. 
#8
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 09:40:51 AM
Another option to think about is to use the same procedure but change the color (but dobt delete) of whatever is going to be deleted. Change it to Magenta or something that stands out. Then you run the that first so you can easily scroll through the entire document and see what changes colors - that's what will be deleted when you do the real thing.
#9
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 07:19:34 AM
My thought was there's probably not much important stuff in the corner so less likely to have design elements go along for the ride. 
#10
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 20, 2024, 06:54:58 AM
I might be oversimplifying, but I took your sample file and viewed it in wireframe mode to see the underlying structure of the elements. On these 2 pages the die image is pretty close to the top left edge of the page.

So, I did Select Region of .25x.25 of the top left corner, anything fully enclosed or overlapping, then Remove Selection. Worked on these 2 pages.

Maybe you need to see what the variation is across the pages and try to make the region the smallest it can be but still safely get the dieline image.
#11
Enfocus / Re: Select by Region
March 18, 2024, 02:59:50 PM
If the die is an image, you can select only images in the region and delete them. 

Otherwise, as previously mentioned, you can select by color if the die is a spot. 
#12
Neither do I. Sometimes there's something running under it that might look weird. Usually in those cases I'll use a rich black but it's not always necessary. 
#13
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#14
That works, too, just a lot of extra steps to remember every time which means opportunities for mistakes. For me, the advantage of defining special colors in the rip is that you only have to define the color in InDesign as a spot and be sure it is named correctly - nothing else matters. And configure your rip so it by default checks the custom library first when it is handling spot colors. The properties defined in the rip will override any settings you may have applied or not applied in the source file. 

I make sure in the rip I define all the possible ways a die color might be named - DIE, die, Die, Dieline, DIELINE, dieline, etc. You can also add variations for Fold, Perf, whatever you need. 
 
#15
Not used XMF, but in its color library where you define how to treat the color are there options like Transparent or Dieline? Prinergy and Prinect let you define that and it informs the rip how to handle it. Classifying as dieline means it always overprints, never plates, and allows colors underneath to trap to each other.