This makes sense and should keep post-import styling to a minimum. I work on similar projects and the one area that seems to be overlooked by the author is the use of character styles.  ... View more

Fudging trim size of a page is not a standard practice. Both front and back should be the same trim size. If there is a bleed on front, but not back, the trim size stays the same along with consistent bleed area. A printer should not have any issue with this file supplied with crop marks or no crops. ... View more

If you do you use paths in the data file, it should look like this: /Users/username/projects/art/artfile.jpg ... View more

You can try a test where you save the data file in the same folder as the graphics. With this method, you do not need to indicate the path, just the name of graphic: artfile.jpg. This at least will tell you whether data merge is working correctly, or there is some other issue like the path is incorrect, or permissions as Peter mentioned.   ... View more

Can you share a screenshot of the export JPEG panel that shows the color space and embed color profile options? ... View more

You can go to Type > Type on a Path > Options > Flip ... View more

I am able to download PDF in Mac Chrome, Firefox and Safari. ... View more

David, your response implies that you would need to write the script. My suggestion is using an existing script that is already installed with Indesign. All you need to do is select the text of index, and click on the script to run. ... View more

I know you mentioned that a script may not work, but with the index that you have shown, and using the  provided script named: SortParagraphs to alphabetize, I can't see how this would not accomplish your task. ... View more

Are the ignored parts of the Illustrator design on separate layers? If yes, have you checked to see if the visibility of these layers are turned on? ... View more

You can try this, when exporting, go to Advanced > Fonts > Subset fonts when percent of characters used is less than: 0%. Note, the default is 100%, 0% will completely encode the entire font set. ... View more

You can try saving as IDML and then open this file to see if this may have cleaned up any corruption within the file. ... View more

There is no quality difference between tif and psd. Tif does have LZW compression, but in today's disk and cloud space, saving file size is not a big deal. Tif can be read by more apps/utilities than psd having a limited choice of apps to view or edit the file. ... View more

The marks appear to be for an automated registration system. In this situation, the press is equipped with optical sensors that continously scans the rolls, and makes needed adjustments. Typically the marks are added within the imposition application, not within the page composition process where Indesign would be involved. ... View more

Unless I am missing it, was is the error that you are seeing? ... View more

You may be thinking of Effects > Gradient Feather that allows you to set opacity, but this method does not allow selecting various colors. ... View more

Rob, for images that are colorful and not neutral, I agree with your statement of CMYK conversion can happen on PDF export, Photoshop, and in RIP. But with B&W architectural images (as OP described) in RGB colorspace, is there any profile that will convert these neutral images into CMYK with a higher percentage of black, and lesser percentages of CMY (example: 40C 40M 40Y 90K)? ... View more

Make sure the frame that appears to have a text wrap and push right column down, does not have any  hidden elements/graphic inside this frame.  ... View more

Most likely the font does not have this specific ligature avaible, turn off Ligatures and see if "f" and "l" appear. ... View more

You are aware that AFP is being discontinued in macOS and will no longer be a protocol choice. ... View more

My observation with OP's issue and other reported Indesign lagging issues are related to an Indesign update. It seems as though there is something with the application's interaction with external resources that may, or may not have been addressed in recent updates. ... View more

If server performance through VPN and on-site connection are the same/similar, then the server might be causing the issue. When our server performance started to lag, making sure the server's firmware was up-to-date helped to resolve. ... View more

Anchored objects can be text or graphic.   Although you could have a vertical rule anchored to a text frame, there are other methods to use.    One method for vertical lines is paragraph borders, but keep in mind the height of vertical line (stroke) is determined by the content within frame.   Another method with a multiple column text frame is to apply column rules in the text frame options. But the example I provided has a single text frame with one column and would not work in this situation.   From your screenshot of document, I would just draw a vertical line (independent of text frame) between the 2 columns placed on the parent pages. ... View more

If you copy ID file locally, is the file behaving the same as it does from the server? I am not suggesting to work locally, only to test if server is really the issue. ... View more