Hi @jj_highland , in case you did not read the answers here in this thread: Uninstall PhotoShop (Beta) v 26.6 That was the solution for me this morning.   @Colin Flashman , hi Colin, could it be that the thread @jj_highland asked after a fix was merged with this very thread? Because the link in your answer points to the initial post of the thread where I now can see your answer.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert )   ... View more

Forgot: I'm on macOS 12.7.1 with a MacBookPro M1.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi together, today I updated two versions of PhotoShop plus the Beta-Version of PhotoShop: PhotoShop v 26.5 PhotoShop v 25.12.2 PhotoShop (Beta) v 26.6   Now I see this error message when starting up InDesign 2024 v 19.5.3.44:   Despite the fact that the message is pointing at a script named after PhotoShop v 2025 uninstalling PhotoShop (Beta) v 26.6 is the solution! Did not install PhotoShop (Beta) again. I had no need to uninstall InDesign 2024.   Thanks @jk-d6 for the hint!   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hallo Hartmut, aha. Und das von Dir erwähnte Skript lässt sich nicht auf diesen neuen, einmaligen Fall anwenden?   Vielleicht hilft Dir das weiter: es gibt beispielsweise ein Skript von Peter Kahrel, das alle InDesign-Dateien eines Verzeichnisses abarbeiten kann. Und diesem Skript kannst Du als Aufgabe mitgeben, ein davon unabhängiges Skript auszuführen. Feature: "Run a script"   Batch Process Peter Kahrel, letzte Version 21.01.2025 https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html   Gruß, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hallo @Herbert32727437hfgw , Du könntest auch folgenden Workflow versuchen: [1] Exportiere ein PDF mit der Option PDF (Druck). Benutze folgende Einstellungen mit Dir wunschgemäßem Downsampling (habe gerade nur einen Screenshot in Englisch zur Hand) :     [2] Exportiere ein weiteres PDF mit der Option PDF (Interactive).   Nun kommt der Trick: Öffne das PDF aus [2] in Acrobat Pro und ersetze alle Seiten mit den Seiten aus dem PDF von [1]. Speicher das geänderte PDF mit neuem Namen aus Acrobat Pro. Alle interaltiven Elemente aus dem PDF von [2] bleiben bei diesem Vorgang erhalten.   Bin gespannt, ob's hilft…   Gruß, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hallo @talented_individual16B8 , eine Frage vorab: Du hast Dein Eingangspost mit "InCopy-Workflow" markiert. Welche Rolle spiel InCopy in Deinem Workflow?   Und weiter: ich möchte meinen, dass das reine Ersetzen unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen "relativ einfach" per Skript zu bewerkstelligen wäre; allerdings ist die Voraussetziung, dass die Artikelnummern nur jeweils einmalig in den Dokumenten vorkommt. Und, dass die Liste in der Excel-Datei völlig neue Artikelnummern enthält, die bisher nicht in den InDesign-Dokumenten vorkommen.   Die Automatisierung per Skript bestünde darin, dass die InDesign-eigene Textsuche/Textersetzung in einer "Schleife" wiederholt aufgerufen wird bis die Liste Zeile für Zeile abgearbeitet ist. Die Herausforderung ist, diesen Vorgang "wasserdicht" zu machen und alle Schritte zu protokollieren, sodass im Nachgang überprüft werden kann, ob alle Vorkommen gefunden und erfolgreich ersetzt wurden.   Gruß, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @istos22981053eke3 , maybe a paragraph sorter script can help you after the index is done and all edits are done in the document. For example:   Language-aware paragraph sorter Peter Kahrel, last update: 16 Nov. 2024 https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/sort.html   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @kevins40019294 , could you post a screenshot so that we can see exactly what happens? With view mode > normal please enable hidden characters  and turn on visibility of frame edges.   Thanks, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert )       ... View more

Hi @Mateomono , you could do it not automacially by setting the value for the first footnote instance in a document: Footnote Options > Numbering > Start at:   Or you could look for a script that will work on a InDesign book file with references to listed documents in a particular order that will do this.   Best see into Peter Kahrel's scripts if there is something for you: https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesignscripts.html   This one could be helpful as well: Synchronise footnote options Peter Kahrel, last updated May 2023 https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/synchronise-footnote-options.html   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @AidanCable , there is a way to do that by ExtendScript scripting.   In 2018 Loic Aigon posted some code in the InDesign Scripting forum (later it that forum was merged to what you see now as InDesign User Forum ). That script, so I remember, does exactly what you want. It looked up texts like you wrote with contents <<fieldname>> where fieldname is the name of a datamerge field. Loic's script finally added datamerge text placeholders according to the field name.   Well, but I think that this thread is not available anymore. At least I cannot find it…   As @Robert at ID-Tasker already said: There is a method add() with object dataMergeTextPlaceholders: https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#DataMergeTextPlaceholders.html#d1e73552__d1e73601   It needs three parameters: parentStory storyOffset field   Important notes: In case the datamerge text placeholder should be added to text in a table text cell, be careful what you do with parameter parentStory. My guess is, that you need parent.texts[0] in case of a table text cell. And not the usual property parentStory. Had no time to do further testing…   BTW: storyOffset in fact is actually a insertionPoint. The documentation I linked to is a bit misleading or hard to understand in this regards.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @scottc21012333 , I'm not sure what happened, but as far as I can imagine the InDesign document was packaged ( File > Package) that created a Document fonts folder that holds all used font files that Adobe allows to copy. See: https://www.adobe.com/de/learn/indesign/web/save-share-projects?locale=de&learnIn=1   Assumptions: Then all installed Karla styles were removed from the system and instead the Karla font family was activated from the Adobe Fonts service.   Abi.holcombe then, so I also assume, decided to delete the Karla font files from the Document fonts folder of the packaged InDesign document.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert )       ... View more

@leo.r said: "… Reinstalling is, in most cases, pointless. Please follow the steps from my previous post."   Hi together, well, recently I had the case where replacing preferences and cache did not help with a specific bug with my InDesign 2025 version 20.2.0 where clicking the View menu suddenly crashed InDesign.   What I did to resolve the problem was a clean install of InDesign 2025. If other versions of InDesign were installed just like in my case that means to hide any version of InDesign cache and preference folders. I even moved all previous version folders of InDesign out of the application folder.   And then I installed InDesign 2025 again.   Without migrating preferences (there is a checkbox to uncheck when you trigger the installation process from the Creative Cloud Desktop App) and without removing older versions of InDesign (another checkbox to uncheck).   That process finally removed the bug. Of course I had to setup my menus and other things like workspaces anew.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

I said: "FWIW: Currently I also have a problem with constantly crashing with that version. Every time I click the View menu InDesign 2025 is crashing; without any error message."   I resolved the issue with a clean install of InDesign 2025 version 20.2. Means: I hid every preference or cache folders of previous versions. Also the installation folders of previous versions of InDesign before installing. That worked so far. The crucial part was, so I think, not to migrate previous preferences.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

FWIW: Well, the Folder object bug should be fixed with InDesign 2025 version 20.2.0.36.   Had no chance to test it, because my InDesign 2025 is constantly crashing when I click the View menu in the GUI. ( with or without a document open )   Will try a new, clean install.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

To all: regarding scripting and there the Folder object with InDesign 2025 version 20.1 (perhaps also above) there is a bug that could hurt. Read this article by Marc Autret:   The Great Folder Fiasco: A Tale of InDesign 20.1 and macOS Marc Autret, January 31, 2025 | Snippets | en https://indiscripts.com/post/2025/01/the-great-folder-fiasco   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @PLBCreative , the only workflow that I know of where changes of a placed and linked Word file could be updated without wrecking formatting on the InDesign side requires a 3rd-party plug-in that is not for free, but has a free test mode for 30 days:   WordsFlow Pro by EM Software https://emsoftware.com/products/wordsflow/#try   So in the end, my answer is "no", there is no way for tracking changes in your case.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

@Robert at ID-Tasker said: "here is 20.3 update."   Hi Robert, don't think so. The latest what I can see in the Creative Cloud Desktop App is InDesign version 20.2. FWIW: Currently I also have a problem with constantly crashing with that version. Every time I click the View menu InDesign 2025 is crashing; without any error message. Resetting cache and preferences did not help for now, because when I remove the folders for cache and preferences with every restart of InDesign 2025 is not starting up with fresh preferences , but copies the preferences from my InDesign 2024.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @giovanni_4827 , without testing anything: Within a table cell you will not be able to use parentStory, because this is a refference to the story that holds the table and not the text inside a specific table cell.   What instead should work is: var sto = tp.parent.texts[0];   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Just another remark on the strings used with appliedLanguage: "Polish" or "Spanish" for example will not work with my German InDesign.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @betsyl1670440 , well yes, Peter Kahrel's script is jsxbin format. Nevertheless you can download the script file and move it to your personal Scripts User folder and start it from there.   Note: I would recommend Peter Kahrel's scripts as "trusted sources".   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @dtp_1544 , just a remark on the value that you need for property appliedLanguage in Robert's script: Best use a representation that will work in every localisation of InDesign, not only in the English one. With Spanish in mind you can test this string: "$ID/Spanish"   So with Robert's code it would be: for (var a = app.activeDocument.allParagraphStyles.length - 1; a > 1; a--) { app.activeDocument.allParagraphStyles[a].appliedLanguage = "$ID/Spanish"; }  Just tested this with my German InDesign 2025.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert )   ... View more

Hi @.random.. , you could try to disable the background task altogether and use the legacy export process in "foreground". Details here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/long-standing-pdf-export-bug-background-tasks-panel/td-p/15198338   Not as a solution but as a workaround to get jobs done.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @giovanni_4827 , please show your code when you try to add a new one. Plus attach a sample InDesign test document using the forum's editor so that we can test something. ( Do not try to attach the document when answering by mail. That will not work. You have to use the forum editor. )   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @rickwtexas , look into this script by Peter Kahrel:   Batch-process (convert/export/import) documents by Peter Kahrel, latest version from 21 Jan. 2025 https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @Sanyam Talwar , already tested the German version of InDesign 2024 19.5.3.144. The bug is fixed   Thanks, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

Hi @HD Schellnack , also look into Ariel Walden's InDesign script Translate that is working with DeepL. Currently I'm testing it:   Translate One-click translation of your InDesign document! Id-Extra’s Translate add-on for InDesign uses the power of DeepL™ (and/or Google™ Translate) to change your document’s language while retaining the document’s look, layout, and formatting!   December 2022 update: We have switched to DeepL.com as our main machine-translating provider. (However, the old Google Translate add-on is included in the download package as well.)   https://www.id-extras.com/products/translate/     Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

For now I umarked my answer as the correct one. Instead I marked your answer as the correct one.   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

@John Beeckaert said: "I wouldn't call it the easiest solution really. I had this document at the time, and I really have lost 30 minutes (!) before I could even relink. "   Hi John, well, I have to agree. Recently came accross a document where a couple of EPS files, that were placed about 10 times gave me some headache. So I also agree to revert to InDesign 2024 version 19.5.1 until the bug will be fixed. But I doubt, that will happen soon or ever … ( sigh! )   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more

@HD Schellnack said: "… what would actually make sense, e.g.editing and correcting text with ChatGPT …"   Hi @HD Schellnack , look into Roland Dreger's work as scripter: OpenAI for Adobe InDesign https://github.com/RolandDreger/indesign-openai   For further applications of his scripts look into Project Octopus: https://www.project-octopus.net/en/   Or see into Eugen Pfüger's MATE for InDesign:   MATE for InDesign: Once Upon a Time in the Revolution! Marc Autret, February 03, 2025 | Extras | en https://indiscripts.com/post/2025/02/mate-for-indesign-once-upon-a-time-in-the-revolution   MATE AI Assistant for Creatives by Eugen Pflüger Experimental plugins that help you with your daily tasks, creating scripts, and translating texts. https://www.omata.io/mate https://www.omata.io/mate/indesign   Regards, Uwe Laubender ( Adobe Community Expert ) ... View more