Hi @defaultk3r9x9kb5ocq:   I teach online InDesign classes, but there's enough InDesign content out there that I don't post tutorials as I do for FrameMaker, Adobe's other page layout application. I do have a blog, however, that posts my student's questions as submitted after they attend training with me. You may find that helpful: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/category/indesign/   I'm always happy to answer questions here and because I'm a visual thinker, I tend to record these 30-second tutorials to illustrate the answers. 😊   Come back and see us next time you get stuck.   ~Barb ... View more

Hi @defaultk3r9x9kb5ocq:   It happens when you designate a frame as a check box. I really think that keeping an eye on the Layers panel while you work in InDesign (and in Illustrator and Photoshop) is so helpful... you can see what is happening as it unfolds.    ~Barb   ... View more

Hi @defaultk3r9x9kb5ocq:   A checkbox is a group containing a graphic frame and a text frame. If you resize the group non-proportionately, both will resize. You could resize it back by eye, or if you have another one correctly sized elsewhere on the page, make a note of the width and height and then enter those values for this one.    ~Barb   ... View more

A hollow circle in Word is a non-breaking space. They keep words from breaking across lines. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keep-text-together-in-word-af94e5b8-3a5a-4cb0-9c53-dea56b43d96d.   That the text is visible in Story Editor  (and overset) indicates that InDesign has fully imported all of the end notes as expected—meaning the issue is not with InDesign's import function. It's either formatting or break characters and since we can't see the file which would give the definitive answer, we will leave it to you to take it from there.   ~Barb ... View more

It sounds like you may have found a work-around, but if this was my file, the first thing I'd do is click on the last visible note and open Story Editor. (Edit > Edit in Story Editor or Cmd+Y)   Are the rest of the notes visible in the Story Editor view? If yes, it points to a Keeps Setting or a manual break (page or column). Manual breaks exist in Word too, and are carried into an imported file in InDesign.    ~Barb ... View more

Hi @ed_ben_c:   I can't address the scripting part of this question, but perhaps can offer a clue to send you in right direction while you wait for someone who can: before you apply the paragraph styles, change the inline italics to a character style defined as italics (in your script or a via simple find/change query).   The character styles will hold even as you assign a paragraph style that removes overrides.    ~Barb ... View more

This is a long shot, I know, but this is how Photoshop works: Now, proportions are kept by default, and pressing Shift breaks them.   No chance you were working in Photoshop and didn't recognize it?    ~Barb ... View more

Hi Ira:   The OCRed/exported content is likely to be messy. I think you'll find it more efficient to clean it up in Word than in InDesign. Word has better editing tools than InDesign, just as InDesign has better layout tools than Word. ~Barb ... View more

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Just adding a few things to Brad @ Roaring Mouse's helpful reply:   InDesign was released in 2000 to replace PageMaker (which could no longer be updated and modernized), and pulled in features from PageMaker, Quark and FrameMaker.   It originally included the same document- and book-level controls that you know from PageMaker but has been adding features over the past 25 years to make our layout work faster and easier than it ever was in PageMaker. I have specialized in long document layout since the late 80s, and I would not want to return to the more limited feature set in PageMaker. That said, with additional features comes a learning curve—you can OCR the PDF in Acrobat, export out the copy, clean up the file and edit it in Word and then use File > Place (just like PageMaker!) to add the content into an InDesign document—but then you will need to set aside some time to come up to speed on InDesign.   In particular, be sure to read up on parent pages (Pm's master pages), including linked parent pages (not in Pm), primary frames (not in Pm), paragraph and character styles (like Pm). The book window is similar to Pm's book window, as is file management within the book window. InDesign also supports running header/footer variables to pull content (like titles) into the running heads automatically (not in Pm), and automatic cross-references to help the reader navigate (not in Pm).    There are a number of old Pm users helping out on this forum. If you get stuck, just ask us.   ~Barb ... View more

Then the next thing I would try is rebuilding cache and preferences.  https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/   ~Barb  ... View more

Hi @tmurphy1020:   This message seems to be related to exceeding InDesign's undo history or RAM capacity. You haven't done anything on open, so unless you uncover a complex start-up script causing the issue before you start working, let's focus on RAM.   InDesign requires 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended)—how much do you have? Does restarting your computer and only opening InDesign bypass the message?    If no to all of the above, the next think I would try is rebuilding cache/preferences.   ~Barb ... View more

I think what I need to do is learn how to use variable heads.   Defining running heads using variables to collect content from the page is an efficient way to work, expecially as the content reflows after edits. If you need a hand, come back to ask us. Since it is not directly related to your original question, please start a new thread.    ~Barb  ... View more

No doubt, Rick has the correct answer. Adobe quietly (ok, more likely I was not paying attention) added two panels to FrameMaker a while back: the Cross-References panel and the Markers panel, not to be confused with the longstanding Cross-Reference and Marker panels.   The new ones are enabled with View > Panels and the originals are accessed via the Insert menu. I love the functionality of both newer panels because they replace the need to create a generated list of Cross-References and/or Markers but the naming is confusing, at best. I deal with it by arranging them together in my dock.     I included Variables and Condition tags in my screen shot because while these two pairs are more easily identified by their names, I use them in tandem too, so keeping them together makes my life easier. Designing a custom workspace that simplifies your life is so important!!!   ~Barb ... View more

Hi @mwolfthal:   I'm picturing a FrameMaker book list with incremental chapter numbers (i.e., Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3) with unnumbered section dividers interspersed that are increasing the chapter count on subsequent chapters? If that is correct, right click the section divider chapters > Exclude and update your book.    If I missed the mark, then as per @Jeff_Coatsworth, please return the screenshots that will show us what you're asking.    ~Barb ... View more

I've enabled the Japanese version so I could type vertically Are you working in a Japanese-language document, or do you just need some vertical text?   ~Barb ... View more

In the ME versions, you can set the story direction in Type > Story. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/arabic-hebrew.html   ~Barb ... View more

I'm on macOS 15.6.1 and haven't experienced either problem, so it is intermittent. Are you able to return to InDesign 19.5.5 for now, since presumably it started after the update to v20? (That's when the Export to Adobe Express option was added that you are associating with the issue.)   As per that link I posted earlier, corrupt preferences/cache cause InDesign to behave erratically and I'll add that this is reported most frequently after a version update where the user migrates preferences further. If the tech support team didn't address this, then it remains a possibility. It has nothing to do with your specific preference settings and it manifests itself in a number of bizarre ways.   ~Barb     ... View more

Ok, well those blue alert boxes need to go away, forever and disabling all of them is a popular feature request. In the meantime, clicking the X doesn't close it for good? It keeps coming back?   That said, I don't think that is the issue. What version of InDesign are you on (20.5 is the current version) and what operating system? If everything is current, and if you are using File > Export to Adobe PDF (Print) or Adobe PDF (Interactive) to create your PDFs, then I'm going to suspect a preferences issue.   You can work through this post: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/ –or– download the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner tool (https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/apps/troubleshoot/download-failure/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html) to completely remove InDesign before reinstalling it. I have to tell you though that all the blue alert boxes will return—you'll have to close them all again. I'm sorry.   ~Barb ... View more

Hi User2819:   Are you saying that in Adobe InDesign, choosing File > Export to Adobe PDF (Print) or Adobe PDF (Interactive) is bringing up an Adobe Express dialog box?   If yes, can you please share screenshots of the process?   ~Barb ... View more

Haha, you are right! I meant None and not All Desktops. But glad you are back on track.    ~Barb ... View more

Hi @Lawrence22960281ja25:   There is some confusion on terminology. We press Enter for a hard return ¶, and Shift+Enter for a line break (which people also call a soft return). I think Willi is reading forced return as line break and not hard return as you intended. You do want hard returns ¶  between paragraphs to take advantage of all of paragraph level commands like space before and after.    Now... where did your returns go?    Is it possible that you have just hidden the non-printing symbols? Can we start by enabling Type > Show Hidden Characters, and make sure your screen mode is set to Normal and then can you please share a screen shot so that we can see what you are looking at? I hope there is an easy answer here because if all the returns were actually removed, you'd have to put them back in manually if you didn't have access to a backup file. That would not be a fun task.   ~Barb ... View more

Hi Daniel:   That last comment makes me think you mean you use multiple Desktops on your Mac (not workspaces).   I do the same thing and prefer to have InDesign on one desktop, and Photoshop on the next desktop, and Illustrator on the next desktop. I've set it up so that each opens on specific desktop and I have learned that if I move the application from one desktop to another, the dialog boxes don't move with me.    Try this: close InDesign, and then right click the In icon in the dock > Options > All Desktops. Reopen, and see if that takes care of it.   ~Barb ... View more

Hi @Jennifer378815629mgc:   Just a quick clarification: resetting a workspace does not impact the floating Home bar which was what the OP asked about. This is a Mac-only issue because on Windows, the Home bar is integrated into the Menu bar. See labeled images, below.   Windows   Mac   As per the answers marked as correct above, redocking it or re-enabling the Application Frame takes care of the floating Home bar issue.    Based on your suggested workaround, I think you are referring to the Control Panel—which can also become undocked (Mac or Windows) and get in the way. You can hide it or show it using Window > Control, and if you intend to use it but it is blocking content, you can redock it manually or restore any of the workspaces beside Essentials, which is the only one that hides it initially (out of the fear that all of the controls will intimidate a new user).   Restoring the Essentials workspace does restore the panels to the way InDesign a new user will see it after they install the application, and this includes hiding the Control panel and showing the Properties panel, which is a simpler variation of the Control panel—context sensitive controls for the selected object—but only offering commands that a new user might be looking for. I teach my intro students to use the Control panel from the beginning, but InDesign gives us options, and that includes preferring the Properties panel over the Control panel.   ~Barb ... View more

That's great news. Thanks for coming back to let us know.    ~Barb ... View more