InDesign

I am working on a box set up on a two-up, head-to-head sheet. I've attached the template I'm working from. I nearly have the bottom box completed and I'd almost bet the farm that there's a way to take my completed bottom and impose over the top part of the template in one fell swoop --- but of course, I don't have a clue what that might be.Any and all advice is appreciated.Thanks to those who know more than me,Joe

I've created a PDF File using InDesign and exported as an Interactive PDF.When I open and test this using Acrobat, the hyperlinks I've inserted as link to page inside the file or as Interactive elements, they run perfectly fine.However, when I send to client using PC, it seems the PDF opens by default in another PDF viewer and the are not clickable.Any ideas from anyone would be appreciated.Thanks, Lina

I have to confess, I have little understand of color management.My workflow is to create all resident colors in CMYK or Grayscale. The linked images are all in RGB until the document is ready to go to press. Then I convert the images in Photoshop to CMYK and Grayscale and relink them to the document.I had a crash that reset all my presets. Could this have something to do with it?Or is my printer doing something different (with dot gain, for example)? I get an error message upon opening INDD file:Embedded Profile MismatchThe document”s embedded colour profile does not match the current RGB working space. The current RGB colorur management policy is to discard profiles that do not match the working space.Embedded: Adobe RGB (1998)Working: Apple RGBDoes this have something to do with the problem?

Hi everyone! My Adobe tools were updated and all of a sudden, the resizing markers in especially inDesign are not working as usual. The marker for how much of an image is showing - the blue one - is now resizing the image in the same was as the orange one is supposed to do instead of doing what it originally did. I've never had this issue before and I don't know how to fix it. Can anyone help me figure this out? Thanks a bunch in advance!  

Dears, I'm creating a pdf files through InDesign, and export it as .pdf file. I choose to fit to height. The pdf file is good at Acrobat Reader. But when people view it using another pdf viewer, they display the page with some parts of the pages before and after it. Is there any way I make other viewers than Acrobat read "fit to height" And about interactivity, is there any way I make my pdf file to be read from any other pdf viewer thab acrobat and read my inner links and hyperlinks. as I cannt force my clients to use Acrobat as I do, they have their own preferred pdf viewers  The files are created in InDesign Thabks in advance,Lina

Use scripts to apply different object styles depending on the number of lines.For example:In the case of two or more lines, "A object style" is applied.In the case of a one-line note, apply "B object style"? Thank you.

I've encountered some unexpected behavior with brackets inside character classes in InDesign GREP and would like to get your expert opinions. Test text: ab a[c] [d] Test results:[a-z[] → matches: a, b, a, [, c, [, d (as expected)[a-z]] → matches: c], d] (two characters together)[a-z[]] → matches: c], d] (same as above)[a-z\[\]] → matches: a, b, a, [, c, ], [, d, ] (as expected) Question: Why do [a-z]] and [a-z[]] produce the same result, matching c] and d] as two-character sequences rather than individual characters? Logically, [a-z[]] should match "lowercase letters OR opening bracket OR closing bracket" individually, but it seems to behave differently. Is this a bug, or am I missing something about how InDesign GREP handles nested brackets in character classes? Workaround: Using [a-z\[\]] (escaping both brackets) works as expected. Thanks for any insights!

I have designed a book in Adobe InDesign and also created the Table of Contents style. However, when I view it in Kindle Previewer, the Table of Contents doesn't appear. I have attached a screenshot. I want the preview to look like that. i used a fixed layout because there are many photos in my book. Thanks 

Hi everyone,I am new to iD so I don't know if this is a relatively standard problem to encounter but I can't figure out how to fix it.I am working on an eBook which comprehends several layers. I added an animation to an object that's part of layer 1, but said animation doesn't work since I added another animation to another object on layer 3.Layer 3 is shown only if a certain trigger/button is clicked; is there a way to mantain the two animations even if they are on separate layers?I hope someone can help!

The default value in the input box is: “Lu Jon”.But after I re-enter "Mark" and click OK,I find that the value I get from "yourName.text" is not updated, it is still "Lu Jon".What's wrong? My friends, help me look, please~Thank you very much.  // Create a new window var win = new Window("dialog", "Nmae"); var inputGroup = win.add("group"); inputGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "inPut Name"); var yourName = inputGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "Lu Jon"); yourName.characters = 20; inputText = yourName.text; // Buttons group var btnGroup = win.add("group"); btnGroup.alignment = "right"; var okBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK"); // OK var cancelBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel"); // Cancel // Button click events okBtn.onClick = function () { alert(inputText); //rwJSON(); win.close(); }; cancelBtn.onClick = function () { win.close(); }; // Show the dialog win.center(); win.show(); 

I need to export a quarterly magazine to HTML in order to create online articles in Wordpress. I have never had any trouble until I upgraded to InDesign 2025 (currently 20.4). Now there is a new choice of HTML5, which is way too fancy for my purpose (too many HTML tags I don't want, text columns separated, etc.). But the "HTML (Legacy)" type keeps crashing. I was able to export a portion of the articles one time (I think that was a fortunate fluke), and I can export a plain document with a dummy text box, but all other attempts (including even a single two-page article with no images) crash InDesign. I tried saving as IDML and reopening to cleanse the document, but no change. I even tried creating a brand new document and copying a few of the text blocks from the magazine to that document, but it still crashed when I tried to export as HTML legacy. Finally I re-installed ID 2024 (19.5.4), opened the IDML in that older version, and exported with no trouble. (ID 2024 is also refresh

Hi!I have two questions regarding e-book production in InDesign that I would appreciate help with. 1. As a designer, I usually create traditional book templates in InDesign (textbooks for printing), templates with various formats, content, etc. Now, I have been asked to create a template that also works for epub export, and I wonder if there is anything technically that needs to be done already in the print book template, to make it easier for the person who later export the finished book to epub? (Other than possibly considering which font etc. to choose.) Isn't the adaptation something that is done later when the book is completed, so to speak? Note that I won't be handling the epub export of the finished books, which will be done by someone with specific epub expertise. I'm only creating the templates.The same client has asked me to create a template directly for Instaread texts, which are read directly on the phone. Are there any "ready-made" templates or specific guidelines f

I'm working on a Data Merge file and it keeps saying when I choose the data source, "The selected data source has one or more empty field names. Please fix the file or select another file." I can't seem to see any blank fields in the excel file. I did save it as a .csv. I've never had this problem in the past. Any advice would be appreciated!

Indesign has a response time of around 15 seconds. Any ideas on how to solve this?

I'm assuming this is an InDesign issue, but am happy to be corrected if it's Acrobat. Either way, the problem is that even though there is alt-text embedded in every linked image's metadata, it's not always exporting into Acrobat. The metadata for every image was edited in Bridge, saved, and the links updated so that's not the problem.  And the alt-text is clearly there in the InDesign file:  But it always doesn't export with the PDF: Adding to the confusion is the fact that the Spanish language version is exporting the alt-text correctly: We used the English version as the basis for the Spanish file, so I'm even more baffled than ever. All of the images are grouped with captions then anchored in the text where referenced, the same for both language versions. They're all tagged as Figures, too, so there's no reason for Acrobat to be treating them like Artifacts. Has anyone seen something like this before? Is this a problem within the InDesign file, a

Hello, I'm experiening what I think is a dead pixel on my screen between macbook and apple display when using InDesign. It doesn't happen all the time. It's not a "having too many files open" or a memory thing (I believe. All apps are updated, etc. My apple display in June 2025 new and macbook is 2023.  

I´m the secretary in a non-profit association. We have since 2010 been using Indesign CS5 for making a christian gratis magazine. We bought it as a compact disc. We have been using the application on two computers. Recently one of us, myself, bought a new Lap Top. Before I decided to buy the Lap Top, I had two Lap Tops for trial. In both those Lap Tops I installed our CS5 and also in the one which I finally bought.    Unfortunately I didn´t inactivate the CS5 in both of those Lap Tops I had for trial. That´s why we can´t activate our CS5 in our new Lap Top. When I print the serial number the application answers that ”this serial number has already been activated on two computers”.    The mistake we did was that we forgot to inactivate the application in both of the Lap Tops I had for trial. The applications were uninstalled but not inactivated on both of the computers. I went to the  compter store and together with the salesperson we could instal

I've got a number of scripts in my C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 20.0\en_GB\Scripts\Scripts Panel  folder. Yup, using Windows.  These can be accessed within InDesign from theScripts menu. So far so good. However, it doesn't seem to show files that start with an underscore like  _Gwen_Stefani.jsx Whatcha got against Gwen, huh Adobe? Or is this another overlooked feature?  

Bonjour,Je réalise un rapport annuel et j'aimerais que les chiffres soient non seulement alignés sur le point (p.ex. 4 358.12) mais également par rapport aux centaines, milliers, millions (en fait que l'espace entre centaines et milliers soit toujours aligné, pour toutes les lignes et qu'il facilite la lecture, p.ex. les millions sont clairement dans leur colonne).Merci d'avance de vos réponses

Problem DescriptionI've discovered that InDesign GREP behaves differently from standard regex engines when using the OR operator (|) combined with anchors (^ and $). This seems to be an undocumented behavior that differs significantly from what most regex documentation would suggest.Test CasesTest Case 1: ^ab|cText: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "ab" at line start AND "c" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "ab" at line startTest Case 2: ^a|bcText: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line start AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "a" at line startTest Case 3: (^a)|bcText: ab ac bc Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line start AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Still only matches "a" at line startTest Case 4: (a$)|bcText: ab ac bca Expected (standard regex): Matches "a" at line end AND "bc" anywhere Actual InDesign result: Only matches "bc" (ignores the anchor completely)ObservationsInDesign GREP appears to interpre

Hello community,since my laptop was updated to Windows 11 by our IT department, I’ve noticed two annoying changes in Adobe InDesign: Display Performance is now always set to High Quality when I open any document. Previously, it used to default to Typical (or Normal), which worked better for my not-so-powerful laptop. I have to manually switch it back every time. The View > GPU Performance setting always reverts to CPU. That’s understandable, since my GPU can’t handle it well—but again, I have to set it manually each time. Is there a way to set Display Performance to Typical and force CPU Preview as the default for all documents? Thanks in advance!

Ciao a tutti!Sto riscontrando un problema con InDesign che prima non avevo. Quando impaginavo un libro, mi bastava incollare un testo lungo in un box, e automaticamente InDesign creava da solo le pagine successive, facendo apparire tutto il testo nel documento.Ora questa funzione sembra non essere più attiva: incollando un testo lungo, il programma non crea più automaticamente le nuove pagine e il testo resta tronco.Qualcuno sa dirmi se c'è un'impostazione da riattivare o se è cambiato qualcosa con gli ultimi aggiornamenti?Grazie in anticipo!

We have downloaded Indesign to two Desktops. The second was for a colleague under his email address who has left the company. How do I access those files? I pay the monthly account. Help anybody!

I want to find these overflow text boxes, and then keep the width of the text box constant, increase the height and expand the text. A small amount here means cases where the overflow is only a few lines (ex: 6 lines).Expand only on current page.Ignore those cases where you need to increase the page to expand them. Thank you very much.Found this written by jb_alvarado:Can it be modified to only expand on the current page? var storyTitle = "Hello I'm a title!" var myDocument = app.documents.item(0); var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var myFrames = app.selection[0].parent; var myIndexStart = app.selection[0].parentTextFrames[0].index; while (myFrames.overflows === true) { var myNewPage = myDoc.pages.add(); myNewPage.appliedMaster = myDoc.masterSpreads.item("A-Text"); // add Page header myTitleFrame = myNewPage.textFrames.add(); myTitleFrame.contents = storyTitle; myTitleFrame.geometricBounds = ["0mm", "0mm", "4.98mm", "148mm"];  Perhaps,

Hallo zusammen, ist es korrekt, dass ältere Versionen von InDesign nicht mehr als Download verfügbar sind? Ich habe ältere Dokumente, die mit PostScript-Schriften erstellt sind. Dazu bräuchte ich meines Wissens InDesign 2022 oder älter, doch wo bekomme ich die her?