InDesign

Hello, I am having a strange problem with Adobe. When I create a new document, OR resize an existing document, the new size frequently randomizes. For example, if I put in the WxH of 4x6, it might turn into a 3x12, or a 7x2, or anything else for that matter. I'm being very careful typing it in, and it will read correct until the moment I press the "OK" button, when I will see the new random size flash into those boxes for a split second as the window closes. I usually have to size it two or three times before the correct size "takes". This happens in Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Any ideas?

If someone could guide me on this (remember you are talking to a total dummy!)I have successfully created a few scripts with the help of AI that I use often.I want to add some functionality by getting input of certain parameters of the script.I would also like to be able to run them easily by clicking a button.So in Microsoft Word, I know I would create a form with buttons and text boxes for input.But how do I do this with ID?Here, ChatGPT has been hallucinating for the last few hours, wasting my time by trying to teach me development tools incorrectly. As I said, all I want to do is to create a floating panel that allows input of some power meters and buttons to run the scripts.Not too much to ask, right?Thank you!Susan Flamingo Update: I followed the instructions here: https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/plugins/getting-started/ EXACTLY And all it shows when I load the plugin is:While the instrcutions say it should look like this:&nbs

Hello all.I can find grep commands that do some of these things, but I need one that does all of them. For some wild reason, after spending hours online, I cannot find the solution. I appreciate your help. No, nested styles do not help here. I need a command in my paragraph style that does this:- applies a character style up to AND INCLUDING a colon, ONLY if there's a colon in the paragraph.- Ideally this goes up to just the first colon. If that's not possible, I need to set a word limit (let's say 10 words for example) on how far the search goes into the paragraph.Thank you.

Just created a new document and placed an image. Whenever I try to move the image it is copied instead of moved. I inserted a text box and when I try to select the text to change the format, the box moves as though I was using the Hand tool. None of the tools are doing what they normally do or are supposed to do. I reinstalled an older version. Same problem. At the moment InDesign is unusable.   <Title renamed by MOD>

The tagging of Arabic glyphs is incorrect in my pdf. (Please note that English is not my first language, I apologize for any mistakes!) What I've done so far:I installed the ME version of the application, made sure all of the paragraph styles are in Arabic + RTL and used the world ready composer. I'm using a font that is intended for Arabic script (Nassim Arabic). During pdf export I made sure that the document language is set to Arabic. When I view my document in Acrobat I can see that the language and binding are set correctly in the document properties. But if I view the tags for the paragraphs, the glyphs in these tags are all wrong. The tagged glyphs seem to be actual glyphs from an RTL writing system, just not the ones intended. When I copy-paste text from the pdf it does paste correctly, so the problem is only in the tags. What could this be?

Good morning, I've spent time going through the forum here with issues pertaining to the Indesign Data Merge feature not working properly. And, I have tried just about all the suggestions I could find. I normally save the file as Comma Separated Values. So I tried saving the file as a MacInstosh Comma Separated and MS DOS Comma Separated. I opened the Comma Separated Values file in a text editor too. No results with this. Then I started over from scratch with a new Excel report used to create direct mail imprints. Got rid of any blank columns and saved it as Comma Separated Values file. Same results. Then I created a new InDesign File with new data fields. And this didn't work either.In all these attempts, the CSV file is there, but when I go to select it and click okay, nothing happens. Please note I perform this task regularly and it's fortunately the first time I've run into this issue. I'm actually working on another project with no issues at all. < scratching my head, wond

Bonjour à tous, je souhaite faire des étiquettes pour emballer mes aquarelles et plutôt que de les modifier 1 à 1, j’aimerais :- Faire un gabarit des étiquettes vierges sur Indesign avec un champ de texte à remplir (avec le nom de la couleur et le numéro de référence)- Pouvoir éditer ce gabarit dans mon document en ayant juste à éditer une étiquette avec le bon nom qui se répète sur tous les chaps de texte de cette page (comme un modèle, sans affecter les autres pages, car chaque page sera utilisée pour une couleur différente)Est-ce possile ? Si oui, serait-il possible de m'expliquer comment ?Milles mercis aux personnes qui répondront !Cf : Le résultat final d'une page que je souhaite obtenir :

Hi,No matter what I do, I can not get multiply image to work when publishing it to web. It looks fine in indesign, I then publish and it comes out normal. I have followed instructions from another post saying to go: object - export options - rasterise, but this doesnt work either. Any suggestions? BestF

My table header usually has 1-4 rows, most of the time 1-2rows.I sometimes need to determine which table header rows already exist.Next I need to convert to body rows,  or copy the table header rows. Before I applied the style, I determined the number of table headers by manually selecting them.The table header rows are the rows I selected.How should this code be expressed? After applying table styles, if I ever have table headers.How do I determine which rows are table headers?

I cannot find where I can download and activate adobe CS6. Old download links does not work. Can anyone help??

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I have a book that consists of 10 different files and many many different text boxes. I need to find out what the total word count is for the entire book. Is there a simple way to do this, or do I have to copy and paste all the text from InD into a word file to get the number? Your help is much appreciated.

Is there a way to change the shape of this radio button? I want to make this circle into a check mark shape. Is there any way to do it?

Hallo, ich habe ein Problem bei der Darstellung von Indesign auf meinem zweiten Monitor. Ich kann zwar einzelne Fenster von meinem MacBook Pro M1 auf meinen Eizo Monitor ziehen und auch demensprechend die Werkzeuge, aber das Programmfenster an sich nicht. Es nervt. Gestern ging es noch. Wo liegt der Bug? Betreibssystem und Programm sind auf dem aktuellsten Stand. Bitte um Hilfe!!!!

Hi, Dear Friends!I have a script i got a while ago, but it looks like it was converted to binary - looks like this: I want to make a  slight alteration. Can this be decompiled for editing? Thank you, and have a good day!Susan Flamingo

I want to check whether the currently selected frame contains a frame separator (~R) or a page separator (~P).But it seems like I'm not getting any results.var s = app.selection[0].texts[0].contents; alert(s); var what = "~R|~P" var res = getGrepSearch(what, app.activeDocument); alert(res); function getGrepSearch(fp, s) { app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null; app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = { includeHiddenLayers: true, includeLockedLayersForFind: true, includeLockedStoriesForFind: true, includeMasterPages: true } app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = fp; //return app.findGrep() return s.findGrep() }

I do not think this is possible but as a book designer it would be very nice if there was a script. Is there a way to set my font style where my text is on one layer and my shading or rule (essentially a colour) is on a seperate layer? This is useful if the book needs a language change.thanksDom

I'm about to go to print with a 120 page picture book, 11"x8.5" landscape, with full width photos on each page. The captions and narration are below the photos. I've arranged the pages so there's 1" in the gutters and 3/4" top, bottom and outer margins for adequate white space. The book leads up to a two-page photo spread that I'm concerned about.  I've settled on a matte anti-scuff 130 lb cover with satin 100 lb pages. I sense the binding will be tight. But I think leaving a 1/4" space in the gutters of the facing pages will work. That leaves at least 1/2" per page to any imagery (waterfowl). My theory is that the 1/4" white space will be swallowed up in the binding and there will still be another 1/4" before contact with a waterfowl. I don't see a perfect way to address this, so I'm looking for an experienced eye to advise me on best practices in this situation. Thoughts?

Hi there, I can tell the text is selected when I double-click text inside a text frame, because when I trial deleting it disappears. However, the usual blue highlight of the selcetion does not show up (as it does in previous versions of InDesign, every other Adobe program and InDesign's story editor), which makes things difficult! How can I get those highlights to show? I'm working in the latest version (CC Indesign 15.0.2). 

When I use the gradient and the align tools on the right side, they don't show all the information, so I can't use them. I can click on show options and nothing's there.

How do I convert a InDesign CC file to a Photoshop file without loosing anything?What format should it be saved in InDesign to convert to Photoshop?Orginally created in InDesign. I need to update and publish a small directory but I use Photoshop.

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I haven't been able to find the right search terms, I guess, because I can't believe I'm the only one seeing this issue. I'm using the 20.x series on MacOS Sequoia. If I export an ID project as a reflowable epub, and then inspect the metadata using Calibre, I find that my epub is tagged Languages: "Arabic, English."  There is no Arabic in the project, although in many cases there are words in other languages (Hawaiian, and another South Pacific language....) and diacritical marks such as a macron are there also.  This causes a problem when I use Kindle Previewer 3 to create a .mobi file (which I often need to produce). Previewer won't export a mobi until I go back to Calibre and edit out "Arabic." This isn't a big problem, because I expect it and know the work-around -- but I'd really like to know why this is happening.  I should add that this has been happening for several years. It's nothing new. I'm just finally getting around to asking about

Bonjour, Sur Mac Mini M4 Pro (64 Go de RAM), avec indesign 20.5.0.48 les effets d'ombre que j'applique à du texte ou des objets, avec une valeur de 0 au niveau des options, sont systématiquement pixelisés. À l'affichage et lors de l'exportation en PDF (voir capture d'écran jointe). Je travaille avec "L'affichage de qualité supérieure" systématiquement, lui même réglé sur "Haute définition" pour tous les paramètres. J'ai testé avec des versions précédentes d'Indesign (2023 et 2024) et sur d'autres Mac, j'ai réinitialisé totalement Indesign : le problème est identique. Lorsque j'active la fenêtre des effets pour la première fois sur un bloc (peu importe qu'il soit d'objet ou de texte, ou "indéfini"), l'effet d'ombre apparaît correctement. Mais dès que je mets la valeur d'Options à "0", l'ombre apparaît pixélisée. Quelqu'un rencontre le même problème ? Ou aurait une solution ? Je précise que le même effet d'ombrage sur Illutrator est réalisé correctement… Mais ça

Is there some undocumented, easy way to get rid of the border around InDesign-generated QR codes? That border makes it a huge pain to align with other items, and it's so time consuming to resize the object box perfectly. How easy it would be to simply turn off the borders! Any ideas?