InDesign

I mean: text height.I always "Trial and error"ing with the font size (on PT units) , measure it with measure tool, converting it's height to CM. it's a time consuming methood.is there any more user friendly way to do it? this question goes to illustrator too.

I have begun having a very serious issue with indesign 2025 crashing repeatedly each hour. I have attached the last crash error report to the bottom of this message. This issue started about 5 days ago, prior to that I never experienced any crashing. It happens regardless of the file that I am working on. I have attempted to troubleshoot this issue in the following way:1. I updated to the latest version of Indesign 2025 ver. 20.5. = crashing continues.2. I tried installing various different earlier versions of indesign (e.g., 20.3.2, 20.2.1, etc.) = crashing continues.3. I tried uninstalling indesign and cleaning out all preference files, and then reinstalling = crashing continues.4. I tried saving the 6 files I am working on as idml and then opening them again and resaving and indd = crashing continues.5. I checked to see that I don't have too many adobe fonts connected (i only have 5 font families connected). Thank you for any help you can provide. Indesign is literally crashing

Is it called annotation settings (Or caption settings)?I want to set the displacement data to 0.

All of my InDesign document content dissapears unless I switch to CPU Preview (existing GPU Preview). This occurred after my Mac mini (M2 Pro) was in a state of sleep (this could have been coincidence).  When I say all, I mean my menus and controls are all visisible but content is completely blank - no page, no margins, no rule lines, etc.     

When my document has more than two column layouts (for example, some pages have two columns and others have one column).I find that my cp[1]-cp[0] have different values.I only want to obtain the cp of the page where the current frame is located.var sel = app.documents[0].selection[0]; var pp = sel.parentPage; var cp = pp.marginPreferences.columnsPositions; alert(cp[1] - cp[0]);

Bonjour,Je mets des hyperliens sur certains éléments texte ou glyphe, puis je transforme mon document en pdf et je l'export.Parfois le texte de remplacement s'affiche, parfois non.Dans certains cas en vectorisant le texte cela marche et d'autres fois non.Je n'arrive pas à trouver pourquoi.Pareil pour certains groupes ça marche d'autre non... Si quelqu'un d'entre-vous avait une idée se serait super merci.Belle journée

I am trying to confirm my update of the plugin In5. I get the message "Data failure" (see attachment) in Indesign. Whats happening? Does anyone have an idea of how to solve this problem? 

I'm using the following code snipped to generate pdf since a long time...static Boolean generateHiresPdf(IDocument* document, IDFile pdfFile) { InterfacePtr<ICommand> piPDFExportCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kPDFExportCmdBoss)); ASSERT(piPDFExportCmd); if (!piPDFExportCmd) return FALSE; InterfacePtr<IPDFExportPrefs> piPDFExportPrefs(piPDFExportCmd, UseDefaultIID()); ASSERT(piPDFExportPrefs); if (!piPDFExportPrefs) return FALSE; .... InterfacePtr<ISysFileData> piFileData(piPDFExportCmd, UseDefaultIID()); ASSERT(piFileData); if (!piFileData) return FALSE; piFileData->Set(pdfFile); InterfacePtr<IPageList> pageList(document, UseDefaultIID()); ASSERT(pageList); if (!pageList) return FALSE; UIDList pagesUIDList(::GetDataBase(document)); int32 numPages = pageList->GetPageCount(); for (int32 i = 0; i < numPages; i++) pagesUIDList.Append(pageList->GetNthPageUID(i)); InterfacePtr<IOutputPages> piOutputPages(piPDFExportCmd, UseDefau

Hi AiI have a problem writing text in Hebrew. The first letter is always in English.Very strange. The problem is only in InDesign.How do I solve this?I reset the settings.

Hello,I am currently exploring ways to programmatically edit existing InDesign (.indd) files — for example, updating tables and text — and then generate a new .indd file.To achieve this, I tried using the Adobe InDesign SDK and the InDesign API (Firefly Services). However, when I attempted to create a Project, I received the following error message: Incompatible API This API cannot be used in your organization. If you think this is an error, please contact customer support.I would like to understand:Why this error occursWhether there are any required settings, approvals, or procedures to enable accessWhat the recommended approach or supported APIs/SDKs are for programmatically editing .indd filesIf there are alternative methods, or if any formal application process is needed to move forward, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.Has anyone faced a similar situation or found a solution? Any insights would be very helpful.Thank you in advance!

Hi All, Turning to you after spending a good deal of time with Claude and ChatGPT.  I have an InDesign script that processes txt data to create labels using different templates. For my "stone_acres" case, I need to dynamically resize the ingredients text frame width based on which background template is used:When currData["template"] == "STNAC_OG": ingredients text frame should be 2.6268 inches wide (189 points)When currData["template"] == "STNAC_CV": ingredients text frame should be 3.5403 inches wide (254 points)The text frame contains ingredient information and needs to wrap around logos placed from a "Logos" layer. The script processes the template AFTER text replacement has occurred, so the original placeholder <ingredient_concat> has been replaced with actual ingredient text starting with "Ingredients:".Issues: They are not sizing correctly- text widths appear too large and run off the page.Current Code:Text replacement happens early in the script:javascriptfor (var pr

Hi everyone,I’m looking for guidance from experienced InDesign mentors. I want to learn how to correctly import product website data into InDesign using XML. Could anyone explain how I can learn the full process—including not just the InDesign import steps, but also how to create XML data file for practice and learning?I’ve already watched several videos, but most of them only show the InDesign side of the process, not how to properly prepare or structure the XML. Any help or resources would be greatly appreciated! best regardsTanvir

Since using my Brother DCP-L2627DWE printer on macOS 15.5 Sequoia, I can no longer print vectors correctly from Adobe apps (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).The “Print as Bitmap” option is always forced, both with my Brother printer (AirPrint) and my Canon printer (AirPrint as well).Result: text and vector lines are rasterized and print jagged.Unchecking “Print as Bitmap” has no effect — it resets or is ignored.Background:Brother confirmed that on macOS 15+, Apple no longer allows Brother-specific drivers, only AirPrint is supported.AirPrint does not support PostScript or PPD, so Adobe apps cannot send correct vector print jobs.Tried:Reinstalling Adobe appsReinstalling printer drivers (AirPrint)Resetting settings and preferencesPPD is not selectableSaving PDF → printing from Preview works, but is cumbersome Question for Adobe community:Is this a known limitation when using AirPrint on macOS 15+?Are there any recommended workarounds to print vector output directly from Adobe apps

When I export a PDF, it looks correct but when I print it theres extra boxes of colors behind my design. What would be causing this? When I print straight from InDesign, it prints correctly. the background should be the darker green color. 

In the past if I had a style override in InDesign, the overriding text would appear inside <span> tags in the PDF. That no longer happens. The text with the override appears as it's own object (cardboard box) instead of the usual line by line, but that's it. Wondering if anyone sees the same behaviour and knows why. Here is the text with multiple overrides: a different font, pink and pink+bold Here over in Acrobat, no <span> tags.   In the past, I would have expected aomething like this (in this case I manually added the <span> tag): 

I am working on a poetry book that has more than 100 images in it. I am trying to split columns for poems that are long but I have to change it because the author wants the last line not included in the 2-column text. I tried to unsplit the columns again but it crashes. If I am able to unsplit, the problem is I cannot split it again. This is so frustrating.

I have a pie graph that I made in illustrator (.ai file) that Im trying to put into indesign but when I do I'm getting a grayscale almost duplicate of the chart showing up in indesign, although the two narrowed slices in greyscale dont extend out like they do in the color graph that actually exists in illustrator (this also shows up in an exported pdf). I've tried resaving and relinking the file but nothing is getting the greyscale almost duplicate to go away. The illustrator file is in cmyk and the illustrator file was set up for print. Any idea on how to fix this? Top screenshop is the graph in illustrator, bottom screenshot is in indesign.Thanks   

Hi everyone,  I've been having issues importing PDF comments into InDesign. Initially, I had this popup But I managed to bypass that by importing the comments in parts and some comments just don't work.   However, now InDesign crashes every time I try to import comments. Has anyone know of a solution or what's causing this?   Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!     <Title renamed by MOD>

Almost everyday, I have an issue where the top of the InDesign window is off the screen, which means I can't move the window around to position it properly on my monitor. The solution I've found is to use Mission Control to shift the InDesign window on to another monitor, which typically shifts it down just enough to be able to click the top of the window and drag it down more. Sometimes resizing the window will cause it to pop back on to the screen properly, but that doesn't always work. I'm flagging this because it doesn't happen with any other Adobe programs, and it's consistent enough to be really disruptive to my workflow.As an aside, multiple-monitor performance across Adobe programs is quite poor in general; pop-up windows for things like exporting, effects, etc. often appear on different screens at random, and still do so even after being repositioned in a prior use. I really wish Adobe could fix this. I use a Macbook Pro (16-inch, 2021, M1 Max, 64 GB RAM) for work. I

Hi. Is anyone else having the issue of shortcuts not working after updating to the 2025 version of InDesign. Some examples:Holding down shift key while resizing does not do anything anymore.Copy elements with the option key doesn't work.Even switching between tools is laggy and doesn't work each time.And more. Everything was working great last time I opened InDesign and there have been no changes on my end. Solutions I've tried.- Restarting the program- Restarting the computer- Unistalling and reinstalling the program- Test different keyboards I can't revert to older versions as the projects I'm working were created on this version.Please, if anyone has some advice, share it with me.

Hello community, I recently had to format an old iMac 2017 and reinstall system 10.14 Mojave. I was running inDesign 2018 on it just fine. I came to find out that Adobe doesn't hold any versions prior to 2023 anymore ( which does not work on Mojave ). And the support could not give me a download of their old version, referring me to this community. If anyone happens to still have the dmg file of the installer from the 2018 range or know a place where they still hold them, that would be really appreciated. Thank you everyone.

Hi guys,(using a new account, for the time being, until my "real" one is being fixed by Adobe) I'm into a new script to create/ manage Xrefs via tagged texts and I'm floored to see that F/C (grep tab obviously) seems not being able to find Anchors text (~I in grep)- A copy/ paste form a textframe into the F/C does show the correct character, nicely saying that it should be possible to find it.  I'm assuming I do something wrong. @Peter Kahrel did create a script to manage Text anchors (https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/text_anchors.html) so it's definitely possible to do something about them via script.But what about via F/C? Any experience on the matter guys?Thanks for your lights PS: Why I'm asking?Because I'd like to check/ remove conditionnal text that may be applied on them. It'll be simple enough via F/C window. 

I have been using English/Arabic regional version of InDesign for a while now, specifically because it includes the LTR/RTL options. The Paragraph panel un until recently included the Right-to-left toggle, which allowed me to work in both RTL and LTR copy. In version 17.1 of  InDesign 2022 it was there, however in version 17.2 it has disappeared. I had updated my version of InDesign, but, had to downgrade it in order to regain this crucial feature.  Are there plans to return this this toggle? For those of us who work in multiple languages this is essential (even when working in Arabic, it is necessary).  

My InDesign file is 5mb.  When I export it to a PDF, it becomes 80mb.  Compressing the file didn't work because it is too large.  I don't think it is the images in the document--when I used the Optimized PDF function with Adobe, much of the issue was "x object forms" (taking up 90% of the file size).  Any thoughts?

I am working on indexing a >1,000 page, 18 document book. I would like to have ALL index terms from all documents in the Index pallette regardless of which/how-many document(s) are open. Currently, only the index terms from the open documents appear in the index pallette. How can I get that done? The book container .indb is open. Having all >1000 pages (with LOADS of large illustrations) open makes ID slow and crashy (iMac 18 core 64 GB RAM: not a hardware limitation). Having all terms available is important for consistency and to be able to search for existing index entries. Thanks for letting me know.