InDesign

I'm creating an Index in InDesign v20.5 and I need to merge similar plurals and abbreviations into one entry.For example the fllowing all need to come under on Index entry 'Electrocardiogram'ECGECGsElectrocardiogramElectrocardiograms Help please!I'm really struggling to find a solution...

Hi dear all,I am working with the latest version of InDesign. I was trying to change the shortcut for "Zoom in" from Cmd + = (which is impossible to work with if you are on a German keyboard) to Cmd +, to fit all other Adobe programs. Unfortunately, the program won't let me assign the Cmd++ + shortcut as a new shortcut for "Zoom in". I tried to assign Cmd for any other empty shortcut and it wasn't working either, neither when I tried to assign something with Shift + or Option + or Command + ...Can anyone help me with this?Thank you.

I use Indesign to prepare files for exporting to epub format. I want to add a dynamic feature: a buyer's email will be added onto every first page, as part of their purchase licence of the ebook. How can I set this up in Indesign?  

I have selected some text, tables, and images, and I want to apply object styles(exapmle name:"AA") to the images.How do I capture these images?Sometimes they are imported from Word without links. Other times, they may be linked. This is the original code for capturing the table: if (app.selection != null) { for (var f = 0; f < app.selection.length; f++) { var obj = app.selection[f]; var t = obj.texts[0].tables; . . . } 

Hey InDesign World, Cannot create a NEW DOCUMENT. Either through key command or the main FILE drop down. From Main FILE, I'm greeted with this: Command N is no longer offered as an option. I can still open old projects, but apparently can't start new ones. Any ideas? Working with version 20.2 Thank you, jen

Hello, I posted a few days ago about the InDesign program, where I am facing problems with the diacritics in the Arabic language, and the help that was provided to me was not sufficient and did not succeed. I want a radical solution. When I convert the file to a PDF file, the movements disappear or move.

I know there is a problem with fonts missing, but how do I fix this?  If I want to install the missing fonts, will that work?  If I want to substitute fonts, what exactky do I do- Step by step,TIA for any help.  I am admittedly lost. 

I am publishing a print and an ebook version of a book about music. I have occasion to present analytical representations of song lyrics - example attached. I know nothing about InDesign, but that is the tool my book designer is using. She/we are having difficulty getting the alignment to come out right in the EPUB file InDesign exports. I have looked at the html and stylesheet in the EPUB file (using Calibre), and I can see she is flailing. I believe if someone were doing this for a web page, they would use a CSS grid layout. My understanding is that InDesign has equivalent grid functionality, and my instinct is that is what we should be using, but the designer doesn't seem familiar with the grid functionality in InDesign, at least for this purpose. I am posting this to ask what would be the appropriate tool/functionality in InDesign to get the alignment right in the EPUB output. (Feel free to answer using InDesign specific terminology, as I will be passing this on to her anyway.)

I'm logged in with the same account on both systems, but despite claims I've seen to the contrary, a workspace I created and saved on my Windows computer does not appear on my Mac. Presumably there's a workspace file I can manually copy between the two computers, but where do these reside under these OSes? And are workspaces supposed to sync?

Hi friends!I would like to hear input about the best way to automate the following: I have a lot of long footnotes that spread multiple pages. To help the user always continue in the right direction I want that whenever a story, either main text or footnote flows to another page, the first word of the continuation on the next page is printed under the last word of the first page. So the readers know where to continue. So if for example the first page end with the sentence: "President Trump dyes his hair yellow" and the next page continues " every night", the word "every" I s under the word "yellow" (in small print) on page one. And so on ....for footnotes that spanover pages Thanks upfrontSF

Since the 20.4 update, InDesign crashes several times a day! Even when I just want to open another document. It runs on Windows 10.Is anyone else having the same problem?

Hello Adobe Community,   I have a reoccuring issue on InDesign when using tables. If I set the line colours to 'none', obviously the lines change to white and don't show up. However, when I try to undo this and set them to black, they still don't show up. Any tips?   I am doing this by going into: Cell Options > Strikes and Fills > Colour   It shows that the colour is set to black but this does not show up.   Any help would be greatly appreciated!   <Title renamed by MOD>

I have a long document with a detailed index. There are several cross-references that show up as blank in the compiled index. If I try to link to a valid cross-references nothing happens - the cross-referenced topic remains blank.  Whenever I try to delete a bad cross-reference entry in the index list, InDesign crashes to the desktop (Mac OS).  I now get a corrupted file warning when I re-launch after a crash.  I'm pulling my hair out. Is there any way to remove these without causing an app crash or am I resigned to having to delete each bad entry in the compiled index? Thanks in advance for any help. 

Why has InDesign suddenly began to export overly-large interactive pdfs? I've been attempting to export a 23MB InDesign file to interactive pdf, but the lowest it can go is 9.3MB! Before you ask, I do know what i'm doing and i'm very familiar with the process - i've been doing it for years. Interestingly, i've run a side-by-side test with an older InDesgin document of the same size and the older doc compressed as it should (2.5MB). I then ran through the exact same process with the more recent doc and the resulting pdf is way too big.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Tabs works fine on the first line of the paragraph but when I start using it on the 3rd and 4th line the tabs find diferent locations. Please help.

I've written some JavaScript with the UXP facility to do some formatting. It works well... until I select one character too many. It's infuriating: The script iterates through all the paragraphs in a selection and does some styling; but midway through, the paragraphs are all deemed "invalid" by InDesign... but only if the selection goes beyond some invisible boundary. And the start of the "invalid" paragraphs in the overall collection (in the selection) changes based on how many characters the selection goes beyond the arbitrary one. Every extra character seems to cause the invalid paragraphs to start one spot earlier in the overall collection. Check this out:The farther past the F in "for" the selection goes, the earlier the "invalid" paragraphs are encountered in the collection. Starting with "fo," the 50th paragraph in the selection is invalid. For every non-space additional character I include at the end, the earlier the selection's paragraphs get corrupted (49th, then 48

Hi,I'm trying to create a new note in a text object. The note gets created successfully, and I'm also able to set the author without any issue.However, when I try to create or access the ITextModel to set the text content of the note, it returns nil. I'm not sure what I'm missing here.Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thanks! UIDRef storyRef = ::GetUIDRef(textModel); UIDRef newNoteRef = Utils<INoteDataUtils>()->NewNote(start,storyRef,documentRef); if(newNoteRef) { InterfacePtr<INoteData> noteData(newNoteRef, UseDefaultIID()); ASSERT(noteData); if(noteData == nil) { break; } PMString AuthorName = "Chetan"; WideString author(AuthorName); noteData->SetAuthor(author); InterfacePtr<ITextModel> noteTextModel(newNoteRef, IID_ITEXTMODEL); 

Hi, I created Navigation Tabs in my Indesign document. I did everyting like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnDOVYl6Jec. I exported as Interactive PDF (like in video) but the buttons are not working. They are there, I can click them but noting happens.  Here's the link to how it looks. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14lCW-AVzXpsxOqDgOWYmpOcrDJESCCCw/view?usp=sharing 

Dear Community, I'm hoping there's a solution to this one within Indesign. I have multiple different sized rectangle picture boxes (objects) on a page and need to resize them all at the same time by adding 6 mm to the height and 6 mm to the width of each. Essentially I have a page of many picture boxes of different sizes which I can add crop marks via the script, offset 3 mm from the object. I then need to add 3 mm around all images. And then I can fit content to frame all at the same time. This will then quickly give me images on the page with crop marks and bleed for multiple sized objects on a page ready for printing on large boards, and then images are trimmed down from the one sheet. I'm trying to avoid manually adding the 3 mm to each of the different sized boxes which I have about 150 images. RegardsSimon

Shift+F2 should be used to search for the next occurrence.I don't know what Ctrl+F2 does. I don't need them, I want to set them for other uses.If I don't cancel them, my newly set shortcut keys won't work.

Hi! I am in desperate need of some tips. My adobe plan was under my university but now that I have gradated the plan has experienced but I have yet to transfer my files. Is there a way to get back into the account and gain access to my files for even a day so I can gain access to my files? Also, once (or if) I can access how do I transfer my files!  Thank you so much!!

Hi, I do have some old files are using PageMaker 6.5. I try to use InDesign 2022 to open it, seems not working. May I know any option to open the file and save the text. 

I would like to try working with cloud documents in InDesign (I'm a bit sceptical). To do this, I would like to upload a few documents to the cloud. The help text says that I should upload these files via the Cloud app. When I try to do this, I get a message (which I find rather idiotic) saying that Adobe Cloud cannot process this file format (InDesign!). So the help file seems to be wrong. What is the correct procedure?

I am not sure if this is a bug or if InDesign is just lacking the simple and clearly self-evident ability to apply tints to swatches used within a gradient—the same way you would with a solid color object. When I select a node from the gradient bar to which a swatch color has been applied, the tint bar is greyed out. The only workaround I've found is to convert the swatch to CMYK/RGB and shift-drag the sliders to try and maintain hue.Has anyone else been impeded or annoyed by this?Is there a reason for the absence of this ability?

This has been a problem for years. Text in any of my documents will sometimes appear like this. I have to change the view in some way (pan, zoom, etc.) to get it to go away. Anyone know why this happens or how to fix?