InDesign

Hello, everyone.I want to put a notepad "name.txt" in the same directory as the scripts.The style names used in all my scripts will read the ones set in "name.txt".This way I can change them uniformly at any time.Is there a way to do this? For example, the content of my notepad looks like this, one style name per line.In parentheses ( ) are the style names:paraStname(mypar)charStname(title1)tabStname(mytab)footerStname(footer)objStaname(mypic) Thank you very much.

Solving Arabic Flipped Numbers Entire document In Indesign, Placed from MS word

I tried, with a script to export all pages.However, when I manually export a single page (say page 6) from File>>Export>>.Then, I run the script and it still exports page 6.The 2nd time I run the script, it exports all pages.Is there a cache? How do I clear it? Seems like someone on the forum mentioned this, The problem does not seem to have been resolved.https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/problems-with-pagerange-allpages-reliability/td-p/3536073The next sentence is the same. 2nd entry into force.app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES; try { if (myDialog.show() == 1) { var myPDFExportPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item(myDropdown.selection.text); myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, myPDFFile, false, myPDFExportPreset); app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = PageRange.allPages; } else { alert('Export canceled'); } } catch (e) { alert("is OPEN……") } 

Devo ricollegare delle immagini ma con estensione differente (da .ai a .jpg). Vorrei che si ricollegassero tutte insieme non una ad una. Come posso fare? Grazie

Hi all, I'm having trouble when exporting my digitally fillable form from indesign, I am saving it as interactive the boxes just don't pop up. Does anyone know how to fix it? I've attached a pic of it.   

InDesign document has two columns, a table is placed in the 2nd column/ right column, InDesign tagged it as normal text instead of tagging as table structure.  It is a bug. placed screenshot for reference. Can Adobe InDesign  team look into it to fix.  

Hello all! I'm hoping that someone can help me figure out how to create a set of lotería tablas (similar to bingo) using a set of 54 images distributed randomly across 100 pages.Requirements:100 total pages, each with one gridImage grids will be 4x4Each page must have a unique arrangement of imagesAny one image should be used only once on each pageSpacing and placement of the grid must be consistent across all pages.I have a notion that this could be solved using scripts, but I have almost no experience with creating or using those myself. Any help would be appreciated! I have attached an example of how I'd like for these tablas to be laid out for your reference. Happy to answer any questions you may have if it helps me get to a solution! 

Hi I am hoping you can help. I thought I had set up the cover and spine I designed for my first Amazon book as per the KDP cover calculator. But KDP has rejected it saying it is the wrong size. My book is 152.4 x 228.6 mm (6x9 inches) with 142 pages. The calculator says the front cover is 152.4 x 228.6 mm, with 3.17 mm margins and 3.17 mm bleed all round. I assumed the back cover would be the same. So I created a three-page spread with facing pages unticked. In document setup, I put 152.4 x 228.6 mm, and bleed and margins of 3.17mm all round. Once the document was created, I unticked allow pages to shuffle and docked the three pages together. Then I changed the spine to 8.24 x 228.6 as per the calculator. Amazon rejected this when I uploaded it, saying it was only 6x9 inches. I uploaded it as one PDF with front and back cover and spine. Please can you tell me how I fix this in document setup after selecting adjust layout. I looked again at the KDP calculator and it says the f

Hi People, Wondering what is happening with the new InDesign PDF Import option. Even when I attempt to import a PDF which was created in InDesign (V20.4), it fails with the message "Some features of this PDF are preventing it from being converted". A useless feature if it can't be used I feel. The only app in the CC collection that appears to have no problems importing my sample document is Photoshop. I've attached a sample file. Regards Andrew  

Hi, this seems basic but I can't seem to find anything. Is there a way to change the default setting of Object Layer Options – the "When Updating Link:" dropdown default is "Keep Layer Visibility Overrides". I would like it to always be set to "Use PDF's Layer Visibility".  Any help would be appreciated, thanks ☺️ 

Hello. Is there a way to configure a preflight setting so it olnly checks visible objects and layers, excludes hidden objects and turned of layers? Best regards MattiasTeamleaderStibo Complete ABSweden 

Does anyone know of a script to merge all pre selected tables in an indesign page and merge as one table, keeping each table as a individual row in the merged table?

Hello all, I have heard that since the latest update (October 2023) it should be possible to compare texts from two files. Is this correct? Can someone explain to me where I can find the function? Thus far, I have only been able to find (old) answers from 2020 on this topic, which recommend exporting the files to PDF or using a script. However, I would like to compare the texts directly in Indesign. Many thanks in advance!

So as mentioned in the title, what I'm requesting is "simple" but I am unable to find a way to do it.Currently, I am working on a project, for which, I have to:Export the whole Indesign document as a PDF file.Export specific pages to a different PDF file.Export other specific pages to another different PDF file.And so on...The specific pages range & the PDF file names are always the sameThe document is updated on a daily basis, so I have to perform the same tasks many times each day and it's such a waste of time... Please let me know if there is a way to do the same from Adobe Acrobat Pro as well; extracting each defined range of pages to a specific PDF document automatically (meaning that I won't have to specify the pages and the document name each time) Thanks in advance!

On page 61 step 3; "click create at the bottom right (not shown)" where is the create bottom? 

I am creating a script that allows the user to export PDFs with the preset built into the script (this ensures users do not use the wrong preset, and bypasses exporting PDFs as background tasks). The issue I am having is with the transparency flattener setting. This is required for my PDFs, but I can not figure out how make the script set the flattener to HIGH.Here are the settings in my code:prefs.acrobatCompatibility = AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_4;prefs.transparencyFlattenerSettings = app.flattenerPresets.itemByName("[High Resolution]");}prefs.pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES;prefs.exportReaderSpreads = exportSpreads;prefs.optimizePDF = true;prefs.colorBitmapCompression = BitmapCompression.JPEG;prefs.colorBitmapQuality = CompressionQuality.HIGH;prefs.grayscaleBitmapCompression = BitmapCompression.JPEG;prefs.grayscaleBitmapQuality = CompressionQuality.HIGH;prefs.monochromeBitmapCompression = BitmapCompression.NONE;prefs.compressTextAndLineArt = true;prefs.cropImagesToFrames = true;pr

I have a character style "nocolor" that I would like to apply to commas that fall at the end of a line, in the middle of a description (client does not like commas at the end of lines, but when copy is reflowed, we have to remember to add the commas back in). Is there a GREP expression that will capture the comma at the end of a line (not paragraph) and apply the character style to it? (in attached example, the comma after "sugar".

Can today's date be automatically added before the file name when export PDF?For example, my file name: myFile.inddevery time to add the day before the date, such as: 2025-02-05-myFile.pdf I often change the ID file name directly, a little impatient. I use a bit too many templates and sometimes I need to modify them temporarily.Directly with the script export, can not temporarily modify the template.Can you automatically modify the name when exporting?Then only call the ID software comes with the interface to export PDF?

Ciao a tuttiHo un problema con un collegamento ipertestuale. All'interni di un documento indesign ho inserito un collegamento che porta alla mia pagina behanche, ma dopo che ho esportato in pdf se clicco sul colegamento non mi porta alla destinazione che gli avevo indicato. Nel browser mi dice questo errore:

Is it possible to determine if the current window is InDesign?Or does the script fail when InDesign changes to a non-current application?

Hiya, This has been ongoing for a few weeks. My page thumbnails in Indesign are not showing, they are just blank. I've got massive documents that I'm working with and I can't navigate them because of my blank page thumbnails. Any work arounds? I'm on a Mac Studio Max M, running version 18.5

Hi,indesign often crashes when exporting to PDF, I've attached some logs.It crashes regardless if it is exported to local disk or network.Is this a known problem ? any solution ?thanks

I’m currently working on a project that involves programmatically resizing the primary text frame in Adobe InDesign, and in some cases, creating one if it doesn’t already exist. I’ve reviewed the InDesign C++ SDK documentation, but I haven’t found any clear guidance or relevant interfaces that address how to create or resize the primary text frame using the SDK. Could someone please clarify:Is it possible to programmatically create or resize the primary text frame using the InDesign C++ SDK?If so, which interfaces and methods should be used to accomplish this?Any examples, pointers, or references to relevant SDK classes or sample code would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello,I have a text box with an anchored object. By defold this object is above the text.Is there a way to get the anchored object behind the text? 

I’m working with a table in InDesign and trying to create the appearance of a vertical line with gaps at the top and bottom between rows.Here’s what I’ve tried:Added a narrow column and applied a cell fill to mimic a vertical line.Added top and bottom cell insets (padding) via Table > Cell Options > Text.Tried adding spaces or soft returns inside each cell to force the padding to take effect.But the fill still runs full-height, and I can’t get the padding to create visible gaps at the top and bottom of the fill area.Is there a better method to achieve this effect using native table features (no manual lines)?See orange line below, I'm trying to create this with stroke, not add in manually. the arrow head I can add in manually.