InDesign

have been using InDesign pretty sure over 20+ years. before that I used Quark Xpress & recently wanted to rotate an image around a circle & remembered Quark had something called Super Step & Repeat. I’m not as fluent in Illustrator so hoping there’s a way to do that same thing as easily in InDesign as it was in Quark so many years ago. Thanks for helping me figure out how to do this task.

Pretty simple and unusual bug. I haven’t noticed a pattern yet, but I have set a custom workspace at least 5+ times in the past 2 weeks and CC Libraries and Style Packs keep getting added. I have never added those and manually removed them multiple times (and then saved that workspace.)I have deleted the workspace and made a new one, overridden it, seemingly tried everything. This is such a small thing that is driving me crazy. InDesign 21.3 on Mac Tahoe 26.2. Before telling me to update to 21.4, I will not because of the bugs breaking simple layout and selection things :)

Hi AllI used to be able to scale a text box with cmd and shift and the text would scale with the text boxNow using Indesign CC this doesn't happen.I think I need to change the settings in the Text Frame Options window.What do I need to change to scale the text with the text box.

I tried clicking the left mouse button repeatedly, but that didn’t seem to work.It seems that only double-clicking to select a word or triple-clicking to select an entire line works.However, when adjusting a specific column or page, it can also be useful to select the text in the current column or on the current page. 

I’ve designed two reflowable ePubs in the last 48 hours with same image alignment error. I design them all of the time, so it’s not me. Images are not center aligned though I’ve selected align center layout and even manually added object export custom alignment center to the image with same result of left alignment. Please advise. Thank you.

InDesign was working fine last night. This morning, when I tried to export a PDF, it became unresponsive. I Forced Quit and tried again. After this second try, after it loads, I get only a grey screen and am unable to even access preferences. On top of that, it seems to be using significant energy. I tried uninstalling and installing other versions, to no avail. 

I have currently selected multiple images, and I want to use a script to generate captions. After generating static captions, automatically select the captions as the operating objects.In the future, I will make other adjustments to the captions.  

I have been trying to generate styles using scripts for a long time.Suddenly realizing that this is a thankless task.Perhaps importing styles can be easily implemented. If my script is located at: ../scripts/myScript/aa.jsxMy style file can be found at: ./scripts/styles/myStyle.inddIs there a script that can import all style structures (including group names) with one click?One click import of all, no need to select.

I used InDesign professionally, every day of my life, from v.1 through 2014. I've gotten out of design and print production, but have kept an old copy for random use and access to my old files. Just last month I upgraded to an Apple Silicon Mac, and so got the latest Creative Cloud apps.    I'm finding the current InDesign SUPER annoying to use. When I try to grab certain elements, particularly picture boxes, it seems to be completely random if the cursor grabs the frame or the content. I'm always using the top arrow (item selection tool). This used to be enough to guarantee that I'd grab the whole item and not the enclosed image. But no longer.    Is there a setting that can restore the old (logical) behavior? Has Adobe's UX team, in its cruel efficiency at tormenting its users, added an arbitrary step here? Please help.    <Title renamed by moderator>

Find missing glyph.InDesign crashes when handling documents containing tables.It doesn't crash if you set it to the paragraph and cell level.Documents containing overset text also crash.Is this an InDesign bug?app.findGlyphPreferences.glyphID = -2;alert(app.activeDocument.findGlyph()[0].contents); 

Since updating to the 2026 version, InDesign has been working slower and slower for me, primarily on my iMac. Launching the app takes almost two minutes, the spinning wheel appears roughly every 30 seconds and lasts for up to a minute, and it’s become impossible to. I’ve restarted, updated, and cleared my iMac, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and nothing seems to help. Is there something I’m missing?

Is it possible to create dynamic QR codes? I know you can create static QR codes but I would like it to change midway

I’ve been experimenting with the Beta version, and just found that I can’t copy a Column Break symbol from the release version and paste into the Beta version. I don’t know if other break symbols (or other symbols/markers) are affected.Also, I had to enable what’s shown below to allow styles to remain present from the release version into the Beta: Any thoughts?thanks

Bonjour à vous tous, J’ai crée un document indesign qui s’apparente à un CV Français (selon moi “indesign” le plus adapté pour le balisage) en séparant les contenus, texte (j’ai ouvert les fenêtres autant de fois que nécessaire, afin d’éviter les espaces blanc qui perturbent l’ats)/ Photo d’identité / et logo puces avec plusieurs calques afin de créer une lisibilité et une cohérence, surtout éviter les bug de lecture ATS dû à la photo les éléments décoratifs logo puce.Ma question est la suivante dois-je obligatoirement utiliser les styles de paragraphe comme indiqué sur les tutos google pour le balisage (il me semble que l’ATS se fiche du style de texte non o.0 pourvu qu’on détermine un ordre de lecture, avec article et qu’on met en berne photo/puces/ bloc d’éléments décoratifs non??) j’ai pu observer plusieurs fonctionnalités fenêtres - structure - balise et évidement le panneau article pour inscrire une cohérence ?? Quelle la méthode de balisage la plus “friendly” pour les ATS ?? Je

One of the affected spreads. The blank column does not appear when images are pasted over it. I need to know how to remove this. I created an idml version - no difference.  

When I set narrow bullet indents, the second line always goes wonky and pushed far out. When I set it to higher values, they align nicely.Font is Georgia 6pts, with 7.2pt leading. When I choose any larger font size than 6, it also works. I have:No paragraph styles activated No cell styles activated No tab styles activatedI’d appreciate any advice on how to fix this. Thanks for your time.__________________________________ *I realized first line indent is not what I want either, so as you can see below, even with small tab position, the 2nd line gets pushed out:  

I have a catalogue that already includes quite a lot of sections (based on specific product groups) as such, I don’t want to force numbering by starting a new section, as this will affect my automatic numbering setup and mix up the sections for each product group already added. However, I want to add adverts in between certain pages on my catalogue without this affecting the page numbers of the rest of my pages. for exampe, page 1, page 2, Advert, Page 3. We are constantly adding pages and need the automatic numbering function, and referencing the page number off a separate list is also not an option.  I see so many people with this exact same issue. Surely Adobe can add a “Exclude page from numbering” check box?

I created a numbered list Paragraph titled: Numbered List 1, the mode Start At  1. To be able to have this list continue numbering from 1 I duplicated the list, edited the Style Name: to Numbered List 1 Cont. and under Mode: I set it to: Continue from Previous.  For some reason the next numbered list continues at 4, not 2. What could be causing this to happen? I have never had this issue with numbering before. Any help would be appreciated. Todd

I have selected an image that is embedded in a text box.I want to obtain the Y value of the anchor point and the X value of the left column line of the anchor point. 

Hi everyone.I have selected all the content of the article and want to control the embedded images, so I need to obtain the text box where the images are located.Surprisingly, The parent of the character  is “Story”, not “TextFrame”.And parentTextFrames [0] may not necessarily be the text box where the image is located, It refers to the first text box that appears to be the story.How can I get the current textFrame for 'story. allGraphics [i]'?Thank you.var d = app.documents[0];var item = d.selection[0]var story = item.parent;if (story.allGraphics.length > 0) { for (var i = 0; i < story.allGraphics.length; i++) { var curFrame = story.allGraphics[i].parent.parent.parentTextFrames[0]; alert(curFrame.constructor.name); }} 

I’m unable to comment on this document. I get this error every time i try to comment on the document.  https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:f6518a2d-a66f-4f58-9de1-ea6c70d23f6aLink added 

I've been exploring Adobe InDesign recently and was wondering what's the one feature or shortcut you use all the time? Is there an InDesign tip that completely changed the way you design layouts? Share your favourite tricks for beginners and professionals alike!

Hello,I’m working on setting up a document where I have 8” x 9” pages forming a 16” x 9” spread. I’m trying to set up a 5 column grid on my master spread that jumps the gutter, but I can only find ways to set the number of columns per PAGE, and not to set the margins for the spread. In essence, I need a 16” x 9” page with a 5 column grid, but I need to set it up using two 8” x 9” pages so it can be printed as a spread. I functionally need 2.5 columns per page to create the grid structure I am looking for, but InDesign doesn’t support fractional columns, either.Can anyone tell me if there is a clean way to achieve this?Thanks!

I’m working on designing a digital menu for a restaurant and want to make it more user-friendly and visually appealing. Are there any Adobe tools or best practices you recommend for optimizing the layout, typography, and images? Also, what’s the best way to ensure mobile responsiveness?For reference, I’m looking at examples like chipotlMenu.com  and would love to hear suggestions on how to enhance similar designs.Looking forward to expert insights!