InDesign

I'm completely new to xml. I'm attempting to import a xml into InDesign. I've basically got things working, but I'm surprised to find that the process of mapping tags to styles is glacial on my machine—mapping a tag to a style seems to take from 15 minutes to an hour.  I've tried clearing the InDesign cache with no apparent effect. I'm using a Mac Studio M2 Max, 32 GB memory. Mac OS 14.7.1InD version 2-.3. I'm getting similar results from the latest InD beta. The xml file is from Oxford's resources based on the Bodleian copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays. It's described as being "encoded in Text Encoding Initiative XML (TEI P5 conformant)," if that means anything to anyone.  It's 398 KB. Any thoughts?

Hi, beginner Adobe user here who does not use InDesign often - I have a source file with a deck that I need to edit. When I open the file in InDesign, there are a few pages that are extremely low quality. I have a PDF to compare to, so know that it was clear at one point. It was created by someone else who I am no longer in contact with so I can't ask them to make new edits. I know some of the images and assets need to be re-linked, which I am able to for most, but for some of the pages, the images or spreads look absolutely fried and do not even let me link/re-link any assets (e.g. the title page image is not selectable, so I can't even replace the asset). I checked for locked layers as well. Am I missing something here? I think some of the assets were made previously in Photoshop, but I was not given any photoshop files along with this deck's source folder. Could this be a reason for the quality? Thanks for any help!

Je voudrais créer un fichier PDF depuis Indesign avec l'outil Imprimer le cahier. Dans les paramètres d'impression je n'ai pas l'obtion Adobe PDF comme imprimante. J'ai déjà eu ce problème il y a quelques années en arrière. Mon ordinateur, c'est un mac, j'ai besoin d'installer quelque chose en plus pour avoir cette option d'imprimante, mais je ne sais pas quoi. 

I recently created a 10 page document based on an existing file and did a save as. I spent hours on this document. Once i closed it and reopened it an hour later, it opened up as the old original document is was based on!! I went to open other documents that were created in this way and they all were old files!! what the heck. This is a HUGE problem.

Hi all—I'm experienced with Indesign, but not so much with GREP. Hoping to get helpw with what is most likely a syntax error. I am trying to set up a GREP expression that will style text inside of quotes within a paragraph (including the quote marks. I set up this GREP expression: ~{.+~}\sThis works to apply the style to the quote text; however, when there is more than one string of quoted text within a paragraph, all text between the first opening quote mark and the final closing quote mark in the paragraph gets styled, as seen here: In this case, the words > I would go to rehearsal every day and say, < should not have the sans serif character style applied. I'm assuming there is code that should be included to "reset" the GREP call when the first closed quote mark character is reached, then reapply when the following open quote character is encountered, etc?Thank you in advance.

the properties of  CMYK-color are pretty staight forward:swatch.colorValue = [33,33,33,100]; swatch.name = "richblack"; swatch.space = "CMYK"; swatch.model = "PROCESS";That is a CMYK richblack called swatch with the CMYK-values (33/33/33/100). When I setup a spotcolor HKS  4 K, it looks like this:swatch.name = "HKS 4 K"; swatch.space = "CMYK"; swatch.model = "SPOT";As you can see, it has no color value. Why is this, is there another collection where I can get those? I mean: yes, it is a spot color. But it still needs simulation colors (CMYK or RGB) onscreen, right? The reason why I'm asking is: Lets say I have a table of colors with LAB, CMYK and RGB-values. Now I want to programmatically pollute the swatches in my active Document with a bunch of spot colors. Lets say we have...var name = "HKS 4 K"; var cmyk = [0,20,100,0];How can I:- if that color is already known, but not a swatch of the current document--> add it.- If that color is unknown--> add it and giv

  If the table header row is only one row, this script seems to work.But if there are two table header rows, this header is again basically dizzy and hopeless. dupeTopRow(myTable); myTable.rows.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, myTable.rows[0]); /** * duplicate the first row af a myTable * @ param the myTable * @ return void */ function dupeTopRow(t){ var newRow = t.rows.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, t.rows[0]); var newCell = newRow.cells var lr = t.rows[1].cells for (var i = 0; i < newCell.length; i++){ newCell[i].properties = lr[i].properties; };  

I am trying to hyperlink to page 13, but when I save that, it changes to page 14. Not sure what to do here or why this is an issue. Video attached.

What is the shortcut key for "Edit Hyperlink" ?It's not listed anywhere in the Keyboard Shortcut - Product Area drop-down menus. Sincerely,Grumpy Old Lady"get off my lawn"

Trying to open this PNG in illustrator to edit. It keeps opening in Photoshop instead.Window settings are set to auto open PNGs in Photos app so not sure why its doing this.

can someone help me about this error please? I need to publish this epub file for the sake of my job please help....your answer in appreciated, thanks.

Hi, I would like to format a text with Indesign so that the first two text frames have a larger font size and then return to a normal font size. Do you know how I can do this? I have tried nested styles and greps but still can't get it to work.Thanks  🙂

I want the “alert(”Existing table header“);” to disappear automatically in 2 seconds!I found a code from the internet and it doesn't seem right. $(document).ready(function() { // Show warning box $("#alert-box").fadeIn(500, function() { // Automatically turns off after a certain period of time (e.g. 3 seconds) setTimeout(function() { $("#alert-box").fadeOut(500); }, 3000); // 3000 milliseconds = 3 seconds }); }); My original code.var cell = app.activeDocument.selection[0].parent; var myTable = cell.parent; firstRow = myTable.rows[0]; //add 1 row at the table top if ((firstRow.rowType !== RowTypes.HEADER_ROW) && (myTable.rows[0].cells[0].contents !==contName)) { dupeTopRow(myTable); myTable.rows.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, myTable.rows[0]); /** * duplicate the first row af a myTable * @ param the myTable * @ return void */ function dupeTopRow(t){ var newRow = t.rows.add(Locatio

Hey,I can't find anywhere how to copy effects applied to the object (e.g. drop shadow, inner glow, etcetera) to another object.Is that possible?

Ich habe eine Tabellenzeile abwechselnd mit Grau hinterlegt. Nun möchte ich NUR die Textinhalte kopieren und an anderer Stelle in derselben Indesign-Tabelle einfügen. Leider kopiert es mir jedesmal die Flächenfarbe mit. Was mache ich falsch?

Looking at my preflight panel to check the errors on a multi-page doc. I am getting 2 overset text errors. But when I go to the specified area of the doc, there is nothing. I tried everything - I deleted everything off the spread, and the error still remains. There is nothing locked on the spread. I checked all layers of the documents and even checked the master pages to no avail. What's weird is if I copy and paste the contents of the page to a new doc, the error is gone. I have tried individually deleting all the type boxes and the error remains.   Please help!<Title renamed by Moderator>

Hello,I'm unable to change colors in Adobe InDesign 20.3.1 on macOS Sequoia 15.5. The Color panel is grayed out, even though it was working perfectly from the time I installed the system until just recently.Thank you for your help.

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Hi I’ve run into an interesting challenge trying to convert my print book design into an EPUB in InDesign. I deleted the table of contents. But KindlePreviewer 3 gives the error message below when I try to download as EPUB, saying TOC hyperlinks have been found without target text anchor info.  I’m concerned that if I do what the error message says, (which is make text anchor in soucre paragraph), the document will still have a print TOC and that will mess with the EPUB’s TOC with hyperlinks. Here’s the process I went through to try to fix the problem:On the contents page, I selected the text frame the TOC sat within and deleted the frame.Then I deleted the page that the TOC was on.Then tried to download it as EPUB and got the error message. So I followed online instructions as follows:Deleted the para styles that I had applied to TOC body copy and chapter heading. Created new chapter heading para style.The TOC was not linked to a specific table of contents fil

 So I booted up InDesign beta on my Surface Pro 11 and it's completely broken.  I can't open documents.  The user interface is messed up.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling.  I tried rebooting.  I just can't use it at all.

Hi is there a way to anchor captions to photos? I am anchoring my photos to text then generating static captions. The static captions are always too close to the photo so I drag the caption box down a little.But when I delete a blank page somewhere in the document, it moves the captions away from their photos following that page I've deleted. I googled solutiosn and it said to group the photos with their captions but InDesign won't let me select a photo and its caption and group them. It will allow me only to select one or the other. 

Hi, I am having issues when Exporting a InDesign file. It keeps cancelling export and says there is an issue on page x. I have no clue what the issue may be.Further, when I remove that page and try exporting again, it says there's an issue on another page. It even cancels exports for pages e.g. 25-40, saying there is an issue on page 5. Does anybody know how to resolve this?

Hello all. In a text frame, when I attempt to add a new line where much space still exists in the frame, hitting "Enter" doesn't simply go to the next line and enter the text. It disappears and bumps to an overflow frame, as if it is too much for the current frame, which it definitely is not.  Any help will be much appreciated. 

We are preparing Black and White images for offset print.The images will be printed on a black backgrounds and the printer suggested using this rich black mix in indesign: (50/40/30/100). I am now scared that the RGB images, that I will convert to CMYK (PSO Uncoted v3 Fogra52, as the printer suggested to export with) will turn out in a different black than the background set to the printes rich black (50/40/30/100)..I converted my images in Photoshop to the printers colorprofile, but in the darkest areas, the image has a composition of about 88,60,45,89.I suppose printing these images onto the black pages will result into a darker or ligher "frame" around my images due to the different composition.I thought about making my own color profile but am unsure about some values.Is there any way to tell an image its darkest value should be composed of something like 50,40,30,100?Does it matter if the rich-blacks of the background are slightly different than the ones of my image?50,40,30,

Experts, I need some quick help. I'm working on a project (due in a couple days, of course). The .indd is saved in a cloud folder. I've been adding and editing it from two different computers (both Mac OS Sequoia 15.5). Everything was fine, until it wasn't. The entire message, on both computers is: "Cannot add data to "file name.indd". The file, "file name.indd" is damaged (Error code: 6).  I've tried downloading my file an opening it from my desktop. Same result. I also tried changing the Preferences > File Handling > Document Recovery Data Folder. Didn't work. What's going on? What can be done?  Thank you!