InDesign

it is the second time Indesign freeze after showing the "Help improve Adobe products" window. first time last week and now, today morning. may be the monday morning... ? anyway I must cmd+alt+esc to close indesign.         <Title renamed by MOD>  

Hi..A client has given me a word document converted from epub to word, to be typeset in indesign. The word document is a complete mess and there are random carriage returns inbetween sentences. This is making the sentences break in the middle. Is there any quick fix for this using grep? I'm able to find all the broken sentences using this find grep :  ^[a-z]. But to join them back I'm not sure what to put in the replace grep. So I'm having to manually delete the carriage return, add a space and join the sentence. Any help would be appreciated. Please find a picture attached. 

When attempting to export a PDF file from InDesign, I encounter an low res issue when the document contains a linked InDesign Document Cloud file.

Hi, in the past it was possible to customize the .mrk file so that when "page information" was checked, a custom text could be obtained in  the PDF. It seems that this file is no longer present in the latest CC versions. Is there a way to customize the text that is created when "page information" is checked? For example, removing the time or adding text next to the date, etc. Thanks!

Hi, I have a project that uses a lot of repeat elements, which I saved in an InDesign CC library. I redesigned the project last year and added lots of new assets to the CC library. When I opened the library today, all the newer files are missing - it appears to have reverted to a version of the library from over a year ago, before I created the redesign files. Is there any way to retrieve and re-add those assets? They are not visible in the InDesign library panel, nor in the project's library folder when I log in on Adobe.com. Many thanks!

When exporting HTML5 from InDesign, a popup appears titled "Export HTML5 Package." (As you can see in the photo attached0 Regardless of whether Export or Cancel is selected, the window behind the popup remains inaccessible.The popup "Export HTML5 Package" is prevents the ability to modify the Title, Description, or access the options under the Advanced button. So, Anyone find a way to close the "Export HTML5 Package" popup and regain access to the underlying window to enter the required information.

I've seen some scripts for deleting unused text frames and tried haphazardly to modify it to find and delete empty graphic frames instead with no success. Does anyone have any idea how this might be possible? I have very little knowledge in scripts, thank you in advance for your help!  Also, apologies if this is posted in the wrong place!

Hi everyoneI need a script to delete all empty graphics frames inside all tables of a multi page document.I've tested without success all that was included in the first post Delete empty graphics frames inside table  Anyone know how to rewrite those script so that all empty graphic frames from all tables are deleted?I've managed to work scripts to remove all the noise with an applescript with GREPs, to find a script to remove all empty lines, but my empty graphics frames prevent me from deleting my empty row.I've attached a example of the table that need to get rid of the empty graphic frame.I'm not that good at scripting, but I wanna learn, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Patrick

Hello,I'm encountering a critical issue with InDesign 2025 (version 20.3.0.60 on macOS 14.6.1). One of my .indd files causes the application to crash instantly upon opening.The file is essential and seems to be corrupted. I've already tried the usual recovery steps: opening without fonts or links, placing the file in a new document, exporting to IDML — none of these work, as the crash happens immediately.Here's part of the crash report: Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS I’m attaching the problematic file : https://we.tl/t-xwHxGnqlMf

I am exporting an 8.5x11 document (130 pages) to pdf. There are no bleeds. It is coming out as 9x11.5 in the pdf. I've never had this problem before. I tried exporting to Postscript, but that keeps turning the page from vertical to landscape, and I can't find options to change that in the export screen (all grayed out). Please help! Is this a glitch in the new (v 20.1) InDesign?

Hello Community, Can you put your tools in a custom order in Indesign 2023 (18.5.2)'s tool box? Unlike Photoshop's ability to easily customize the ORDER in which the tools appear, Indesign seems to only let you play with how the bar looks, not the SPECIFIC ORDER of the tools from top to bottom. On line and in this forum, there seems to be only instructions to toggle back and forth with vertical vs horizonla view—which is not the question I am hoping someone can let me know HOW to you put your specific tools in a specific custom order in Indesign 2023 (18.5.2)'s tool box.Many thanks & please do not tell me to double click on the double arrow to make the vertical and horizontal view option—that is not the question.

While page links work in v19.5.3, when exported to an ePub read by Apple Books on an iPad, the same export function in 20.3.1 leaves those links inactive.

Hola, tengo un problema con mi documento. El diseño de las maestras tiene márgenes de dos columnas, al agregar o quitar páginas, la caja útil queda desalineada. He intentado hacer estilos de objetos con desplazamientos especiales que en apariencia podrían ayudar a solucionar el problema, pero estoy segura de que debe haber una forma más eficiente y limpia de solucionarlo.¿Podrían ayudarme con esto? Muchas gracias, espero que sí 🙂

I've never seen this behavior in software before: Numbered lists in InDesign just continue incrementing their numbers, even when the list has been interrupted by some other kind of paragraph (which, in the vast majority of cases, means you are now in a new list). So... are we seriously doomed to the tedium of fixing the numbering on every first item of every list manually? And then, if we later want to add an item to the top of the list, we must not only set that entry to start at 1, but also go to the now-second entry and fix it so it isn't also #1?

In german-language there are special Characters called "Umlaute" (ü, ö, ä) or the "sharp s" (ß). If these characters are used in an vCard generated within the buildin function from indesign, they are replaced with other symbols on the iPhone QR-Code-Camera Reader. .   Do you know a good solution?

Hi! I've been working on an inDesign document for the last few months and took a couple weeks off. When I returned, inDesign had updated automatically and now my document will not open in this newer version. Are there any workarounds with this? Can I convert my older document to the newer version? Or revert back to the old version? I have it saved as both a pdf and indesign document. Please help 🙂 

Hi, Today I'm trying to convert PDF using Indesign beta as latest version InDesign beta able to convert PDF to InDesign. But when I try to open it from File > Open, the PDF is greyed out and I cant select it. Even I try enable from All Readable document to All document, nothing happened, and when I drag and drop directly to InDesign beta showing "Undefined Error" window. The PDF I try to opened was from InDesign, page less than 10 and connected to internet. Any idea what happened?

In the table context menu, there's "Distribute rows evenly," but that actually maximizes row height. Where's the opposite, to size each row to the text within it? 

I also have huge problems with table strokes: they seem to behave totally erratically. I can't control them even in Cell Styles any more. I've been trying to define a cell style where the sides and the top would be transparent and the bottom stroke black. But deactivating the unwanted sides doesn't work, and making them transparent with the new "Stroke" panel doesn't work either. It's a mess.

Hi Adobe Support,I'm unable to export my InDesign file to PDF. I receive the following error:"Possible cause of failure is present on spread with page number '1'."I’ve tried removing content from Page 1, checking for missing fonts/links, exporting to IDML, and rebuilding the spread, but the issue persists.The source .indd file is attached for your review. Please help identify the root cause and guide me to resolve it.

Not sure why this does this. Same border settings for both Item & Description, yet the block does not merge. There is clearly overlap, so they should merge. Other styles in this document merge fine. Just this particular one does not. Styles are based on Item & Desc. If I change the Desc style to be based on Item / HL, it will work, but then it doesn't update properly should I change the base Desc style.  Thoughts?

Hi,I'm using InDesign to create a memory book. Many people get one page each to fill with content. As past projects have shown, people are really keen about using Emojis, which I'd like to support. But I just can't get Emojis into InDesign via Data Merge, only when I copy&paste them manually.My workflow so far:In InDesign, I create a layout with sample texts, including Emojis.I create a character style for Emojis, using the EmojiOne font.In my paragraph style, I define a GREP Style to detect Emojis in any text and apply the character style created in the above step.This works. But as for the data merge part:I provide a sample page to help people get an idea how to fill it and what it will look like.I provide a Google form. People fill it with text and upload images.Google spreadsheet magic: I'm using a few formulas to prepare the texts for InDesign, and a script to determine the file names of the uploaded images.I download the resulting spreadsheet (tried several formats here).I us

Hi AllI’m trying to find out how to export two PDF's at once from Indesign CC. I'm aiming to get 1 PDFx-1a PDF (High res with crop and bleed) and 1 smallest File Size (Cropped, no marks)? Could you point me in the right direction or if anyone has a working script I could use that would be amazing. My brain is going to fall out my ears.Many thanksRahul

I just created a 12 page program booklet in InDesign. Saved to my computer (Mac)I am UNABLE to open this file - - InDesign says "Cannot open the document XXXX.indd" You may not have permission or the docuyment may be open already." - - I've quit InDesign, restarted my computer, but nothing works. Any suggestions?

When I close the recent fonts list and view the fonts used for certain characters, it points to the font's middle position in the list. But when you open the recent fonts list, it points to the most recent list. Sometimes this gives me a choice to get stuck. Because, sometimes I need to reselect the font down or up near the original font. Yes, the recent list is sometimes more convenient. But sometimes it's not the most needed. Now, I want to keep the recent list, but when I want to see the currently used font, I want it to point to the original list, not recent.How can I achieve this.