InDesign

Is it possible to export HTML content from InDesign for use on a coding website? I'm looking for the best methods to ensure the design translates well to web format, especially for responsive layouts.

We previously had been working on a rather old VM host purchased in 2017, with virtual work stations running Windows 10 accessing virtual file servers on that same VM host. Recently got a new VM host with Windows 11 work stations and felt like I was waiting for InDesign longer than I should have been when opening and saving files, so I did some testing. On the new host, file transfer time from the work station to the new file sever on the same host is a smidge faster than on the old one. Except for InDesign! In InDesign, opening a set of 20 files on the new server is taking on average 7 seconds longer than on the old server with Windows 10!!! 😮 The Windows 11 work stations have an Enterprise edition of Windows that is very “clean” with none of the usual bloatware and do not yet have any kind of antivirus on them yet. Has anyone seen problems like this with InDesign switching to Windows 11? ThanksKen

I occasionally have to enter Hebrew into the documents I create. I set it as World-Ready Paragraph Composer so that it reads RTL (just the Hebrew). I'm currently working on a doc that has NO Hebrew and only English LTR copy BUT when I try to set tabs, the ruler is RTL! I have already uninstalled InDesign once and redownloaded it. HELP!  

A litle help here; today suddenly, I've placed several logos and icons created in Illustrator, and they are showing a white background instead of being transparent. I thought it was a redraw issue so I quit everything and sitll the issue. Then I restarted and I still see it. Have placed other logos and same issue. Worst, the PDF is exporting with this white background!!! • Display is set to high Quality Display• Fill for placed logo is set to none, both on bounding box and object• Other logos placed before today don't have the issue.• Made a new file, placed a different vector, same issue. What gives??? Any clues?   InDesign 19.3 (yes I know there's a new version but it was giving me the issue of not bveing able to save)Mac OSX Sonoma 14.5Appli M1 Max 32GB  

When we create a Numbered list a lot a features are missing:– besides of tab (or Em, En, etc) we need an Indent to here character tooso i want this:1. List item     second row10. List item       second row– If I set a Character Style with underline, and set this for the Numbers (or bullets), it does not show upwhy?

Hi There So my layout contains several titels, which all have the same character style and paragraph style, on one page. Now i want all these titels as running headers on the top of each page. Indesign variable now limits me to only chose the first or last "running header". But in my case i have like 4 headers per page. Do any of you know how to solve this or know any scripts for this problem? I am searching the web now for quite some time. greatings 

Hey there.  Newbie here.  I haven't been in Indesign for 6 months.  I am creating a bulleted list using a pragraph style.  I used to hit (I think) Ctrl \ to get the second line of a bullet to line up with the text on the first line.  When I am doing it now, it indents the second line but way too far to the right.

Good morning,   I’m having an issue with Adobe InDesign 2026 v21.0.In my project, I have two linked InDesign files – one created in the newest version of the program, and the other in an older version 2025 v20.5. When exporting to PDF, I noticed that the file originating from the older version of InDesign is exported as an RGB bitmap with a resolution of 72 PPI, while the newer one exports correctly and retains vector data. In InDesign’s preview, everything looks fine – the issue appears only after exporting to PDF.<Title renamed by MOD>

The process to make a color gradient is so ridiculous in inDesign that it is not even funny. I don't think I am stupid, but nothing seems to be intuitive and it does not work.

I have a moving presentation with a lot of gifs. I need to export this file and put it on my website. What is the best way to export from indesign into a gif or mp4?

Hallo,ich kann den Review-Link nicht aktualisieren. Folgendes habe ich schon ausprobiert:Initial Review funktioniert (das erste Erstellen des Links) Update eines bestehenden Reviews schlägt fehl Fehler nur im Gesamtdokument beide Dokumenthälften funktionieren separat GPU-Flackern war vorhanden GPU deaktiviert behebt Flackern, aber nicht Review-Update PDFs ersetzt durch JPGs ohne Effekt neue Rahmen/neue Ebenen ohne Effekt keine Transparenzen/Schatten/Mischmodi Fehler abhängig von Gesamtkombination des DokumentsAdobe Cloud abmelden und neu anmelden, InDesign aktualisieren, InDesign Cache löschen, Adobe CEP Ordner umbenennen, Dokument als idml speichern, neu speichern unter anderem Namen - schon alles probiert. Es ist ein 240-Seiten Dokument basierend auf älteren InDesign Dokumenten, teilweise mit gleichen Texten und Bildern. Seiten wurden dupliziert, verschoben etc. Hat jemand noch Ideen? Wäre extrem wichtig, dass ein und derselbe Link aktualisiert werden kann. Der Kunde arbeitet mehrere

Can I export pages in an InDesign doc as an animated gif.I would like the gif to automatically progress from beginning to end of the book. Almost like an auto progression in a slide show. Thanks 

make a judgment first:If the document only has one layer and the layer name is not aa.I will rename this layer to "aa" and change the color to red  

This is driving me mad. I'm unable to drag my InDesign window around my screen or across my dual monitor. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I noticed that the little bar that always lives at the top of the window with the close, maximize, and minimize buttons is GONE. I most likely accidentally altered a setting but now I have no idea how to fix it! It does not have to do with being in Full Screen Mode or my Application Frame not being checked. I have checked both of these things. No other windows or documents are open within InDesign and I have already reset my Workspace multiple times.

I am experiencing an issue where vector artwork (.ai) becomes rasterized when placing an InDesign document into another InDesign document and exporting to PDF. Workflow: An InDesign document contains vector artwork (native vectors and linked AI files with PDF compatibility enabled).This InDesign document is placed into another InDesign document using File → Place.The final document is exported to PDF (PDF/X-4, no transparency flattening intended).  Expected behavior:All vector artwork should remain vector in the exported PDF. When opening the PDF in Illustrator, the artwork should be editable as vectors. Actual behavior:The placed content is rasterized: In InDesign, the placed document already appears pixelated even with Display Performance set to High Quality.After exporting to PDF, opening the file in Illustrator shows the placed artwork as a raster image, not vector data.This indicates the rasterization happens before or during placement/export, not jus

I have a file that's giving me the error "All spreads cannot be hidden" with an option to "unhide spreads" in the open dialog box. This button crashes InDesign everytime. I've tried to recover the file, which leads back to the same error.   I'm on the latest version for Mac: 20.4.1.4

I tried it, but it didn't seem successful.Am I looking for this information correctly?https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#TextWrapPreference.html#d1e267213var d = app.activeDocument;var items = d.selection;var item = d.selection[0];autType = item.textFramePreferences.autoSizingType;item.textFramePreferences.autoSizingReferencePoint = AutoSizingReferenceEnum.TOP_CENTER_POINT;item.textFramePreferences.autoSizingType = AutoSizingTypeEnum.HEIGHT_AND_WIDTH;item.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true;alert(item.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap); 

Publish online BUG!------------------------------The newest version of InDesign (21.3) gives bugs in the published online document. Certain buttons aren’t clickable anymore (it can be fixed by changing the layers they’re in, but they have been working perfectly fine for years) + another certain page with buttons completely flips when hovering over buttons - see here: test buurt Tried going back to the previous version of InDesign (21.2), did not help. Same for (21.1).  What changed?Urgent! Thankyou,  Helen

I used incopy online to share a document for editing of the content. I'm now stuck because although text changes were apparently made by the other party, the linked (in creative cloud) inddl file will not open in InDesign (spinning beachball of death) and opening the link to the file online (incopy online) shows only the first page and non-editable text. Any suggestions how to recover the situation?

Problem:In the MathType application, we are facing font rendering issues with the division symbol (÷). Please refer to the attached screenshot for reference.We have investigated this issue in Adobe InDesign 2026 using the current MathType version 7.1.We observed that when the division symbol is used with the Euclid symbol font, it does not render correctly in certain cases. The symbol appears broken, misaligned, or inconsistent in the output PDF generated from InDesign.However, the same issue is not consistently seen when the division symbol is used along with other mathematical operators or functions such as plus (+), minus (−), or integral (∫). In those cases, the rendering appears correct within the same document.This indicates that the issue is specifically related to the Euclid symbol font handling for the division character in certain contexts within MathType EPS output when processed in InDesign. Please refer the below screenshot  

Ciao a tutti,dopo l’aggiornamento a Adobe InDesign sto riscontrando problemi molto gravi di stabilità e corruzione file su macOS Sequoia 15.7.4.Problemi riscontrati:rallentamenti generali molto evidenti; blocchi durante salvataggio ed esportazione PDF; crash improvvisi con riavvio forzato del programma; perdita di contenuti dopo il riavvio.  Il problema più grave è la corruzione dei file: dopo alcuni crash, alla riapertura del documento spariscono intere grafiche e testi associati a determinati livelli. Inizialmente pensavo a file corrotti isolati, ma il problema si è ripetuto su diversi documenti, anche creati ex novo.In alcuni casi ho dovuto reinserire manualmente un’intera lingua all’interno di cataloghi prodotti di circa 150 pagine in 7 lingue.Il problema avviene sia con file locali sia su cloud/server/NAS.Ho già provato:reset preferenze; downgrade; verifica file. Senza risultati definitivi. Inoltre sto riscontrando forti rallentamenti anche con Adobe Illustrator, soprattutto nella

This is happening all the time i’m running the most up to date version and most up to date version of windows. I acces files on drop box could this be causing the issue?

When I need to see the stacking order of objects in a given layer on the Layers panel, I click these little arrows (“disclosure triangles,” according to the docs) to expand the layer. If I want to compare the stacking order of a given layer in two different INDD documents, I’d expect to be able to expand the layer in both documents and control-tab between the two INDDs to compare. However, I find that control-tabbing from document to document refreshes some or all (???) of the exposed tree in the Layers panel, and collapses what I’ve expanded. I’ve seen the same behavior when I’ve been trying to compare bookmarks in two INDDs - leaving the document closes all of the expanded sub-bookmarks. Is this something buggy about my install, or is this typical for v21? I can’t recall ever having encountered this behavior, but it’s not a task that my typical workflow would require me to perform. So maybe it’s been this way all along, and I haven’t noticed? I added the caveat “some or all” to my ex

I’m working on a document with over 500 pages (a few images but not many) and a lot of footnotes, some of them very long. I already have rules added above the first footnote on the page. Now the client wants to add rules above footnotes that are continuing from the previous page too, but Indesign freezes as soon as I switch those on. I’ve tried re-saving the file as IDML and switching to Fast Display, updating Indesign and trying it on a different computer, all in vain. How can I fix this?

We are so excited to have you join us on your creative journey with InDesign.   My name is Sujatha Reddy and I am your community manager responsible for managing this community along with Om Nath Jha. My team and our community of experts will continue to guide and assist you as usual in this new space.   We hope you like the new experience! If you have any questions or comments about this new community, feel free to post here. We are listening.