InDesign

Designing publications for Kindle is becoming a larger and larger part of my workflow, and I now routinely do books for both print and Kindle as a matter of course.With 30 years of experience and using ID since at least CS2, I've worked out most of the process ot my own satisfaction and taste... but I know I am still fumbling around in many ways. Recently, in redoing a complex book from print to K, I had many issues and problems, and in trying to find answers, I came up somewhere between annoyed, shocked and appalled at how scattered the information on this topic is. The vast amount of information on Kindle publishing is amateurish  and incomplete: it's aimed at authors who need to get their Word file into Amazon's hands without much technical knowledge or skill. The vast amount of information on Kindle publishing for pros, and using InDesign, is not a great deal better, and the majority of it is greatly outdated. Nearly all of it is for novices, newcomers, first-timers,

Hi,Can someone tell me, why is a vector turning pixelated/hazy when placed on InDesign? 

This happens on Windows and Mac version.Occasionally I'll be working on a ID document and I make a change (move a line, duplicate on object etc) and the screen doesn't update with the change.I then force a redraw (zoom in or out, set page to fit etc), then the screen updates with that change.Latest ID on Mac 20.2Running on MacMiniM4 with latest OS.Although this also happens on a Windows 10 install, and a MacMiniM2Pro.It's been happening for a few versions now.Tried turning on and off GPU performance - no difference.

Acabo de formatear mi máquina e instalar todo desde cero, y la primera vez que abro ID, y cierro un archivo –nuevo, sólo de prueba con una caja con texto simulado– el programa se cierra por un "error...". Si el programa está siendo instalado en un sistema operativo limpio, y el programa está limpio, sin configuraciones de ningún tipo, ¿cómo es que esto sucede? Lo mismo pasaba con Sonoma, y al reportar el error, simplemente dice que no pudo encontrar ningúna solución. ¿ ... ? 

Greetings,I have a single P65 file from 1998 that I need to convert to some other current format--PDF or Word.How can I get that done?Thank you,Brett

Hi There,I am very new to Indesign. I have set spreads for a book in Indesign. In order to insert page numbers, I have added a blue box at bottom of Parent-A and Insert page number from Type>Insert Special Character>Markers>Current Page Number like below: Text frame options of page numbers have been set to Columns=Fixed Number, Width=0.222 in, Align=Top of Vertical Distribution, Unchecked=Ignore Text Wrap and Auto Size=Off.  Page numbers appears in normal position as Parent-A page until the Spread 65-66: But don't know why, digits of page number lower down little bit to bottom from the Spread#67-68 and remain until the last spread of the book: This causes the digit of page number being out of margin for which KDP is issuing Out of Margin error.Can you explain why this is happened and how to correct this issue? Regards,Mamun

All the default colours in the swatch window disappeared.  How do i get those colours back?

Not sure this landed on the right place. Where is the scripting part of the forum? Was it deleted? All that work... (This post is not a question.)Below you will find a sample script for exporting LAB color swatches from InDesign. InDesign seem to have difficulties keeping thousands of swatches in its palette, so take care. A variant of this script made for Illustrator or Photoshop would probably have been a better idea.   /* Script for exporting LAB colours from InDesign Swatches. Number, Name, L, A, and B columns semi colon separated. By Andreas Jansson, Code Combinations AB, Sweden, 2019. Description: First import a library of Pantone Colours so that they are present in the swatches palette of InDesign (you can export swatches from Photoshop, to an ASE file that is importable in InDesign). Then alter the path below to a folder of your choice and run this script with InDesign. The resulting file, I pasted into Excel. */ var result = ''; for (var i = 0; i

Any solutions to InDesign slow performance? It takes 5 seconds to type one character.I have tried the current version and other versions back to 19.5.3 and no difference.I read all the articles and did the things on the lists. (uninstalls, reboots, reset preferences, etc.)I've spent 2 days on this and am getting nowhere.  I've used InDesign since CS2.Company-managed computer is 9 years old, but I think it meets specs: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Dell,  Xeon processor wth AVX2 support , 32GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro M4000.Computer passes all self-diagnistics and no memory-hog programs are running. Task Manager looks normal.All files are on the local SSD drive. Just basic conventional 2 to 4 page docs. This started after installing 20.2. Went back to 19.5.3 and it was fine for a week. Now sluggishness happens all the time, even when reinstalling various versions.Not blaming InDesign since it works fine on my newer home laptop.  I think it's either my old

Hi,I have 2 problems with user dictionaries.I have words in user dictionary but after transfering to another computer it seems user dictionary doesn't transfer.After packaging it seems user dictionary doesn't transfer with the file to the vendor. I am using indesign cs6Is the best way to add dictionary for each file into Edet> Preferences> Dictionary> and add it under selected language? I am working with several files with difference languages and dictionaries. How can we simplify the working process by not uploading dictionary for each file?Thank you 

I'm working on a technical piece in InDesign. The paragraph and character styles have been newly set up and I'm copying and pasting slabs of text from an older document. While making changes or typing in new wording, whenever I type a lower case 'i' the 'i' disappears and the font after that i changes to italic. How can I switch off this feature?

It's not scientific, you can't set the units of the stroke by right clicking on the ruler?I'm going to go ahead and start a suggestion if that's really not possible.

Hi to Everyone,I need to save 30 different pages as separately pdfs with a unique name on each other. Is there any possibility to make it automatically?I already installed Page Exporter Utility but as I see (or maybe I missed) there is no function to name each file as a paragraph or something. Same with a book, even if the file name is unique you can't save it with a unique name as separate pdf automatically. Or maybe there is some script which can export a batch of files to PDF like in Image Processor in Photoshop? It will be a great time saver if something like this exists! Maybe someone had the same problem?

Why are these errors and how do I find the place to amend them (all RSC-005)? I've used ID Styles for both text and objects and am not a coder.For content.opf error reads:(line 2, col 105):Error while parsing file: attribute "xml:lang" not allowed here; expected attribute "id" Line 2 = <package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="2.0" unique-identifier="bookid" xml:lang="en-GB"> In the cover.xhtml lines 3–11 read<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Cover</title></head><body><figure style="text-align:center;"><img src="image/1.png" alt="Cover of It's The Truth: Making The Only Ones by Simon Wright" style="max-width:100%;" role="doc-cover" /></figure></body></html> And the errors are defined as1) (line 8, col 38)Error while parsing file: element "figure" not allowed anywhere; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3",

The guides I have set up disappeared from my document after the update, so I'm trying to select eveything on each page and move it to my saved blank template that has the guides. Every time select all on a page and try to copy or cut, Indesign crashes. Tried clearing preferences, but the problem persists. 

Adobe InDesign 2026 Troubleshooting How-to GuideThis article (updated August, 2026) is about how to reset preferences as well as a step-by-step checklist strategy of what to do when your InDesign app crashes or your document becomes corrupted. What do you do when InDesign (latest version is 21.5.1) and past versions is crashing? Here is a checklist of ideas (including all about how to reset InDesign): Generalities Isolate the source problemIs the problem the InDesign application, or something wrong with your file, or something wrong with your computer OS? InDesign won’t start, or file won’t open, or file opens and crashes, or crashes on same page? Do you have enough RAM?You need at least 16GB of RAM to run InDesign effectively. Restart your computerQuit InDesign, restart your computer, and try to start it again, with no other programs running. Did you try a different computer?If you can, move/copy the InDesign document and linked graphics to open on a different computer. If it works ok

After installing Indesign 2025 (20.0 & 20.1), there is now a 3-5 sec lag/delay every time I click my mouse in and out of the program. This is becoming incredibly frustrating. I've uninstalled/re-installed the app multiple times and reset preferences on quit, and nothing is changing. I also went and "rebuilt my cache" of the Adobe indesign folders on my computer, and that did seem to solve the issue for a day, but I got back to having the delay again.  I have had Adobe Indesign for 10 years and have never run into this issue until the 20.0 update. This is making the app unworkable. Please help ASAP. I cannot spend any more time trying to figure this out. 

Hi everyone,I’m running into an issue with InDesign 20.3 (2025) when exporting PDFs for print. Even though I set the inside bleed to 0 mm — both in Document Setup and during PDF export — crop marks still appear on the inside edge of each page.What I've tried:Created a brand-new PDF export preset from scratch.Tested both facing-page and single-page documents.Tried exporting using document bleed settings as well as entering the values manually — same result.Exported both packaged and non-packaged files — no difference.This is causing layout problems in perfect-bound print jobs where inside crop marks are not acceptable.Has anyone else experienced this with version 20.3?Is this a known bug or is there a workaround I might have missed?Thanks in advance!Best,Banu

I don't want to see fonts in alphabets other than English. I don't want to see English fonts that I never use? How do I turn them off? 

WHY?  It's one of the most used tools in my arsenal!!!

Hi everyone, can anyone please help, I must have done something wrong, as my Page numbering has gone wrong it is going 3, then 2, instead of 2, then 3, for example. See attached. Kind regards Alex

I was using InDesign last night, with the most recent updates installed. This morning, the app is uninstalled on my laptop. When I open Creative Cloud, it says the app IS installed on my laptop but needs an update. When I try to update it gets stuck at 93% and won't go any further. Help? 

No knockout spaces, no scripting.How to dot automatically indent 4mm when on the first line (no characters before it). It's best to use canonical.Is it possible to realize?  

We are an IT company and at one Tenant with Adobe CC 2024 we are seeing intermittend crashing of Indesign 2024 (latest version as of now, 19.5.0.84).  It happens when the user opens or saves a document from an Azure SMB File Share.   The Error in the Application Eventlog: Faulting application name: InDesign.exe, version: 19.5.0.84, time stamp: 0x6685c284Faulting module name: dynamic-torqnative.dll, version: 7.4.2.0, time stamp: 0x65fc0bfd Exception code: 0xc0000005   I tried to install Adobe Indesign 2023, but 2023 crashes also.  Completely removing Adobe CC and reinstalling does not solve the issue. The tenant is using Azure Virtual Desktop (shared pooled desktop). They have 2 Hosts, both have the same issue. Issue started about 2 weeks ago.   Can anyone help me in troubleshooting this issue?   <Title renamed by MOD>  

Hello everyone!I've been having a rather annoying problem since I changed my PC. When I move a block (image, text, etc.), I get a display problem that completely hides the layer, preventing me from seeing or placing the block properly. I mostly work on templates that already have a grid layer on the page, which helps with positioning image and text blocks on the right place. This problem does not occur when I move the block in normal view, but when I display the ‘complete’ view, this annoying display bug appears. I have made a short video and a print screen to show the problem I am encountering :Adobe InDesign / Display glitchAny ideas? I am using InDesign 20.2 / Windows 10. Thanks