InDesign

Hello community,I'm planning to re-brand the graphics across my party rental business “Hafla Rental”. The layout and structure will stay mostly the same, but I want to redesign the visual assets, including hero banners, icons, promotional graphics, category images, and other supporting visuals to create a more modern and consistent look.I'd also appreciate any advice on keeping everything consistent throughout the project. If there are any Illustrator features, libraries, or techniques that have made this process more efficient, I'd love to hear about.Thanks in advance!

when I try to link this PDF, the program freezes at “importing.” I was wondering if anybody could try on their machine and confirm the problem. Thanks! 

I am having issues exporting from InDesign to PNG when my type layer has a drop shadow applied. I do not believe it's just. a screen redraw issue, because exporting as JPG works fine, but exporting as PNG moves my dropshadow down and away from its proper location.  For confidentiality reasons, I may not be able to post samples of my graphic. (I am at a new job where they build their files in InDesign and have set requirements for export formats, so I can't just go with a different format. I may push for using llustrator vs. InDesign for issues like this, but for now as it's my second day, we are sticking with InDesign as I'm not ready to rock the boat. Yet.)

Hi all. My Brother printer is giving me a drum warning. I have no idea on the process for replacing the drum unit, and dont want to do something silly.Are there any hints or tricks I should know?Donald Olsen

I’m saving 175 inside pages in InDesign of a novel to be uplaoded to Amazon KDP, as a HD pdf using the default ID settings. After multiple errors uploading, they said the issue was that hey don’t support a LaTeX/pdfTeX formatted pdf. I’ve never heard of that, but would like to know if I can adjusst that in the settings before saving the pdf. They said they prefer PDF/X-1a formatted pdf.

I work on a 27” iMac but like my documents to not cover the whole screen so I am able to access things on my desktop easily. Have been using InD since about 2002 and it worked fine, whatever size I set my window to and created a new document, it would stay the same size but the 2026 (21.1) every time I create a new doc, it opens it to full screen! Having to have to resize a doc each time was getting too time consuming so I now use 20.5 (2025) version 95% of the time. I have called tech support repeatedly over this & no solution ever was given. Can I really be the only person who doesn’t want it to cover my whole screen? I have found over the years not everything they say on tech support is true. Does anyone know a workaround to keep the windows open to the size of my choosing? Thanks so much! this first pic is of the desktop with the document in the size I like - 2nd pic is what the 2026 version does when I go to make a new document - boom opens to whole screen this is how I like t

When placering photos or others assets in InDesign - the software “dies”. I can still save the document, but the cursor changes into the “waiting” icon and InDesign is almost unsuable.And I have to hard reset the application (wont shut down) in Task Manager.Searching the internet and using AI I found these solutions:01 Disable Microsoft Defender (installed BitDefender instead) /bad AI advice02 Disable GPU use in InDesign /bad AI advice03 Delete the APP/USER/ROAMING and LOCAL folders for InDesign /bad AI advice04 Placing the files on desktop to avoid network and cloud systems. /bad AI advice04 Disable Adobe Fonts /bad AI advice05 Disable Ransomeware detect /bad AI adviceNothing works… and the “funny” part is - its on two different computers! My work-pc and my home-pc.Issue has been going for months now… and it is almost impossible to work with.Have to hard reset InDesign and relaunch again - place a few assets… crash - hard reset and so on.HELP REALLY NEEDED! 

When I open an InDesign document, the window fills my monitor from corner to corner so it's difficult to grab any edge to resize it, and it covers everything on my desktop so I'm resizing constantly. I seem to remember a feature in earlier versions, something like "remember window size." Has this been eliminated or is there a new preference for this useful feature? I'm running InDesign CC on an iMac with OS 10.15.7 Catalina. TIA.  

Hi all, I've been trying for days to solve an issue with publishing online links from INDD files. Every time the export reaches 100%, I'm presented with a pop-up that states 'An error occured while uploading your document. Please try again. ERROR #18' I understand that ERROR #18 refers to a failure to connect with the internet network, but I am 100% connected to the internet - it's just that Indesign fails to export the file. The file is not corrupt, and my INDD app is running smoothly otherwise. I've already tried:- changing internet networks- uninstalling INDD- installing previous versions of INDD and trying to export- uninstalling/re-installing entire Adobe CC system- Using the Adobe Clean tool to clean INDD + other CC apps- checking if the file is corrupt/saving copies of my INDD file to external hardrives- restarting my laptop I'm desperate to get this working as it's part of my job, so any help would be greatly recommended. I'm running macOS Monterey 12.1

My Adobe InDesign shortcut keys no longer work! (very useful when toggling between Preview and Normal View, etc.) The shortcut keys do, however work fine in Photoshop. Uninstalled and reinstalled etc to no avail.Also, is there a way to set the InDesign Default Workspace? I used to open InDesign all the time and it would open to my preferred Workspace (Advanced), but not it opens to what appears to by no workspace enabled )(not even essentials) meaning I need to go and select Advanced every time I open an ID document.

Bonjour,La version 2026 : impossible d'insérer du texte sur une image.Créer de nouvelles versions, c'est bien mais,si cela doit nous empêcher de travailler, ce n'est pas cool !!!De plus, il nous est impossible de rester sur la version 2025. Quand on a un travail en cours et que l'on ne peut plus bosser dessus à cause d'un bug, franchement, je suis un peu énervée 

What’s up with InDesign?  Trying to edit a simple 1 page file with three grouped boxes (text, photo, background), I can’t do anything.  Click on a box to place a graphic, cursor spins for 20 minutes.. but will let me continue clicking elsewhere. Somehow the box was grabbed and moved - I can’t grab it to move it back (cursor is still spinning), there’s no undo button.  I’m losing it.  What is up with InDesign?! (I’m on Windows 11.)  I’ve restarted, there are no updates, this is making me nuts. InDesign is using 2 GB of memoryEDIT: Deleted the font cache, seemed to be in a death loop that was consuming all resources 

Normally, I would hover over the green button and select a side-by-side view, but the green button is not reacting. When I hover over the green button in the InDesign document, no pop-up window appears. The Mac OS calculator tool does not have a green button. I need to use the calculator next to the InDesign document. 

Einer meiner Kunden führt jetzt zum dritten Mal einen Review durch. Inzwischen habe ich herausgefunden, wie er es schafft, dass ich nicht sehen kann *wo* die Änderung vorgenommen werden soll.Schritte zum Nachstellen:Dokument in InDesign (neueste Version 21.4.1 x64) erstellen; Text und Zahlen einfügen; Review freigeben; Speichern Im Review-Link einen Text markieren, aber *kein* Werkzeug wählen - *nur* einen Kommentar dazu abgeben — markieren, kommentieren, KEIN Werkzeug wählen Der Kommentar wird auf der Website und in InDesign korrekt angezeigt, kann aber nicht hervorgehoben werden (alle anderen Textwerkzeuge liefern Hervorhebungen) Sind es, so wie in meinem Fall, viele Zahlen, die durch andere Zahlen ersetzt werden sollen, kann ich nicht raten, wo das vielleicht gewesen sein könnte… So dumm das seitens des Kunden sein mag, kann es nicht sein, dass die Software diese Option bietet - dann aber nicht unterstütztInsgesamt bin ich sehr froh um die Review-Option und halte das Tool für einen

I have created an interactive calculator for a few of our price list documents. To do so, I have to copy/paste the calculator created in PDF to the PDF documents. I would like to see if there is a way to do it directly from the InDesign document so it will save me time. I have 9 documents to do this to. Here is a link to what we are using: https://logiflex.ca/medias/documents/graphics-test-calculator.pdf

Hey, can you activate Futura PT from Adobe fonts and use it on InDesignSteps:Find Futura PT Activate full family Open inDesign Create a new text tool Choose ‘Futura PT’ from the dropdown

It started back in March and has persisted ever since. I have the latest, updated version of InDesign and Windows 11. I did not make any changes prior to the issue, and I have a newer desktop computer. I have been working with InDesign since it was the Pagemaker program, so knowledge is not an issue here. And, I have never had this problem in my 33 years of using Adobe programs. That being said, here is the issue:Randomly, when I edit an existing paragraph or character style, it can take 30 seconds to over a minute to be able to make that change. It happens when I choose a different setting, and also when I hit okay.  If I close ID and restart, it helps a bit, but not completely, and the issue continues to worsen as I make style changes.I have deactivated all fonts, and that did not help.I have installed and reinstalled ID, and that did not help.I have rebooted  SO MANY timesI have tried to delete my font cache, but I get a message that it is in use even after

Hi everyone,I am writing an ExtendScript for InDesign to automate inserting Data Merge fields from an active data source (like CSV/TXT) into specific text frames.Currently, my script inserts the field name as static, plain text (e.g., just printing <<Country>> or the actual value from the source), but it does not behave as a dynamic Data Merge placeholder. When I preview or merge, InDesign doesn't recognize it as a merge field.Here is a screenshot of my Data Merge panel: My Goal: > I want to target a specific text frame, find an insertion point, and insert a dynamic placeholder field (for example, "Country" or "Top text") so that it remains a live Data Merge variable.How can I target the DataMergeField and insert it properly into a story/insertion point via JSX?Thank you in advance for your help!

Bonjour,Je viens de remarquer qu'il m'est impossible d'ouvrir certains fichiers. Indesign m'affiche ce message d'erreur : "Impossible d'ouvrir le fichier 'XXX'. Adobe InDesign ne prend peut-être pas en charge ce format de fichier, le module externe le prenant en charge est peut-être manquant ou le fichier est peut-être déjà ouvert dans une autre application."Je dispose de la toute dernière version du logiciel (21.0.1) sur Mac. J'ai essayé de réinstaller d'anciennes versions mais le problème persiste. Cela semble s'appliquer de façon aléatoire, certains fichiers sont touchés et d'autres non, bien que similaires dans leur contenu. Le problème s'applique également pour les exports PDF de ces mêmes fichiers.Auriez-vous des pistes de résolution ? Est-il possible de récupérer ces fichiers ?Merci par avance pour votre aide !Jérémy

I create a 42 page pdf and images are missing.  The error is “Version 4 ICC profiles were converted to Version 2 ICC profiles during pdf export.  Error encountered while ready tiff image.”  The indesign file is a file linked with other indesign files.  No error occurs when creating pdfs individually from each of the indesign files, so images are not damaged.Is it a indesign glitch or a acrobat glitch.  We have been creating pdfs this way for years and it recently became a issue.Is it a indesign glitch or a acrobat glitch.

I’m working on making my PDF exports more robust and accessible, and therefore including Articles. In a recent project, I fumbled through InDesign’s Articles panel (not a great experience) and managed to see the <Art> tags appropriately names and exported across into the resulting PDF. But in Acrobat, there’s also an Articles panel that shows nothing. What gives?Is there a separate, different thing in Acrobat for articles outside of Accessibility Tags? Or did I miss something to have InDesign automatically build these, too? Any insight is helpful. Images below show the successfully-populated Tags, but an empty Articles area.Tags in Acrobat, showing successful list of <art> from InDesign-made Articles. Empty Articles panel in Acrobat. What’s supposed to be here and how do I build it properly? 

The past few days when trying to drag and drop text I am getting a pop up that says “in CanAcceptURL.” the only way to get rid of it is to hit the escape key, although twice now I had to force quit InDesign when it appeared. I am on a Windows 11 PC and updated my apps  last week. Has anyone else had this problem, I have been using the program since version 2.0 and have never had this happen and do not know what that message means.

This is an odd one, I double click on an indesign file, indesign and the file opens up but indesign goes to the background on my Mac, and the finder to the foreground then the Mac doc appears and stays there, I have to then click on the indesign layout to bring it to the front, the doc still stays until I click on something else on the doc then it disappears. This started when an agency sent me a brochure to work on and now it is happening with every file I open. I have searched and not found anyone with the same problem. So far I have deleted the Indesign preferences and that didn't fix it, then updated to the latest indesign and that didn't work either. Both illustrator and photoshop are working great. I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you. My set up is: Mac Studio 2023, 64GB ram, Sequoia 15.7.1, Indesign 2026.

PDF Comments panel corrupts Czech diacriticsInDesign 2026 on Windows 11 displays corrupted Czech characters in the Window → PDF Comments panel.The corruption affects:imported PDF comments, the search edit box while typing!The same INDD and PDF display correctly on other machines - but not all. Rest of UI has no problems.Verified:identical InDesign installation (hash comparison of files), identical PDF, different Acrobat versions tested, Czech and English UI tested, reinstallation of InDesign tested  identical UI fonts (Segoe family)Therefore the issue appears to be specific to the PDF Comments panel text rendering/input subsystem rather than PDF parsing.This should be á č ď é ě í ň ó ř š ť ú ů ý ž, the same changes appears in comments