InDesign

Hello! I have created some lottery tickets. There are ten thousand different tickets, and I need to arrange them on a sheet that measures 32 x 45 cm. Is it possible to do this automatically in InDesign, adding the crop marks? I need help; I'm really pressed for time with this.     <Title renamed by MOD>

I have a 64 page pdf created in Indesign.  Each page is just a 2 x 2 inches, so I have placed that file into another Indesign file, 12 pages per page so that I have fewer pages to print and it will be faster to cut out. When I go to update the link to the 64 page pdf all 64 placed pages change to page one of that pdf. This happens both when I say "update link" when I open the document, and when I don't update when opening and use the Update All Instances button in the links panel instead. I feel like this has worked just fine in the past which is why I chose this workflow, but it is definitely not working now. Am I forgetting to press or check something?

I have customer supplied pdfs that I have been setting up in printer spreads for my production department. I place the pdf pages in InDesign and then when I do print booklet, the exported pdf has messed up fonts. See screenshots below showing the supplied pdf vs the printer spreads pdf. It's like it's bolding some of the font and it shouldn't be. It is incosistent as well within words. Any idea why this is happening and how to fix it??  Please help!!!

I create detailed medical forms for my company, which require frequent updates. I name all form fields, checkboxes, and radio buttons and set the tab order. After making updates to a form, however, the tab order always re-shuffles. In particular, any radio buttons (and sometimes checkboxes and signature fields) drop to the bottom of the tab order list. Fixing the tab order after each form revision is a tediousness time suck. Does anyone have a suggestion / plug-in to avoid this going forward? I appreciate the help!

I am having issue where indesign crashes unexpectedly and espcally when I duplicate pages and have been for about 10 months.Happens on both my Macbook Pros.Happened in Monterry and now on Ventura.I host all my files on a service called Pcloud which is simlar to Dropbox. (Which is non negotiable for a variety of reasons)I just went through a long support session and got the typical.- Restart- Delete Preferences- Oh it must be at your end- Reinstall- use adobe cloud (can't do that and that is not acceptable as a solution)So we did all that.- Trying copying to a local drive. (again not acceptable as solution)Then.....- Put a ticket on the forum.... so here I am.My argument is that it did not happen for like 4 years of me using Pcloud and indesign and all of a sudden about 1 year ago started happening. On my windows PC it is fine.None of the other Adobe Apps have the same issue, and all use links (AEffects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator)Internet seems to be fine when the issue is happen

Hi All, Since the latest InDesign upgrade, I can no longer marquis with the Zoom tool to zoom to a certain area of a layout. When working on type, I used to marquis from margin-to-margin to make the width as large as possible to see what was happening. Now InDesign's Zoom tool seems to work exactly the same way as in Illustrator and Photoshop. Click to make the view larger. Click and hold to Zoom in continuously. To me, neither of these methods are as fast or accurate as the marquis method. Is there some sort of preference I'm missing to bring the"better" Zoom tool back? Or can Adobe add a  "Zoom to Width" command? Thanks!

I have a lot of documents to export to png and pdf (384 documents, basically the same documents, 12 shells and 32 different sales people names).  I found the script below but it's not working in Indesign 20.2, and I'm too dumb to edit it. I thought the pdf preset name was the issue, but none seem to work.  In a perfect world, this script would work on all open documents (I generally open 32 at a time), but I think that's pushing it. Any help is appreciated.  var doc = app.activeDocument;// PDF Exportfunction exportPDF() {var pdfExportPath = doc.filePath.parent + "/" + doc.name.split(".")[0] + ".pdf";doc.exportDocument({file: new File(pdfExportPath),exportPDFOptions: {presetName:"[PDF/X-4:2008]", },});}// PNG Exportfunction exportPNG() {var pngExportPath = doc.filePath.parent + "/" + doc.name.split(".")[0] + ".png";doc.exportDocument({file: new File(pngExportPath),exportJPEGOptions: {fileFormat:ExportFileFormat.PNG,},});}// Call the functionsexportPDF();exp

I have a large file, a 132 page visitors guide that suddenly would not export a certain spread no matter what I did. I spent a lot of time going through the document and got rid of a certain font that was older and thought that maybe the font was corrupted and causing the issue. I thought it was fixed bc it let me export that page but then when I started working on it again the next spread started having objects (images, text, and shapes) just disappear or lock up. I could see them but not edit or click on them. I could go to a different spread and come back and it would look different each time. I could save and close out and open it up and it would be there again and then just disappear again. I tried exporting it as an idml file and reopening it and that did not work. 

InDesign Touchpad Scrolling and Zooming Issues.I'm experiencing two major issues:First, when I try to scroll using two fingers on my touchpad, the movement is not smooth at all, and each "single swipe" moves the project by about one centimeter. This makes it impossible to precisely control the position on the project, and I find myself constantly using Ctrl+0 to center the page on the screen. However, when I use the scroll bar on the right or the touchscreen, it works smoothly.The second issue pertains to zooming. When I attempt to pinch with two fingers on the touchpad, it does absolutely nothing, but it works perfectly with the touchscreen.I have tried to uncheck and recheck "Enable Multi-Touch Gesture" in the preferences, but it hasn't made any difference. I also attempted to reset the preferences, but this didn't solve the problem either. I don't have any issues with any other program outside of the Adobe suite.Thank you in advance for any assistance.I've also noticed that the

I have a footnote marker in a shaded paragraph that is shifting the line down. The same leading is applied to the footnote marker as the rest of the paragraph and changing the superscript to regular doesn't work to fix the problem, but it's not happening in every paragraph with the same style applied. Screenshot shows difference between footnotes 2 and 4.  Any ideas?  Thanks much!

Hi there, this is my first post here.I have a late 2017 Retina 5K iMac (Intel-based) running Mac OS Ventura and I'm having a hard time working on InDesign: it crashes quite constantly while I'm working on it. I've noticed it happens everytime I try to click and drag a page (to make a copy or delete it, for example), but other random actions also trigger this bug. I've tried looking up online to find out if someone else is having the same issues, but I couldn't find anything. It's been happening since the launch of the 2025 version of InDesign and I always keep it updated.Here are the specs of my iMac:3,4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5Radeon Pro 570 4 GB32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAMRunning Mac OS Ventura 13.7.2 Thanks in advance!

Hi there - I am after some urgent help please! I have been copying / pasting text form a large report into my InDesign and formatting it as I go - it's a complex layout, so haven't pasted all the text in and flowed it as I go. However, the client has sent a new Word doc with loads of changes and I don't want to have to copy and paste it all in again. Is there a way I can import the entire new word doc into my Indesign doc and track the changes or apply them to my formatted text? Thank you!

I've had Adobe CC installed on an M3 Max Mac Book Pro for about 4 months. For the most part it's been issue-free. Starting yesterday, I began experiencing a 2-4 second lag between typing characters in an active text box and seeing those characters appear. Same for inserting a cursor in a paragraph, or selecting a text box or pulling down a menu.   I've tried removing the prefs and have even un-installed and re-installed InDesign, yet the problem persists. I've seen some comments about this problem from a few years back; possibly growing pains when Apple switched to Apple Silicon. Could this be an M3-related problem?  Up until yesterday, Oct 14, 2024, I had no typing lag or any kind of lag. I run a plain system with Adobe CC, wacom driver, MS office and Articulate Storyline.  Thank you for any suggestions!     <Title renamed by MOD>

Hello everyone, we're experiencing a recurring issue with broken links in our InDesign documents stored on our shared network drives. The problem typically arises when a file is updated on one platform and then opened on another. For example, if a Mac user updates a file and then a Windows user accesses it, the links break, and vice versa. Any suggestions on how to resolve this cross-platform linking issue?

Hi, can anyone help, when I export my newsletter to a PDF, most of the pictures not all appear black, I have checked the links and they appear to be all working, has anyone else had this issue. My colleage managed to sign in and export it and it worked fine on her computer. 

Hello, I'm looking for a specific script that would create a fluid gradient change in thickness in a typeface, for example per line or per page? I would like to achieve the “wave”association, would anyone be so kind as share it with me? I know it exists since I used to have it. 

Hallo zusammen, ich nutze OS 14.7 und iD 19.5.1 seit längerer Zeit. Eines Tage fing es an, dass im Bedienfeld Absatz plötzlich keine Werte mehr zu sehen waren und auch manuell nicht einzugeben waren. Manchmal wird das Bedienfeld auch komplett grau ohne Inhalt angezeigt. Jetzt erscheint dieses Phänomen seit Neuestem auch beim Bedienfeld "Zeichen". Zustzlich tritt neuerdings noch der Fehler auf, dass man bei manuellem hoch und runterklicken beispielsweise im Prozentfeld oder Schriftgrößenfeld nur runterskaliert. Diese Fehler sind einfach so aufgetreten, keine Updates, keine Drittanbieter-Funktionen etc.  Die gesamte CC hat vollen Festplattenzugriff, alle Berechtigungen.  Auf eine neuere Version zu Updaten hat zwar diese Fehler beseitigt, führt allerdings zu den bekannten Tiff-fehlern. Es treibt mich absolut in den Wahnsinn.  Ich nutze indesign seit der ersten Stunde, aber ich hatte noch nie so schreckliche Probleme wie seit dem ABO-Online-Zwang. Ha

Our InDesign files have been, apparently, deleting themselves. We're working in a Windows SMB server environment shared with 6 designers using Macs and InDesign 2024. This started happening in mid-October when we noticed about a quarter of our .indd files were randomly missing on our server. Some were new, many (most?) were not. It is only .indd files. Nothing else. We thought it was a one-time event and proceeded to restore the missing files...only for those, plus more, to go missing over the next few weeks. At this point, I'd say 90% or more of our InDesign files are just gone. At least we have online backups (a pain to access) and pdf copies (difficult to edit), but this is getting seriously frustrating. I contacted Adobe support and they said they couldn't help because it's a server environment. We've been using InDesign for at least 12 years this way and have NEVER had this sort of problem with it. But I'm guessing it does have something to do with the ser

Hello Adobe InDesign Community, In InDesign I would like to be able to adjust all the Text Frame boxes in the document at one time. Example: if I have ten Text Frame boxes on ten different pages 200px wide. Can I change all at once to 300px without having to change individually on each page? Can I link Text Frame box size from page to page? Is there a script for this or code to link text frames? Thanks, Kevin

Hello, i want to modify programmatically a DataMergeTextPlaceholder changing the field with another, but the field attribute is RO.  I tried to delete it to add another later using https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/index.html#DataMergeTextPlaceholders.html#d1e73552__d1e73601 but i have errrors because the object is invalid.var tp = doc.dataMergeTextPlaceholders[3]; var sto = tp.parentStory; var charactersToDelete = sto.characters.itemByRange(tp.index, tp.index+tp.length-1); charactersToDelete.remove() Thanks

Hi.I'm struggling to understand how to use my (work-related) files after the changes Adobe has made. For a long time, all my files have been on an external SSD in the Creative Cloud Files folder and the other day when I tried to open an Indesign document from the CC folder I got a message that it's not possible to open the file. See attached screenshot. Can/should I continue working with the files from this local folder or should I handle it in some other way?

I wanted to report a persistent issue still present in the latest version of InDesign. The background task panel progress indicator for PDF export often remains inactive and does not show any progress for an extended period. Interestingly, this issue resolves itself immediately if the user toggles the "Preflight" feature on and then off again. This bug has been present for several years, and addressing it would greatly enhance the user experience during PDF exports.

I'm having trouble being able to move objects (photos, text, etc) around a document with the selection tool. I have done a LOT of searching in forums and google, and can't find anything that applies that I haven't just tried. If I restart my COMPUTER, then open indesign right afterward, I'm able to freely move photos and text around a document. Later (length of time varies) it will just stop working. Theres no pattern that would suggest why it stops. Just restarting Indesign itself doesn't do anything. I've tried trashing the preferences. My objects and layers are not locked. I read something about master pages, but this has just been in single page files. I'm on a windows laptop. Any help would be appreciated!

where are my dashed line gap options? 

Hace poco vi un video que la versión Beta de InDesign convierte los PDF en documentos de inDesign editable ¿Alguién sabe si ya se puede hacer?