InDesign

How can I edit a table of contents which I already created?

Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone knew if it's possible to copy and paste information from a table inside Word into a table in Indesign without it inserting all the text into one box? I want all the information I copy from the Word document to perfectly copy across all the boxes in the table in Indesign. However, it only inserts all the numerical text into ONE box instead across multiple boxes in the table in Indesign. I am attempting to speed this process of information input, because manually doing it takes up so much time. Thank you for any help! 

Why do I have to wait for CC library to load every single asset so I can relink? It takes so long!Why are they alphabetized? They don't even show in the groups I specifically created for them.I also can't even search for the item while relinking.Uploading my assets here was the worst mistake.Please fix this.

Hello,I am designing a small book using InDesign that will be for print. I am using this color profile (requested by the print service): PSO Uncoated v3 (FOGRA52).However, I noticed that when I view it as a PDF, all the black colors seem to appear as dark brown (both text and graphics). Why is this happening? Will it also look like that in the final result?Due to my inexperience with print design, I'm not sure if this is normal or not.  

I know about backing up IDML files, but for large files, I think it would be faster to copy the indd file directly.I want to copy the current indd file directly to the “Backup” directory in the same level directory and rename it.Like this:aa.inddAfter the backup:... \Backup\2025-03-03-aa.indd Some of the code below is for backing up IDML files and it works fine.I want to add copy indd file to Backup and change the name .Please advise how to modify it.Thanks a lot.var myDate = new Date(); var myYear = myDate.getFullYear(); var myMonth = ("0" + (myDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2); // Add leading zero var myDay = ("0" + myDate.getDate()).slice(-2); // Add leading zero var myFormattedDate = myYear + "-" + myMonth + "-" + myDay; /** * Creates a folder inside of the active document’s parent folder * @ param the active document * @ return the folder’s path * */ saveIDML(); function saveIDML() { //creat Backup folder var myPathName = app.activeDocument.filePath.fsName + '/' + 'Bac

Hello,I am using Creative Cloud in a new user I created only for this*, and when I open the Indesign file there I cannot import or relink the images, it just shows "Import failed". The document and all the links are in dropbox, so it shouldn't be a problem to import them, right?  -------*I had to create a new user in my MacBook Pro to be able to use my Intuos tablet. In my normal user, where I have everything, there has been a problem between some app in my computer and the Intuos tablet, and the tablet doesn't work anymore, and the only solution given by Apple is uninstalling all the apps I have there (time tracking, professional software, password software, banking, emails...) and install all from new on a new user. This would create havoc, so I decided to create a new user only to work with Creative Cloud apps.

Hello! I'm trying to make a table style that makes my table look like the 2nd table in the image, but everything I've tried so far in table styles looks like the 1st table. Specifically, the issue I'm having is that the Top Left Cell of the table defined in the style uses the header style with the gray fill, but I want it to have no fill to match the rest of the left column, as well as no stroke on the left side of the cell.  I've tried defining a cell style for the Header row and a separate cell style for the Left Column, but it seems the header cell style always overwrites the left column style. Even more bizzarre, one of my coworkers was able to create a table style that works like the 2nd table, but when we repeated the steps on my Mac they didn't work and gave me the 1st table. I'm just utterly confused on why this is happening. Does anyone know how I can define a table style to make the tables look like the 2nd table instead of the 1st?

Hi there, Is there a way for me to seamlessly embed animations made from After Effects into InDesign? Preferably without the playback controls at all. I'm wanting to animate a masthead design and the animations on InDesign are very limited. I have done the following:Created an animation on After EffectsUsed Media Encoder to export the animation as an .MP4.Embedded the .MP4 file into InDesignPublished Online. The video plays fine but there's a couple of issues:1. The playback controls are always there.2. The video has a solid background even though I toggled the Transparency Grid off on After Effects. I'm wanting the masthead to animate automatically on the page load and then remain there whilst the user is on that page - if this makes sense? Thanks!

Hi,I am working on a print project using InDesign. For this project, I am using graphics that were created in Illustrator. They where all  imported as AI files into InDesign. I’ve noticed that in the link panel a couple of graphics have transparancy applied to them. From my limited understanding of print media, there shouldn't be any transparency. My question is: should I go over all my graphics and adjust them in AI (Object > Flatten Transparency), or will it update automatically when exporting the file as PDF/X-1?Thank you very much for any help!

what would be the best way to create my list of text along with photoshop imagesto use as data merge in indesign?

Is there a way to customize glyphs within InDesign? Specifically, I'd like to lengthen the en dash and reduce the asterisk in an Open Type font.

My organization needs the ability to rasterize all pages in a document when exporting to a Fixed Layout EPUB.  InDesign currently only supports rasterizing the first page or individual objects. Neither of these are sufficient for our needs. We publish graphic novels with complex, overlapping design elements, and we need the pages to look exactly as they do in regular PNG exports.  Our current workaround is to export PNG's from InDesign, and then use an additional software to assemble the images into an EPUB, which is incredibly time-consuming.

We create print PDF's from InDesign files. If there is an error we are unable to replace the original PDF. It says the file is in use, it is not selected and it is not open. We are unable to delete the file also. We have to go to another computer and delete the file from our smb server, shut down both computers and then redo the PDF. Can someone tell me what is causing the file to get stuck in our systems?

If my document is on text reflow and I'm placing a lot of text, why is it only placing on the first page (with the red arrow - I can manualy paste it on each next page, but there's for sure a way to get it automacaly on all pages!)Please reply!

Ich habe ein teures, ärgerliches Indesign-Problem und möchte das mit Euch teilen: Wenn ich in Indesign einen Textrahmen erstelle und den Text in Zeichenwege umwandle (um die Pfade zu bearbeiten), wird das Objekt automatisch und ohne Hinweis auf "Überdrucken" gestellt.  Das passiert aber nur, wenn der umgewandelte Text schwarz ist. Bei jeder anderen Farbe wird Überdrucken nicht automatisch aktiviert.  Wenn man wie ich das kleine Fenster "Attribute" noch nie geöffnet hat, sieht man das Ergebnis dieses Effekts, wenn ein zurecht aufgebrachter Kunde Fotos von gedruckten Anzeigen schickt, in denen die Hälfte seines Logos verschwunden ist, weil der hellblaue Teil auf schwarzem Hintergrund überdruckt wurde. Das ist ein entsetzlich peinlicher Fehler, der mir in 30 Jahren und vielen tausend Print-Dokumenten noch nie passiert ist.  Meine Frage an Euch: Ist das mein Fehler oder ein Indesign-Bug? Oder gar ein Feature?  Ich möchte meinem Kunden so gerne s

How can I get away this thing that my pages are adding to the previous spread, instead of a new one?

Hi i'm currently working on a indesign big document, that requires a small list on every page.The list is generated from the sub-section headings in the document. like a section table of contents.1. Brand  1.1 Logo  1.2 Exclusion zone  1.3 Colours  1.4 TypographyWe want to show the sub-headings in a list (1.1 to 1.4) on every page in the chapter.Is there a way to have a text box which is automatically populated from the list, and even better, highlights the current sub-heading of the page?I've tried doing a TOC, and using the paragraph style of the link, but it means i have to highlight the current page with a separate style, and it also means i have update each one individually if something changes. I don't know much about scripting, but am wondering if this is something indesign can do or if its something there could be a script for.

Olá. Eu estou tentando criar uma pagina de index com a referencia de produto e a pagina. Estava fazendo usando cross-reference ou referencia cruzada porém eu preciso selecionar referencia por referencia para funcionar. Existe uma forma de fazer todas as referencias puxarem a pagina automaticamente?  As referencias estão organizadas em ordem crescente por isso as paginas estão misturadas mas quero manter esse formato para facilitar a busca ja que é um documento impresso.  Obrigado 

Hi! I have this line:"sleeves—another flat surface, invoking Johns once again—, allowing" and indesign is breaking the "—," which i'd like to keep together. Can't put a n-break space since I don't want any space, and there doesn't seem to be an opposite to the invisible non-joiner (which would be ideal...). It seems I might be able to do this with GREP, but i've never used it before so I don't really know where to start. I'd love some help!Also if any of you guys have any easy grep tutorials / introduction to grep, i'd be very grateful. I'd like to learn how to use it.  Thanks 🙂  

Hi there, Is there a way for me to seamlessly embed animations made from After Effects into InDesign? Preferably without the playback controls at all. I'm wanting to animate a masthead design and the animations on InDesign are very limited. I have done the following:Created an animation on After EffectsUsed Media Encoder to export the animation as an .MP4.Embedded the .MP4 file into InDesignPublished Online. The video plays fine but there's a couple of issues:1. The playback controls are always there.2. The video has a solid background even though I toggled the Transparency Grid off on After Effects. I'm wanting the masthead to animate automatically on the page load and then remain there whilst the user is on that page - if this makes sense? Thanks!

I have created a 50 page master document and I want to save some pages individually as PDFs. For example, I want to export pages 38-40 as a PDF. Previously in CS5 I could just File > Export and then select the page range. However, I've just upgraded to Indesign 2020 and can't find a way to specify the page range. When I select "Range" it only has the option "All Pages". In CS5 I could manually type in the page number range that I wanted to export. Thank you!     {Renamed by MOD}

Hi, I have a c.60 page report and my client wants to have 'links' or 'go to' sections within the document.For example, a piece of text highlighted on page 3, needs to be clickable to 'go-to' an explanation on page say 56. And back again 🙂 There are also external 'hyperlinks' and I'm aware that I can easily make those using 'Window -> Interactive -> Hyperlinks' Are there any tutorials / is there any information I could access which would help me achieve this? Thanks for any advice.

Hey all, I have two InDesign files. The first file displays and exports to a PDF perfectly, and when i went to start a new file, the image i copied and pasted from the orginal file is displaying as washed out and faded. My tranparency blend space is set to RGB in both and the colour settings on both files appear to be identical. The output setting I use to export a PDF were also identical yet the colour discrepancy showed in the PDFs.  Are there settings somewhere else other than 'colour settings' and 'transparency blend space' that I am not aware of? Please help me understand this. 

I am on an Apple M4, Sequoia 15.1.1, using Adobe InDesign, 20.0.1 (1998-2024). I had no problems saving my original file, and exporting it to PDF. However, when I made changes, the changes never got saved. After a day of making changes over and over, and not seeing them, I kluged it by doing a Save As with a different name. Only then were my changes saved. Now I have to do that every time: Make a change, do a Save as with a different name, and export to PDF. This doesn't sound right.

Running into an interesting issue: Create Guides isn't working. I'm trying to create a 3-column grid layout for a web document (1920 x 1080), but the Create Guides feature doesn't show anything when I try altering the settings. I have checked all my view settings to make sure guides are visible... all good. Is it because I'm working in a web setting? I tried creating a new print document and the Create Guides command worked there. Odd that it wouldn't work across the board no matter color space or file specs I'm using. Any suggestions?