InDesign

Hi, I'm working on a load of files, aligning them to be accessible PDFs, and so trying to automate some of the small, repetitive tasks. I'm after an InDesign script that can automate the tagging (for PDF) of paragraph styles (within 'Edit all export tags') based on a keyword (eg 'H1', 'H2' etc.) in the style name. Can anyone shed any light on this, or is it even possible? This is as far as I got, but it doesn't apply the tags: var doc = app.activeDocument; var styles = doc.paragraphStyles; // Define keyword-to-tag mappings (uppercase) var tagMappings = { "H1": "H1", "H2": "H2", "H3": "H3", "H4": "H4", "H5": "H5", "H6": "H6", "P": "P" }; // Loop through all paragraph styles for (var i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) { var style = styles[i]; var styleName = style.name; // Keep original case (uppercase) // Check if the style name contains a keyword for (var key in tagMappings) { if (styleName.indexOf(key)

I need to create a TOC with different languages.What makes it complicated, is that the titles for each language are mixed (see screenshot example). Because of some technical requirements they have to be sorted in this order.But in the TOC they need to be grouped by language. I've been trying to solve this problem without success.If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated and help me a lot.

Hi friends! I want to assign to a hot key: 1. insert achored obejct (text box) again and again always witht the certian settings that I will choose the first time and assign that exact action to a hot key. Sorry if so simple -- SF

Hello everyoneI am using indesing cs6. I am using a veriable in folio (Title Case). But i have some change in this book folioAs you see in the screenshot the chapter name is Hardware And Software. I want to 'And' is small case. Plesae help me  . Like this Hardware and Software 

This solution does not require merging cells, you may need to manually modify the contents of a column that spans multiple rows to the appropriate position (of course it would be best to automate this).  I think this is a bit safer and less work, and easier to implement .The biggest benefit is that only the initial discharge needs to be treated. A specific program：Insert a block at the cursor and apply the object style "point".The point object style has automatic height and width adjustments and has non-printing properties. The content of the block is  "content across columns". From the first row of the spanning column, to the penultimate row, apply the cell style "spRows-none".  Ask for a script.Thank you very much.

So I have a master document, with a Digital layer and a print layer.In the master doc I will have a questionthen in the print layer it has the answer, but in the digital layer, there is a an interactive feature allowing the reader to answer the question before showing the answer. I need these items to stay together so that if the content in the master layer is edited, the individuals layers move with the master content.  Is there a way to make this possible, such as anchoring between layers?  If I could anchor the text on both the print layer and digital layer to the question on the master layer, that would be ideal. Thanks!Wendy

Hello ! Having a lot of files coming from our client with anchored objects, can we please have an option to delete it even in the "inline or above line objects" mode ? (cut and paste it is not a great solution as it doesn't stay at the same place as it was)Would save so much time to so many people !!!

Ever since Harfbuzz became InDesign's default text shaping - we have been unable to work because it simply can't read font space kerning properly. Here is an example of how the text should be rendered:And that's how InDesign renders it since version 19.0:Check the attached font and document for more info. We don't want to use legacy text shaping engine as it's outdated and will be gone soon anyway. Any help would be appreciated!

For some reason I am unable to add pages by pulling down Parent Pages in the Pages Panel. I am also not able to move the pages freely using the Selection Tool. This just started this morning. I closed and opened another document and the same thing is happening. The only way I can add or move pages is with the Move Pages box.  Facing pages is NOT on. PLEASE HELP!

I want to use two shortcuts to improve my work.I think it is possible by scripting but i don't know how so i ask here. i want to create a shortcut to increase space after paraprgaph as the button in palette and one to increase the space before the paragraph. my left mouse button and relative finger will thank you forever.

I designed an image heavy 5.5 x 8.5 book, originally intended for print. Finally it became an interactive PDF. Cool. Now I'm thinking of repurposing this InDesign CS 5.5 file for Kindle. The file still shows "Print" intent in Page Setup (it didn't cause trouble for the interactive PDF...) and I cannot change "Print"to "Web" (the Kindle spec), it is greyed out.So, I'm kinda lost as to why this would be greyed out, what to do, and should I even worry about reformatting the file for Kindle, or just hand the 5.5 x 8.5 book PDF file as is to Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing?

I’m having an issue with the selection tool in InDesign. When I try to move objects or any elements, they don’t follow the direction I’m moving them in—they seem to shift in the wrong direction instead.

When you Publish an InDeisgn document online, is there a way to remove the "InDesign Publish Online" link from appearing when you embed it on your own website? It appears in the top left corner and sends you to this page: https://www.adobe.com/learn/indesign/web/self-publishing-online?locale=en&learnIn=1

Hi All, I need some help in designing a good and reliable multi-tenant InDesign Server architecture: We run a multi-tenant infrastructure with multiple Digital Asset Management instances. No we'd like to add InDesign File processing with this features: * Preview creation (small, medium, large) of the first 300 pages* full text analysis including frame positions (so what text is where on what page)* link analysis including frame positions (so what image / linked ressources is where on what page) Today we have an InDesign Plugin that does all that already. No we d like to do this without user interaction automated in the cloud. Technical situation: Each tenant has ist own logical volume in a Ceph based file storage cluster. Each tenant is aware of when what file changes, so we can trigger preview generation if a new file appears of something changes. Questions we have: 1) What is the best and most reliable OS to run the InDesign Server on2) Can the

I moved to a newer computer recently and cannot figure out this problem. I'm currently on InDesign 19.5 (we keep consistent with coworkers so I can't just update without getting others involved.) InDesign is auto-applying the "hyperlink" character style to a URL but I do not want it to because it is also a print file. The original copy is coming from another InDesign file that does have a hyperlink associated with the text box, but has NO character styles applied to it. I've tried looking at preferences or the hyperlink panel but nothing comes up on why it's auto applying the character style. Yes I can just change the character style every time but this is coming from a "template" that we use and it's ridiculous to have to manually take off the character style every time! Can anyone help please??   

I keep running into the issue of fonts that I am actively using being uninstalled. I can't find a setting that would stop this from occurring.  It's a tedious process of going to Adobe Fonts - seeing that it shows the font is "installed" - uninstalling then reinstalling it. Lately, I've even had to go into my creative cloud and install the font from there as well. However, this is not a permanent solution since it is still a recurring issue for me. 

Hi,to improve our workflow, it would be very helpful if generated QR codes would also be clickable (hyperlink) when exporting to interactive pdf format.We want our logo's to always link to our website. When I add a hyperlink (attribute/image map/URL) to our logo (from the cc library) in Illustrator, and then try to use it in an indesign document, the hyperlink is gone. Would be very helpful if we could simply drag our logo's from the library and that the hyperlinks are already included.

I see this has NOT been resolved since 2014:I lose words when i uncheck hyphenateI want to have 2 paragraphs of text that simulates ancient Greek manuscripts.  NO hyphens and NO breaking at a syllable.  When they ran out of space in the papyrus roll they just continued the word, wherever the break was, on the next line.I tried to turn off hyphenation for the one paragraph.  All text gone for the rest of the doc.  I tried setting up a new style with no hyphenation.  All text gone...4 years, and InDesign has not fixed this problem.I pay for a subscription and can't get support for a bug?  This is bs.I will now start looking at Lulu and other vendors who don't require you to work with a POS program once I finish this book.Short of typing each line individually, counting letters, and then hitting return (with single space) so I get the look I want, I see no other  solution.  Does any InDesign employee want to try to keep me in the camp?  And kee

When I duplicate a page InDesign crashes. It's not everytime but it seems to be most times. Think it may have something to do with have Grouped text/image selected and then duplicating. Not sure. New bug as of most recent update. Please fix.Every new Adobe update either breaks Photoshop or InDesign recently. Incredibly hard to do my job.

Bonjour, Je rencontre un léger problème qui est assez frustrant...En effet, lorsque je sélectionne un vecteur dans InDesign, et que je commence à le déplacer, celui-ci se décale largement à droite. Comme si une souris imaginaire suivait mes mouvements mais bien loin de ma sélection. Cela est assez problématique et ne me permet pas d'être précis, sauf si j'utilise les flèches diectionnelles. Pourriez-vous m'aider ?Merci !

Hi, I have a problem with the online version of my pdf. I am exporting the page spreads and would like the numbering to be as these spreads are i.e. 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 etc. The whole thing is 500 sts and in the pdf it shows 250. And the table of contents loses its meaning here at this point, because it is not easy to find the pages with this layout. I would be grateful for your help.

Hi, i'm creating an interactive pdf for a client in Indesign. The pages need to have buttons which open other pdfs. The final pdf will be used in places with no connectivity so I can't host or link to these pdfs, they need to somehow be embedded within the main pdf. I appreciate I can add these as pages within the main ID doc, but some have multiple pages themself so addign each page of these resoruces as individual pages will become a problem. Is there a way I can create a button to open one of these pdf resources as an extra window in whatever pdf viewer they're being opened on? I tried this a few years ago by linking the files within the same folder as the main pdf, but when the folder containing them all was moved onto different platforms the button link was lost, so each user needed to re-add it in Acrobat, which became a problem. 

Why is it giving me this error if I have my link images right in my folder?

I'm trying to export various GREP queries, which unfortunately isn't possible to use it with my colleagues. Therefore, I'm trying to incorporate longer expressions into an existing XML query. However, the characters aren't displayed as they appear in the GREP search, neither in Visual Studio Code nor in a regular text editor. How can I solve this problem? (InDesign 2025/Mac)

I have found this freeware script to transpose table rows to coumns (Indesign Transpose Tables Script). Works amazingly well but one slight draw back is you have to do each table one by one. I am new to jS ro would like some advice on how to edit the script to make to work on all tables selected.  Script syntax below: // Table Transpose v1.0// by Iain Anderson// indesign@funwithstuff.com// USE ON BACKUP COPIES// NO RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED.// free to use -- may not be sold// please report bugs -- I'll try to fix any show-stoppers// but cell borders are unlikely to be transposed any time soonwith(app){var myTempContents;var myTempFont;var myTempSize;var myTempStyle;var myTemp;var myExtraRows = 0;var myTextFrame = selection[0];// error catchvar myError = 0;if (selection.length <= 0) {myError = 1;}else if (selection[0].constructor.name!="TextFrame") {myError = 2;}else if (selection[0].tables.length <= 0) {myError = 3;}// error alertsif (myError == 1) {//