InDesign

Hallo an alle, ich bräuchte sehr DRINGEND Hilfe bei folgendem Problem: Ich soll eine Weltkarte mit benannten Ländern überarbeiten, die leider nur als PDF verfügbar ist und in Illustrator geöffnet werden kann. Das Problem ist, dass die Namen der Länder nur als Vektordateien verfügbar ist, aber nicht als Text. Ich soll die ganze Datei aber am Ende als .indd Datei mit den Namen der Länder als Text abgeben. Kennt irgendjemand ein Tool, das automatisch Text erkennen kann und auch automatisch ein Textfeld in einer .indd Datei erstellen kann? Vielleicht hat auch irgendjemand eine Idee, wie ich das lösen kann.Vielen Dank auf jeden Fall für die Hilfe. Liebe Grüße

Hi, I have a problem about spacing/ justification.One line in a paragraph become very widely justified. the setting looks fine. Only the first line of a paragraph is like this. Other paragraphs are also fine.How can I fix it? Thank you in advance?

I'm working with an InDesign document created by someone else. There is a text box sitting atop a backgraound illustration. I couldn't select the text box to move it, so I moved the background illustration out of the way to get to it. I still was unable to move or edit the text box. I'm not sure why this text box is not movable or editable but it's very frustrating. I've relaunched the application to no avail. Is this a bug? Anyone have any ideas? I'm under deadline, so any responses to this issue would be great. BTW - I can see text edit markings - end of line characters, etc. - so, I know the text is editable and hasn't been converted to a graphic...if I could only get to it!!

Hello, I am designing a theatre program in InDesign 2025 and always use a dot leader when listing scenes. However, I have a name AFTER the dot leader tab with a period in it -  "Mr."  When I tab with the dot leader without using the period after Mr, it aligns fine, however, when I use the period after MR, that forces the rest of the listing to the next line. I don't have "align on" set with a period. I just don't know how to stop this from happening and still be able to use the period in the Mr title and use a period for the dot leader. First example without period, 2nd example with period. I can't figure out how to fix this! Thanks!

I have a set of badges to print. About 130 of them. The document is setup to size with each page an individual badge. The printer would like to have a PDF with duplicates of each page...so two copies of one badge, then two copies of the next and so on for it to print double sided on their machine.I can find no easy way to do this...when I duplicate a page I can only do it one page at a time and it puts it at the end of the 130 pages then I have to drag it up to be right after the correct page.If I try to print multiple copies to a Postscript file (it will not ALLOW multiple copies to print to a PDF) somehow I can't get it to print 2 copies of each then the next two ect.I wish I could just select all the pages and hit a DUPLICATE but have them be placed right after each instead of collated so I have to drag 130 pages around.Happy to do this from InDesign OR Acrobat with the final press-ready files but just can't find an easy way.Any insight?

As I highlight letters in InDesign, a pop-up box appears which I think I will refer to as a glyph options pop-up (real name unknown because I only get answers for the glyphs panel). Somewhere in InDesign, there is an option to switch this off, but I can't remember where. Can somebody tell me, please? 

Hey all,  I'm looking for a way to create the ability for a user to click on a shape  and have that shape fill in with a colour. For instance:I've made each cell an individual shape, but I'm not sure where to go from here. Basically what I want is an if: on-mouseclick, then: [specify which cells to colour] . But it isn't quite a button and isn't an animation either. Thoughts/help?

Hola, Expertos de la Comunidad. La imagen adjunta muestra un fondo blanco en la línea del texto superior, resultado de configurar de esa manera el “Borde de Párrafo” de la línea de texto inferior, sin embargo, el orden de estos efectos impide que el “Sombreado de Párrafo” de color amarillo en la línea de texto superior, se muestre de extremo a extremo en sentido horizontal. Deseo saber cuáles criterios utiliza InDesign para determinar la disposición de los efectos, y cómo invertir su orden, a fin de que el “Sombreado de Párrafo” de color amarillo, esté sobre el “Borde de Párrafo” de color blanco. Nota: fuera de lo planteado, la apariencia y funcionalidad programada, debe permanecer como se aprecia. El archivo se encuentra adjunto. Gracias.   

Could someone help me export an ebook created in InDesign to the reading format on the Kindle?

Today I updated indesign to version 19.4. When I use the databases for the data merge function with linked images within the database, a message tells me that the images are not reachable. The files I’m working on, including databases and images, are in the Dropbox folder. I downgraded to version 19.3 and everything worked again. Can anyone help me?   {Reanmed By MOD}

I have an Arabic document to lay out in InDesign. I've set the language to Arabic, so it should automatically typeset the content from right to left. However, when I paste the text into the document, it is laid out left to right so it doesn't make sense. Has anyone found a workaround for this bug? 

InDesign Files (pretty much all Adobe files) wont open after Seqouia OS update and Adobe updates, files are in DropBox. If someone can be of help I'd be MOST grateful.

So i use a laptop usually and things are normally fine. however for some reason now all objects on my second monitor is not moveable. i can click on the object and when i attempt to move it theres a red circle icon. if i move the indesign window to my main screen everything is moveable and the problem only happens on the 2nd monitor. ive tried reseting preferences, nothing is locked. when i use my laptop InDesign works fine, but the second I move the window onto my monitor, it dosnt allow me to move objects, and when it does it moves it to a random location as if my mouse isnt calibrated and believes my mouse is in a different spot.  Then i move it back to my laptop and its fine. I know other people have reccomened to change the scale on my laptop, or to move all the objects by clicking V, but I want to know how to fully fix this issue. Ive already reset my preferences but I dont know what to do 

I'm creating a very simple one page ID doc. (version 20.0.1). When I click on any element (text box or image), the whole page momentairly goes blank so I can't see what I'm doing. Weird! How can I fix this? 

Hi, Today the mouse movement in InDesign (20.1) is acting very strange. All the text, object is jumping to the left when I want to move it. I tried to rebote the computer and remove the preferences to default. Nothing helps. My mouse on Photoshop and Illustator is working fine. Even on the beta version of InDesign the mouse behaviour has the same strange jumps. Can someone help me fix this problem?

Hello everyone, I don’t have much experience with Adobe applications and could use your help. I need to modify an existing PDF file by widening the linework by about 3-4 pixels. Could someone guide me on how to make these changes?

I updated InDesign today, 4/06/2017. Now it crashes all the time.My system is an iMac mid 2011.

How do I make the 'Story' & 'Document' radio buttons be on one line? I tried a lot with AI and it didn't work 🙂   var dialog = app.dialogs.add({name: "Pstyle2tables"}); var column = dialog.dialogColumns.add(); var styleRow = column.dialogRows.add(); var styleDropdown = styleRow.dropdowns.add({ stringList: allParaStyles, selectedIndex: 0 }); var scopeRow = column.dialogRows.add(); var radioBtns = scopeRow.radiobuttonGroups.add(); var currentStoryRadio = radioBtns.radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel: "Story", checkedState: true}); var entireDocRadio = radioBtns.radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel: "Document", checkedState: false}); var result = dialog.show(); if (result) { var selectedStyleName = allParaStyles[styleDropdown.selectedIndex]; var selectedStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName(selectedStyleName); var workOnEntireDoc = entireDocRadio.checkedState

Is anyone else having issues copying and pasting images within a document? There was an update a few days ago and I'm wondering if there's a bug. I'm in the middle of putting together a big presentation and yesterday I suddenly couldn't copy and paste elements within a page or to a subsequent page, instead the image appears 15-20 pages later. Doesn't matter how many times I select the page I want to paste onto from the page itself, the pages panel, or both, it will not paste into that page. I've done all the usual suspects - up to date on all software, hardware and drivers. Rebooted the system and run InDesign with nothing else running. There is nothing wrong outside of InDesign. It's impossible to work with any speed or flow and it's driving me insane, yet I can't find anyone else on the internet complaining of this issue. Does anyone have any insight? Kinda desperate here!

Hi everybody,I would like to make a list in which my images appear with the sources. For example, I have the following figure caption ‘Fig. 7: Germany physical’. The source is ‘Botaurus-stellaris, CC BY-SA 3.0 Via Wikimedia Commons’. The figure number should automatically appear in the list next to the source. Should I create an Excel file where I enter the caption and the source? And then what? Any suggestion?Or will I have to complete it manually just before printing?By the way, this time also I have some good advice: my editor's graphic designer has sent me two screenshots made with ID Tasker for Indesign, must be a great tool as far as he tells me and I can understand (see pictures attached).Thanks in advance for your help!Marlene 

does anyone have a script/grep code/or asian dictionary I could import use in InDesign to ensure Asian characters dont break incorrectly within indesign? without using the CJK InDesign version?

I am creating a 1/2 fold brochure on 8.5x11 paper. I've attached a screenshot of the Properties panel. My document is a multiple of 4. 12 pages divided by 4 equals 3 sheets of paper. When I attempt to export the PostScript file, InDesign tells me that 2 blank pages have been added to create the booklet. All pages contain text and/or graphics.  I create booklets on 11x17 paper all the time and have never had this issue. What step have I missed in my document set up?

 is it possible to track  clicks on these adobe generated qr codes? if so how? if not I understand already created codes won't nessisarilty have the correct data in them.. whats the simplest way to use/ intrgrate  this into this service.. or should I look at another generator?or could the folks at Adobe look at making this an easy part of the generator.. I cant be the only person wanting to know how many folks have used a QR code --right?  

I have the feeling I've asked this before but I can't bring any answer to mind.   Is there any way to export a Unicode glyph-code directly to exported output (EPUB or HTML) without it being modified into text? I seem to recall some code, setting, override... something.   For example, if I put ࢐ in text and export it to EPUB, I get... "blah blah ࢐ blah blah" in the XHTML output. If I edit '&' to just '&' — boom, I get the left-arrow I wanted.   So is there any way to mark or flag that code for export without the modification? I feel as if I'm missing something, and that something may be "no, you can't do that." 🙂   I've discovered that if you cut and paste the actual glyph (from a symbols web page, for example) it may show a Dreaded Pink Box in InDesign, but seems to export exactly as desired. Looking for a better method, though.     ETA: I've also discovered there's a very peculiar little script in the Community

Hi Team, I am sorry for being so unspecific but I would not even know how to google it. Please see the screenshot, and the three red arrows. Showing the pages it suddenly shows these three columns (before that there was just one, I have no idea what changed. It happened while doing indesign tutorials) - and it does that now on EVERY indesign file I open. I already did a reset on all indesign presets, it did not help...Help would really be appreciated!!    Kind regards