InDesign

I have a column in a table that contains numbers between 1-100, and I would like the cells to fill with a color based on the numerical value. For example, 80-100 would have a green fill, 50-79 would be yellow, and 0-49 would be a red fill. Is there a way to do this? 

I have a fairly common problem - losing special characters on a data merge. I thought the cause of the problem was with the data file exported from Excel, but using a csv or even a plain text file correctly encoded to UTF-8 and testing all possible combinations of import options results in losing extended characters on data merge. So a name like Świeżewski is losing those non-standard characters and is coming through as ≈Öwie≈ªewski. It is not the font (Minion Pro - and I've tested every font I have), because I can copy the word out of Excel and paste it into InDesign without any problems. I've also tried various different encodings and regional character settings. I do this sort of work all the time and various workarounds have always fixed it in the past, but on this occasion I can't make it work. I would appreciate any suggestions. Using a Mac, which may be part of the problem, I don't know. Slight update: it appears that InDesign is ignoring the Unicode opt

I consistently get Share for Review errors when trying to update the share links.Restarting, clearing preferences don’t have any effect. 

Kun muunnan InDesign työni PDF -muotoon, jää PDF:stä pois taustalla oleva, osin läpinäkyvä, kuva ?(Liitteenä, kuvina ko. ongelma)

Hi folksI’ve come across this odd copy/paste bug in InDesign 21.2. Text fields are not located correctly when pasting a group of obejcts. Same thing happens with Paste and Paste in Place.I am pasting from the right window (A5) into the left window (A5) hence the size difference.Is this a known bug?ThanksRichard 

For the past few months I’ve been experiencing slow Indesign performance when editing documents but it has been tolerable until the past few days when Indesign started to be too slow to even launch. Closing the app is also extremely laggy, usually it does not fully close until I restart the computer.Indesign can launch but takes more than 20 minutes to get to the home page, and I haven’t been able to load it to the point of being able to open any files.I have already tried a clean removal + reinstallation of the app with the creative cloud cleaner tool, and also deleted all preferences. Most files are saved on adobe cloud.I am on Id version 21.3, Windows 11 Pro, OS 26200.8117Any help would be appreciated :) thank you  UPDATE: Running version 21.2 works fine it’s 21.3 that’s not working.

I'm slowly working on building proper TypeScript definitions for InDesign, and while trawling through the Object Model I noticed InDesign 2026 has two new event types: `BEFORE_SCRIPT_METHOD` and `AFTER_SCRIPT_METHOD`.Can anyone shed some light on them?

This has been a constant thorn in my side for the last year, it’s definitely an issue with recent updates as I have changed nothing about how I use these tools in the last 16 years.Every time I need to add some illustrator artboards to indesign to create a concept deck, there will be a few artboards that import in with something missing.I go back to illustrator to check to make sure there’s no hidden layers, no unusual settings differing between elements. Nothing. It’s completely random in what it decides it will show and what it will hide when imported into illustrator. This is what is in the illustrator file: This is what happens when I import the file to indesign as an artboard. I’ve tried everything I can reasonably do to fix this. Even creating entirely new files to put the artboards into. Deleting them, saving and then putting the text back and saving again so the file updates in InDesign. I’m at my wits end with this.

Hi -- This morning I upgraded to Adobe InDesign 21.3.  But now when I export my INDD file to PDF, I’m finding that the PNG and TIF images on my cover page, which is a linked file from Adobe Illustrator, are coming in pixelated:  Here’s a closeup:  When I’m in the Preview mode, those two images are crisp and render perfectly--it’s only when exported to PDF that the images look bad.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!  

I’m formatting a book using InDesign and I'm using a template I created and have used many times without issues. But now when I tried to upload the file to KDP I get an error message telling me that some of the text is outside the margin. The culprit is always a lower case and the head is just going over the line. I know that I can just select the bleed option on KDP to remove the error but does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix/prevent it from happening again. P.S. I have tried several options suggested by Google Gemini and none of them worked apart from the altering the Composer in Justification for my Paragraph Style, but it doesn't; work every time.   

We are developing a UXP plug-in for Adobe InDesign 2026  that will be FREE to automate the generation of accessible PDFs (for people with low vision) directly from InDesign. We have conducted a series of tests, and some concepts do not work as indicated in the Adobe documentation. 1) According to Adobe’s official documentation (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-accessible-pdfs.html) and various YouTube tutorials, reading order is achieved by placing elements into Articles, and the order of these elements defines the first level. The second level consists of anchored objects and text tagged with export tags, not XML. We export as an interactive PDF with the “Create Tagged PDF” option enabled. We have verified using the PAC tool (2026) (PDF/UA Foundation, an internationally recognized organization based on the WCAG accessibility standard) that the order of elements within the article is not reflected in PAC (via the "Screen reader preview" button). The result is the same wh

I have strict templates for certain Word Documents and I have corresponding templates in InDesign. Typically, I can import a Word Doc into its corresponding InDesign template with ease. However, occasionally, I will receive a Word Doc that someone has added styles to or changed them in some way. How do I adjust the Word Importing Styles Option so that the InDesign styles are not contaminated by random styles being imported from the Word Doc into the InDesign document?

I heavily use the "Create Spelling Report" a feature of the Spelling option in InDesign 2023. It instantly gives me a list of all possible spelling errors in large documents. I find this much more efficient than running "Check Spelling". I cannot find this feature in later versions of InDesign, any suggestions. Is there a way to add it as a plug-in?

I have a large sized collage created out of several posters. Each poster need to be a separate printable pdf. How do I do this in InDesign. I have the compound paths set up and placed the high res images so they span over multiple frames. But I have no idea how to create a speratae artwork for each frame.

Out of the blue, InDesign started to hang indefinitely upon startup yesterday. InDesign v21.3.0.60 on macOS 14.8.3 on am M1. The splash screen appears, then stops at "late initialisations", and eventually spits out an error message/trace of 87 pages, and that's it.Strange thing is it starts normally if I disconnect the machine from the internet.Out of desparation I resorted to "AI" and threw the error output at Claude, which suspected that libtypekit might be involved in the problem, but ultimately could not help.Has anyone seen this behaviour? Any hints how to fix this, and get nomal startup when connected to the internet?

The graphics are of different sizes, but I want to fill the page with 3mm spacing between them. They only need to be the same height, not the same width.No code needed—just give me a suggested algorithm.For example, if the page width is 170;// Spacingvar csp=3;// Number of columnsvar cn=2w1+w2+w3+3*2=170h1=h2=h3;But since both the height and width are unknown, does this mean I have to keep trying different values?If that really doesn't work, I think allowing the last shape to be cropped might be easier to implement.Do I need to loop multiple times to scale?This feels really slow.Thank you . 

I tried opening with Shift, restoring version history, relinking/removing images, placing into a new document

Indesignで最後にパッケージをする時、ポップアップウィンドウがやたらと横長になってしまいました。作業自体には支障はありませんが気持ち悪いです。直し方がわかる方いらっしゃいましたら、お手隙の際によろしくお願いいたします。（使用PCはimacmac OS sonoma 14.6.1使用ソフト Indesign 2026）  

Hi everyone,I’m creating an interactive PDF in Adobe InDesign and I’m having an issue with internal links.When I click a link that jumps to another page:on desktop (Adobe Acrobat Reader) everything works correctly ✔️ on mobile, the page opens halfway / not from the top of the page ❌I already tried:setting zoom to “Fit Width” setting zoom to “Fit Page” recreating all links from scratch exporting as Interactive PDF with hyperlinks enabledBut the issue still happens on mobile devices.Is this a limitation of mobile PDF viewers, or is there a setting in InDesign that forces the page to always open from the top?Thanks in advance

Oops… I meant to type “ase” file, but I can’t edit the title apparently. Hi all! I’m trying to load a specific swatch palette (not the default one). I’ve done it a million times. I’m running Indesign v. 21.3 on my Mac. I’m not trying to add it to the default color palette… I want it to be a separate palette. Today it’s trying to add a swatch to the library… instead of letting me open my .ase file. I’ve not encountered this before. I have nothing selected. What am I doing wrong? Thank you! 

Hello,I noticed, during a preflight check of a formatted book, that all my fonts—loaded via Adobe Fonts—were flagged as unauthorized.I contacted Adobe, but so far without any result. All of their suggested “procedures” have failed.Have you encountered this issue? If so, how did you resolve it?Thank you for your help.Have a great day,Anne

I want to get the details about the current InDesign server license which we are having with our organization its expiry and license details how we can get it or to whom we can connect from adobe team for the same can you guide us on the same?

New version of InDesign won’t PDF certain pages that previously worked fine in 25 version. Taking up lots of time trying to work out what images need to be replaced or even what pages (says p20 but might be 25). Once sorted it often generates PDF to near the end of doc and then just freezes. Is there a work around or an update coming for this? Its so time consuming. 

I opend Indesign and can get into my work but ones inside I am unable to edit anything. I can not add or subtract any work. I have tried to quite the app, but when I do, a message window pops up saying “cannot handle the request because a modal dialog or alert is active.” I can't uninstall InDesign to reinstall it.

Hallo zusammen, ich habe seit dem neuen Update auf InDesign 2026 Probleme mit dem proportionalen Skalieren von Rahmen. Der shortcut geht nichtmehr (auch bekannt als die Kralle). Hat das noch jemand und weis wie ich das zurück bekomme? Egal ob gefüllt mit Farbe, Bild, Grafik oder gar blanco.