InDesign

I have a doc full of text without spaces after colons, e.g. "Next Step:Organize Tools."I want to add a space after the colon.Terms like "Next Step" appear regularly throughout, and are easy to find; additionally, there are URLs in which I don't want to add space after a colon.- - -So, I can search for "Step:\S" which finds the colons, but it also selects the next letter, e.g. "Next Step:Organize Tools."- - -How do we tell GREP to NOT select the next character, and simply add a space after the colon?FWIW I have the GREP in InDesign book, but don't know what this function is called & couldn't find it... Thanks!  

I'm exporting a Google Doc to Word, then importing it.There are bookmarks in the Google Doc, and appear as shown here. (The symbol that looks like a colon.) I'd like to eliminate them.However, I can't do a find/replace for them... I can delete them individually, though.Copying and pasting to Find doesn't show any results. Any idea how to do this? Thanks

HiI have a complicated textframe scenario.I know there is a way to do angular text in Indesign. I have done simple versions. I forgot the method. It was something to do with direct selection tool and skewing. How can I achieve this layout. For some reason it is not working for me.I have marked the required textframe output with red color.Thanks

When relinking missing files, if I select a folder, I have an option to match filenames and it can search and restore all the images automatically. But if I select a CC library, then I have to manually select the cloud asset even though it is there with the same name. Dozens of files to select... Is there no easy solution? Or any script solution? 

Hi:I'm wondering if anyone knows how to write a script (or another way to do it) that will create a button in which the URL is the link to that linked file's path. So, once I export an Interactive PDF, if I click on that button on the page where I'm looking at a linked file (PDF file, for instance), the button will take me to that file using the path of that linked file. There is a Text Variable that already can display the linked file's path, but I can't figure out how to get that Path into the URL of a button. Any ideas? Thanks!Ryan

I installed the Middle Eastern version of Adobe InDesign on my machine, I created a new document in InDesign with A4 page size, landscape page orientation. The document is totally empty execpt for a small grey rectangle shape on the only page.   When I select the option "Export to Adobe Express", I get the below message Although no text whatsoever is found on this newly created document for testing purposes, it is obvious that any document out of InDesign ME cannot be converted to Express project.   Let me know if this finding is true, and whether a solution is possible.

I have recently encountered an issue where InDesign eats the first keystroke after pasting text. The text may be pasted from another application, or just copy-pasted from within the same InDesign document. Please see attached video file which demonstrates the problem.This may be related to the issue reported here: First keystroke sometimes missing in Indesign...to wit:when I select some text and start typing...the first keystroke does nothing. I always have to press a key 2 times before indesign replaces the selected text.This happens almost every time. First thought it was a problem with the keyboard, but it only happens in Indesign, not in other programs.I too was going to blame my keyboard, but I found that turning off "Show Paste Options" (in Preferences » Clipboard Handling... » Show Paste Options; see attached picture) eliminates it. I also wanted to blame Auto Style, and I still find the UI widget gets in my way, but I think the problem is really in the Paste Options.I'm not sur

If i edit file Indd by Notepad++:I can see version of file created:        <xmp:CreateDate>2012-11-25T17:01:29Z</xmp:CreateDate>         <xmp:ModifyDate>2018-04-19T18:09:34+09:00</xmp:ModifyDate>         <xmp:MetadataDate>2018-04-19T18:09:34+09:00</xmp:MetadataDate>         <xmp:CreatorTool>Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows)</xmp:CreatorTool>But I want detect version CS6 (version 8.0) or CS6 (version 8.02) or (CS6 Version 8.1).How detect detail version of file Indd?

Hello, We have made a small change to the text of a document for a customer. After we had exported the document as an interactive PDF and sent it to the customer, we received a complaint: Why are flags missing on some pages. This document contains flags on several pages. The flags are all contained in a single .ai file on different artboards, which are then linked in InDesign. Everything looks good in InDesign: The links are all up to date and the preview is displayed correctly: no warnings, no errors during export. After the export to PDF, (not all only) some flags are missing. Re-linking the flag file did not help. Only when we duplicated the flag file unchanged in Explorer and linked this copy of the flag file again did it work again. The only difference to the last revision is an InDesign update to 20.1. On another computer with Indesign 19 all flags are exported. The consequence: I pay a lot of money for professional software and still stand in front of my

Hallo, ich habe ein Problem mit der Darstellung des "CC Libraries" Reiters in Adobe InDesign (19.5.2 und vorherige Versionen) festgestellt. Bei geöffnetem "CC Libraries" Reiter "zappelt" der Reiter und scheint permanent seine Größe zu verändern. Da sich das Problem schwer beschreiben lässt habe ich das Problem in einem Video dokumentiert, das Sie im Anhang finden. Das Problem tritt unter folgenden Bedingungen auf:•Betriebssystem: macOS, augenblicklich Sequoia 15.3, trat aber auch vorher schon auf)•Arbeitsbereich: Typografie, Erweitert, Grundlagen... es passiert immer wenn die "CC Libraries" in einem Reiter links ausklappen.•Wiederholbarkeit: Das Problem tritt immer auf und ist reproduzierbar. Könnten Sie mir mitteilen, ob dieses Problem bekannt ist und ob es eine Lösung oder einen Workaround gibt? Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung!

Hello everyone, I'm having an issue with interactive buttons in Adobe InDesign. When I create them and export my file as a PDF, they work perfectly on my laptop using Adobe Reader. However, when I try to open the same PDF on my Android phone, the interactive buttons don't work. I would really appreciate any insights or solutions to this issue. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello!I am adding in images (JPG) into an indesign file for printing. The images are too small so i am resizing them in photoshop. But after i have resized them, the effective PPI changes to 300x298 - meaning there is a distortion. But i dont understand HOW there is a distortion? I have added screenshots of the settings from the original image (that has an OK effective PPI in indesign, but is too small) and from when I have added in my changes. What am i doing wrong? I can size it up a little without it 'distorting' but i need it this big  to get the 300PPI and I don't know what to do

Hi!  I am saving  a file tfor printed, its quite big 6990mmx2980mm, so I have made the file 50%. I am now adding in images, and for one of them, instead of just saying something like Effective PPI: 300 it says Effective PPI: 131x129. What does this mean? Why is is not just a number?Also - placing TIFs is just gonna make a monster file - can I add JPGs? If they have 300 effective ppi? Any other tips for this large scale printing? Thanks! 

Hi,I can't open InDesign without it crashing immediately. I've had similar issues with Acrobat Reader and Illustrator to varying degrees—Illustrator seems stable now, but Acrobat still freezes when opening a PDF. InDesign doesn’t even launch; it just crashes instantly.My operating system is macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, and I’m using the latest InDesign 2025 update.I've tried everything: uninstalling and reinstalling all Adobe apps multiple times, checking fonts, and even installing previous versions. While this helped with Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat remain unusable.This has severely disrupted my workflow. Any urgent fix or guidance would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.

I'm working on a book with stories. I want to know if there is a way to add a paragraph or story to a library, a place where all text paragraphs are saved and cannot be deleted, and can be dragged onto a page.

Hi,I just noticed a bug: if pages are hidden, the selected text is also hidden. Normally, the selected text in a text frame is highlighted so you can see what you are working on. But as soon as I hide some pages, I can not see the highlight. But the text is somehow still selected, and if you write, the text will change, but the highlight is invisible. If no page is hidden, everything works fine.I also tried to restart InDesign and my Mac and remove the InDesign cash folder, but nothing worked.Do you have any suggestions?I'm on macOS Sequoia 15.3, and InDesign is on version 20.1.

I'm doing a project and it needs Pantone+ Solid Coated and I can't find it.

Hi,I'm learning InDesign to know how to publish a leaflet in A5 format with multiple pages. I expect InDesign to tell me how to setup my pages so that the print of the file will allow me to create the leaflet with three staples in the middle, but I can only find tutos dealing with A4 sheets, which is not helpful to me. Where could I find help to do what I wish, please? Thanks.

Hello,I have an InDesign document that I use for my invoices, each time I make a new one I export the last page of the document using a specific preset, which I only use for this invoice document. Given that InDesign by default keeps the latest export preset, there's a great chance that when I export a document from this or any other document the preset is not the right one, which is not a huge deal but in the long run it's a bit annoying, since each document export might need some specific settings, but this particular one always needs the same.My question is: is there a way to tell InDesign that whenever I'm exporting a page from the invoice document, the preset must be by default set to the one I indicate? Thank you,L

While generating an accessible PDF from InDesign CC 2025, the tag name does not appear as per the mapping in the paragraph styles Export Tag option, Instead only the InDesign paragraph style name is shown.I have attached a screenshot for your reference. Please advise on how to resolve this issue.

I need help with PowerPoint actually but I can not even google it because I do not know how it is called there.In InDesign, repetitive elements are in Master Pages. But in PowerPoint, Master Page is something very different. I need to remove repetitive logos so each page will not include them, when I export.  

He tratado de exportar todos los encuadres de fotos de un documento pero no he encontrado el cómo. La opción exportar solo me permite exportar todo el documento o la selección, de forma que tengo que clicar Ctrl+E unas 200 veces cada vez que hago un libro. Esta tarea no se puede hacer de otro modo que manualmente? No tiene mucho sentido (La función Empaquetar no sirve porque guarda las imágenes originales, no los encuadres específicos que he elaborado en el documento y es lo que me interesa)Gracias por adelantado si alguien puede echarme una mano!

Hi Guys, I'm exporting a huge PDF and I noticed that the output is different when viewed on Adobe Acrobat vs Web Preview. Can you guys help? See below photos for reference.Adobe Acrobat (1st photo - intended output) - Facing Pages, black and white photo or no overprintWeb Preview (2nnd photo) - Single Pages, colored photo or overprint previewThank you so much!

We need to set section prefix string and marker string from our code. What we have been doing so far (CS19 SDK for InDesign 2024 and CS18SDK for InDesign 2023) was simply getting the necessary parameters to the ISectionCmdData::set() from ISection getters and setting them along with our personal section prefix string and the marker string. Our code is attached below (Please note that this code has few hardcoded values to improve the readability and testability -). But since CS20 SDK for InDesign 2025, we noticed that this ISectionCmdData::set() modifies section start page number back to one (If our section starting page number is set to 10 for example, after calling ISectionCmdData::set() 10 becomes 1). Is there a way to mitigate this issue?Example:In below doc and code we have set the starting page number of the 3rd section on the 7th document page(relative to very first document page) to be 10. But when we go to right cleck menu and apply current page number from "Insert special

Since the latest update of Adobe InDesign to version 20.1. I have problems with the correct display of selected image and text boxes. When I select a box, it is not actively displayed, I have to zoom in or out first so that the box is actively displayed. If I select a box and want to move it with the arrow keys, I don't see the change, I have to zoom in or out again until the box moves. I have the same problem when I select a box with the mouse and want to move it. This bug is quite annoying if you want to work precisely and place objects at the maximum zoom level. Do others know this problem? I did not have this problem in older versions. Operating system: MacOS Sonom 14.6.1Device: Macbook Pro M3