InDesign

Hi, my data merge is not working.I create a csv file in excel. I upload it to indesign 20.1 but the images won't load. If I process the same file in version 19.0 everything goes without a problem.The CSV file is not specially formatted. I also tried tab delimited text (from excel) but that doesn't work either.

Want to send to adobe staff to check out... I have opened this file before (with much larger links) and worked on it no problem. in the past few hours it has become unresponsive and slow to open or use to the point i can't open the file without having to force quit indesing every time! it only seems to be the case with this specific file. ive tried reinstalling and resetting indesing. 

Hello Indesign friends, my name is Wout from the Netherlands,I'm making a book in Indesign about 40 years of Strongman in Holland. Each year is around 30 pages and I'm using around 15 parent pages.I finished the first year with 32 pages and I will proceed year number 2, therefore I want to start again near year 1 so I can see what page I used etc.Is it possible to see more then one year with page 1 to 32 from top to bottom and the next year besides from top to bottom.Thxs for your reaction, greetings Wout

Buenas, me preguntaba si en indesign se pueden hacer tablas con el trazo inferior (o inferior y superior) solamente, sin trazos a la derecha/izquierda, de esta manera:

Hi, I'm really new to the xml import part for indesign, but i'm going to need it extensively. How do I format the xml to be able to import images from a local path or a url path from my server? I can do everything with text but it doesn't work for image files. I tried the <image href="localimagepath"></image> but this doesn't work, it says there is an error in my code when importing.This is on osx and the path is from my terminal.

I have been attempting to add a 360° image or panorama to an InDesign file and export it as an interactive PDF. While it works with media content, I am looking for solutions to effectively incorporate 360° images into presentations.Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Hi I need to create a fixed layout EPUB from a previously written book I have in a PDF format. The book is picture heavy so I only found fixed layout EPUB to work. The ebook distributor in question (Draft2Digital) only allows EPUB, which is why I'm going through all this (although I know how crazy it is to transform a PDF into an EPub, so please kindly don't judge me, as I'm doing it because I'm being forced to.). Although I was able to get a fixed layout EPUB format already, my EPUB file does not have an EPUB table of contents. So if I open it on Kindle Previewer or any other epub preview, the TOC has all "untitled" spreads under it. Question: Since this is a PDF import and I do not have text paragraphs or headings in the inDesign document, how can I create a table of contents for it? I created sections with marker sections for each of the chapters, so I was hoping to generate a TOC from that. However I was not able to figure this out, if that is even an option. Th

I am attempting to compose a document (non-facing pages) containing poetry in different languages with line numbers (every x lines). In my latest attempt, I have 4 columns representing the text and line numbers in each of the two languages. My first attempt, using a multi-column text frame (primary and non-primary) failed because, for the life of me, I could find a way of getting the text to flow 'column first' (i.e. fill the first column until all text was entered on multiple pages before advancing to the  next column). My latest attempt seemed more promising but still failed. I can fill the first column with text across multiple pages, but if I attempt to enter text (line numbers every 10 lines) in the second column, when I reach the end of the first page, InDesign inserts a new page between the first and previously second page with no text in the first column of the new second page.I am now completely stumped, and I have not got to the third and fourth columns yet.&nb

Hi,Is there a way to use the Mac's built-in text replacements in InDesign?I have several shortcuts that I would like to use. For example, I set one up to write "InDesign" when I type "ind "or "illu" for "Illustrator." I also have one for my website, phone number, or mail address. It is really handy.Is there a way to use that in InDesign?

Hallo, ich habe ein unangenehmes Problem: Wenn ich mit dem Zeigewerkzeug in einen Textrahmen klicke, um Text zu editieren (das praktiziere ich so seit Jahren), dann verschiebt sich der Textrahmen seit heute um einen halben Milimeter nach links. Hat das jemand von euch auch schon einmal gehabt?Grüße iPunkt

Hello, I need to finish somework and I can not because InDesign seems to crash every 5 to 10 minutes.I'm on a Mac Studio, I have the 2025 version. What can I do now??

That's the whole question 🙂I'm looking into trying a few things with a single-cell table, but it's missing most of the controls needed.Thx.

Hi,I would like to crop an image based on its shape. In InDesign everything is cropped, but when I save the file as a PDF and print it, it prints the image in its original shape. What am I doing wrong?

I've moved text around in a long document (~200pp) and messed up the threading...i've tried everything I can think of to fix and read through posts here.including-running scripts to break and then rethread, which produce a number of error messages-creating a new document but the text seems to paste in with its old order in its mind - which is really frustrating: whatever I do the old "ghost" text order flows in-manually trying to remake in text editorall so far to no availplease help anyone. many thanks

Hi, I recently updated both OSX and Indesign and now I can no longer see recent folders when relinking or placing files.Is this because of a change in Indesign or in the OS? I hope somebody gets what I mean:I used to see recent folders suggested when relinking files, which was great for the workflow as you often save files somewhere with a different software and then open InDesign to place or relink these files.

I'm running Indesign 20.1 on a Mac mini running OS 15.1 (24B83).  When I create a new document I do not have a Master page. All is see is a A-Parent page and another titled "[None]".  I have tried deleting prefs, tried going back a view versions and no luck. I also can't move spreads around at all.  I have tried an Adobe chat session and let the tech take over my computer and he still couldn't figure it out. Anybody have the same issue?Thanks!  

Hola hola.porque rezon las aplicaciones de adobe (indesign, ilustrador, photoshop) no me dejan grabar, o guardar con otro nombre.ya actualice el sistema la MacStudio, desinstalé indesign 2025, instalé y no deja grabar.Abrí ilustrador y photoshop y tampoco deja grabar la informaciónGracias

I'm creating an interactive form in InDesign and need to have the viewers fill it on their devices after I use the Publish Online option. However, the interactive fields doesn't work and renders useless. Is there a trick we can use to make the interactive form fields functioning with Publsih Online?

Adobe, this bug is easy to reproduce and has been documented for years. Can we please get a speedy fix?

Please see the vedio which I attached and help me out of this problem

Just had a runtime error, then a complete freeze. Can it mean the file's become corrupted? Occurred right after deleting a set of two images grouped together. Haven't tried opening it again after a force quit via the task manager. Backing up the file as it exists now. Please advise. Perform a 'rinse' by exporting to IDML and then back into a normal ID file? Thank you.

As part of our annual system update to support the latest Adobe InDesign version, we include our plugin, which utilizes a third-party library. According to Adobe's porting guide, the recommended setup includes Boost 1.74 and Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.9.6).Boost 1.74 does not get compiled on VS 2022(version 17.9.6). Consequently, we have been using Boost 1.80 since the InDesign 2023 update, while keeping all other configurations aligned with the porting guide.Additionally, we are compiling our code with C++14 and using indesign::autoptr in our implementation.Despite these adjustments, we are encountering an issue where our plugin fails to load in InDesign. The application crashes and asserts with the error message: "Cannot load the plugin."We would appreciate any insights or suggestions to resolve this issue.

I can't move text boxes, objects or pages. When I try to move anything the curser changes to a stop sign (red circle with diagonal red line). I have opened a new document, but it still happens. I can however resize boxes/images using the 'handles'. Everything was working fine before. I have not installed any updates. Thanks for any help.     <Title renamed by MOD>

I work as a graphic designer and part of my job requires me to do a lot of high quality printing such as greeitng cards, birth announcements, wedding invitations, etc. I have always done my printing with Adobe PDF'sand everything was perfect until early this week. I restarted and updated my computer and the quality setitngs in the printer properties changed. There is no way I can get it back to printing the way it used to. The photo just appears to be washed out and grainy. 😞 Can someone tell me what the best way is to print high quality photos either out of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Indesign?Thank you.

How do multiple people gain access to links in an indesign document?We make a magazine with about 150 links per document. We are having trouble finding an easy way to sync these links to our cloud so all four of us can access the document. Does anyone have any good ideas?