InDesign

HelloThe File>Package menu is grayed out. It is therefore impossible to use this function. Does anyone have a solution? I'm using the latest version of InDesign (Creative Cloud subscription) and my Mac is running Sequoia 15.1.1 BonjourLe menu Fichier>Assemblage est en grisé. Impossible donc d'utiliser cette fonction. Quelqu'un a-t-il la solution ? J'utilise la dernière version d'InDesign (abonnement au Creative Cloud) et mon Mac tourne sous Sequoia 15.1.1

I would appreciate help writing code to find the first character of footnote text on a page, even if the first character is a continuation of a note from a previous page.I tried using AI, I managed to achieve the desired result but it works very slowly...Thanks in advance

I'd like to add a cross-reference link to my selected text, but every option I try in the Cross-Reference Formats dialog *replaces* the text I highlight. I want my text *style* to change, not the text itself. Example: in this sentence, "All features from the basic module can also be used within any advanced module.", I want to link 'basic module' to a relevant section in the document. I do *not* want to insert the page number or section title; I just want the link added to the existing "basic module" text. Does anyone know what I'm missing? Thanks in advance. (If you're wondering why I don't want to add page numbers or section titles, there are 2 reasons: because I have 100s of cross-references and the document becomes unreadable with all that inserted info; because it'll just be a digitally-viewed PDF that no one will ever print or care about page numbers.)

Hello Adobe Community,I am experiencing an issue with creating a dropdown menu in Adobe InDesign 2024. Despite following the steps to set up a dropdown menu using the data merge feature, the dropdown menu remains empty.Here’s a brief overview of the steps I followed:Created a CSV Data Source: I prepared a CSV file with a single column containing the dropdown options.Opened InDesign 2024: I started a new document and opened the Data Merge panel.Selected Data Source: I successfully selected my CSV file as the data source in the Data Merge panel, and I could see the data in the preview.Added Dropdown Menu: I created a rectangle to serve as the dropdown menu and converted it into a dropdown field using the interactive form tools.Linked Data to Dropdown: I attempted to drag the relevant placeholder from the Data Merge panel into the dropdown menu.Despite these steps, when I export the document as an interactive PDF, the dropdown menu does not display any options; it remains empty.I have dou

I want to combine different pages as spread only on export. For expample: page 03 with page 07, side by side. As my printscreen, I want do export as one spread page C3 with 7. Is it possible? How?     <Title renamed by MOD>  

Went to export, and all the page numbers are out of order. The first few tests all was good was perfect. I have no idea what I did. In setup, its seems all correct. 

"Select All Unused" option has disappeared from my menus when I'm in Character Styles and Paragraph Styles panels. It still appears in other panels like Colors. How do I get them back?I quit all Adobe apps including Creative Cloud, restarted, updated InDesign to 20.1 (was running 20 when they disappeared), thinking the update might fixt it, but they are still not appearing. Checked Edit/Menus (see screenshot) to make sure both were still checked to be visible, and both are. I toggled that on and off, etc. No dice. Any ideas? Thank you!  

Suddenly having an issue with this basic task. I'm setting up a book index (I've tried both independently setting it up as a new doc to have its pages moved, as well as setting up directly within the book) and getting stuck as my settings on the new master aren't producing a text frame on the document pages to work with. To trouble shoot, the steps taken were:1. New Master selected from Panel flyout2. Confirmed page size is same as all others3. Margins and Columns > input the same margins, but as the new Master needs 3 flowing columns, they are set up here, with gutter specs. I did not try using "Enable Layout Adjustment"4. On this master, with the text tool I draw a frame encompassing the 3 columns, and repeat on the facing page5. Ctrl. B for Text Frame options > input 3 columns with gutter specs, precisely overlaying the columns set up.6. Apply master to new pages for the indexAt this point, I should have a selectable text frame on the document set up for the index pages, yes?

Hello all,  While working in InDesign, I've been experiencing lagging issues with my cursor. For example, when I'm working doing normal things in the platform (InDesign 2025), when I move my mouse (or my track pad) around, the program freezes for two seconds before I can do anything. This happens on a timed sequence. Like every 30 seconds it does this: I work and then it freezes to where I can't do anything until it unfreezes again. SIGH* -_- I've had this issue for years with InDesign. I'm now finally deciding to post about it because my job is becoming more demanding and any second wasted on this freeze is causing delays in my timeline — I'm used to working super fast in the other platforms and they don't give me this same issue with freezing every 30 seconds. Does this community even reach the Adobe systems manager? Anyone from IT who can provide a solution? Has anyone ever contacted them directly — if so, how? Thanks so much!  FYI* I'm on my company la

Hello!Whenever I want to create a text box in a newly created document with the T-tool, the box with black outline is created before typing the text.I tried to check all tools without an open document whether black outline is set, ID closed and reopened. Unfortunately, the text box is created again and again with black outline. What can I do about it?Thanks!  

Hello all! Maybe someone has a clue. For quite some time I stumble across this problem again and again and couldn't find a solution. I remember that in some older version of Indesign for Windows (CS6?), when you opened the relink dialog on a file (image) you already placed and which you wanted to relink, it would go into the original folder (dependent on a setting) and list all files, but it would also jump to the current file (if  still existent) in that list of files and mark that file. Automatically.  Since I-don't-know-when this doesn't work anymore and I'm wondering if this sort of "auto-select" is or was a feature of Indesign or is something the Windows file explorer does in file open dialog boxes. I went through the explorer settings and found nothing. Also nothing in the ID  prefs.  If you know what I mean, can you say if this auto-select came from Indesign and if not, how and where to activate on Windows? Maybe this was something that died wi

The full problem is this: Path info in Links panel doesn't appear when hovering over individual links in the list of links. This feature has been working sporadically, and then for no apparent reason, will stop. I've opened and closed documents, quit and restarted InDesign and followed a solution posted in Feb 2017 (after a similar question was asked in 2016) to trash the “InDesign SavedData” file in the hidden Library. None of these actions have solved it. Occasionally the function will return and then disappear again while the document is still open. The problem exists for all documents. I'm using the 2017.1 release. Anyone have a fix? Thanks!

This sounds ridiculous I know, but all of a sudden when I use the Windows keyboard shortcut to fit frame to content (Ctrl + Alt + C) I get a confetti explosion from each corner of the screen, rather than the text box fitting to the content. I can still access the function from the menu and it works this way, but I miss the shortcut. Does anyone know what on earth is going on? Here's a very quick video showing the problem. I'm currently using the latest InDesign update. https://www.loom.com/share/b612a97c78ab4f2b87fc132bc3ab23d9 Thanks so much Steven

InDesign is not showing a majority of the review annotations. I have it updated to the latest version (16.0) and I have preview mode turned off. It is consistently not showing on the web browser and desktop software. On the document, I have comments from the same day from the same user showing inconsistently. Mainly it isn't showing where text has been struck-through or highlighted, but it shows where shapes were drawn just fine. The comments still show on the side but it doesn't show where the annotation is when I click on the comment, and I can't see the annotations after manually scanning the text.

Hello everyone,when I press the "space bar" key instead of having a space in my text, a window opens to save my document.I feel like a keyboard shortcut is built in, I don’t know why. Anyone else has the same problem?Thank youPierre

Keep getting error messages when trying to publish online document from Indesign.Same message appears when trying to make a reviee link.Are the servers down? 

I have brand-new Mac mini M4 and InDesign 2025Everything is brand new. New install now old stuff around. Everything runs blazing fast, except for InDesign.Pretty much every Interaction has a 1-second lag.Selecting a Text Field - 1sec lagSelecting image - 1sec lagSwitching from another Window to InDesign - 1sec lag What to do? Maybe the M4 can run Crysis… but can it run InDesign? Doesn't look like it. 

Hi! I have designed my infographics in the Ai, but when place them into Indesign, all texts disppear from the graphics. What should I do to make them appear in the graphics?

I'm trying to create an accessible PDF. I've tagged my elements in InDesign using styles. I've set the order of my content in the Articles panel. When I export my file to PDF, why is the reading order not correct? Is there a way to set the reading order of the PDF I create from within InDesign? Or do I have to redo the reading order within Acrobat every time I make a PDF?

Hi, could somebody please explain why an svg created in illustrator with responsive unticked on export imports into indesign just fine (no margin), but when created with responsive ticked adds a margin around the image. I'm happy to save them with responsive unticked, but thought it might be better to create one responsive svg that I can use in my InDesign documents and online at varying sizes. ThanksDaniel

Bonjour j'aimerai connaitre la formule grep pour remplacer une espace normale par une espace insécable après des sujets ou des déterminants. C'est à dire que j'ai plein de paragraphe ou la ligne se termine par "elle", "au" "du" ou "sur" et j'aimerai automatiser pour que ces mots aillent à la ligne pour que la lecture soit plus facile. Help !

macOS 15.2, InDesign 20.0.1   When I generate or update a TOC there is a roughly 7 in 10 chance InDesign 2025 will crash. This happens with multiple documents and has been happening consistently with every document since the release of 20.0 in October. I initially thought it was because I was using ID '25 on macOS Ventura, but it's still happening with existing and new documents since updating my Mac to Sequoia. Additionally, the same files moved to other computers (Windows 10, for example) also crash there when generating, updating TOCs. Happens whether the documents in question are standalone or booked, with or without other TOCs in same document, with and without other documents opened. No problems with ID '22, '23, or '24 on the same computer, with the same content in new documents or with the pre-existing documents that had pre-25 file versions. I had hoped that all those literally more than 100 automatic bug reports would have had Adobe fix the problem or reach out to me f

I'm having issues with InDesign 2025. After upgrading, many of the fonts I previously downloaded in InDesign 2024 are missing. I've already uninstalled and reinstalled the software, but the fonts are still not available.

Hi, I've created a simple script that will apply some Hyphenation and Justification Settings but I'm having trouble accessing that slider from Hyphenation Settings. Does anyone know how to set a value for it?Thanks in advance. 

Hi guys, I am very new, and am trying to get ANY script to run inside of inDesign. My first script looks like this://@target indesign //@targetengine "session" (function() { if (typeof app === "undefined") { return; } try { var doc = app.documents.add(); with(doc.documentPreferences) { pageSize = "a4"; facingPages = false; } var textFrame = doc.pages[0].textFrames.add(); textFrame.geometricBounds = [50, 50, 500, 500]; textFrame.contents = "my content"; var file = new File("~/Desktop/Generated_Document_1738124549947.indd"); doc.save(file); } catch(error) { if (typeof alert !== "undefined") { alert("Error: " + error); } } })();  when i try to run this litterally nothing happens at all.Then i tried a "hello world" and get the following: that code was this://@target indesign (function runNow() { try { if (typeof app === "undefined") { throw new Error("InDesign is not available."); } var doc = app.documents.add();