InDesign

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();

As part of a larger script, I need to group a few preselected objects. Can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. Here's a snippet:  -- Select the image and caption, group themset selection to {myRectangle, captionFrame}set myGroup to group {myRectangle, captionFrame} They get selected fine, but the group doesn't work: error "Adobe InDesign 2025 got an error: Can’t get group {rectangle id 6639 of spread id 218 of document id 1, text frame id 6665 of spread id 218 of document id 1}." number -1728 from group {rectangle id 6639 of spread id 218 of document id 1, text frame id 6665 of spread id 218 of document id 1} Any ideas? 

Hi all! I have a document with many pages. And links to pages that go back and forth. I have the page number "1" starting on what is actually page 4... because the first page is the cover, and the next two pages are the table of contents. I got all the links going to the right pages. What is NOT working is this:Those first three pages.... they are showing up on the PDF as pages [11], [12] and [13]. I did try to make those first pages their own numbered section. But I have no idea why they start at 11, 12 and 13 instead of 1, 2 and 3 (or i, ii, iii). I wouldn't care... except when I export it as a PDF, the PDF page numbers are showing up as  [11], [12] and [13]. So that's not good. I'm attaching a screenshot of the page thumbnail panel... so you can see what I'm talking about. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! 

I work with a newspaper editorial team that currently uses synching to share assets to produce our weekly publication. In a nutshell our process is: We use InCopy to import text into InDesign where our designer adds images from Bridge and then creates a review document in InDesign for proofing the layout before going to press. What are your suggestions to adjust our workflow if we don’t have synching capabilities? Will the InDesign Review pdf be affected by the remove of synching?

Hello Community,  I'm using indesign to print a small book of color photography. Typically when I print with Photoshop, I first select "Photoshop manages colors" then I select the .icc profile of the paper I'm using, in this case Canson Rag Duo.  I open my print dialogue to select my media type, The color matching section is usually grayed out, like this screenshot: However, in Indesign, when I go to the same dialogue box in InDesign, I'm able to select the .icc profile inside here as well.That wouldn't seem to be a problem, except when go to Print > Print Settings >  Color Management, I'm prompted to choose the .icc profile again  So i think what is happening is that the profile might be getting applied twice? Maybe I'm wrong and it's a redundancy that does nothing to the color, but my color is off. Can anyone advise if I can (or should) turn off one of the two .icc profiles? Thank you for your help

hello,does anyone know why this script below does not work ? I am trying to duplicate frame with image and then group them together, but cant figure out how any help is very appreciated . Thank youtell application "Adobe InDesign CS4"     tell active document     set mySelection to item 1 of selection     duplicate mySelection     set mySelection2 to item 1 of selection          tell mySelection2          bring to front          end tell          make group with properties {group items:{mySelection2, mySelection}}     end tellend tell

Hello!I need to change all text set in non-black colours to 100% black. There are hundreds of pages, but not all text colours have been added to the swatches. Is there a way to do this, either through find-and-change or a script? Please help!

Hi,I’m currently working with an InDesign Asset Library file provided by a client, which contains a text frame with strokes on three sides (bottom, left, and right). I need to modify the individual side strokes—specifically, I want to add a stroke on the top while removing the stroke at the bottom. I’ve spent hours trying to figure out how to make this change and haven’t had any success. My team, who also received this file, is unfamiliar with the original settings as it was provided by the client.Has anyone encountered this issue or can guide me on how to modify the individual strokes effectively?  

Today, i saw a mail from adobe saying that my price for indesign will increase of 30% next month ! From 237€ to 314€ ! That is totally crasy and unacceptable.I will probable return to software less expensive but really efficient like product afinity publisher.Adobe, if you lose customer, it would be only your responsability. 

Hi everyone,unfortunately I have been experiencing some significant slowdown with a couple of Adobe fonts on InDesign, that lately (on InDesign 2025) are even causing the app to stuck with no chance to end working.The fonts involved are Canvas Inline and Crayonize. I have tried to disable any font preview already but with no luck. Any idea on how to solve? I have to use both of these fonts...I am using iOS Sequoia 15.2 on MacBook Pro M2 - 16 GB RAM. Thank you in advance,M.

Hi,I'd like to know if there's a way to resize shapes and text frames while maintaining a fixed centre point in InDesign? Illustrator allows you to resize in this way by holding down the Alt key while dragging the objects handles. Any tips on how to do something similar would be gratefully received.Many thanks,Tom

My indesign form has lots of checkboxes in a shape that I have selected in the library of different checkboxes. Now I want to change their appearance, but I don't want to remove and insert new boxes. I simply want to change the already existing check boxes to another look (also from the library). I don't understand how! In theory, I could just click on a different box selection. But no.Help, anyone?

Is there a way to print non-printing characters like when we enable "Invisibles", I want that to be printed too on the paper or PDF.Thanks

Hi I have an indesign file of 400 pages , each page contain one image , Is there a script with simple interface to replace ( relink ) images in certain pages with one other image Ex : I want to select pages ( or enter page numbers )  4 , 16 , 50 , 60  at the same time , replace images in them with one image .I mean that the other image is to duplicate , put instead of images in the selected pagesThanks

HiI have a text with headings of different width. I also have an object which I have anchored the the end of the heading. I wish to send that anchored objects to the back of the heading so that heading is visible. I have colored heading with yellow background.IDML and PNG File attached.

Whenever I prepare multi-page documents like certificates, I need to convert all text to outlines page by page. How can I do this all at once? InDesign only allows me to select one page at a time.

Just a quick question about PDF articles. Am I missing something obvious here but when I export (interactive PDF) a document with articles from Indesign and then view it in Acrobat the Articles pane is empty? Are those supposed to show up in Acrobat?   I mean these PDF articles: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-articles.html  Many thanks!

Bonjour j'arrive plus à ouvrir certain fichiers Indesign depuis que j'ai installé Sonoma sur mon MacBook. Quand j'ouvre des indesign avec lien bibliothèque j'ai un message du type : ": le fichier est deja ouvert par un utilisateur ou utilis& par un autre..." alors que c'est un Indesign fait par moi et non partagé (j'ai juste des liaison bibliothèque)    <Title renamed by moderator>

We are unable to publish any of our documents via the online service on both InDesign 2023 and 2024The problem started yesterday for us and is continuing to today, we have read many of the posts that cover this and attempted some of the soutions posted, such as loging in and out of our adobe accounts etc but the problem continues, we have tried multiple devices, duplicating the files, packaging the files but all continue to fail on export, even publishing a singular blank page fails.We recieve the following error messages, mainly error #14 but sometimes #18 and the ID number varies An error occurred while uploading your document. Please try again.Error #14ID: 8fc03290-8536-11ee-abce-bf7375be108fAn error occurred while uploading your document. Please try again.Error #14ID: f7031af0-8539-11ee-af58-e359bc6473adIs there an issue with the Adobe server at the moment?We are based in London, is anyone else suffering with this issue?Any help would be greatly appriceated 

Hola a todos! Alguien sabe si se puede crear un PDF interactivo con botones de salto de página? "Ir a la página X del documento". Solo veo que permite ir a la anterior o a la siguiente...Exportando en Epub sí deja pero necesito PDF... Muchas gracias! 🙂

Hello,I'm preparing a book with many endnotes. Now I've encountered a problem I've never had before: the numbers in the text are in different styles. The first letter is "caps" and the second not. 1. I've tried changing the format of the paragraph, to no avail.2. Manually change them by putting the number in "caps". It looks the same. What has happened? Attached is a sample of "oddities". I'm really lost here.

Hi,In the Find/Change feature, what code do I need to find words that don’t have a space between them? For example, like this: wordword Also, is there some sort of cheat sheet where I can see all possible codes for the Find/Change feature? Thank you very much!

Hi All,We are inproces of exporting incopy assignments to some of our clients for collaborative workflows.If InDesign file are in XML-IN, then it won't exporting main linked text frames as assignments.It exports only floats like: Figure/Table/Boxes, etc., which are in separate text frames.Tried all possible option but no breakthrough.Any other work-around to resolve this issue.Note: If you are in non-xml then all frames are exported properly.Below image shows InCopy option disabled in XML-IN, when I select frame and right click to check. Below image shows InCopy option enabled in Non-XML, when I select frame and right click to check.Shaji

I am preparing a book (InDesign Book) with multiple chapters (InDesign Documents) using endnotes.  At present the endnotes within each chapter are on a separate page at the end of the chapter.  The Endnote Positioning Options selected are - Scope: Document, Endnote Frame: On a New Page.  I would like the endnote numbering to be a single sequence throughout the book and all the endnotes from the whole book to be moved to a page after the last chapter of the book.  Can this be done?  If so, how?

I ma trying to export with a .125 bleed for a 8.5x11 page but the output is showing incorrect total size together with the bleed. Output  should be a 8.625 x 11.125 inches but after the export output is 8.75 x 11.25.I wonder what I'm doing wrong. I tried a new workspace but the output is still the same it seems to ad a couple of mm on the bleed. Any suggestions or solutions will be a great help.