InDesign

I normally position images "text over and beneath". Frequently they hide beneath the text, although I do not have a seperate layer for images (for many reasons) and even if I anchor them. "Solution": put the text box aside, work on the image, for example insert description and place text again into its position.Why that?Some other questions: how can I make sure that the pictures I place at the external side of my text stay at the external side, even if the text goes on and is no more on the odd/even page?I am considering fixing the whole document (text with many styles, about 150 images, several object styles) with the script AllesSperren by  Hans Haesler, but I am afraid that in case I want to unlock everythin again with Alles Entsperren I may have troubles. Any experiences?Oh, there are so many bugs in 2025!

I have a script I've been using since 2010 that will not work with InDesign 2025. It saves the InDesign file to single page PDFs with the file name being the page number. I have no knowledge of scripts (only how to use them). Can anyone help diagnose what needs to change? tell application "Adobe InDesign 2025"set doc_name to active documentset doc_pages to every page of doc_nameset file_name to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter a File Name:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Ok"} default button 2 with icon 1)set pdf_style to name of every PDF export presetset export_style to (choose from list pdf_style with prompt "Select PDF Export Preset") as stringset folder_path to (choose folder with prompt "Please select your destination folder...") as string repeat with anItem in doc_pagesset page_number to name of anItem as stringcount characters of page_numberif length of page_number is 1 thenset new_number to text -3 thru -1 of ("00" & page_number)end ifif lengt

Wir arbeiten am MAC OS 12.7.1 und exportieren die PDF direkt aus InDesign 19.2.Bisher hat man ein PDF exportiert und die Farben waren genauso wie vorher im InDesign angelegt.Seit einiger Zeit verändern sich aber die Farben. Also z.B. C0M100Y100K0 kommt dann als C2M98Y98K0 raus. Da gibt es auch deutlichere Abweichungen bei anderen Farben. Siehe auch Bild mit den Einstellungen. Wobei es egal ist was man da einstellt, die Farben verändern sich immer, was vorher nicht der Fall war. Da wir als Druckerei unseren Kunden aber 100% genau die Hausfarben drucken müssen sind wir auf eine richtige Ausgabe angewiesen.Was tun?  

Sometimes it's necessary to apply a style A to the caption, another style B to the image, then combine them and apply a style C. That's what I'm thinking of with composite object styles.Here it is required to lock the A and B object styles, so that C can not affect the A and B.This is just an idea, hopefully one day it will be discovered and created.Also expect the graphic wrap around to one day work for the text above the anchor point.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

 Hello Everyone,I would like to ask. Because I have a problem with aligning text in the Epub fix-layout file (Indesign program). Setting  Text Paragraph to Alignment is Left Justify, and it will display normally in the program.But when Preview Epub in the program or Export.Open in the "Books" app, the text will be aligned to the left. Some spaces between words are stuck, some are overlapping, and some words are cut off strangely (as shown in the attached image and circled in red). I'm not sure if I made a mistake somewhere, so I would like to ask if there is a way to fix it. Please help.Thank you 🙂

Buena tarde. En varias ocasiones se esta trabajando en el archivo indesign y no deja grabar porque se desactivan las opciones de guardado y se pierde el trabajo realizado.Encontré la opción de exportar un idml y he logrado abrir el archivo con lo último trabajado. Que pasa que ese problema se de?estoy con la ultima versión del sistema (MacOS Sequoia ersión 15.1.1) y del indesign 25gracias. 

We are lately seeing InDesign lagging when we switch focus from any other window (example Google Chrome) to InDesign. This is happening on two computers which are running Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (OS build 19045.2604) and InDesign 18.1 and 18.0. This happens even without any open document. Simply trying to click on the File menu option can take anywhere betweeen 2 to 15 seconds! Not always the same. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

Immer wenn ich in Indesign eine Linie zeichne Erscheint ein Pfeil. Ich weiß, dass ich für eine gerade gezeichnete Linie, solange diese aktiviert ist, unter Effekte Die Kontureigenschaften einstellen und die Pfeilspitze für den Anfang und das Ende der Linie abwählen kann, um eine einfache Linie zu erhalten. Doch leider merkt sich Indesign diese Einstellung nicht. Wenn ich eine neue Linie zeichne hat diese immer wieder diese Pfeilspitzen. Ich bin total genervt davon jedes Mal von neuem dies3 Prozedur zu durchlaufen, wenn ich einfach nur eine Linie zeichnen möchte. Kann jemand helfen, wie ich für neu zu zeichnende Linien diesen nervigen Linieneffekt zurücksetzen kann, um zukünftig eine stinknormale Linie zu zeichnen? Vielen Dank

I have Win 11 and the last version of InDesign 2025 (which is getting me crazy).I had a document with food notes, then I converted them into endnotes, which worked fine. After a few weeks (and several editings), there are no more superscript numbers and the endnotes have become plain text. I cannot convert them back, because Indesign says there are no endnotes.When I insert new notes, they simply start as... new notes, right on from the beginning with number 1.Thanks for any help,Marlene 

Hi guys, im playing around with an idea for some automation within our print studio. We have files that have several guides such as cutters and crease guide etc.What I am trying to do with the script is to find the named swatches, make sure that they have the overprint stroke attribute applied and then make sure that they are spots, if not then convert them.I have managed to get the funtionality working to update the overprint attribute, but sturggling with the conversion to spot colours. The code is not throwing up any errors, so i'm a bit stumped.Any help would be much appreciated.// Script to set overprint stroke for objects with specific stroke colours function main() { if (app.documents.length === 0) { alert("Please open a document before running this script."); return; } var doc = app.activeDocument; var targetColorNames = ["Visual Area (Do not Print)", "Cutter Guide", "Crease Guide"]; var targetColors = []; for (var i = 0; i < targetCol

Migrate the “A Paragraph Style” Grep of one document to the “B Paragraph Style” of another document.I thought I was bored.Suddenly I realized that someone really did write a script like this 12 years ago, but it's too old to be effective.https://github.com/rickgordon/Migrate-GREP-Styles/blob/master/MigrateGREPStyles.applescript In fact, some complex settings like paragraph lines, paragraph background, and paragraph borders must be too good to be true if they can be migrated as well.

Hello there, I am creating a book and when i export it to PDF, in random places some text line do not show on the PDF. See the picture attached.This is a big problem and i did not find anything online. I used Indesign 19.4 to create the file. Can anyone please help?Thank you 

Every time i try to launch the program, it shows the starting logo and then it disappears . i did deleathe the preferences but that did not change anything.  the same thing happens with Illustrator 2025. I am trying to find a way to contact adobe rep but seems impossible. 

Hi! The problem...I have an InDesign document which 100s of pages and different text stories. I can export or print a PDF document which looks just fine. However, the text in the PDF is not searchable. I am not sure why. Maybe it is down to embedding restrictions in the font or the way the PDF engine is handling stylistic alternates as I do not get this problem with other fonts. The font is a Unicode font, by the way. The issue...Although the text can be viewed as a PDF, it needs to be indexed by a 3rd-party without InDesign or the fonts. Ideally, they would be able to work from the PDF searching for words and phrases using the search feature and then noting the page number. A solution?For the purposes of creating an index what would be the best work around in lieu of a PDF? Exporting to rich text or plain text would be an option if the page numbers could be noted. But what would the procedure be for a script?  Possbile procedure in words...Export to text fileC

I have a script on every user account to call a script from a server, so every user has the same Version and doesnt need to install every updated script manually. I assume an Update of InDesign or Mac, after years of flawless working it stops telling me:"incompatible or not supported script language". Script: var myScript = new File ("Marketing:Scripting:CI:ci work.jsx"); if (myScript.exists) { app.doScript(myScript ,ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT) } 

Hi, I switched my account to English with Hebrew support and I still can't create text from right to left or have a cover that opens from the right. I would appreciate help, thanks

Hi! I’m working on a JSX script to replicate a specific object, and I’m having trouble understanding the dependencies between TextFrame and Oval objects.What I’m trying to achieve is something similar to creating shape-bound text in Illustrator: for example, putting text inside a circle or oval shape. In Illustrator, this is usually done by drawing the shape (e.g., a circle) and then using the text tool to add text inside it.I want to replicate this in code but I’m not sure how to handle the relationship between the TextFrame and the Oval objects. How can I achieve this effect in a JSX script?  Thanks!Best Regard,Amy

Hi everyone,I am facing a crash issue with Adobe InDesign 2025 using plug-ins on Windows. The first time I create a layout using Job Details/Export(plug-ins functionality), it works fine. But when I try to create a layout second time, the application crashes.This issue doesn’t happen with the Adobe InDesign 2024 plug-ins on Windows.I checked the crash report from Adobe, but it didn’t provide any useful details.Can anyone suggest how to fix this or let me know where I can find the logs for Adobe InDesign 2025?Thanks!

Hi I uploaded a photo to my InDesign document and put a frame around it. Now I want to download that photo complete with frame. Is that possible? I have googled to try to find an answer incl Adobe info, looked in File/Export etc. The only option I can find is to download the whole document as jpg which I don't want to do. Another question - where are the photos and graphics you upload into a document stored in InDesign? I know where the Uploads folder is in Adobe Express but can't find in Indesign. Lastly, if I unlink an image from one document - does it unlink it from all other documents? I am doing tutorials including Adobe's.

I'm running a Copilot+ PC with the Snapdragon X chipset and having issues with the latest Indesign v20.1 which is throwing an error (see screenshot). The publication indicates no errors itself though and has previously been exported without a problem.

Hello Community. I have a problem with the installation of InDesign, the error says "InDesign will not be able to run in your operating system". Program requirements says it can be used with win 10 ver 22H2, that is the system I have. The last update of that system requirements description was 22/01/2025, please help me to install the program in my pc.The URL with the requirements: https://helpx.adobe.com/mx/indesign/system-requirements.html

I am getting ready to sell my printing, typesetting, layout and design company of 46 years and retire. I would like to get your opinion on how to you value the following into the selling price of the business:I have been using this software since day 1 of Aldus PageMaker 1.0. I have been storing all native files (.indd, .ai, .psd, etc), graphics, fonts, etc. . . . used for production for 40+ years (well over 1 terabyte in size). Included are 490,000+ clipart files, 3880+ Independent fonts, 125+ Active Adobe fonts, 612 licensed Shutterstock/Adobe Stock licensed imagesAll of our customer invoices clearly state “Files that XXXXXXX creates/updates contain several components. Some components, such as fonts and graphics, are only licensed to XXXXXXX and are not transferable. Further, these files contain a significant amount of intellectual property. This is derived from 46+ years of developing specialized typsetting/layout/graphic design techniques and training at a significant continuing co

Running an M3 Macbook and after upgrading to ID20 data merge has stopped working. I create the document, asign all the placeholders and when I attach the csv file everything looks fine when I preview through each. I then click "Create Merged Document" and nothing happens. Tried reinstalling ID, tried creating a fresh document. Nothing seems to work and there's no error prompts. I've had to import my documents back into a copy of ID19.5 to merge them. Anyone had this issue or know of a solution?

Hi, Where are the front cover, back cover, and spine placed in a book layout in InDesign? Sould it be its own file?  Thanks! 

Well this is an annoying problem.  I'm working with a bunch of Arabic text copied from a Word doc and pasted into InDesign CC.  And while the text is flowing in the right direction, the periods insist on winding up on the right margin at the end of the text instead of after the last character in the sentence, at the end of the line to the left.I've set the character to Adobe Arabic Regular, the text to right justify, the Language under Character to Arabic, and the Paragraphs to Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer.In Googling for solutions, I see instructions to Select the paragraph direction from the Paragraph panel (not an option in my Paragraph panel), choose Character Direction from the Character panel (also not an option), From the Story panel (Window > Type & Tables > Story), click a story direction (not available).  I've also tried adding spacing and hard returns before and after the period character, changing that character to another font and re-placin