InDesign

I want to remove the number 1 from the first chapter page. Here is the Snag........I went to the layout tab,  pages,  then in the drop-down - I would go to the Apply Master to Pages... a window should show up Apply Master pages...this is where I should be able to change to none. In the drop-down - In the list, there is no Apply Master Pages....it seems to be missing.If anyone has any ideas on how I can fix this it would be greatly appreciated...I am a beginner....  

In the Layout/Margins and Coloumns window menu when I have selected a Master Page, I find no way to re-uniform the margins to the original margins set for the entire document. This would be a useful feature: when I changed the format adding 4mm to my 17x24 cm to be 17x24,4cm as the standard used by Amazon kdp for paper format, I would like to preserve the preceding paging by adding 2 mm to the inferior and superior margins. I did it in the menu File/set document for the whole document, but I saw my pages did not update since the format was manually set for the Master pages. So I had to change manually again the format for each master page in the Layout/Margins and colums menu. If I could set the command "uniform to the document settings" (in the position I put on the image attached) if would be more professional and it would also follow the document settings if I change format again. Could you please implement this flag button?

Hello, would you be so kind to tell me how do I download older versions of InDesign? 

Bonjour,Comment ne pas avoir de fond blanc lors d'un import Illustrator AI sur Indesign ?

I want to create labels to put on carboard boxes containing products, the labels have product information om them, text and logos. The data comes from an Excel database.So I found a software to handle this. Teacup bar code maker & Teacup data linker. Then comes the next problem. What I want to do is to auto generate let’s say for example 25 labels with the push of a button (once I have set up the template for the label) with data from a database. Then I want these labels to be exported from Indesign as separate PDF documents, each page/label, named with a prefix and the item code for the specific item, for example “Outer box label 123123” (“Prefix Item code”) I've been told this can be done with a script, but I have none whatsoever experience in scripting. Does anyone know if a script like this exist or if I can get someone to produce it for me? Best regards Fredrik 

I am creating an index for a 500 pages document. Is there a more efficient way to add the topics and/or references for the index? I have a lot of important elements to highlight and adding the references/topics one by one is extremely tedious and time consuming. There must be a way to write all the references/topics needed efficiently?

Hi, After upgrading to InDesign 2021, we experience periodic issues with files that open in read-only mode.Files are stored on a Xinet server (Linux), which we connect to via afp.The permissions on the files seem to be ok (Read and write) InDesign: 16.2.1macOS: 10.15.7 Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Hello. I'm making a script. Is there any way to track frame changes on the page through the script? For example, I made a test script. It makes a frame on the page according to the height and width specified in the input fields. When I click the Preview checkbox, this frame appears on the page. If I change the height or width in the input fields, it updates the dimensions of the frame on the page. Since it is a ‘pallet’ window, I can interact with the frame on the page. That is, I can manually resize it (by dragging the corners or side) and to update the fields in the script, I made a ‘Refresh’ button. But it's not very practical to click on the button every time. Is there any way to make it so that when I manually resize it, it will automatically add new data to the input fields? Is there any such functionality?#targetengine "session"; var palette = new Window("palette", "Test"); palette.orientation = "column"; palette.alignChildren = "left"; var groupSize = palette.add("group"); gr

Dear Adobe InDesign Team,I am writing to report a critical bug in Adobe InDesign 2023, version 18.5.3, specifically when working on Apple devices and primarily using the Hebrew language.The issue arises when creating text frames with Block Text Alignment (Justified Alignment). When the file is exported to a PDF format (via Acrobat), punctuation marks at the end of sentences, such as periods and commas, disappear.This bug poses significant risks for professional publications, including books, advertisements, and any other design projects using Hebrew text with Block Text Alignment. Missing punctuation in exported files leads to errors that can severely impact the quality of publications.The issue has been widely reported among advertising agencies and graphic design studios in Israel, where Hebrew is commonly used in publications.To help illustrate the issue, I have attached a screenshot showing the InDesign layout (left) and the exported PDF (right), where punctuation marks are missing

Why is it slightly different if I selected the same exact stlye for all?See video attached please.thank you.

I created an email signature in inDesign with hyperlinks to my website and Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.  Everything worked beautifully in the pdf.  However, nothing worked when I imported the pdf into Outlook to create an email signature.  Any suggestions???     {Renamed by MOD}

There is a bug in indesign. I have a file of 100 pages with a lot of content already.I then hid a bunch of spreads.Then I could no longer select my text in most of the pages/tekst frames. The frame, etc., i still could select but not words in the text frame.I shut down everything and restarted and the problem was still there. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign and still did it.Out of desperation I thought perhaps I'd better not hide the pages anymore. and then suddenly I could just select all the text again! So that was the problem... So where can I report that so Adobe can fix it? 

Hello After making a standard document with warning text and some images and a paragraph style with bullet list, I moved all the pages to another document. But the bullet list jumps with what looks like one tab.  See images below; original image Copied to document What am I doing wrong?   

Leider schaffe ich es nicht, den Preis am Schluss in ein verschachteltes Format zu packen - auch Grep gelingt nicht. Kann mir jemand weiterhelfen?

I designed a book document to InDesign to print a 6X9 book.  When I export the PDF the size properties are are 7.5 x 10.  I have made multiple attempts to export to get the correct size going into advanced setting but none of my exports work.  Please help!

I've tried to place text and images in this template but they do not show up. I thought bringing to front would do it, but no. View is in Normal mode. How do I place images and text into this template?  

Hello! Can anyone help me calculate what my spine width should be? I have been asked to prepare a catalogue for print that was designed by someone else. The print specifications are as follows: A4 - 210 x 297 mm,PUR glue (longer side)Pages 84 + 4,  mat 300g + mat 170g, (4/4)+(4/4), Mat laminatem coverAny assistance would be greatly appreciated! 

Over many, many months, it has driven me somewhat mad to have a current book divided into 47 separate chapter files, along with 10 additional files for front and back matter. This division has hindered the curation of illustrations and design elements, as I would have benefited from viewing and considering the work as a whole. It would've allowed me to make or eliminate choices more effectively while working on the entire project. I understand the purpose of InDesign’s Book feature, but it hasn't been ideal for my needs, given a strong preference to see everything in context and make sweeping changes as necessary. This fragmentation truly slowed progress. Now, however, all design and editorial decisions are finally locked in, and I find myself contemplating whether to continue with these separate files or consolidate them into one InDesign file, rather than a PDF.Why?Initially, I started with just such a massive file containing all the chapters, but after over thousands of iterartions,

I am looking to export multiple cropped images on a spread with original linked names and specific dimensions. Do I need a a script for this? Has anyone done this?  I'll attach a preview so you can see the spread with the containers. 

Hi there I was trying to export a shared drawing animation from Pages by clicking on the animation its self then sharing to icloud as a movie (m4v) file then placing in indesign.  (Digital publishing)  I was hoping this would be a smooth migration but not so much.  I tried using google drive and it doesnt even recognize the file.Is there a way to get the animation to show in indesign to make an epub.Thank you in advance.

Greetings all!I am making catalog templates. There are a bunch of little ads that can be added to the spreads. These ads are stored in a CC library. They come in various sizes and configurations. As such, I'd love for each ad to pull from a dynamic source so that if I ever have to update them I just update the source and not each ad. I thought Data Merge was THE WAY, but if I have multiple ads on one spread, each ad pulls from the same cell of the excel sheet.Is there a way to do this? I know (or it seems) it's not possible to have mutliple data merges in a spread, but that's basically what I'm looking for. Multiple dynamic sources. Thanks in advance!

Hello all, Currently in search of the contextual bar in InDesign. It is switched on in the Window tab. And while I do have additional monitors, it is not hiding in any of them. So I'm quite confused as to where it could be. Did the last update remove it altogether?Any assitance would be very much appreciated.Paola

Hi There,I'm a total newbie to InDesign and I'm stuck working on someone else's file and I am totally confused.I have to remove a listing from from the file and every time I delete the listing (In this example "Magnets" in example_1.png) the text moves up but the red square remains at its current location (see example_2.png) Is there a way to get the red square to move up as well. I'm not sure how this list is set up. Any help would be extremly helpful!

Hello. I have made my script. It works fine on windows. When I decided to run it on a macbook, InDesign crashed immediately. I spent some time trying to find the cause.I have two drop-down lists in my script. One shows all the fonts available in the system, and the other shows all its styles (regular, bold, italic, etc.). I don't know why, but on windows everything works fine, but on macbook m1 on macOS sequoia it doesn't want to work.var GroupFont = panelTextTab.add("group"); GroupFont.orientation = "row"; GroupFont.add("statictext", undefined, "Font:"); // Getting an array of Font objects var fontObjects = app.fonts.everyItem().getElements(); var uniqueFontNames = []; // Array for unique font names // Collecting unique font families for (var i = 0; i < fontObjects.length; i++) { var fontFamily = fontObjects[i].fontFamily; // Check if the font already exists in the array var isFound = false; for (var j = 0; j < uniqueFontNames.length; j++) { if (uniqueF

I'm having an issue where I can't print multiple booklets from a single print job on a 2021 M1 iMac. After checking an older iMac that was able to print correctly, I noticed that certain print settings on the problematic iMac were grayed out and couldn't be changed. These settings include options in the "Setup" section, as well as the "PostScript" and "Data Format" dropdown menus in the "Graphics" section. I suspect this is related to the PPD selection dropdown, which is also grayed out and unchangeable on the problem iMac (this box was editable on the older iMac). I’ve already tried reinstalling the drivers from Xerox’s website, but that hasn’t resolved the issue.