InDesign

Hi, everyone!I am a beginner in the scripting world and, as I try to study and understand JavaScript, I analyze existing scripts and work a lot with cutting, pasting, and rewriting things.Recently I put together a functional script to change the color, weight and style of the inner horizontal lines of selected cells of a table. It worked pretty well, but I would like to check if there is more than one cell selected before run the script and I couldn't find a way to do this...Whenever I try to capture the number of selected cells, the script always returns the value "1", regardless of the quantity. Is there a way to change this behavior? I haven't been able to find any information about it so far, which is why I'm starting my participation here in the community.  🙂 Ps: if I try to change the (selectedCells.length != 0) to (selectedCells.length > 1), it just goes to the second-to-last "else" block.The code in question is right below.Thank you in a

Hi, I was informed by the print company that I should use PSO Uncoated v3 (FOGRA52). I went through all of the steps to download it, but when I select it in InDesign I get this error. Why is this happening and is there a way to fix it or a workaround.   Thank you very much!

Hello,InDesign stopped opening a project after the last update. The file is a small book 40 pages, around 115 mb.i tried to reset the indesign preferences but this issue continue exist. Any idea, what can i do further?Thnak you in advance!

I've seen various forms of this question in the forums, but they seem to remain unanswered. I hope someone can help.I have a contract document which will change each time I use it, with the result that the total number of pages may change. I have a footer that says "Page x of xx pages", but I have to fill in the total number of pages manually. That gets pretty clunky when I'm working with a large document!Is there a script that will fill that in for me on each footer?Thanks!

Greetings: I have a ton of placed images in documents. I happily utilized a quick way to relink to insert images, etc., with InDesign where a little box or tab appeared below when clicked on image.Somehow, I hid it - to my chagrin. Any suggestions on where to find it?Thank you! 

Hi, When I open the inDesign app i get an error message that says... "Some files required for colour management are missing. Please re-install the application to ensure proper functioning" I've tried uninstalling and re-installing several times and I've tried the Creative Cloud cleaner tool but still the message pops up. I'm fairly new to InDesign so not entirely sure as to how it should behave, however when I create elements (text or shapes) and go to change the colour, I have no colour swatches. I have to use the mixer to get the colour I want. I'm guessing this is due to the colour management files that are missing. I'm using Windows 10 and the latest version (16.4) of Indesign however I have also tried installing and trying an earlier version (16.1) and still have the same issues. Can anyone help please? Thanks

I'm looking for a simple plug-in - a real plug-in - not UXP or fake script as it won't work anyway - plug-in that will store current mouse location (x, y) and geometric bounds of the selection (t, l, b, r) - as an extra application / document property or as a label to be extracted? And It should be refreshed at least 50 times per second.    Right now, mouse's current location - or object's top left corner when you move object or width / height when selected object is resized - is dynamically shown in the toolbar at the top - but it can't be read through scripting until mouse button is released.   

Saal Digital offers templates to use in Indesign.  When you double click on the template in Saal, it goes directly to Photoshop in File Viewer. Is this correct?  How do I get it to Indesign? Saal Digital offers templates to use in Indesign.  When you double click on the template in Saal, it goes directly to Photoshop in File Viewer. I sent screenshots to Saal of this Fileviewer, they told me to go to Indesign so I go to Indesign and share my screen with the support person who then proceeds to just import one image directly from my laptop into Indesign.  I ask the question but I need my Saal template for the photo book.  The agent then disappears and closes the chat.....  I do keep getting error message in Indesign saying there might be a plug in issue.  I have installed, deinstalled and reinstalled, done a shutdown on my laptop.. still nothing. Now I am none the wiser and trying to seek help here in the community. I just want to get a photobook with i

From what I remember from working on Mac for many years, in InDesign there was an option to call up smart lines with the ctrl key only for a moment, you didn't have to have them on permanently. Now we've moved to Windows and it doesn't work here. Is there a way to turn it on, or is it simply not available in the Windows version of ID? If not, maybe it's worth giving the user such an option somewhere in the options.     <Title renamed by MOD>

Please can someone help me out. I am so fraustrated. I have designed one indesign document with individual pages all with different people and information. (Doc A)I have another indesign doc (Doc B) where I have placed Doc A - and laid 6 up on 1 page all in a specific order. So the artwork is linked. When I make changes to doc A - I expect the changes to filter through to Doc B and keep the correct order of the pages/people. But when I relink - the pages (doc a) change order and mess everything up in Doc B. Not too sure why this is happening? Is there a way to keep the links linking to the same pages - but update artwork. 

var r = app.activeDocument.rectangles.add({geometricBounds[".5in",".25in","2.5in","1.25in"]}); When I run this it's placing the item at X: 0.2431in, Y: 1.4931in. Can anyone confirm they get the same behaviour? And if you're in the know, could someone explain to me how something so unambiguous as 4 geometric points is being interpreted so strangely?

Ciao a tutti,ho creato questo script che automaticamente seleziona tutte le tabelle di un documento InDesign e ne modifica le proprietà. Ecco cosa fa nello specifico: Trovare tutte le tabelle nel documento senza selezione manualeModificare gli spessori dei bordiGestire sia i colori di riempimento che le tintePermettere di scegliere quali bordi modificare Spero possa aiutarvi tanto quanto ha fatto con me.   

I want the script to read the value on the filename as the actual setting for the script to run.For example, I have a piece of code. It is used to change the table row height (denoted by bh). Continued table row height (denoted by ch).For example the code for the bh section looks like this:  var bh="6.8mm"; for (var i = 0; i < myTable.rows.length - 1; i++) { myTable.rows[i].cells.everyItem().minimumHeight = bh; } My script file name looks like this:Tab-auto.jsxI'm hoping that just changing the file name will affect the settings.Change it to something like this:Tab-auto@5@6.8.jsx 5 means ch=5mm.6.8 means bh=6.8mm. how do I write the code.Thank you very much.  

I need to create a GREP style for a price with a word that I want nested under the superscript cents.For example, my price is $9.99 EACH. My dollar sign and 99(cents) are superscripted. I want to tuck the EACH underneath the 99 cents. I can't find a way to do this. See below. Please advise! Thank.

This Script is use to convert first row to header, the last row to footer, it delete my content.Sorry, The original post seemed to be posted by me. But for too long, I didn't find it.The initial purpose: It will judge the last row of the table.If it is empty, it is directly converted to the footer;if it is not empyt(have content), add 1 row Below the last row, and convert the new row to footer.It also convert first row to header, apply the  cellstyle.But now it delete the last row, that it is Non -empty line. my content lost.    table = app.selection[0]; app.selection[0].appliedTableStyle = "mytab"; var myHeaderRow = table.rows[0]; var myNextRow = table.rows[-2]; var myFooterRow = table.rows[-1]; for (var i = 0; i < table.rows.length - 1; i++) { table.rows[i].cells.everyItem().minimumHeight = "7.6mm"; }; // Optional: myFooterRow.cells.everyItem().contents = ""; // Not optional. // Set the point size in a value, so that the text could be visib

I have been using CS4 for 12 years on an old 17" Macbook pro that hasn't been online in 9 years so apple can't update the OS. Worked great, however, in order to take in new features I just bought a new iMac running Monterey 12.1. Do you know how to remove fonts from Mac OS or Adobe? I have 390 fonts, over 300 are foreign language. Its brutally inefficient navigating the menus. Its completely an apple issue (I spoke with them and Monerey does not allow removal of fonts by design). This is simply a nightmare. Fonts are not displayed even alphabetically, they are categorized bizarrely. Apple really screwed this one up. Is there a setting in Adobe products that only allows certain fonts to be displayed when using. I primarily use Indesign, but use Illustrator and Photoshop as well?Even better if you know how to delete out of Monterey. I see some of your other Terminal commands, but not sure inf any pertains to my issue. I would dump 337 fonts out of Apples font book I will never

Hi! I'm relatively new to InDesign - and I've been having trouble recently. I've been trying to test an effect (opacity) excluslvely on the blue square - but every time I apply the opacity effect, it affects the rest of my image (makes the background look darker, and ruins the text somewhat). Any information would be highly appreciated!

I've had this problem several times. I always either find a workaround or restart everything and it fixes itself but I would really like to figure out the reason so I can fix it permanently. The first issue is that, often, when I create a new shape the shape will automatically have a gradient feather applied to it and I have to go in and change manually. This is not a huge deal but it is annoying and I would like to know how to make it stop.The second issue I have seems to only happen after correcting the first issue, but I am not sure if the two are mutually exclusive. The shape (the same one that defaulted to gradient feather) will not appear as a solid color over-top of other objects. Here is a snip of the shape next to the rest of the content on the page:And here is the same shape on-top-of the rest of the content on the page:I have triple checked, the shape is arranged to the front of the page. It does not even appear as a transparent version of itself, it becomes a completely dif

Hello,Since some time, my InDesign became slow on heavy documents (more than ten pages...). This happens specially when I edit some text or any image in the document. As soon as I do some modification, even a small one, the application will start processing and freeze for about 10-30 seconds. On every interaction it happens so it really impact negatively my workflow .  To know, I use this computer since a few years and I often work on "heavy" documents and I never had this issue before. I tried the "IMDL solution" but it doesn't seems to solve the problem. Working on a server or a local file doesn't impact the slowness. While working on my secondary computer, I have the exact same problem. Any ideas on what I should do ? Thank you by advance 

My boss has an issue that when he is opening PDFs made from Adobe inDesign some of the images rotate.  (See image attached.) Has anyone had this happen and any settings I can use at my end or his? I've never had this happen so at a loss as to what to suggest. He wonders if it is to do with pages viewed as a dps, but cant see why. I output as single pages viewd as 'two-up' in Acrobat. I am running latest Adobe CC on an up-to-date iMac. He is opening using Adobe Acrobat PRO on a Windows laptop. thanks

Bonjour, J'ai ajouter une typo Adobe sur mon compte ce matin, voici le rendu attendu :Et le rendu que j'ai sur mon ordinateur :Je n'ai pas modifier de paramètre ou quoi que ce soit, quel'un pourrait m'aider s'il vous plait ? Merci d'avance ! 

HiFor some reason, running variables in my document is showing British pound symbl.I have attaced a screenshot and also few pages of documents. It is driving me crazy. Why ain't the data showing in document pages.Thanks

Hello.I have a lot of InDesign files and I like to search some texts inside all of them. Any idea? I guess windows search can't working properly in this condition.Any idea?Thank you.

Is there any way for 2 or more pages to be visually joined and not vertically separated? In the pasteboard I already reduced the vertical space to zero, and it is certainly at zero, but even so, there is separation, and I require the pages to be together because they have a background image that appears cut off when going to the Presentation mode, and also when sharing the file for review, the image is cut off because it goes from page to page, and the final file is supposed to look together, continuous. The attached images serve only as a sample of the actual file, which is composed of almost 20 pages containing background vector images, generated in Illustrator and linked in InDesign, so that when going to Preview within the software or send the link, almost 20 cuts appear, which also generate a break in the concept, reading, focus etc .... I thought of generating in both Illustrator and InDesign a single file with the dimensions of the almost 20 pages, but Illustrator

As many other I read about inline, I had to change my old pc with a new one and I wasn't able to reinstall my old InDesign CS3 I do use very rarely with old files. My job doesn't require to purchase a subscription. Online activation no longer works, but I was able to install and older Photoshop CS2 because some years ago Adobe let me download an activating free installer. I do have two licensed PageMaker, two InDesign I bought as upgrade and a Photoshop CS2. A dozen years ago I paid almost 4000 euros for those apps and now Adobe's support tells me my licenses is wastepaper. Does anyone have the installer free for InDesign CS3 so I can open my files? I do repeat: I do have two purchased, regular licenses.And don't tell me about "old software bla bla bla", because it worked ok with Win 8.1 and 10, and I don't need a new one as I use it very rarely.Thanks