InDesign

I have a catalogue that already includes quite a lot of sections (based on specific product groups) as such, I don’t want to force numbering by starting a new section, as this will affect my automatic numbering setup and mix up the sections for each product group already added. However, I want to add adverts in between certain pages on my catalogue without this affecting the page numbers of the rest of my pages. for exampe, page 1, page 2, Advert, Page 3. We are constantly adding pages and need the automatic numbering function, and referencing the page number off a separate list is also not an option.  I see so many people with this exact same issue. Surely Adobe can add a “Exclude page from numbering” check box?

I created a numbered list Paragraph titled: Numbered List 1, the mode Start At  1. To be able to have this list continue numbering from 1 I duplicated the list, edited the Style Name: to Numbered List 1 Cont. and under Mode: I set it to: Continue from Previous.  For some reason the next numbered list continues at 4, not 2. What could be causing this to happen? I have never had this issue with numbering before. Any help would be appreciated. Todd

I have selected an image that is embedded in a text box.I want to obtain the Y value of the anchor point and the X value of the left column line of the anchor point. 

Hi everyone.I have selected all the content of the article and want to control the embedded images, so I need to obtain the text box where the images are located.Surprisingly, The parent of the character  is “Story”, not “TextFrame”.And parentTextFrames [0] may not necessarily be the text box where the image is located, It refers to the first text box that appears to be the story.How can I get the current textFrame for 'story. allGraphics [i]'?Thank you.var d = app.documents[0];var item = d.selection[0]var story = item.parent;if (story.allGraphics.length > 0) { for (var i = 0; i < story.allGraphics.length; i++) { var curFrame = story.allGraphics[i].parent.parent.parentTextFrames[0]; alert(curFrame.constructor.name); }} 

I’m unable to comment on this document. I get this error every time i try to comment on the document.  https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:f6518a2d-a66f-4f58-9de1-ea6c70d23f6aLink added 

I've been exploring Adobe InDesign recently and was wondering what's the one feature or shortcut you use all the time? Is there an InDesign tip that completely changed the way you design layouts? Share your favourite tricks for beginners and professionals alike!

I’m working on designing a digital menu for a restaurant and want to make it more user-friendly and visually appealing. Are there any Adobe tools or best practices you recommend for optimizing the layout, typography, and images? Also, what’s the best way to ensure mobile responsiveness?For reference, I’m looking at examples like chipotlMenu.com  and would love to hear suggestions on how to enhance similar designs.Looking forward to expert insights!

I just updated InDesign CC and it is now highlighting text that doesn't follow an established paragraph style. How do I turn this feature off?

I uncheck "Open in Full Screen Mode" when exporting an interactive PDF, but Acrobat (and Reader) continue to tell me my PDF is trying to open in full screen. This document is for non-tech savvy people who are going to have trouble with extra clicks or changing Acrobat settings. What am I missing here?

All my books (several hundred) are formatted using the Times New Roman TTF font. The new version of InDesign 21.0 changes that to Times New Roman OTF.Fortunately, version 20.0 is still installed. I know from experience that strange things can happen in updates.. However, the problem with the latest update has also been introduced in that version.OTF is only available with a licence, which I do not have. I would appreciate some help.Cor van Wijgerden     <Title renamed by MOD>

Using extendscript I want to insert a textFrame at the end of a table cell that contains several paragraphs. But this keeps throwing an error stating that this is not allowed for graphic type cells. But the cell is not a graphic type, as I already placed several paragraphs in it. And even after forcing the cell type to text the error remains:        cell.cellType = CellTypeEnum.TEXT_TYPE_CELL;        newFrame = cell.textFrames.add();Throws a runtime error as indicated.Is this a bug ?Running version 21.4.1.164 

I feel so complicated now. var d = app.activeDocument;var item = d.selection[0]; if (item.constructor.name == 'Rectangle' && 'TextFrame' == item.parent.parentTextFrames[0].constructor.name) { var curFrame = item.parent.parentTextFrames[0]; alert(curFrame); imgFitFrame(item, curFrame); }I feel so complicated now.When selecting an image, I want to get the text box where the image is located. But it's strange that when I select an image outside the box, there will be an error, and it should not have any response at this time.At this point, 'item. parent. parentTextFrames [0]' does not exist and prompts' illegal '. What should I do? 

I am importing PSD files with multiple artboards. In IMPORT OPTIONS they appear as layers and I can turn them on/off (choose to import them or not) BUT regardless the image box is the entire size of all the artboards put together. I wonder if any one knows if you can import a single artboard from a PSD and have the image box in InDesign open to the proportion of that single artboard?Anyone?thanks Debbie 

Hi everyone.I want to use a script to set the object style for the following image.I searched for some information and tried several times without success.The annotation section seems incorrect, while the rest is correct.reference material:https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#AnchoredObjectSetting.htmlThank you very much. imgObjStySet()；function imgObjStySet() {var imgObjSty= app.documents[0].objectStyles.itemByName('img') imgObjSty.setDimensionAttributeState(DimensionAttributes.WIDTH_ATTRIBUTE, true); imgObjSty.transformAttributeOptions.transformAttrWidth = '52mm'; imgObjSty.textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset = ["2mm", "2mm", "5mm", "5mm"]; //imgObjSty.anchoredObjectSettings = { // anchorPoint: AnchorPoint.TOP_CENTER_ANCHOR, // horizontalReferencePoint: AnchoredRelativeTo.TEXT_FRAME, // verticalReferencePoint: VerticallyRelativeTo.LINE_BASELINE, // horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment.CENTER_ALIGN, // verticalAlignmen

When I try to delete Indesign files from my desktop, even if the files are small - it can take up to 60 seconds for things to fully delete. Same when using box or google drive folders and copying to desktop. These are small files, and no other program’s files take the amount of time the Indesign files do. Sometimes even renaming takes up to 45 seconds. What’s up with this? Mac OS 15.7.7, Indesign 21.4.1. 

Hi everyone.If I select partial text, I will clear the preference for the selected text.If all text (the whole story) is selected, priority will be given to clearing all objects under the story.I found that I selected the entire story and only selected some of the text,The results of alert (app. selection [0]. constructor. name) are allText.How can I distinguish between these two states?thank you.

Why I can’t report a Bug in the Indesign Community?The names in the “open recent” menu are not readable. the are lay over by other letters.Indesign 21.4.1 on MacOS 26.5.1  

Hi all,I’m hoping someone has seen this before, because I’m running out of things to try.I’m using the latest version of InDesign on Windows 11 Pro. While working on presentations, InDesign initially behaves normally, but after several minutes it gradually starts to malfunction.The first symptom is usually that Ctrl+Z / Undo becomes unavailable. After that, other problems begin to appear:Images become difficult or impossible to resize or place Scrolling through the document becomes intermittent The spinning blue Windows cursor sometimes appears I can usually close and save the document, although occasionally saving also fails InDesign itself will not close normally I have to force-close the application through Task ManagerThere are no error messages and the application does not fully crash. It simply becomes increasingly unresponsive.The issue happens during normal work, including selecting objects, editing text, moving items and placing or resizing images. It does not appear to be lim

I didn't understand this, what's the unique usage.I thought it could be set separately, but always with the last one unifying all four sides. tabSty.properties = {//topBorderStrokeWeight: '0.1mm',//leftBorderStrokeWeight: '0.2mm',//bottomBorderStrokeWeight: '0.5mm',rightBorderStrokeWeight: '0.5mm',} 

I’ve just updated to InDesign 21.4.1, although doing this through Creative Cloud I wasn't given the option of an ‘Update’ button, instead I had a ‘Download’ button, which seems like it is a completely new program? But once I downloaded the app, it appeared like an update by overwriting version 24.1.When I launched the new version, all of my preferences and workspace disappeared, I also wasn’t given the option to transfer them over either. So I have just wasted an hour of my time having to set them all up again, trying to remember all of my preferences. 

Hallo!Ich muss eine beschreibbare PDF erstellen, in der nicht nur verschiedene Textblöcke, sondern auch verschiedene Bilder ausgetauscht werden können.Im PDF Acrobat habe ich bereits versucht, Bilder rein zuladen - diese lassen sich aber z.B nicht gut skalieren wenn Sie nicht der Breite der Bildbox entsprechen und rutschen somit aus dem Layout.Gibt es die Möglichkeit, bei Indesign oder im PDF Acrobat Dokumente so aufzubauen, dass jemand die Bilder austauschen kann bzw. in die Vorlage reinladen kann? Hier geht es auch um Ebenen, Bilder liegen unter Text etc. - Das konnte ich bisher nicht finden. Danke!

I have a 8.5 x 11 facing page document where some of the pages have a full page image which bleeds on (for example) the top, bottom and left if a left side page and I have a 1/8 set on top outer and bottom sides and 0” bleed on the inside. The image is aligned to the page edge on the inner gutter with no image bleeding to the right side. Verifying the alignment the right edge is at 8.5”. If I make a pdf there is a teeny sliver of the image showing up on the right hand inner margin of the facing page. I have one client that always flags this issue so I have to fix this by setting the image to 8.499”. This seems like a bug and once it is pointed out to me it really bothers me.  It only seems to do this for photos and not coloured boxes. Is there something I am doing wrong? I have attached screen shots from the pdf. First image shows a 2up display where you can see the teeeny slice. Image 2 shows the single page view where the slice is more obvious (not big but it is there and my client h

Is it possible to delete a button's roll over state once it's created? I can hide it, but I want it gone or deactivated. Any way to do this?

This is how my mac is showing images… I change to normal view rather than HQ performance and it returns to normal. Problem is I need to copy and paste some images out of it, and when I do, it gives me the image with the lines. Any ideas?Mac M1 MaxUpdated latest version. Mac OS 15.6.1 Sequoia  

A litle help here; today suddenly, I've placed several logos and icons created in Illustrator, and they are showing a white background instead of being transparent. I thought it was a redraw issue so I quit everything and sitll the issue. Then I restarted and I still see it. Have placed other logos and same issue. Worst, the PDF is exporting with this white background!!! • Display is set to high Quality Display• Fill for placed logo is set to none, both on bounding box and object• Other logos placed before today don't have the issue.• Made a new file, placed a different vector, same issue. What gives??? Any clues?   InDesign 19.3 (yes I know there's a new version but it was giving me the issue of not bveing able to save)Mac OSX Sonoma 14.5Appli M1 Max 32GB