InDesign

Suddenly I can’t Find and Replace in InDesign. Most of the Edit menu is greyed out. I’ve ensured that either a text box or a paragraph is selected and this makes no difference. I’ve never had this problem before and it’s just happened suddenly. I haven’t changed any settings.

For the past few months, I’ve been able to work around this issue, but it has now reached a point where I can’t. When exporting PNG files in Adobe InDesign, the drop shadows shift position during export. The shadows appear correctly within InDesign, but once the PNG is exported, the shadows are visibly displaced from their original placement. I am currently using Adobe InDesign version 21.3.Here’s a longer forum:This forum has been marked as “answered” but it is only suggested workarounds from the community.Here’s an example:Inside Indesign, the shadows are where they’re supposed to be.Flattened .png files placed as assets in Animate.  The shadows moved.I’ve gone back into InDesign multiple times to correct the shadow placement and re-export the files, but the shadows continue to export incorrectly, which has become a major issue in my workflow.I’ve been dealing with this bug daily for months, often having to resize assets in InDesign just to temporarily work around the problem. I’m ho

While working with images, InDesign displays a continuous blue spinning indicator. Image frames cannot be resized reliably, numeric dimension changes stop responding, and InDesign eventually freezes and must be closed through Task Manager.Troubleshooting completedRebuilt and fully updated Windows 11 -- Dell Precision 5570 running Windows 11Installed current Dell-supported drivers.Installed the Dell NVIDIA RTX A2000 8 GB driver.Reinstalled Creative Cloud, InDesign, and all required Adobe applications.Confirmed the issue persists after the rebuild and reinstall.Could I please confirm:Whether this is a current known InDesign issue. Which versions are affected. Whether a fix or supported workaround is available. Whether InDesign is expected to invoke cmd.exe. Which logs or diagnostic files should be collected.

Our 3 person graphics department is working on a updating a 15 section 350+ page catalog in InDesign CC2017. We've created a book file and are making changes to the different sections (opening them only through the book file) but are finding revisions that have been made were not saved when we re-open the sections later in the day or the following day. There are always multiple sections in the indb panel with yellow caution triangles saying the document was modified outside the book file which is odd since the sections are opened only through the indb file.The catalog is entirely product based and all the text has paragraph and character styles applied.

I am using InDesign 21.3, working on a simple 2 page file, I go to place a logo and the blue thinking wheel pops up and doesn’t go away. I can click and move things around but none of it is being “saved”. I close the file and click to close the program and it just sits there still open. I then have to force quit the program. When I relaunch the file opens with the software and everything I did while the wheel was spinning was not saved.It’s done this several times since the update and there is no pattern to why. I’m finding it randomly acting up. It’s really frustrating, especially when I’m not working on anything complicated.

For example, I select multiple objects, and then call functions that are suitable for the content of the framework.There are two ways, which one is more efficient (more scientific)?var d = app.activeDocument;var item = d.selection[0]; var items = d.selection; var sel = items;// 00001 outer loopfor (var i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) { frameFitToContent(sel[i])}function frameFitToContent(s) { s.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);}// 00002 internal circulation----frameFitToContent(items);function frameFitToContent(sel) { for (var i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) { sel[i].fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT); }} 

 How can i cancel paid plan? and also my Visa card is unavailable, because I couldn’t cancel the plan, so I decided to close the card account. I tried many times to cancel…what i can do right now to cancel?Also tried to contact the support!!!

(Usually, I double click on that small square to shrink it.Now I want to implement it with code.)The framework is suitable for the content (sel [i]. fit (FitOptions. FAME-TO-CONNECT); ）It seems to have no effect on width.I guess this involves two steps:Firstly, set the text frame to automatically adjust to: height and width, without line breaks.Secondly, set the text frame to automatically adjust to 'none'.I don't know, is this safe?or , Is there still a better idea? 

Hi everyone. I am looking for a way to make a keyboard shortcut to “Break link to paragraph style”. I have tried to do it the usual way, but when I use the new shortcut, it changes (its not kept as it is). Does anyone have a solution for this? 

 Hi ​@m1b Long time no see, I miss you very much.The original post cannot be replied toToday I came across several strange pictures, some of which had their captions changed to 'Default' after using this script.Some of them are errors below the prompt. I guess they are not recognizing the image, or the image is outside the layout, or there are locked or hidden images?Also, can we avoid grouping images and captions together? Because this feature is actually not practical.  Here is the code (unchanged)/** * @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-way-to-apply-generic-static-caption-to-all-graphic-containers/m-p/13367937#M503941 */function main() { var doc = app.activeDocument, graphics = doc.allGraphics; // add caption to each graphic in document for (var i = 0; i < graphics.length; i++) { var contents = ( // try to get the graphic's xmp "description" getXMPProperty(graphics[i], 'description') /

Hi everyone,I'm formatting a document in InDesign and I'm trying to create a hanging indent for numbered sections.For example, I have this section:17. Amalgamation or transfer of assets and liabilities or division of multi-State co-operative societiesAt the moment, when the text wraps, I get:17. Amalgamation or transfer of assets and liabilities or division of multi-State co-operative societiesWhat I want is for the “o” in “operative” to start directly underneath the “A” in “Amalgamation”, like this:17. Amalgamation or transfer of assets and liabilities or division of multi-State co-      operative societiesMy current Paragraph settings are:Left Indent: 3p0 First Line Indent: 0p0I have also attached a screenshot showing my Paragraph panel.Could someone please explain what setting I need to change to make the wrapped line start exactly at exactly below of “Amalgamation”?I'm not trying to change the font or spacing between the words — I only want the wrapped line to align with the first

I couldn't find these settings here.https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#TabStop.htmlClear allDelete tabCopy tab againReset indentationI don't want to use the 'clearOverrides' option below, I'm worried it might clear some settings that need to be kept.texts[0].clearOverrides(OverrideType.ALL);Thank you very much

I need to insert pages into the middle of a document that has continuous text flow between pages.Each of the new pages has one text frame. I have connected those two pages together. But I can find no way to connect preceding pages to the input of the first new page’s frame, and the output of the last new page’s frame to the input of the subsequent page.Any attempt to link the frames with the input or output handles creates a new text frame on the clicked-on page. I found that to connect the two new pages I had to Shift-click each one’s text frame so they were both selected; but this is impossible with the preceding or subsequent pages.Any insights appreciated!The two pages in the middle need to be inserted into the flow. 

I installed the latest update to version 21, and InDesign won't launch. It doesn't give any errors, but it won't start. It doesn't do anything at all. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but that didn't work. Version 20 works perfectly, even the beta version 20.6. I tried reinstalling it by deleting the preferences, but that didn't work. I tried reinstalling the Creative app and reinstalling InDesign, but that didn't work.Bridge does the same thing, but it gives me error OXC0000142. InDesign, on the other hand, doesn't have any errors. Old Bridge works, but the beta version doesn't I have windows 11 last updatedWhat can I do?Thanks a lotNicola

I have chosen some regular text, and I want to get the horizontalOffset of the first character after the longest character '：'.The horizontal offset of the word I circled in the picture.May I ask how to write the code? Thank you very much. 

I made a document on Apple pages and I want to transfer it to indesign. I want the background and everything that was in pages into indesign like copy and paste. And I wanna edit the text and the images and elements. If there is a zero cost solution pls let me know thank you

I am having a problem with a file I received from another designer. Specifically, she used the Barlow font family from Adobe Fonts for some of the text treatments, however, even when I activate all the available font families she linked to on Adobe Fonts, some of the font variations are being found but two of the font variations are not being found. See below image. Given that these fonts should be the same ones from Adobe Fonts, how do I resolve the issue? Is it possible that this issue is related to the operating system (I am on a Windows PC)? 

File A  File B Hi everyone,I'm trying to reproduce the paragraph/tab formatting from one InDesign document in another.I've attached two screenshots:File A = the correctly formatted document File B = the document I'm trying to formatIn File A, the section entries are formatted so that:the section number (e.g. 3.) is positioned at approximately 2p9 the section title (e.g. Right to information) begins at approximately 3p0 the Tabs panel shows tab stops at 2p9 and 3p0 the Paragraph panel shows Left Indent = 3p0 and First Line Indent = -3p0In File B, I have set the Paragraph panel to the same values:Left Indent = 3p0 First Line Indent = -3p0File B also appears to have tab stops at 2p9 and 3p0.However, I cannot reproduce the behaviour of File A.For example, in File B I have:4. Central Registrar.If I place the cursor after 4. and press Tab, the tab character is inserted, but the text after the tab does not jump to the 3p0 tab stop.The same happens when I try inserting a tab before the section

So I have sets of illustration in separated artboard (same layer) in Illustrator. But when I am importing it to InDesign, some parts of the illustration is missing. It occurs on some illustration, especially reused graphic asset from Freepik. Funny enough, this isn't happening using the previous version of Indesign. Right now I am using the current latest 21.0 (not beta). What I have done for the workaround;saved into a new file, only the error artboard. not working.saved the error artboard into EPS, works. But I wish everything works in native format.  

I want to develop a plugin similar to Word's Track Changes feature. Looking for clear guidance on where to start.It should include the following functionalities: Building a Plugin Panel: The panel interface should roughly look like this: a. dropdownlists to view changes from version XXX to version YYY. b. An "Add" button to create a new version. c. An "Accept All Changes" button. d. A toggle to enable/disable Track Changes. e. A "Deletion Show State" toggle: Toggles the display of deleted text between a small red dot and strikethrough text. Deletion Tracking: When text is deleted in real-time, a small red dot marker should be generated. Clicking the "Deletion Show State" button on the panel should toggle the visibility of the deleted text, displaying it with a strikethrough effect. (Note: This should be a custom visual effect, not InDesign's built-in strikethrough formatting.) Insertion Tracking: Newly added text should be displayed with an underline. (Note: Just like the deletions

Ich wünsche mir eine Aufgabenliste, die man ggf. sogar abhaken kann.Damit kann ich in jedem Dokument sehen, welche Aufgabennoch offen sind.  

I have documents with “Page A of #” on the Parent page.  If I add a page to the document, I currently need to manually change the Parent Page.  Is there a way to automatically update the number of pages - the “of #” - when a new page is added to the document?

I am finding that my computer is heating up to an unusual level and the fans are activating when I use InDesign, even though the tasks I’m performing are very basic and not at all demanding of the processor.My computer is a MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro chip, purchased in April this year, so it should easily be capable of performing these tasks without needing to activate the fans to cool itself down.My version of InDesign is definitely up to date and I have tried uninstalling InDesign and reinstalling.Is anyone else finding that Indesign is putting unreasonable demands on their processor? 

I’ve done this before, but now I can’t get it to work (Windows 11 Pro; InDesign: 21.5.1). The font is Aviano Flare. I want to always substitute a specific “A” glyph. None of the Open Type Stylistic Sets work. How do I set up a new one? Also, do I need a style for both upper- and lowercase “As”? What am I forgetting or doing wrong? Many thanks for your help! 

Okay, I don't know if anyone else has this problem; however, I keep having it, and it's really annoying and frustrating because for some reason the Contextual Task Bar in Illustrator or InDesign keeps acting up by only moving in one place up and down not all over the screen like it should be and I've tried to save all my stuff, exit out, and reopen as well as turning it off in the Window section of both applications and nothing and I have no idea how to fix this so if anyone knows a permant solution to this please tell me cause I'm lost and I would really appericate it so much! Thanks so much in advance!-vevegirl13