InDesign

I'm working on a large catalog with over 200 pages. What are the best practices to keep the file manageable and avoid crashes? Any tips on splitting the document or optimizing performance? 

Whenever I export my advert in - ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) - my images look really dark, if the image is black or has dark shadows, the picture looks dark when printed - how can I resolve this?

I think my Preferences and Workspaces from CC2024 were held but the Policies that were all ON before (I checked) were all OFF at first use. This has happened for me before, but worth checking. Hopefully someone will be helped.   <Title renamed by MOD>

Anyone with the slightest clue what I am doing wrong here? I have a InDesign file I am trying to export to a PDF, but it is not working. (I have a screen shot that would make this explaination so much easier, but it won't load) The file is an A3 a background image, some text and 7 PDF images. 4 of the PDF images am I able to place and export to PDF, but as  soon as I try to add the remainding 3 (or just one of the 3) the file won't export as PDF. All the PDFs are made at the same time, with the same technique (AI files saved as PDFs). The PDF images were orgiginally created in CS4 and CS5, but I ahev edited them in CS6 an saved them after that. I have tried turning my mac (OS Lion) on and of again. I have tried quitting InDesign. I have tried force quitting InDesign. I have tried about every solution I can find online (that I understand), but it just does not seem to work. What am I doing wrong??The errors occurring are: - "Out of memory"- "Unable to display PDF image on tha page"

Hi,I would like to replicate the pattern as shown below.It are 4 lines, with one crossing the other ones, but to give it a good contrast i would like to have a border/outline in white as shown below.Is this possible to achieve? Thanks! -Nick (OS windows - latest version - ID 2025)

Hallo, ist es möglich, eine proportionale Skalieren von Objekten ohne die Verwendung der Shift-Taste einzustellen? Also standardmäßig immer Proportional und mit Shift unproportional? Genau anders rum, als es standardmäßig ist? Hi, is it possible to set proportional scaling of objects in Adobe InDesign without using the Shift key? I mean, making it proportional by default and non-proportional with the Shift key—essentially reversing the standard behavior. Vielen Dank / Thank you

Hi. I have Indesign 2025 20.0.0 with russian interface on macOS Sequoia.If I try to import Adobe PDF styles from file that contains cyrillic symbols in names (not path) then error happened and style doesn't import.if I rename file to name without cyrillic symbols and only latin, numbers and so on (but path may contain cyrillic symbols) then no error and style imported successfully.But that is not all. In the Adobe PDF styles list in Indesign there is a problem too.If I rename style to name with cyrillic (after import or just created) then if I close file or Indesign those renamed styles dissapear from list. But if style name contains only latin, numbers and so on then they remains in list.In Indesign 2024 installed in parallel on that Mac all normal and I have no those issues - nor with filenames nor with preset names in preset list.Is this a bug or a feature?

This has been happening off and on for months, I haven't been able to find any other mentions of it on forums, but another designer I work with has also expereienced this. If this is a new "function" it's not helpful and I would like to know how to prevent it from happening: If I select multiple objects in an Indesign document (for example: a vector icon, a type box, and a rectangle shape) and copy/paste them into another Indesign page, the objects MERGE into one graphic! All of the separate elements become one element within in a content box. This new "flattened" graphic can't be opened or edited - I tried to right-click it but the popup menu does not recognize the graphic as something that could be opened in Photoshop etc. It doesn't matter if the elements are grouped or if it's just multiple objects selected, the result is the same: it becomes a single uneditable graphic. The Undo command does not undo the merge, so I have to delete the new "flat" image and repaste the elements

Hi team,I'm Very much interested in InDesign Scripting. I wish to learn InDesign script to implement some automation in my work. So, from where can I start my learning Journey. Note: I dont have any Java script or any other coding knowledge, but ready to learn anything.  Every suggestions and reply will motivate me to move forward  Thanks & regard Nousheeth 

Hello there, I have taken over a project containing more than 1000 text blocks that were created with a 90-degree angle. As a result, to navigate through the text, I have to use the up and down arrow keys instead of left and right. I would like to modify the block’s angle without changing the text orientation so that I can navigate using the left and right keys. Is this possible?

Hi everybody 🙂 I've recently started using my adobe suite under Windows 11 and been experiencing issues with the alt key. This is happening apparently in every program but, as an example in inDesign, when clicking the panel options in Paragraph Styles and holding the alt key as modifier the menu closes after a second. Thanks in advance

I have two text frames, both in the SAME paragraph and character style, with no style overrides (according to InDesign). However, one of them has some weird Japanese formatting options applied to it, making it right-aligned, rotated, and slightly smaller: I'm aware there's a Japanese version of InDesign, but I have no idea how Japanese formatting works, so it doesn't seem useful to me. Using it shouldn't be necessary, anyway: the desired style is in the same document. How can I make the "Japanese" text frame look like the "normal" text frame? 

Hi,I'm new to InDesign and started working on a project last week. However, today my files seem to constantly crash. I didn't have this issue last week. Is there a reason or a fix for this? Thank you for any help!

My laptop had limited space earlier. So I was using an external SSD drive (labeled as G drive) for a lot of my InDesign projects. Hence I had lots of folders and the jpegs were located like this. G:\BOOKS\ConstructionWorks\COVER DESIGN\SKETCHES FOR COVER\IMG_20170412_1276.jpg Now I have shifted the folders named 'BOOKS' to the "D:\WORK\" in my laptop as I upgraded my laptop's storage with a new larger SSD installed. So now the updated link of the jpg file has become this. D:\WORK\BOOKS\ConstructionWorks\COVER DESIGN\SKETCHES FOR COVER\IMG_20170412_105643_1498303133378.jpg   There are many such jpeg links which are now belonging to my internal SSD of the laptop. For example. For InteriorResearch.indd file located in G:\BOOKS\InteriorResearch earlier. One of the linked file was... Older link (on my external SSD)G:\BOOKS\InteriorResearch\Set3\Blue_Themed_Stuff\IMG_4438.jpg     Newer link for the same jpeg(After moving the folder to my internal SSD of laptop)D:\WORK\BOOKS\In

Bonjour,je suis occupée de créer un formulaire dans lequel la personne qui le remplit doit renseigner si il est particulier ou indépendant (check box). Si il coche particulier, alors rien de spécial. Si indépendant, alors ouverture de la question suivante = un texte doit apparaîre ("entrez votre numéro de tva :") et le champ texte à remplir.J'arrive à faire apparaitre le champ texte à remplir mais je ne trouve pas de solution pour le texte dur...Auriez-vous une idée ? (Je ne connais pas l'utilisation de javascript dans indesign)D'avance merci beaucoup!

Hi! The document works when I publish online but doesn't work when I export it as interactive pdf. I made an interactive pdf with Indesign, before creating the table of content the button of "home" in every page worked but after I created the table the buttons stop working.  Thanks for the help.

I have exported in Coated Froga 39L VIGC it looked extra bright but when printed the contrast looked extreme - how can I resolve this? 

I'm designing a plaque to be printed on a piece of wood. All looks fine in the InDesign file, but when I export it either as a PDF, as a PNG, or as a JPEG, a faint line appears across the top of the ascenders in one line of type. See the attached file. The faint line is not in the InDesign file. What do I have to do to make it go away in the exported file?

Hello, can you review my file at this location https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mjarwzm9vhlxka7j0nomw/2025-Wholesale-Catalog-1-15.indd?rlkey=11xnl814101sxnxk4l1p5pdc2&st=3stv1g71&dl=0. What is wrong with pages 6-11? 

When I search for a specific word in InDesign, the program crashes suddenly and needs to be restarted.What is the solution?

I cant find much about InDesign 20.0 supporting <figure> and <figcaption>. Is it possible to export images and captions with <figure> and <figcaption> when exporting as PDF? Or is that an EPUB-only feature?

I am searching for an opportunity to change the background color of a textfield automatically in a document with data merge. Is there a possibility to define it in the Excel file or can I work with object format. What can I do to get a good solution? Many thanks 😉

I am trying to set up a book layout in InDesign (2025) with the following requirements:Document Setup:Facing Pages enabled.Left pages are for flowing text, using a Primary Text Frame.Right pages are for static images, with no text frames or threading.Expected Behavior:When I place text on the first left-side page, it should overflow into new left-side pages automatically.InDesign should create additional left-side pages and thread the text into their Primary Text Frames without any manual intervention.Current Problem:I have set up the text frame on the left Parent Page as a Primary Text Frame.Smart Text Reflow is enabled with the following settings:Limit to Primary Text Frames checked.Add Pages set to "At End of Story."Despite this setup, when I place text, it overflows into a red + sign and does not automatically create or flow into new left-side pages.To thread text into subsequent left-side pages, I must manually click the out port of each text frame and connect it to the next page,

Good morning,I am working on a 11x17 brochure which will be folded to appear as 4 pages.  Naturally, I would also like to have the PDF so it "prints" into 4 separate pages.  However, I just cannot seem to figure out how to accomplish this.  I am using InDesign CS5 and my pages are sized to 11x17 in my document.It seems this should be fairly straight forward to do.  If anyone can please explain what I am missing, I would really appreciate it.  At this point I am starting to conclude what I want is not possible to do without re-laying it out in a document with 8.5x11 pages.  Please tell me I am wrong! Thank you for your time in advance,Brent

Hi, I have Adobe Indesign 2023 . Recently, when I open any document and I face 2-4 seceond pause running. I copy some text from different software to paste into my Indesign document and again I can not click for 3-4 second then this makes me so slow in process. Why I face this issue with new Adobe Indesign?Please help me. Before that was very fast and smooth working in Indesign.Regards,