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I know there are similar questions, but the answers don't work for me.   I'm formatting a white paper that has 52 references, each of which are cited multiple times in the text. When I say "reference," I basically mean "endnote," I guess. Superscript numbers in the text linked to a numbered list at the end of the document. (I'll try to explain exactly what I mean, but this really isn't a question about proper terminology, I'm just trying to solve a specific problem.)   I need to be able to generate a PDF that hyeprlinks the superscript numbers in the text to their corresponding endnotes - and then back again to the text when you click the number in the endnote.   I already had to mine forums to learn that you only get hyperlinked endnotes at all if you export the PDF as "High Quality Print." NO other PDF setting works. Just mentioning it here because it's unbelievable. (Why would you even need a print to have links?) But that's the kind of quirk that Adobe likes to leave

Dear All,I need help with a task in Adobe InDesign. I have a document with 13-digit numbers inside tables, and these numbers are part of grouped items. I want to:Find all the 13-digit numbers in the document.Create hyperlinks for these numbers automatically.Ensure that the hyperlinks are applied correctly, even if the 13-digit numbers are part of grouped items (i.e., text frames or objects grouped together).Could someone guide me on how to achieve this, possibly with a script or using GREP expressions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!i tried Indesign javascript:// InDesign JavaScript var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var myStory = myDoc.stories; var urlPrefix = "https://www.librairesdelest.fr/livre/"; // Find 13-digit numbers app.findGrepPreferences = null; app.changeGrepPreferences = null; app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b\\d{13}\\b"; var foundItems = myDoc.findGrep(); for (var i = 0; i < foundItems.length; i++) { var match = foundItems[i]; var thirte

I have 32GB of RAM. Is that not enough for InDesign anymore?  When working on a project that's not even all that big (5-20 mb), I'm occasionally limited to 2 or 3 undos at most. Not even after anything complicated -- it happens after simple actions like moving objects around, text editing, etc. Quitting / reopening InDesign only fixes this problem for a short time.   What else can I try to fix this?    Notes: I've already tried resetting all prefrences, and completely uninstillaning / reinstalling indesign several times SPECS: 32GB RAM / Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U 2.60 GHz  / System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor local disc only about half full This has been a problem with Indesign 2024 and the newest 2025 version. I'm not running anything else intense while using Indesign. Sometimes photoshop, which wasn't a problem in the past.  I'm running Windows 11 on a Surface Pro 9 (I've been a user of various Surfa

InDesing 2025 does not support drag and drop to open files?It doesn't seem to have been revolutionized, and I've heard that it uses more CPU than previous versions.     <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi all, I have a product catalogue - https://indd.adobe.com/view/5fdb11c8-8c8f-4346-853a-840085184228 I need to increase the Trade prices throughout by 2%. I have a style sheet set up whereas I can target just the Trade price (leaving the RRP alone). Is there a plugin or script that will allow me to do this? I have been using Price Adjuster  2025 for currency conversions but I don't think this plug in will allow me to increase by percentages.  Many thanks for your help     <Title renamed by MOD>

I have followed every tutorial, reviewed every other forum on this, went step by step with all preferences and my gradient still pastes as an image. Is it the new update that refuses to copy/paste swatches between the two? Please help. Thank you.

I am using the new indesign CC 2019 on a PC. When I go to change text formatting by using the eyedropper tool, it changes the color of the text and not the format. There is no "T" next to the eyedropper tool which I thought was weird because there was a minute or so before. Also, I am highlighting the text first, then clicking the eyedropper tool, then clicking the text formatting that I want to copy. I made sure the text was highlighted and not the boxes. Is this a 2019 bug or is there some way to fix? Never had an issue on 2018. THank you!

Hallo zusammen, gibt es eine Möglichkeit, damit zwei verschiedene Personen einen Review Link aktualisieren können? Als Beispiel wäre Bearbeiter A der das Dokument erstellt und dem Kunden einen Review Link als Vorschau schickt. Der Kunde trägt dort seine Änderungswünsche ein, aber leider ist Bearbeiter A jetzt krank und ein Kollege Bearbeiter B übernimmt das Projekt. 

I'm using data merge in InDesign (Version 15.0) on a file with two pages in the InDesign file, and I'm changing text on both pages. Is there a way to export the merged documents to separate PDFs, both consisting of two pages? Right now in the "Export to Adobe PDF" panel, I'm selecting "Create Separate PDF Files." This ends up creating a separate PDF file for each page, giving me a folder like the following:- Merged_01    |   (Page 1, first row of data)- Merged_01(1)    |    (Page 1, second row of data)- Merged_02     |    (Page 2, first row of data)- Merged_02(1)    |    (Page 2, second row of data) Is there anyway to get something like this as an output:- Merged_01    |    (Page 1 & 2, first row of data, a multipage PDF)- Merged_02    |    (Page 1 & 2, second row of data, a multipage PDF)

Product Version Adobe Indesign 20.0 On Windows 11 Pro 24H2 The bottom bar in which pages can be created, deleted and alternative layouts created is overlaid by the text with the number of pages and print sheets on the left-hand side when collapsed. As a result, the buttons can no longer be operated correctly.     <Title renamed by MOD>

Hello, after solving several problems with datamerge in indesign i have a (hopefully) last one:I want to place multiple Elements on one page. To be exact: There should be 10 on each page. (5 rows, 2 coloumns) Due to an issue i dont know there are only 4 Elements placed in one coloumn.  Then the next page is started - again 4 elements on the page. The right coloumn and the 5th line of the first coloumn are not used.I did not find any answer so far. I need urgent help. Thanks in advance.auf deutsch/German:Ich will per Datenzusammenführung mehrere Elemente auf einer Seite platzieren. Das klappt nun auch endlich. Aber obwohl locker 10 Elemente auf eine Seite passen (2 Spalten je 5 Reihen) wird nach 4 Elementen in der ersten Spalte bereits die nächste Seite begonnen.Ich habe bislang keine Antworten dazu gefunden, brauche dringend Hilfe. Anderes habe ich zum Glück schon gelöst.

When I open the color picker to adjust a shade, I usually automatically do so in HSB, since I usually want a lighter or darker shade of what I'm working on. But if I don't actually click on the radial buttons for the HSB value I'm working on, InDesign will give me some wild colors! It seems to be confusing HSB and RGB somehow--but I don't know why or how, since I'm editing in the HSB boxes.   As an example, let's say I want a darker version of this blue:   So I'm going to go to brightness and reduce it to 50%. This is what I get:   Like I said, if I toggle the button to "B" instead of where it starts out in"R," it's snapps back and starts behaving again:   It's not a huge problem, but it's still kind of annoying. Does anyone else experience this?   <Title renamed by moderator>  

Hallo,ich habe seit einigen Wochen das Problem, dass ich meine InDesign-Dateien weder direkt in der Cloud speichern noch downloaden kann. Das herunterladen funktioniert nur über die Creative Cloud App, jedoch nicht direkt in InDesign (Bilder dazu unten).  Vielleicht kennt ja jemand das Problem und hat eine Idee zur Lösung. Ältere Versionen der App herunterladen, Einstellungen zurücksetzen usw. haben bisher keinen Erfolg gebracht... noch zur Info ich nutze InDesign auf einem MacBook Pro.  Schonmal im Voraus vielen Dank für jede Hilfe!

I think this wast´t a topic already. I have three questions conserning the Color Management Policies in Indesign.Given that the color profile from a JPG placed into an Indesign dokument is different than the profile in the color settings: - convert to working Space: The profile stays attached to the JPG- preserve embedded profiles: The profile stays attached to the JPG- off: The JPG profile is converted to the working space- CMYK, Preserve numbers (ignore linked profiles): The JPG profile is converted to the working space 1.) Shouldn`t the profile under "convert to working space" be also converted?2.) We have three, in case of CMYK, four different options, but only two different outcomes. What`s the difference between them?3.) When I check "ask when pasting" I don´t get a dialog when I drag and drop JPGs into Indesign. I thought that´s what it´s for. Thanks for your help.  

I'm an experienced InDesign & GREP user, and experienced in Bengali typesetting. But I've encountered an issue I can't solve. I have some Unicode Bengali text (converted from ANSI encoding) with some invisible characters hindering the correct formation of the characters. When I cut & paste the problem word into Find/Change, it renders it as ~I in GREP (or ^I in 'Text'). But when I search for either of these characters, or even for the text I just copied, it cannot find it. When I copy the offending text into another software and then cut & paste it back, the offending characters are removed. My questions are:1. What are these invisible problematic ~I/^I characters?2. How can I remove them with InDesign's Find/Change?I've included a screenshot here and attached a sample file. 

Can't install Indesign 6 or 8--the labeling is ambiguous--on my Windows 11 machine. Adobe help is no help. I get this error:     <Title renamed by MOD>  

I'm producing labels for museum gallery objects.  We are printing them on adhesive vinyl with peel off back (i'm not sure what the correct term is at the moment).  We pay for the labels by the sheet.  It costs the same whether I get 2 or 6 labels on an 8.5 x 11 sheet.  We get anywhere from 10 to 200+ of these labels print at a time so you can imagine it can be a challenging puzzle to maximize the use of space in order to minimize the wasted space on each sheet.  It is essentially the same issue that people using laser cutters or CNC routers run into.  The material is too expensive to let any real estate go unused unless necessary.Is anyone aware of a plugin or script that can process a document and move text boxes or objects around to the most economical arrangement possible?  I could also produce these labels in Illustrator if this issue cannot be addressed within InDesign.Thank you in advance for you advice!Brandon

Indesign 2025 will open files made in the 2023 version but won't open the files I made in 2024 version just a month ago. And don't tell me to install the older version. I have the older version and yes I can use it. But I would prefer to use the newer version moving forward. I have a project that I continually update which took me a long time to make. I am not going to remake the whole thing in InDesign 2025 just because of some stupid bug. Please fix it.

I use Indesign mainly for redundant document with text variables. Each time, i need to : - open a template file - save to a new file - edit manually all text variables with the edit variable panel (mainly text variables)   Is there a way to improve this workflow ? I'm looking for specifically a method that would allow me to import the text variables from a csv file. It would be this kind of file : variable-1, content variable-2, content   Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks     <Title renamed by MOD>

I received a set of InDesign files and an associated Links folder containing linked content. The main story flow of the InDesign document is linked from a Microsoft Word document in the Links folder. This is not how I would have set it up, but it is what it is. I guess the author wanted to continue modifying text after layout and was unwilling to learn how to use InCopy. Now that I have received this package as zip file package, I need to set it up to start working on it in my local evironment. When I open the InDesign file, it tells me all the links need to be updated. If I select the option to Update Links, all of the paragraph styles for the text linked from the Word document go haywire. How do I prevent this from happening? Correct paragraph styles, but with out-of-date links: Updated links, resulting in overwritten paragraph styles. All paragraphs get overwritten with whatever paragraph style happens to be selected in the paragraph styles menu: Is there a way t

I am printing a brochure with facing pages, some where photos and graphic elements span both pages. With "Facing Pages" turned on, the two pages align perfectly.   However, my printing service requires that I print each page separately with a .125 inch bleed on all four sides of the page. This is easy enough. I turn off the "facing pages" in DOCUMENT SETUP then extend my color and graphic bleeds on all four sides. When printed and after cutting, the pages and elements will line up perfectly.   My problem is when I then turn on "Facing Pages" again just to see how the brochure will look, the elements of the inner bleed overlap one another. In preview mode for single pages, the bleed is not shown on all four sides. Using preview mode with facing pages, I still see the "Bled elements" on the right hand side of the left page and the left hand side of the right page.   Is there a way to create the bleed on all four sides of a single page that my printer requires but still be

I have multiple slides in my PDF which include audio files that are set up to start when the page is opened and end when one flips to the next slide. I have toggled off the enhanced security settings and enabled the  multimedia player, etc. all solutions that can be found on this forum. For some reason, however, only the first audio file plays as intended. Subsequent slides with audio files do not play or even display in the PDF. When I flip back to the original slide that had working audio, it doesn't play again either. So after clipping all my audio files, I am only able to use one in a presentation and it is single-use for some unknown reason. Any advice would be appreciated. I would attach the file but much of the content is copyrighted or covered by non-disclosure. If needed I can reply to this post with a dummy file using audio on all slides for reference. 

See attached image. Normally, when exporting a print file to PDF, I use the default crop mark offset, with success.  However, for some reason, it is not only placing the crop marks at the bottom/left in the incorrect position, but it is allowing a hidden portion of the that image to be shown (see page 1 of the attached PDF).  In fact, if I change the offset to .25", it actually lowers the print image, and exposes even more of a cropped image (see page 2).Admittedly, the original file was created in Canva, and provided to me with no actual bleed.  I enlarged the image to provide at least a .0625 bleed.

I don't know why or how this happens, but my paragraph styling is showing up with two font sizes, one is corrrect, the other is in parenthesis. Image attached. How do I fix this?