InDesign

This pops up when copy/pasting a vector image from Illustrator to InDesign. Only from recent update.Needs to be fixed ASAP.   

I just installed InDesign (planning to make a book for print). When trying to export to PDF, I always get this warning (in the Export Adobe PDF dialog, see screenshots below):"The preset specifies source profiles that don't match the current color settings file. Profiles specified by the color settings file will be used."I get this warning even when trying to export a single page document with no content. I am new to InDesign, but I have used Photoshop for 15-20 years and have a good working knowledge of color management.What is the warning trying to tell me? And how can I fix this?I am using the standard [High Quality Print] export profile (changing no settings). In the Output section I have Color Conversion set to “No Color Conversion” (no “source profiles” here).What is meant by “the current color settings file”? Where can I find/edit this file?Here is a detailed description of what I am doing before getting to this warning:Adobe InDesign version: 21.3 x64Windows 11 version 25H2 (OS

UPDATE: Problem gelöst. Ich habe ein Update für Indesign von 21.2 auf 21.3 gestartet. Die ersten 50 % liefen gut durch, ab dann braucht jedes Prozent ca. 10 Minuten. Mein Gedanke war die CC neu zu starten, dafür habe ich den Vorgang manuell abgebrochen. Nun dauert der Vorgang des Abbrechens bereits über 35 Minuten. Wie sollte ich weiter verfahren?Ich habe eine 50er Interntverbindung, damit jedoch bisher keinerlei Probleme gehabt.Habe ein M2 Pro unter Tahoe 26.4.1

Hello! I am on MAC OS TAHOE and when i package, my link folder is empty, and i have an error message - i mean, i REALLY have to package with all the links… What do i do to resolve this issue! Thanks!  

I work with a colleague. We use the same InDesign files. I have recently encountered a problem. It only happens to me; my colleague does not have this problem, even though he uses the same files. Text sometimes “jumps” down a bit when I enlarge the text box, change the font size, or simply duplicate a page. I have already researched this, but have not yet found an explanation for it and nothing has helped. We both use the font via Adobe Fonts.

I exported the IndDesign file as XML. When importing the XML into InDesign - it crashed. 

Is it possible to make the table-styling diagram easier to see?The diagram is too small and  the selected and unselected lines in the diagram are indistinguishable.Something like this:Thanks

Hi all, wondering if anyone could give me insight into an issue I'm having with a tight turnaround annual report document. I've updated InDesign, restarted it and cleared my preferences, restarted my computer, disconnected and reconnected to wifi, and I'm still running into this issue. I saved a document to the cloud, and then shared as a TextEdit document so that my client can edit the report text. They were able to edit the text, but now I cannot do ANYTHING in InDesign as everytime I open the document, it gives me a perpetual rainbow wheel. I can force quit and open normal documents saved to my computer, I can open other cloud documents that haven't used TextEdit, but I cannot open this one. Has anyone ran into this and how to solve?

Hello,I'm currently facing an issue with indesign CC2018, latest version.It's a 24 pages document, no missing font, no broken link, no error showing, green dot on the bottom of the screen :Yet, I'm having an error showing up after exporting in PDF X4 print PDF format (file is exported, but PDF X4 standard is not respected) :What's wrong ? I can't tell what's happening.Help ?Thank you

Hi hoping someone can help me with the issues im having with my new MacBook pro m2 max 15" 64gb ram. I do a lot of work in Indesign creating documents and factsheets etc. I tend to move around a lot with my macbook and the issue i am having is when i close the screen and the mac goes into esentially sleep mode, when i open and log back into my mac indesign still has my documents open but the screen is grey on every file, meaning i have to close down and reopen the programme.  I played around with some settings in InDesign turning on and off the GPU performance but nothing seems to help. If anyone has any theories or ideas on how to fix this would appreciate the help. My mac is updated to the latest os. 

I have recently reinstalled InDesign and, upon every launch, if I go to the Id icon to set some global settings or open the first document of the session, InDesign will hang (spinning beachball, marked as “not responding” in Activity Monitor). After about one minute, the hang is over (pun intended) and InDesign resumes perfect functionality (no slowness, no issues). It is as if it wanted to be by itself for a while. If I open a second (or 3rd, 4th, etc.) document no hanging happens. If I close all docs and open a single new one, no hang. It is just the first doc of the session.I have been able to capture a Spindump while it was hanging. Perhaps this can help engineers (or other knowledgeable souls here) find what is going on?Thank you very much!I am on macOS Tahoe 26.4 on an Apple Silicon Mac.I’m posting this here as well because there was no bug report community for InDesign available. 

I subscribed to Creative Cloud Pro at 9:20PM last night. Upon completion of my purchase I downloaded and opened InDesign. For the next 3.5 hours, I continuously waited, signed in and out of my account, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and restarted my computer waiting for Adobe to give me full access to ID. As of the time I’m writing this, nearly 1PM the next day, I still do not have full access. Also, opening and closing the app is a pain. It doesn’t open when I press the ‘open’ button in the CC desktop app. I downloaded PS and AI and I have full access, no problems. I’ve done everything that Google has told me to do but nothing is working.

I am working on a task to find junk characters in InDesign without using Glyphs, because I already tried using Glyphs in InDesign JavaScript and it takes too much time. What are the other possible ways to find junk characters?

I’m using Startup Scripts that loads the macOS Fondation Framework.They’re running without any problem with all InDesign versions from 2016 to 2025.At this time, I’m on a MacStudio M4, running macOs Sequoia and InDesign 20.5.3.The scripts works well. But if I install InDesign 2026 (v21.3) the Framework won’t load. Here is an example of code:use framework "Foundation"use scripting additionstell application id "InDn" make event listener with properties {event type:"afterOpen", handler:testHandler, name:"testHandler"}end tellon testHandler() set theString to current application's NSString's stringWithString:"test"end testHandler What’s new in InDesign that prevent the script to run?Is there a workaround?

I often change my script names, which causes the shortcut keys to stop working.However, the part of the script name that contains the shortcut key is fixed, for example:001-get Actual image width【Ctrl+Alt+O】.jsx【Ctrl+Alt+O】 represents the suggested shortcut key, and this part generally doesn’t change.Is it possible to ignore this part and modify the shortcut file (e.g., myShortCut.indk) to generate code like the following:    <shortcut>        <action-id value="0xff000000 + 11" name="Script:Application:C Common.lnk:001-get Actual image width【Ctrl+Alt+O】.jsx"></action-id>        <context>DefaultContext</context>        <string>Ctrl+Alt+O</string>    </shortcut>It seems the shortcut stops working because it gets automatically cleaned up.

Hello everyone,I am currently trying to evaluate converting an internally used ExtendScript plugin to UXP. The plugin uses ScriptUI to display a modal configuration dialog, which is not supported any more in UXP (I think?).I tried to use UXP to create a modal dialog, but I could not find a complete example on how to do so.Here is what I have got so far:index.htm:<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <style> dialog { background-color: var(--uxp-host-background-color); color: var(--uxp-host-text-color); border-color: var(--uxp-host-border-color); font-size: var(--uxp-host-font-size); } #sampleDialog>div { display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 300px; width: 400px; align-items: center; } #sampleDialog>div>p { margin-top: 30px; } </style> <body> <dialog id="sampleDialog"> <div> <h1>Well hello!</h1&gt

I tried with var doc = app.activeDocument;// --- Create / get highlight color ---var highlightColor;var existingColor = doc.colors.itemByName("JunkHighlight");if (existingColor.isValid) {    highlightColor = existingColor;} else {    highlightColor = doc.colors.add({        name: "JunkHighlight",        model: ColorModel.PROCESS,        space: ColorSpace.RGB,        colorValue: [255, 0, 0]    });}// --- Create / get character style ---var highlightStyle;var existingStyle = doc.characterStyles.itemByName("JunkCharStyle");if (existingStyle.isValid) {    highlightStyle = existingStyle;} else {    highlightStyle = doc.characterStyles.add({        name: "JunkCharStyle",        fillColor: highlightColor    });}// --- Loop through all stories and characters ---var stories = doc.stories;for (var s = 0; s < stories.length; s++) {    var chars = stories[s].characters;    for (var i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {        var c = chars[i].contents;        if (typeof c === "string" && c

Dear all,in my daily printed music production job it happens (albeit rarely) to need to create foldout pages when the music has not enough rests to allow for a comfortable page turn. To give you some context, let’s imagine that I have page 4 on the left and page 5 on the right. If I need a foldout page on the left I will need to number it 4-bis, while a foldout to the right will need to be numbered 5-bis. The next spread will continue to pages 6-7 as if nothing happened. The printer will then know what to do.How do I best achieve this in InDesign? I have seen something in the Pages panel about allowing Spreads and Pages to shuffle but I am not 100% sure I have understood how that works in practice. Also, how to manage proper page numbering? Thanks!

We are developing an Adobe InDesign plugin for macOS that requires the use of proprietary font files. These fonts must remain private to that Particular running InDesign instance after loading and protected from unauthorized access.The plugin must use these fonts for text rendering and layout within InDesign documents.The Objective is to Enable the plugin to load and use proprietary fonts dynamically at runtime without installing them system-wide and without exposing the original font files on disk.Functional requirementsThe solution must:Allow the plugin to use custom font files at runtime. Prevent permanent installation of fonts in system or user font directories. Avoid exposing original font files in accessible filesystem locations. Work seamlessly with Adobe InDesign’s text engine. Preserve typography features including: glyph shaping ligatures kerning OpenType features complex script support Security RequirementsThe implementation must:protect proprietary font data from unauth

Indesignで、小さめのテキストボックスを連結して文字を流し込みました。普通の文字列だと、問題なく表示されるのですが「々」の文字が入った場合のみ、文字が表示されず最後のテキストボックスのサイズを広げると初めて表示されるようになります。「佐々木」のようなものだと一番後ろのテキストボックスに表示され、「々」の文字が先頭にあると逆に問題なく表示されます。解決方法がわかりません。よろしくお願いいたします。（imac / mac OS sonoma 14.6.1 /  indesign2026） 

The InDesign files were originally for online only, not print, and as such, were set to 34 pages. We now want to print it, and it needs to be 34 pages.The design has been set up in a way that each page blends into the next, so adding two random pages will disturb the layout.I think adding one at the back should be fine, and will not disturb any layout, but adding one at the front will throw everything else out.How can I add a page at the beginning (front), to get to 34 pages, to fix this, and make it work?“Document attached for reference”Your help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hello!Wondering if this is even possible. In my work flow I usually have a print file in Indesign using multiple layers and artboards. I link these files to my "Proof Page" and use object layer options and pages to display different parts of the art. In the Proof Page I can have multiple instances of the art at a time showing various combinations of the layers. I was wondering if it's possible to have a script go through the Proof Page and automatically match the pages of the linked document to the corresponding pages of the proof page. So Page 3 of the proof would automatically update every instance of the linked file to Page 3. Bonus points if it can maintain my layer selections, but beggars can't be choosers Haha.Thanks again!Matt

Hi,I am working on an InDesign automation workflow where math content (MathML/XML) is imported into the document. I need to automate the import of math styles.

Looking to create a keyboard shortcut for Clear Transformations and it looks like it isn’t listed as an option. Am I just missing something?Additionally does anyone know of a script that would reset all object transformations in a document?Best,Matt 

**Product:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (Version 21.0)**OS:** macOS (en_GB locale)**Related apps affected:** Adobe Photoshop 2026---**Bug 1: Copy/paste from InDesign to Photoshop fails when document contains linked files**When attempting to copy a vector object from an InDesign document that contains linked files, the following errors occur:- InDesign displays: "Failed to Export the PDF file"- Photoshop displays: "Could not complete the Paste command because the clipboard data is empty or invalid"The Links panel reports all links as valid (no warnings or missing link indicators). Despite this, the copy operation fails. Vector objects in documents with NO linked files copy and paste into Photoshop correctly.This confirms the issue is triggered by the presence of linked files, even when those links are reported as healthy by InDesign.**Steps to reproduce:**1. Open an InDesign document containing linked files (all links reporting as OK in the Links panel)2. Select any vector object3. Copy (Cmd+C