InDesign

Hi! I’m hoping someone can help with a simple GREP to add double quotes to the start and end of a paragraph please so I can incorporate it into a style? (ie shift 2). Thanks!

I have a problem exporting to pdf. I can only export single pages. The document is 428 pages (41,9 MB) and mainly text. It has a lot of footnotes 6300 (!)A few weeks ago I could export to pdf with the same text, I have only done some typographic changes. I have tried suggestions like: exporting to IDML, turn off Background Tasks, delete Preferences with no luck. The only way is to create a Book, add the indesign-file and export the book to pdf.That works without any problem! But I would like to be able to export directly from the indesign-file.I have Indesign 21.2 iMac 2020 with 40 GB RAM. 

What is the best workflow to retrieve process color mixes (RGB, Hex) from a CMYK mix via an ICC profile conversion in InDesign? In other words, how do I ensure the correct ICC profile is being used for the conversion? Color Settings: North American General Purpose 2RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 Should I change the transparency blend space from CMYK to RGB, then retrieve the color mixes? (See below) Proposed Workflow 1:Transparency blend space is CMYK Assign Profiles to document: Assign current working spaces: RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1, CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2  Change transparency blend space to RGB – changing the document workspace to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile. The conversions will now be based on this sRGB color profile assigned to the document via the space change. Open up swatch options to retrieve RGB and Hex numbers Or, can I leave the transparency blend space in CMYK, and retrieve the color mixes? Will I get conversions via what I have set in the colo

Locked header on other pages has an inch of space that is not present in master. If I adjust baseline, it cuts off text. Can anyone help?

Hello. Trying to change an InDesign document- about 200 pages, to a continuous plain text document like Text Edit .rtf.Looking up procedure advice is all about scripting, which I don’t even want to get into.Please help! I’m on a deadline this morning and need to get the story in a plain text format for the publisher to create an eBook.Converting an Acrobat PDF to RTF results in one blank page! 

I am trying to open a file roughly 6MB in size. I have done this thousands of times in the past without issue. However, today, the system just shows the loading beach ball and completely stalls. If I click on another screen to complete a different task while waiting for InDesign to load and then hover over the icon in my dock, it says “not responding”. I have no idea what is causing this issue given the fact I created the original document without issue prior to today’s incident.

Problema al importar texto con ecuaciones matemáticas en indesign (MAC) de un documento word en .docx . Las fórmulas fueron creadas con el creador de ecuaciones. El texto ingresa y las ecuaciones no se ven. ¿que puedo hacer?

Hi everyone,I’ve been working on my graphic design portfolio in Adobe InDesign for about three months, and today InDesign suddenly crashed while I was working on the file. Since then, I haven’t been able to open the file properly. When I try my work opens for two seconds and then is gone. However, I’m having several issues: When I try to open the file in InDesign, the application crashes/  This only happens with this specific file — other files open normally. When I try to download the file from Creative Cloud, I get an error and the download fails. I’ve tried opening it on multiple devices, but the same problem occurs. I also attempted to access it through the Creative Cloud web interface, but I still cannot open or download the file. This portfolio is extremely important because it’s for a university assignment, and I’ve put months of work into it.

I’m running the latest version on a MacBook Pro with Tahoe 26.2.So far I've noticed:Undo is unavailable (grayed out in the menu) Extreme lag time when importing large images Cursor gets stuck in the previous mode. (For example, if I switch to the magnifying glass to  enlarge the view then go back to the regular arrow, it stays in the magnifying glass. 

Whenever I try to export a PDF, an error screen appears on some page. Even after checking each link individually, the error persists. It continues to happen even if I delete the page in question. The error appears on any other page and in any file I'm working on. Creating a pack or working offline doesn't help either. 

InDesign killer file, anyone?

How can I restore a previous version of an Indesign file? It is saved on my Creative Cloud projects, and it won't open it at all (thinking it may be corrupt) I would like to restore back to a version earlier that day? The 'timeline' button described in other forums does not exist on the Creative Cloud website....

I have tried numerous times to create a Table of Contents. I have defined Paragraph Styles, and selected these to populate the TOC but the only thing appearing is the title. I have made sure that there are no overrides in these styles but to no avail. Please help as I have now spent hours on this trying to figure out how to get it to work. Thank you!

I would like to propose adding table geometry search capabilities to the Find/Change panel - specifically for row heights and column widths.There's no native way to find all table rows/columns with a specific dimension (ex: 40mm width) across an entire document and resize them uniformly. This requires either manual selection (impractical for dozens of tables) or custom scripting, which fails on complex documents and isn't user-friendly for designers.Requested Feature:Extend Find/Change with a Table tab including e.g. [Find Row Width: 40 mm]  →  [Change to: 43 mm]Use Case:I have 500+ tables where all 40mm rows need to become 43mm. Manual work takes hours; scripts fail on my InDesign 2026 document structure. This would be a game-changer for table-heavy documents (catalogs, price lists, schedules).Could Adobe prioritize this? Or is there a hidden feature/beta I'm missing?

This is what I see in AII have a font - Barlow (and Barlow Condensed) installed according to CC. I noticed that both INDD and AI recognize the font, but either do not display the entire font family or if it recognizes it, does not allow it to be used. In INDD specifically, I cannot use it to correct a style, but I can select it from the ribbon at the top and then “reset” the style. Similarly in AI, i see the font, but then when selected for my text, turns it blank.I have installed and uninstalled several times, reset computer etc. It’s like it’s default to a font that doesn’t work even though the font is obviously there. Above is what is see in Illustrator. Below is the style and the ribbon discrepancy.   

Error updating the artificat.Seems like this problem has been persisting for years at this point, most noticabley for me (aka all the time) withing 8 months or so.Yes i’m aware that sometimes even though it says the error it still actually does. Well thats never been the case. It never updates. I have to make a new link each time. I’ve begun exploring alterantive methods for comment processes since this dont seem like the root of this problem will be resorved.We pay for this product and yet some things that have been broken for along time have no been fixed. Its 2026 whats going on?

Hi,I am testing the Google font "Noto Color Emoji" with InDesign 2020 (version 17.4.1) and having some troubles:My whole document became so slow, or even froze ever since I inserted a glyph in this font.Viewing the Glyph panel is also a matter of minutes ...Has someone stumbled upon this issue?The non-color-version (Noto Emoji) works really smooth.Does InDesign not really support svg-fonts yet? 

Changing display text for hyperlink is removing / deleting the hyperlink.Manually typed in footnotes. I highlighted the text “10” > right clicked > New Hyperlink > Put in URL (for this example dribbble.com). Went back into the doc realized “10” needed to be “20” highlighted my hyperlink and typed in “20” > Hyperlink is suddenly gone. And it’s happening with every hyperlink I’ve changed the display text on. I’ve never had this issue before. I’ve also done full resets of everything and I am running the latest update. Screenshots in order of process. help.  

Convertion of PDF to Indesign file by open the pdf file in  2026 version, the Kannada fonts are not rendering! More junks even using proper paragrapher composer. And paragraphs alignment are missing. See the attched image.Junk and paragrapher alignment issued image☝Observe the headline in blue box at the top. and in corcle shape content. And all the text is junkThis is proper PDF (Exported)So I am working for a newspaper that is Kannada daily (Prajavani Kannada daily in Karnataka India). Then what is the solution for this? We are planning to upgrade to 2026 version in comming march month. So consider it high priority and let me know for the solution.. Siddalingayya KanakalmathChief Graphic Artist,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

In the last few days InDesign has started crashing on close. This happens whehter or not there is a document open when I close. It does not seem to happen if I open InDesign and then close it without opening a document.It does not seem to corrupt documents on crash, but for obvious reasons I’m nervous about that, especially after the recent cloud-drive fiasco. I’m using Win11 and version 21.2 of Indesign. (I am not positive about the versoin, becuase the version number in the About dialog appears to be set in 4 point font.)Suggestions?

Hi everyone,I am a professional graphic designer working on a Late 2014 iMac (macOS Big Sur 11.7.11). Due to hardware limitations, I cannot upgrade my macOS further at the moment.My Creative Cloud Desktop app does not show "Older Versions" for InDesign anymore. I specifically need the official offline installer for InDesign 2021 (v16.x) or InDesign 2022 (v17.x), as these are the last versions known to work stably on Big Sur.Can anyone provide the direct Adobe server links for these specific versions? I have a valid Creative Cloud subscription; I just need the installer file to bypass the CC app restriction. Thank you.

I have been having a really big problem with my installation across multiple projects. After working on a file and saving, I get an error that the file can’t be saved because of a database error. The program becomes unresponsive until it quits automatically or I terminate the process.  In the best case, I am able to open the recovery file and save-as. So I am now working on projects with “Version 15” etc appended to the name, to give an idea of the frequency of this issue. Does anybody have any suggestions?Thanks.

I was unaware that InDesign AI was now creating alt text, and even more surprised that the AI thinks this brown background image has a nude figure in it. Is AI good for anything?

Hi Adobe Community and Team,I am transitioning from CorelDRAW and Illustrator to InDesign for my publication projects. While I understand that InDesign is frame-based, I find it very cumbersome that we cannot simply click and type without manually creating a text frame first.In Illustrator, we have 'Point Type' where a single click allows us to start typing immediately. This would be a huge time-saver for small labels, page headers, or quick annotations in InDesign as well.Is there any plan to introduce a 'Point Type' behavior or a shortcut to create a text frame with a single click in the future updates?Thanks!

I’m following up on an email I sent about a week ago regarding ongoing InDesign crashes.I’m having difficulty accessing the existing support threads you referenced previously. When I click any of the links in your emails, I’m redirected to a generic home page rather than the relevant discussion, which makes it impossible to review or continue the troubleshooting steps.Unfortunately, the core issue remains unresolved. InDesign is still crashing while editing text, even when using the latest pre-release versions. At this point the problem has caused me to miss a publishing deadline, which is extremely frustrating and has had a real impact on my work.I need this issue properly addressed as a matter of urgency. Could you please:Provide direct, working links to the relevant support threads, orEscalate this case so we can move toward a definitive fix rather than further testing cyclesI’m happy to provide logs, files, or any additional information required, but I do need a clear path forward.