InDesign

I am making an interactive document with Indesign, and I wanted to know if you could limit the words in the text field? – As for now the user can just keep writing in the textfield, which is not that slick. Anyone who have a hack for this issue?   <Title renamed by MOD>

I'm having issues installing the latest version of Indesign Server on a Windows Server 2019. The application will not install. This message is shown...  The logs don't mention any clear indication. The only thing we notice is this in the deployment report ... <errorCode>7</errorCode><errorSubCode>195</errorSubCode> After Googling, it seems 195 has something to do with prerequisites, but they all seem to be valid. The server did contain the Indesign Server 2022 version, which could be installed succesfully.  How do I find out what the problem is quickly?    

Hi, is there any way to get (or anyplace that shows) the total number of changes/corrections made in an InDesign galley? (with Track Changes on, of course)   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hello InDesign gurus: Urgent help needed with Indesign book creation.I imported a file into the book (INDB) panel. The file has 9 pages (with 4 section starts within the file) but the book panel says the page range is 1-2. Attached is a screen shot of the Book Pane showing page range and another of the actual page range. How can this be fixed?More distressing and possibly related to the above: InDesign also crashes every time I make a test PDF from that file from the book panel.The 26 other files that make up this book all show the correct page range, are fine when exporting to PDF from book panel is individual PDFs and also as compiled PDF.  But the problem file is crucial to the functionality of the complete book - it contains the table of contents, among other things. My troubleshooting steps so far: checked all links (there are hundreds) - they work properly cleared cache & preferences, then restarted InDesign checked fonts - no problem here saved the problem fi

I am working on a bibliography whose text includes all the usual font weights plus some words in all caps, some in small caps. Variations are from paragraph to paragraph. The Word document has been prepared to accommodate these differences. When it is flowed into InDesign, many peculiar things happen. Entire paragraphs are all caps, are italics, are both etc. No character styles have been applied. There should be one for the first word of the paragraph; this is not applied with the paragraph style. When the text is flowed in  the various caps, italics, small caps etc. must be maintained while allowing the regular text to be regular text. I just checked a previous version, and this problem was not occurring. I did change the font, but surely that wouldn't cause this problem? Why would this happen? What do I do? I' am attaching the original Word document and the InDesign document. Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi,I'm having the same issues. I can't keep creating new files for bugs on Adobe's end. Libraries are meant to resolve issues for us, not create more. My libraries work perfectly well, the files are perfectly linked when opened, once I package them I get no errors, but when I open them after packaging the linked files go missing, causing an enormous burden since I have to go link them manually. This shouldn't be happening and I shouldn't have to create new files. Any thoughts?

I've come across an issue where non-existent links appear in InDesign files that have been reused, i.e., when creating a series of branded documents. 'Go to Link' in the Links panel does nothing and, when you hover over the < > symbol beside the link, the tooltip says "XML structure element, not in layout". However, when you search the structure, they're impossible to find. I've now discovered (by exporting XML and viewing in Xcode) that structure elements are not deleted when you delete content from a file so that explains the non-existent links – they're throwbacks to the content of the original file. Indeed, if you open the Structure panel and delete content, you'll see the Structure panel does not update. So, how do you get rid of structure elements relating to the original file's content when there doesn't appear to be any way of identifing which elements are throwback and which are new? I've seen a fix that suggests untagging everything but that's too de

I have InDesign through Adobe Cloud and keep it up-to-date.I am trying to create an epub and have run into several snags:  1) When I export I get the message:  "Custom Layout settings in Object Export Options have not been honored for group children, button states and inline objects."How do I resolve this? 2) The ebook looks great and works great on calibre etc.  But when running it through an epub validator, I get the following:"ERROR(RSC-012): OEBPS/content.opf(54,109): Fragment identifier is not defined""ERROR(RSC-012): OEBPS/toc.xhtml(103,98): Fragment identifier is not defined""ERROR(RSC-012): OEBPS/toc.xhtml(104,98): Fragment identifier is not defined"How do I locate and resolve these issues? I also get:"INFO(RSC-004): OEBPS/font/Georgia-Bold.ttf" could not be decrypted""INFO(RSC-004): OEBPS/font/Georgia-BoldItalic.ttf" could not be decrypted""INFO(RSC-004): OEBPS/font/Georgia-Italic.ttf" could not be decrypted""INFO(RSC-004): OEBPS/font/Georgia.ttf"

The blue and yellow shapes are grouped together, but they extend beyond the artboard and into the next page. How can I cut the shapes at the exact edge of the artboard in InDesign?  

I work in local newspaper design, and when we export our pages to send to the printers we use a Print Preset that uses Adobe PDF rather then exporting (don't ask us why, but the printers were having trouble with transparency when exporting so they asked us to swap).This has always been fine and has always worked accept last week, when it started to crash halfway through the "printing" stage, now it crashes every single time!I have tried repairing my Adobe PDF and Adobe Acrobat installations as well as re-installing InDesign 19.4 (as this was the version I was using) and later updating to 19.5 but the issue still persisted.This is really fustrating as part of our publication workflow is the creation and sending of PDFs and if im not able to do this anymore it creates a bottle neck on the rest of the team as on a deadline it gets to a stage where I am helpless and have to get the rest of the team to pick up my slack.Any suggestions are welcome and anyway of debugging this is welcome as w

Hello erveryone,  this might be asked before but I wasn't able to find anything helpful yet.  Does anyone know if there is a way to toggle "Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking" in the InDesign Preferences under File Handling on or off via script. This should be some kind of Application Preference but I wasn't able to find it yet.   C.

I have tried everything from using different Gurumukhi fonts to changing paragraph style but still fonts aren't displaying properly. I also used "Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer" and every mentioned settings.Can anyone help me with the Indesign issue?     <Title renamed by moderator>

I use publish online for my catalogs and think it is working fine, but I have an isuue with the videoes in the catalogs. It will not start automatic when you see it on a mobilephone - only when you see it on a pc. I have "play on page load" active. Can I fix it?   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi, I have 3 textframes in InDesign. I am trying to thread them using a script. Currently I am working on only one page but in future there might me multiple pages.I have written a script to thread the textframe, however,  I am not able to understand how it is working. Here is the code:var myDoc = app.documents[0]; var myFrames = myDoc.textFrames; for(i=1;i<myFrames.length;i++){ myFrames[i].previousTextFrame = myFrames[i-1]; } I took this code from somewhere, I mean the previousTextFrame line and fail to understand how it is working. Ideally should'nt it be the the next frame ?Another question is that when I put some data in the text frame before threading, why is it starting from the last textframe.  Here is the code which I wrote to put data in the textframe without threading:var myDoc = app.documents[0]; var myFrames = myDoc.textFrames; //alert(myFrames.length); for(i=0;i<myFrames.length;i++){ myFrames[i].contents = "Data: " + i; } I a

The running header consists of english text and an honorific (font KFGQPC Arabic Symbols) at the end. But the honorific either appears as an english character or as an unrecognised glyph. I have also tried to apply a grep style to the running header paragraph style, but even that doesn't work. More details about honorifics can be seen here - https://fonts.qurancomplex.gov.sa/wp02/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%aa/

I found a script by Peter Kahrel that moves epub endnotes to the end of the book rather than the end of sections. It worked great but the link between the reference number and endnote was lost or corrupted. Is there a way to make them roundtrip enabled again? When I export as a reflowable epub, I get a message saying the notes are not anchored. Perhaps this is the solution?

Hello, I am trying to convert a PDF document to Indesign by using Indesign Beta, latest update 19.5.However, it doesn't seem to work.In the dropdown menu, I can't find the PDF extension (see attached screenshot); and when I attempt to convert a PDF file through "All files", the opening screen disappears and the screen remains blanco.I have tried to delete my preferences (it didn't help); I checked if the files were made through Indesign (which they were), and I also have tested by exporting an Indesign file to PDF myself, and tried to open that file in Beta, but this also didn't work.I found a similair thread on the forum, but this didn't contain the answer I was searching for.Am I foolishly missing something?Note: I use Windows; fully connected to internet; logged in at Creative Cloud, I'm in region continental Europe.Thanks in advance for suggestions!

Hi everyone,   I'm seeking assistance with properly setting up a Table of Contents (TOC) for KDP using InDesign 2024. I'm exporting a fixed-layout EPUB, and while the TOC works fine on my Mac in the Apple Books app, the hyperlinks become non-functional once I upload the file to KDP. To begin, I understand that no two EPUB readers interpret and render books the same way. I'm specifically building this book exclusively for KDP and would like to avoid working with a more 'vanilla' reader like Calibre which I have not use yet. Although I'm not a professional graphic designer, I have some experience with InDesign for smaller projects, having used it since my college days. However, this is my first EPUB project, and I'd greatly appreciate a concrete guide. My expertise mainly lies in print and smaller digital projects. Unfortunately, Amazon KDP support hasn't been helpful, and it seems there's a significant structural issue. The support agents change with every contact request, even if

Is there any way to turn off automatic selection of the transformation tool when moving or changing the size of object? In almost every case the tool I would rather use is the select mouse, and I'm getting quite sick of having to re-select it any time I resize something. Oh, and to save time for y'all, because I had the same thought, this isn't caused by keyboard shortcuts. It seems to be something new from a recent update - I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, but either way I want it gone.   Any help would be appreciated, thanks!   <Title renamed by MOD>

     I am trying to use Adobe InDesign 17.2.1 on a new Mac. I am using Monterey 12.4 on a new Mac Studio.      When I open a file that I created last year I get an alert that Adobe Fonts could not find the fonts I used to create my original Microsoft Word file. The missing fonts are Cambria Bold, Cambria Bold Italic, Cambria Italic, Cambria Math Regular, Cambria Regular, and Calibri Bold. If I click on the Replace Fonts…button I cannot find these fonts.      I use these fonts all the time on my new computer when using MS Office apps.       How can I get Adobe InDesign to recognize these Microsoft fonts?       Thanks for your help. EV     <Title renamed by MOD>  

Duplexing will not work in InDesign, although it works fine from all other apps (eg Word, PPT, Photoshop, Lightroom). I've just spent 1hr 59 mins on a call with an experienced Adobe InDesign support agent, and so far, they couldn't find a solution either. I'm pretty sure this used to work OK but haven't tried it for about 7 months. Meanwile InDesign s/w has updated and I changed the Mac from Intel to M3. Can anyone help please?   Since InDesign doesn't have a duplex option of its own, there's no possibility of a driver conflict and it should follow the print driver setting, but it doesn't. Settings tried so far: File > Print Booklet > 2-up saddle stitch > Preview (looks correct) > Printer > Double Sided ON, OFF and ON Short Edge File > Print > Printer > Double Sided ON, OFF and ON Short Edge ...None of which results in a duplex print.    Setup: Mac Book Pro M3 Max 2023, Sonoma 14.5, InDesign CC 19.5, Canon Pixma TS9550, also tried on photoc

Bonjour, j'utilise la derniere version d'InDesign (19.5), il s'agit egalement de la premiere version que j'utilise.Apres avoir regardé quelques vidéos, sans connaitre la version utilisée dans celles-ci, je me suis rendu compte que je n'avais le cercle pour selectionner une image lorsque celle-ci a été importé dans une forme.Je suis obligé de double clic sur la forme pour accéder a l'image.Pouvez-vous m'aider ? Pour informatio, j'utilise Windows 11. Merci.

A problem that the last letter disappears after exporting the file to pdf format-on HebrewThe problem is that there are text cubes (Hebrew) that are closed precisely on the text/fontI see a normal view, but when I export the file to adobe pdf formatThe last letter disappearsimages and file attached Test onMac Os Monterey V12.7+ventura 13.6InDesign 2024 19.01thank you

I've hidden some spreads in my Indesign file. I tried to unhide them/make them visible the same way I made them hidden, by right-clicking, but the Unhide spread button is not where it's supposed to be (between Print spread and Apply Parent to Pages, according to this article). I didn't see anything searching the menu, either. Is there a nother way to unhide these?   <Title renamed by MOD>

In the past, my understanding has been that you need to copy your image to the clipboard, place your cursor at the insertion point, and then when you paste, your image will be placed at that location in the text in your text frame... but you have to drag the image down so it doesn't overlay text above it, and then you have to add a bunch of CRs to move the text that should be below it, so it moves down below. The image is in place, but doesn't displace the text.   However, I was just placing some images, and I pasted in a couple of pictures that showed up right where I wanted them (below the para I was pasting beneath) and it automatically pushed the subsequent text out of the way, so that it appeared below the bottom edge of the photo. The image was effectively *in* the text flow, and it didn't require any of that usual positioning, or extra CRs to get things positioned properly. Needless to say, this is a LOT faster when I have a bunch of images to place... but I have no idea wh