InDesign

I have a text frame and I want to move the ruler origin to the top left coordinates of the textframe. i.e move the zero mark to Top Left side of the text frame. I know it can be done manually but I need this in my code. Here is the code which I have writtten but for some reason it is not setting the value. var myDoc = app.activeDocument; // Ensure there is a selected text frame if (app.selection.length !== 1 || !(app.selection[0] instanceof TextFrame)) { alert("Please select a single text frame."); } else { var textFrame = app.selection[0]; var txtBounds = textFrame.geometricBounds; var txt_y = txtBounds[0].toFixed(2); var txt_x = txtBounds[1].toFixed(2); rulerOrigin = [txt_y,txt_x]; myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin=rulerOrigin; I am getting following error:Error Number: 30477Error String: Invalid value for set property 'rulerOrigin'. Expected RulerOrigin enumerator, but received ("336.00", "103.20").

Bonjour, je souhaite supprimer la partie "Polices récemment utilisées" dans le menu déroulant Polices de Indesign afin, je l'espère, d'atteindre la position de la police sélectionnée dans l'ordre alphabétique. Tout cela pour faire mes recherches de début de projet en faisant un tour complet de mes polices. En effet, ce "Polices récemment utilisées" me ramène toujours en haut de la liste charge à moi de retouver la police sélesctionnée et les suivantes à tester. Il doit y avoir un endroit pour configurer cela, le menu déroulant de d'illustrator est conforme à mes attentes, mais je ne trouve pas comment faire… Merci 

I was working on my design portfolio when Indesign suddenly crashed. Although my file is saved on the creative cloud, every time I try to open it, Indesign crashes straightaway (this happens only with this file). Then I tried to download the file from the cloud, however, an error occurred each time so it won't download at all. It says that my file is 700mb so I'm sure everything is still there. Can someone please help me as the file is for my uni assignment? Thanks!

I am working on a little book with my friend. I used Adobe Illustrator to make the cover and in the pricess of working with InDesign to make the book. I am new to KDP book formatting, but have used these programs before - there is so much murky information out there its a bit overwhelming.  I was hoping to receive some help to make sure that I am starting out with the right dimensions/template for the print version interior pages of the book.  Interior pages: Black and White only with no bleed. (Small black and white images at each chapter.)  Paperback trim size: 5 x 7.5 inches (custom size)Page Count: 24-150 pagesInside margins: 0.5 inchesOutside margins: 0.5 inches  Also posting here the document size etc.  Also any free resources to learn about this process (design with Acrobat programs to publish with Amazon for both print and ebook) would be awesome - it has been a steep learning curve for sure.  Thanks so much! 

Hello!I put a multi-author anthology together last month and using tutorials got it so that one of my Master page types always took the author name from "Section" on the right-hand page header. I am not sure what that tutorial was, I seem to have lost it. Now, I have deleted an extra page that was occurring halfway through, and although I've successfully applied the right master pages everywhere after the subsequent pages got shuffled forward, the first instance of the master page in each story now has the wrong author name. I need to change what sections apply to ehich pages, but I'm not sure where to do this. Can anyone help please?

I have just purchased a monthly subscription and whilst 'InDesign_installer.dmg' has downloaded to my downloads folder it will not open.  I am running OS Sonoma on a Macbook Air.

Hi! I can call an ExtendScript script from a command line or batch file just by using its path, but is there a way to pass parameters to the script? Thanks. -Rick

Is there a script to set all columns of a table at once to a specified width value?I have almost 50 tables with column widths that need to be adjusted to the same value.I can only use the align to reference line method for now, as too many is quite time consuming.It would be nice to have a script to set it.It can set how many columns there are and specify the width of each column.Thank you.

Hello everyone,I recently upgraded to Indesign 2023 (v. 18.1) and I can not scale the user interface in the Preferences menu because the slider is greyed out. I know I should try downscaling the resolution of my monitor but it did not work. Is there anyone who found a fix? Thanks for any kind of help!

Hi, I open an old document, and the font is open. When I copy a text box into a new document, the font is no longer open.Also, if I make a save as of my first document and reopen it, the font is not open.Could it be because my initial document is 2017 and my new ones are 2018?I tried to save in idml but it does not change anything.Forgive my spelling mistakes, English is not my first language.Thank you

Hi there,   as in the topic I've been trying to publish a document using short videos, that seem to be correctly put on the page, also they're all h.264 kodeq with mp4 format so it should be fine, but once published it won't work online.  Altough it works in Adobe Acrobat.   2 errors show up: 1. on the media panel saying (that's my own translation since I'm using the app in polish): "interactive pdf might not support elements steering the playback of audio and video".   2. This is an error poping next to sharing option saying (again it's my own translation):"Interactive elements, such as buttons, forms, animations, audio, video, MSO objects, and page transitions are currently not supported".   Did anyone came across this?   help! 🙂   <Title renamed by MOD>  

I have an indd book (11 sections) that was produced for print. I would like to convert to fixed format ePub displaying as spreads (facing pages - single page beginning and end is okay).  It looks like I would need to change document setup to Facing Pages first, but my layouts and images shift when I do that.  How can I avoid that? And should I export the entire book (700 pages) to ePUB all at once or by chapters?   <Title renamed by moderator>

Oh dear - I seem to have got myself into a muddle over the threading of my 190 page book. I have inserted pages and deleted pages but that didn't seem to work and now I have turned on the 'show threads' option and my pages seem to be threading all over the place. Is there a way I can re-thread the entire book so that everything threads properly from one page to the next?

If I place a PDF with hyperlinks in an InDesign document and then save the InDesign document as an Interactive PDF, the hyperlinks do not work. Who knows the solution for this?<Title renamed by MOD>

Hello, hoping someone might be able to help me. I created an illustrator file where I used multiple links of a photoshop png to create a pattern. I then brought the pattern into indesign, but I forgot to embed the pngs. I sent the indesign file (packaged) to the printer,  (when indesign packaged, it did NOT include the original png's that were linked within in the illustrator file so the printer didn't have the original photoshop artwork).  For reasons unclear to me, the printer did not have an issue outputting and the resolution was fine. I then had a seperate issue with something unrelated, realized that I didn't embed the images and went back and embedded all of the png's into the illustrator file. When I did this and updated the artwork in indesign, the output is brighter in appearance. My guess is it's because the png is now updated and it's rgb since it's a png, but maybe what they were outputting before is a "memory" of the artwork and it translates to CMYK? Curious to

After exporting my InDesign file to a PDF, I noticed that line breaks are added when copy / pasting text from the PDF. So, for example, a snippet of exported placeholder text pastes asXero moluptae nisit et hillestiis re nectorios porunt as aborum aut veliqui cumqui volorep udaest aut la peliquam eatis aut rerum nobit, odici cum fugit dunt eum quiasse cuptasp ernates nonsend itiurib erumquam haris sinctur, sae non repra quod ma volo into omnihit dolum volorae deseque nihil into quid ut fugia quam, seremquam quibus, seque vit, quis volore voloria de sitem inum aciasit aperiosInstead of the expected format ofXero moluptae nisit et hillestiis re nectorios porunt as aborum aut veliqui cumqui volorep udaest aut la peliquam eatis aut rerum nobit, odici cum fugit dunt eum quiasse cuptasp ernates nonsend itiurib erumquam haris sinctur, sae non repra quod ma volo into omnihit dolum volorae deseque nihil into quid ut fugia quam, seremquam quibus, seque vit, quis volore voloria de sitem inum

I am working locally on a MacBook Pro with M1 Max Pro on Monterey version 12.6 using InDesign 2023 18.0   I created a Book and have created documents to add to the book. Both are saved on an external hard drive. I had no problems with InDesign 2021 with these same activities last year in October.   When I try to add the documents to the book, I get an error message telling me that the documents are locked and cannot be added to the book.   When I edit my documents, I am unable to save or save as. When I save, it refuses and gives me an error message suggesting that the documents are open in another app and suggests that I save as. When I save as, the error message  save that an attempt was made, but the document appears damaged.   I have tried to revert to previous versions without success. I cannot either amend old files or create new ones.   I tried also to download InDesign onto Windows 11 that I am dual booting without success.   This problem has

I'm having trouble getting the fonts to load after we updated InDesign to 19.5 on a Windows 11 machine. The fonts will not show up in Creative Cloud desktop on this computer. Just get the spinning ball. We uninstalled and reinstalled Creative Cloud and still no fonts. Not having problems on another computer with Windows 11. Thank you. 

Hello! I need help with adding crop marks to 8.5"x11" InDesign file. I need the crop marks to be at the 8.5"x11" mark and the document when exported to be at 9"x12" document size in PDF. Would someone be able to point me in the right direction regarding the printing requirements I need to set up in order to get it exported correctly?   Thanks!   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hallo zusammen,   Da wir vom Adobe Support keine Reaktion bekommen haben, probiere ich es hierrüber. Ich habe ein Problem mit der Silbentrennung von Rätoromanisch (rm_CH). Ich habe die Hunspell Files entsprechend abgelegt sowie die Info.plist datei korrekt angepasst. In MacOS funktioniert das nicht (siehe Screenshots "original" vs "silbentrennung"). In der Windows-Version haben wir die gleiche Hunspell Files installiert es funktioniert alles tiptop. Wenn ich die Hunspell-Files unter einer anderen Sprache installiere, nämlich eine die keine Aktualisierung der Info.plist Datei erfordert, funktioniert das auch gut. Ich kann kurzfristig mit dem Workaround leben aber als Vertreter der Rätoromanischen Sprache (Lia Rumantscha) ist das natürlich nicht sonderlich zufriedenstellend, dass sich die Rätoromanische Sprache nicht ordentlich abbilden lässt.    Kennt jemand das Problem beim Hinzufügen einer Sprache in der Info.plist? Gibt es eine "richtigere" Lösung?   Silbentrennun

I had 7 pages made. They are advertisements for my job. THye just dissappeared when I opened them and recovery is grey. What happened? 

so I have  a document with  500+  blocks of text  imported from Word- each starts on it s own page. There are 4 disitnct level of headings before body text - each level is quite different [2 are  in Hebrew] Is it possible ot create  these additonal levels in style packs so I can apply the style pack to all 500+  pages?     <Title renamed by MOD>

My computer updated to Windows 11 two weeks ago and working in InDesign has become a nightmare of sluggish performance and a ton of aggrivation.   From what I have read, this is now part of the Adobe creative suite.  I reset the preferences and nothing. I have the right memory and equipment to run InDesign 64bit, so it is not my system. Why has Adobe abandoned it's users?   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hello,I am running Adobe InDesign CC on a MACI have about 200 tables in an indesign document. Due to many changes over many weeks, by several people i am having to go through each table individually to confirm/correct formatting issues.I need to apply/overwrite:Outline border line thickness and colour (outline .5 point, colour X)Internal line thickness and colour (line thickness .25pt, colour X)alternating background colour (alternate between 'no fill' and colour x)I have tried to set a style but it offers inconsistent results.I have search around but obviously being quite a specific request I have found nothing.Is this an easy task for someone familiar with scripting?  If so could someone help me please?I can provide a sample table.Regards Don

Dear Adobe Support Team, I am writing to express my frustration and concern regarding the persistent issues I am experiencing with exporting PDFs from both Adobe InDesign and Illustrator. Despite ensuring that I am using the latest versions of these applications, I continue to encounter significant problems that are severely impacting my workflow. As a professional who relies on Adobe’s software for my day-to-day work, I expect a high level of performance, particularly given the premium cost of the Creative Cloud subscription. However, the recurring issues with basic functionalities like PDF export—an essential feature for any design professional—are making it increasingly difficult to justify the ongoing expense. Specifically, I have experienced: Failed or incorrect PDF exports from InDesign, even with relatively straightforward documents.Significant slowdowns and occasional crashes during the export process in both Illustrator and InDesign.Persistent issues despit