InDesign

For some reason, my text box (which contained a large amount of text) was converted to a graphic box. How do I convert it back to a text box so I can add/edit text? I am using the latest version of InDesign on a Mac. 

Let me start by saying that I have done this literally hundreds of times so not sure what the problem is. I have watched and looked at websites with no luck, shows exactly the same thing that I have always done.  The top field is labeled @11660997 and @3038967 and the path is /Links/[filename].psd or .ai.  The links folder is found within the same folder that my csv file is in.  Will not find ANY of the images. I do this catalog every other month and I have been doing them since 2021 with no issues with the last one from May.  Any ideas or help would be appreciated.  Not in a super rush for an answer but within the week would be great.   Thanks, Cesar     <Title renamed by moderator>

I have a long pdf with many sections. Is it possible to automatically export all of the sections (with the section name as the document name) as seperate pdfs?Or do I just manually have to export by page range for each pdf?

Does anyone know if there's an easy way to convert a row of information in an InDesign table to a column? I need to re-orient a table. Thanks,Lloyd

After updating InDesign to version 19.5.0.84 on iMac running OS Sonoma 14.5, the toolbar no longer works. E.g. you can select an option e.g. Rectangle frame tool but cannot add a rectangle to the page. You have to copy and paste an object from a previous InDesign document. And all objects - rectangles, ovals, text automatically constrain proportions proportions, without the constrain icon being selected. I have:– tried advanced, essential and other modes (problem persists)– reset preferences using keyboard shortcuts, as well as InDesign's Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit– deleted and reinstalled InDesign– reset preferences again The issue with any tool that is selected from the toolbar not drawing on, or adding content to a page - Type tool, Pen tool, Rectangle frame tool… and all other tools still persists. I have ample Ram on the iMac, and when testing the same document  on a different Mac running an older version of InDesign, it is OK, so I

I’m using a nested characer style to format the figure number at the start of a caption in which I use a GREP style to format the other numerals. The body is in italic and I need the figure number to be roman. The GREP style overrides the nested style, so the numerals that should be roman remain italic. It’s currently set up as [nested style] through 1 [end nested style character]. The balance of the paragraph is set in italic with a GREP style to letterspace the numerals. Obviously, I want this to format automatically, without having to fix the numerals after the fact in each instance. How do I prevent this sort of override?

In the following screenshot, all of the text flows in, auto-formatted by paragraph styles.It is essential to use forced line breaks for the entire restaurant's "listing"Is there anyway to get overhanging text to properly align, without placing an additional line break?  I tried placing Indent To Here markers before "Street Address"- but because its all one paragraph, it tiers the third location further.Backstory: This is for a large directory in which xml is imported, and everything is auto formatted. I'm trying to minimize manual adjustments once it flows in. I do have full control of the xml and can change tabs/markers where needed.Thanks in advance!

A client has supplied an Indesign file that displays unusual behaviour with the arrow tools when resizing image boxes. The outline arrow usually allows me to resize an image box independently of the image but at the moment the image auto resizes to fill the box. How do I switch this off please? No combination of keys seem to change this behaviour.

do we have an option to add tabs in uxp plugin with react codeIf we have please could you provide the solution and code , that can helps me alot. 

I have a layout that a client supplied to me that uses a leader of a period followed by a space. This all works great on the sample they sent me but some of the text requires a second line so I need to use a tab after the soft return which also has the same leader which I do not want. Is there a way to make the period invisible after the soft return and up to the first letter or digit using GREP?

Hello!Could anyone help me with creating a script?I've tried everything, but I always had mistakes or it didn't go the way I expected.I have an indesign file with many links to other indesign files. These links are "shuffled" into my larger file, and are activity pages. On each of these links (activity pages), there is a text box applied with the "activity" paragraph style that acts as an identifier.I need a script that in my "shuffle file", it goes through all the pages in that file and opens the links that are inserted on each page and tells me the text that exists there and has the paragraph style applied. My goal is to identify what activity is included on each page of my jumbled file.At the end, generate a txt containing the information: Scrambled file page: XX + Text copied from link file page.

In Indesign my Table of Contents has the correct Capitals and Small Letters. But when I save it as a PDF the bookmarks/TOC outline randomly forces some words to have all or some capitals. Why is it not the same as in Indesign? Also, when I edit the affected words in Adobe Acrobat, the changes do not stay (the random Capitals persist) -- how to correct this?

Hi, 1) I've been shown an ebook where the chapters drop ie have a space above the heading. I've never managed to do this. Does anyone know how to do it? Mine just float to the top. 2) Same person has told me that the chapters in my ebook do not start on separate pages in Adobe Digital Editions but the above ebook does. Is there something else ADE needs to do this? The above ebook does apparently. Kindle Previewer and Apple Books are fine. Thanks.

Hola comunidad tengo un problema quiero hacer un PDF interactivo y al rato de exportar me sale un mensaje que dice "archivo incluye contenido multimedia que es posible que no tenga controles de reproducción en el PDF interactivo", y no me deja exportar mi archivo que contiene vídeos formato mp4. Por favor si alguien me puede ayudar a solucionar este problema. muchas gracias

Since the last update (InDesign 2024 up to date) I have noticed that on certain typefaces the variable font icon appears. Then when I either key in text, or cut and paste text into the text frame, the spacing changes below certain point sizes. I only notice this because it makes the typafce look odd. I then noticed where the font weight should be displayed, the word custom is present. If I then go in and select the font I want ( bold, italic, regluar...) the spacing (kerning) between characters changes back to normal and the weight alters to how the font should be. Why is this auto kerning/bolding happening? I really don't want it, so is there a way of turning it off? If you look at the images you will see the difference between how the font displays. It really is a discernable difference, enough to look like I have slected a different font. Can anyone shed any light?Many thanks

Bonjour,A l'exportation de mon fichier à partir d'indesign, acrobat ne tient pas compte des infos de surimpression, et ne conserve pas la transparence des blocs images tiff en surimpression. Avez-vous une solution ? merci!!Je viens d'acquérir un nouveau mac book pro et mettre à jour indesign et acrobat (version les plus récentes)Bug des nouvelles versions ?

I have a txt box with the correct styles desired. I copy and paste in txt from Word by placing my cursor somewhere in between some of the styled txt in INDD, in hopes it'll now take on those styles. That's not the case. Can you advise how when pasting in, it can take on those properties? Thank you.

I've just downloaded Plugins SDK 19.3.0.58. I'm running XCode 15.3 on Sonoma 14.4.1. Open the SDKSamples workspace.2. Build fails at line 73 integral_wrapper.hpp error integer value -1 is outside the valid range of values [0, 3] for this enumeration type So, seemingly this is a Boost version issue. If I download the current Boost 1.84.0_1, I can use it with no problem in a new XCode C++ project. But, since Boost (1_74) is distributed *with* the sdk, we assume it's a strict dependency? Any suggestions how I can resolve to get a functioning plugin development tooling set up? TIA,Jim

Hello and welcome, I have a subscription to the cloud with all the applications, for convenience I am working on version 17 of InDesign, a few days ago I got a message that the application will be closed in 5 days and I don't understand why? I pay you every month for the subscription, I can't update to the new version, it requires me to change my computer, it doesn't allow me to download version 19 at all because there is no computer compatibility, what do I do?

Hi everyone, 1. Problem DescriptionI'm encountering an issue with the InDesign SDK. The error I'm receiving is: "integer value -1 is outside the valid range of values [0, 3] for this enumeration type." This error seems to be generated by an SDK file rather than my own code.2. Context DetailsI noticed the error when I updated xcode from 14.2 to 15.2.3. Image4. FileSDK/external/dva/third_party/boost_libraries/boost/mpl/aux_/integral_wrapper.hpp Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi all, I'm not a super frequent ID user--I designed an indie book several years ago, and learned just enough to be dangerous, but my author is asking for a paperback version, and trying to tweak the files is giving me an enormous headache. Original document: created summer 2021, Lucida Bright font. Now the weird part. I shift+selected both text boxes and the author photo, and I've set the clipboard handling to paste all formatting, etc, but it's coming out like this: As you can see, the text looks.... beefier, and the sculpting around the capital R is totally gone. The hanging indent around Mary's picture remains. When I try to type in either of these boxes, the text momentarily goes back to its more delicate appearance, but reverts quickly to this pixely, semibold mess. It also seems to be a different size, even though both documents say the font is the same size, and any alterations to the font create absolute formatting hell (below, going from 16 to 17pt).I am hoping

Bonjour,lorsque j'exporte mon fichier InDesign en PDF interactif, les liens vers les vidéos YouTube et les boutons fonctionnent correctement. Seulement, il me faut mettre de l'audio et,Lorsque j'importe le petit fichier audio (MP3) sur mon document indd, l'audio fonctionne bien sur l'aperçu SWF, mais, ne fonctionne plus dès que l'exporte en PDF interactif !Auriez-vous une solution ?Merci beaucoup    

Bonjour,Je n'arrive plus à modifier la taille de mes tableaux en utilisant la touche MAJ + clique et faire glisser avec la souris jusqu'à obtenir la taille souhaitée. J'ai dû modifier un réglage mais je ne vois pas lequel. Je suis obligée de modifier la taille des colonnes et des lignes à chaque fois pour rétrécir ou agrandir mon tableau. Merci infiniment pour votre aide !

Why does the green button on the upper left window for adobe apps not have the function to tile? I want to keep an Indesign document and a window in chrome open AT THE SAME TIME. I am copying and pasting data from a website into an Indesign document. I can't keep both windows open at the same time. When I open one, the other closes. The green button tile function works on Acrobat but not any other Adobe apps. It also works on all my Microsoft apps as well as chrome. I am using Mac Monterey. Currently green button on adobe apps looks like the left screen with only the ability to maximize or minimize the window, with no options to tile the window as shown on the right screen.

I've posted about this bug before. This has been an ongoing problem for at least a year or more. I thought when I upgraded my Mac it would go away. And, I'm always on top of my Adobe software updates. The only workaround is to reset the preferences. It's such a hassle! I have to do a prefs reset at least once a week. Is anyone at Adobe ever going to address this problem?