InDesign

I’m looking to print a 32-page PDF, of which only 4 pages are in colour whereas the rest is black and white. So Ideally I would like to export a PDF with 28 pages using “20% dot gain” output and the remaining 4 with “fogra51” colour profile.Is it possible to export a PDF using multiple colour profiles? OR is it possible combine two exported PDF without breaking any ISO compliance ?  Thanks!

Is anyone else experiecing issues with saving their file? It's giving me a pop up window "InDesign is unable to perform the requested operation on the file." Does anyone have any solution to this? I’m working on a massive project and can’t afford to lose time.

InDesign 2025 on a PC is unusable. I have an existing InDesign document, nothing fancy, a simple report. When I try to remove three paragraphs of body text by highligting it and hitting the delete button (an extremely simple task I've done thousands of times) InDesign freezes and I have to End Task in the Task Manager. I let it sit for 20 minutes and it was just a spinning cursor. Adobe has joined the enshitification party in tech. Make a product that works.

When i use InDesign, all the letters in my text seem to go all wonky and irregular does anyone know why this might be and how i can fix it?

I want to list the URL redirects added to the document using Edit Hyperlinks. Can we do this?  

I have one text box with 3 inlined objects in it. From the start all 3 inlined objects have the same size (height). Then I merge some data in my inlined objects and the inlined objects do not have the same height anymore. They seems to align bottom, but I want them to align top. My inlined objects have this “Anchored objects options”: Is there a way to keep them as inlined objects, but where they align to top instead of bottom?It’s not an option for me to use the align tool, because it’s inlined objects.

Recently I'm having this problem, also with illustrator. Indesign wont open any document, there is no error message or anything but the spinning wheel. Sometimes forcing the app to close and open it again works but not always. I'd already deleted the preferences but didn't make any difference. This problem is been for least one week, suddenly works fine but there are days than can't work forI'm running Mac Os High Sierra 10.13.5 Indesign and illustrator latest version

Bonjour,Je suis face à problème, que je n'arrive pas à solutionner.J'ai créé un sommaire par chapitre. Chaque titre du sommaire vient des entêtes de pages réalisées sur mon gabarit.Les données sont traitées directement avec easycatalog. En réalisant la table des matières, j'ai des répétitions car il reprend les entêtes de chaque page. Comment dois-je m'y prendre pour qu'il ne garde que la première de chaque section de chapitre ?Merci d'avance pour votre aide. 

I’ve recently upgraded from CS5.5 to CC 2025. I’ve noticed an unusual behaviour when I have multiple objects selected. If I click on one of the objects in the group, a thick blue line appears around it.  I’m not sure of the purpose of this, or how it is used? 

Hello everyone,I’ve recently started using InDesign CC 2025 (Debug build) for plugin development. While debugging, InDesign frequently stops execution in Xcode with errors like:Thread 1: EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=EXC_I386_BPT, subcode=0x0) If I click Continue, the application usually resumes and works as expected, so it appears these are handled internally and not fatal crashes.I also see similar behavior where execution stops on assert-related lines inside the InDesign SDK code.My questions are: Is there any recommended setting in Xcode to prevent breaking on these handled breakpoints while debugging InDesign? Is there a way to ignore or disable SDK/internal assert breaks, similar to ignoring Objective-C exceptions? Environment: Xcode: 15.2 macOS: 13.x InDesign SDK: CC 2025 InDesign: Debug version Any guidance on best practices for debugging plugins with the Debug build of InDesign—especially regarding breakpoints and asserts—would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

Leading between paragraph styles is not consistent. The larger (incorrect) space only happened around 5 times in 100+ page doc. No rogue formatting on styles. Seems to fix itself when i create a orphan. 

Hello everyone, I've upgrade to Indesign CC 2018 (13.1.0.76) from CC 2017 and now everytime I want to save a document (new or existing)  the same error message appears."Cannot save the document. It may be opened by other aplications. Close applications and try again. You may also use Save As to save it into a new document."   The Save As option works fine, but for my worklow this is unacceptable. When I work localy, the problem doesn't present itself only when I want to work from a company server. I have permission to read and write on the server. I have no idea what the problem is.   Before updating everything worked fine in the 2017 version.   I know there already exist a topic about the same issue, but it was never solved and its already a few years old. So i thought I open up a new one.   Does anyone have a solution??<Title renamed by MOD>

There are 2 ways to generate a vcard/QR code in Indesign, 1. Method 1 Type: Business Card 2. Method 2 Type: Plain Text with code: BEGIN:VCARDVERSION:3.0FN:First LastN:Last;First;END:VCARD   Here's what I have observed: Androids can read Method 1 QR code without issue Most Androids cannot read Method 2 QR code If text code from Indesign's Method 2 is used in other QR code utility, then Androids can read QR code. It seems as though something is happening in the QR code generation process. You can use Method 2 in a data merge workflow, and is the reason that I would like to continue using this method. I have tried various versions of Indesign. I have tried versions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0 of vcard.   Is there anything else to try in using Method 2 and have QR code read by Android?

Hello,the problem isI need to print a book page, where the height of the text must be 17,5 cm and the width 11,5 cm. The space between the text on two pages (when a book is open) must be 3 cm. The margins up, down and on the sides must be 2cm. When I set the text/width in the setups, everything seems ok. But then I convert file into PDF and print it. On the paper the parameters are changed, like now it is 10,5x16 cm, and the space between the text frames on two pages is 4 cm. What is wrong and how can I fix it? 

I need this to work. I’m in the middle of a huge project

Title.  I’m designing business cards where the names are in all caps, however I’d like to have a GREP style that, for example, searches the name “MCDONALD” and shrinks just the C.  Is that possible?

Recently (not linked to an update) I cannot save new or already existing InDesign files. When trying to save a file I have been working on I get the message that the file is damaged (error code 2). When using Save As, I get the message that InDesign cannot perform the requested operation. Usually InDesign crashes after this. When I restart InDesign, I do get a recovered file (so automated backups are made), I can then save the recovered file without problems, but when editing and working on it, trying to save it again results in the same problem and messages as mentioned aboveOcassionally, I can save a file, but a next time the errors occur againI have done the things mentioned on the internet- Reinstalled InDesign- Cleared the cash- Removed my personal workspace an rebuild thatI am working locally on my hard drive, but this drive is linked to OneDrive. I also tried pausing the synchronisation with OneDrive, but that made no difference either.Nothing seems to help and I am getting quit

After installing the ROBOTO fonts, I received an error message from Creative Cloud and then all Roboto fonts generated errors. Now when I open any Indesign file, all Roboto fonts are not recognized.

Hello,I’m working with Adobe InDesign 2026 on macOS and need proper hyphenation for Serbian Cyrillic.In earlier InDesign versions it was possible to add custom Hunspell dictionaries (.aff/.dic) via the Presets/Dictionaries folders, which would then appear in the Language menu and enable hyphenation.In InDesign 2026 I can no longer find a Presets/Dictionaries folder inside the application bundle, and placing valid Hunspell files (e.g. sr_Cyrl_RS.aff / sr_Cyrl_RS.dic) in user-level dictionary folders has no effect. No Serbian language option appears in the Language list after restarting the application.My questions: Does InDesign 2026 still support adding new spelling/hyphenation languages via custom Hunspell dictionaries? If yes, what is the exact supported method and folder location on macOS? If not, is Serbian Cyrillic planned to be added officially in a future update, or is there an alternative Adobe-supported workflow for adding new languages? Is this behavior specific to cert

I am seeing a discrepancy between the colors on the parent pages vs the document pages (see below). Any thoughts on what is causing this? parent page (more transparent)document page (less transparent)

Several months ago, after one of the application updates,  I noticed I can no longer move the InDesign frame around on my desktop as freely as I could before. There’s a definite lag time where I have to wait—sometimes up to 30 seconds—before it’ll let me. I’m on an iMac and using only one monitor, so I’m constantly needing to shuffle windows around and that lag time adds up. It’s worth noting that I have the same issue at the office and at home; 2 different operating systems (Ventura and Sequoia), both using InDesign 2026. I’ve tried deleting my preferences and reinstalling InDesign. Neither helped.

I am experiencing an issue in InDesign where the elements on my pages across my documents in a book are not consistent in color. When I copy them over from one page to another, the color changes. Anyone encounter something like this before? As seen below, the dark blue color is what I would like to use and the lighter blue is what the same block is pasted as in another document in my book:correct, original colornew, lighter color that copies over 

Originally posted this on Jan 21 and post has disappeared likely due to the migration:I have the latest update 21.1 and ever since I have been having issues converting pages to PDF from a file I am creating using InDesign. When I try to convert certain pages to PDF, it either will create the PDF but it is corrupt and when I try to create the PDF again, it says there is a background task running and that task is preventing me from doing anything else. Ultimately, I have to End Task and restart the program. It will work for a bit then I will have the same issue again. This is happening daily. I have not been able to pinpoint which background task is causing the problem. Running on PC, Windows 11 v23H2**NEW** Since my post last week, I found the issue but have no control over it. I always use File > Export within the same document when I export pages to PDF. Sometimes the Export to Interactive PDF window shows up and the export works properly. However, sometimes the Export to Adobe PDF

Seems like for no reason overnight all files within the same folder, and same Book, are doing this to the part number text boxes. I have never seen this, any ideas how this happened and how to correct it? I have more than a dozen files in this folder. Other InDesign documents open fine, it's only the files within this folder and they are all part of a book. Maybe something was done across the board to all files when the pdf was made from the Book?  

Hi there. I've installed the latest update of Indesign 2020. I'm now experiencing problems in that if I open a converted version of an Indesign docment, make changes then try to save, it says "Indesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged." (See Indesign 2020 Fig. 1). I have tried to save a copy of my document and it says the same thing. I have even tried to create a new document in Indesign 2020, save it as a test before putting anything in it and again the same message, "Indesign is unable to save this file. We tried but it appears to be damaged." (See Indesign 2020 Fig 2).  Is it a bug in the new Indesign update? Do I uninstall it and reinstall Indesign 2019? Could someone please help me?