InDesign

New version of InDesign won’t PDF certain pages that previously worked fine in 25 version. Taking up lots of time trying to work out what images need to be replaced or even what pages (says p20 but might be 25). Once sorted it often generates PDF to near the end of doc and then just freezes. Is there a work around or an update coming for this? Its so time consuming. 

Hello all,I am not new to InDesign but new to the latest version. I haven’t used the software for several years.This is my most strange problem:I create a new multi-page document, give it its basic specs in the Document Setup window. I go to the first page, draw a text frame. The default font is Minion Pro, 12 point, left-aligned. All seems fine. I have not yet created any character or paragraph style.I type my very first word… and it has a drop cap!The only Paragraph Style is [Basic Paragraph], the only Character Style is [None]. In [Basic Paragraph], under Drop Caps and Nested Styles, all parameters are at zero and the Properties panel confirms that the current character style is [Basic Paragraph], which has no drop cap… except that it does in my text frame!I would love to hear your suggestions as to what might be causing this. I am stumped.Attached is my screen capture.Many thanks in advance.Dominique

Scrivo per segnalare un problema di prestazioni che ritengo non riconducibile all'hardware in uso, ma a un limite architetturale del motore di composizione testo di InDesign.ConfigurazioneAdobe InDesign 2026, versione 21.5.0.64 macOS 26.5.2 MacBook Pro con chip Apple M1 Pro Documento: 50 pagine di testo, story collegata unicaProblemaDurante la digitazione, anche per modifiche minime a singole righe di testo, il processo InDesign occupa il 100% di un core CPU, con conseguente blocco temporaneo dell'interfaccia. Ho già escluso le cause hardware più comuni:Rendering GPU disattivato dalle preferenze, nessun cambiamento. Qualità di visualizzazione ridotta al minimo, nessun cambiamento. Nessun plugin di terze parti installato oltre a quelli Adobe di default. RAM e spazio disco monitorati e ampiamente disponibili durante l'operazione.Ho effettuato una campionatura del processo tramite lo strumento sample di macOS durante l'edit che genera lo spike. L'analisi mostra che tutti i campioni si con

I have several images in the same folder that need to be relinked. When I relink a file, InDesign doesn't see all the other missing files in that folder, even though I have checked "Seach for missing links in this folder". Am I doing something wrong?

HI everyone, does anyone have a script that can: choose missing links from the active document and relink them to the folder that we also put its path into the script, so that i only need press 1 button to do it?

How do I get rid of the border around the text box and every image I place in InDesign? Can you preview your work? Thanks!

Since updating to InDesign 21.5, exporting/saving a story as InCopy (ICML) can omit a table's column width dataEnvironment: InDesign 21.5, Windows.Is this a known/tracked bug, and is a fix scheduled? Is there a recommended workaround in the meantime?

All of the InDesign work I do requires both English and Japanese in the same document. To access the Japanese text features, paragraph settings, and print options, I need to install the Japanese version of InDesign. However, I work much more efficiently using the English interface.In the past, I was able to install the Japanese version first, then uninstall it and reinstall the English version. This left the Japanese features and settings available while allowing me to use the English interface. Unfortunately, this workaround no longer seems to work with the current versions of InDesign.Is there a new method for achieving the same result?I'm currently using Windows, but I'll be switching to macOS next month. If there's a macOS solution, I'd be happy to hear about that as well.

Blijkbaar heb ik één keer een telefoonnummer kunnen vinden voor hulp. Toen hebben ze mijn PC even overgenomen, en van alles verwijderd, waarna ik één keertje bij mijn account kon komen. Blijkbaar kan het allemaal niet werken met een PC waarop ook een VPN is geinstalleerd, ook al gebruik je die niet. Ik kan toch niet de enige zijn die een VPN-programma op de computer heeft staan, en met Indesign wil werken (zonder VPN, dus). Ik kan niet eens mijn abonnement beëindigen, omdat ik nergens bij kan komen. Hoe bereik ik dat onbereikbare bastion van Adobe???????

InDesign 2026, exporting to a small PDF file doesn't work!!!! The PDF is way too large.  

Hi everyone,I'm having trouble opening an InDesign document and keep getting the loading circle (‘the wheel of doom’) for an extended period, with the file never opening.So far, I have:Updated InDesign to the latest version (v21.5) Restarted my MacBook Tried re-opening the file directly from OneDrive Downloaded a fresh copy to my desktop Tried opening the backup files, but they are experiencing the same issueUnfortunately, none of these steps have resolved the problem 😣I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions on what else I could try. The project deadline is at the end of this month, and I'm becoming increasingly worried that I may have lost months of work!!Thank you in advance for any help! 😊

It used to be that every time I updated InDesgn I would change the number in the applicationpreferences .plist from 256 to 257. That worked and I got all the character handling extras etc. Until this time. Changing the number resulted in no change and no Japanese handling. I really need it, so any advice would be urgently appreciated!(And no, I don't want the Japanese version, just the extra text handling options in the English-language version)

I want to find all instances of the glyph (with unicode value \x{f067}) which appears before and after glyphs that have a red character style.I want to apply a character style to it

The problem - the debugger starts but breakpoints aren’t being triggered.  More so - the debugger panel doesn’t launch when debugging starts.   After hours of searching - the problem was indesign was not launched with sufficient permissions to allow the bridge between it and VS Code.After confirming your launch.json and //@target and //@targetEngine are correct - make sure you launch both VS Code and the Adobe app, Indesign in this case, are run as administrator on the Windows side.

After a very, VERY long list of new bugs that appear in the Adobe suite like copy and paste not working, constant crashing and instability, indesign is coming to a new low. Since the last 2 updates I can't even seem to close Indesign without using force close in the Windows task manager?! How can I get this program to close without having to resort to bashing it with the Windows banhammer every single time.Running the latest version of CC and indesign, no background tasks active and  everything works except every single native option to close the program!And with a 14th gen i7, 16GB CPU and 64GB DDR5 it's not a performance issue.Strangly when using the free Affinity tools there are none of the horrible and inexcusable bugs that a billion dollar company can't seem to fix.

 Hi ​@m1b Long time no see, I miss you very much.The original post cannot be replied toToday I came across several strange pictures, some of which had their captions changed to 'Default' after using this script.Some of them are errors below the prompt. I guess they are not recognizing the image, or the image is outside the layout, or there are locked or hidden images?Also, can we avoid grouping images and captions together? Because this feature is actually not practical.  Here is the code (unchanged)/** * @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-way-to-apply-generic-static-caption-to-all-graphic-containers/m-p/13367937#M503941 */function main() { var doc = app.activeDocument, graphics = doc.allGraphics; // add caption to each graphic in document for (var i = 0; i < graphics.length; i++) { var contents = ( // try to get the graphic's xmp "description" getXMPProperty(graphics[i], 'description') /

I have three things that annoy me on a daily basis.1. There are constant white flashes - I have tried changing GRU performance.2. The blue circle that runs at the top and shows the document is saving keeps on running (see attached illustration).3. When I have to import an image into an InDesign document I can no longer switch between alphabetical order and last modified. Can anyone help with some of these problems?  

I have an indesign document with a ton of different images, 1 on each page of the doc. I’ve updated a few of these links today and the newly linked updated images have this icon on the bottom left corner which I’ve never seen before. Any idea what this is or what it means? These are not text boxes, there are no primary text frames in this document and no threaded text.It is definitely attached to the linked image and nothing else, as it moves around with the image when I move the image.   

No permite que se actualice dropbox por la existencia de archivos temprarios de indesign. Los pase a otro carpeta donde no se sincronizan pero toma mucha memoria y no puedo trabajar. Es necesario si o si usar cloud? Muchas gracias

One of my coworkers set up an Indesign table for the area circled in red. I am unfamiliar with Indesign’s table feature, and I need to delete the row highlighted in black. Would someone explain how to do this function? Also, how would I add a row if needed? Thanks! 

Sample screenshot 

Ever since updating to the new version of InDesign (about a week or two ago), I encounter inconsistent behavior with expanding individual panels on the right side when you click on the panel name. Sometimes, the won't expand. When this occurs, I also cannot open the panel as a stand alone window by selecting  it from the Window menu. However I CAN use the << at the top of the Panel menu to expand all the panels. Once it occurs, if I close InDesign and reopen it, that usually fixes the problem. I have not been able to find a consistent thing that causes this to happen. I think it might occur more when opening files that have not been saved in the current version, but sometimes doing that does not cause the problem.

Question: Since the spacing of the last line has not changed, special handling is needed. Do I feel a bit clumsy in my current way of thinking?Do you have a simpler science?Target: Current text box.Status: cursor in line (not selected)Original Leading: 20.8 points.Operation result: Set the line spacing in the current text box to 19.35;Exception: The last line spacing is still 20.8 (special handling required)/** @Function Add a line and apply new line spacing**/var d = app.activeDocument;var item = d.selection[0];//Insert point to select the entire text boxif (item.constructor.name == "InsertionPoint" && item.parent.constructor.name == "Story") { item.parentTextFrames[0].texts[0].select();}//Setting line spacing: An extra line has not been selected at this timenewItem = d.selection[0];var oLinesNum = newItem.lines.length;for (i = 0; i < oLinesNum; i++) { newItem.lines[i].leading = 19.35}Later, I added this paragraph and was able to handle the last line, but I always

I frequently create brochures, and at some point in the project without fail the share for review link stops allowing me to update content. The review links are an integral part of our workflow, and for my non-brochure work they are fine (although I have to update those less frequently), but with my brochure documents it will allow me to create a new link, but after that I can no longer publish any changes. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign, turned off and on countless times, ensured the document I’m updating is the only one open, packaged then opened the idml and re-saved the document to indd. It just doesn’t work, and it’s really frustrating to explain to our clients that their comments have gone because we had to make a new link (or they get confused, comment on an old link and we don’t make the updates). Any ideas?

I would like to be able to calculate row- and column totals automatically within InDesign if this is possible.One one page of a large/complex document I have one table formatted exactly the way I want it to look, with numerical values that update regularly. There are column headers along the top, row headers on the left, column totals on the bottom, row totals on the right, and the grand totals in the bottom-right cell. All the cells inside the table contain only numbers or no data. The row totals on the right also require footnote references (*1, etc) that are detailed in text below the table.For the last 25 years I’ve just been updating the numbers manually and using a calculator, but I have made mistakes on occasion. I’d rather not mess with Excel and importing/linking/etc; just a very simply way to add top-to bottom and left-to-right. Is it possible to do this? Please and thanks. Here is the table.