InDesign

Hi! I created a 3D rectangle in Indesign using only lines. How can I fill that "rectangle" with white color so that it's not transparent? Since it's not recognized as an actual rectangle, it doesn't fill it for me. I need to stack these 3D rectangles for a project I'm doing but don't want the lines from the rectangle underneath to be showing. Anyone know how to fix this?Thanks!

I am trying to use the new 2025 version of InDesign - but it is really unusable. Running latest version (20.3) on Macos (15.4). Mac Studio with M2 Max CPU and 32 GB memory. One major issue I am having is that when I select a text box, it will actually not select the box until I move the mouse again. I click the box and nothing happens. When I start moving the mouse - it suddenly gets selected. If I do not move the mouse - nothing is selected - until I move the mouse. This makes it impossible to use. I've seen some tip on Document Font folder or Contextual Task Bar or Magnet app - but none of those are relevant for me. InDesign 2024 version (19.5.2) works fine and it does not have these issues. I did a test on my Macbook Pro (Apple Silicon) - and no issue there - even using the same mouse as on the Mac Studio. I see some posts that Adobe has fixed InDesign with latest update - but that is definitely not correct...   I uploaded a video to YouTube showing the issue. In the video one

Becoming increasingly frustrated with this.Copy text box from a document and paste it into a new document, and the text will alter its position within the text box. I am assuming its a background format/preference interacting on the new document.I have looked at the settings between documents for text frame options (baseline) and that isnt the solution. I have checked the indesign preferences have pasting text and tables all information is checked - but it doesn't change the outcome.Have also checked it isn't reacting to a grid - and again the document settings seem the same - so no conflict there.Does anyone have any idea of any other things to check?

I've inserted an image into some text (blacked-out shape). It's got no object wrap, it's set to the same body paragraph style as the rest of the text before and after it.  The highlighted return is the return between the inline image and the paragraph next to it in the next column. You can see the bounding box of the inset image is above the return and the text at the bottom of the page is really far down from the stuff above it. There should be space for the final line of text to within the margins but it doesn't because this return is so low compared to where the image is.  The image is made of a group of assets. I've checked every single one, both the bouncing box and the link/image placed inside it and none of them have wraps which would be causing this additional space.  The paragraph style for the sub title under the image does not have any "space before" and the "space after" of the body text is also not as large as the space I have. There are no ov

Hello, we encountered a weird glitch when creating documents by InDesign server that contain anchored textframes.The textframes get created and anchored, but when opening the file in InDesign Desktop afterwards and selecting the frame, the "anchor mark" is invisible. Same for the "red square" when the frame is not anchored. However, when creating the same file in InDesign desktop, the "marks" are visible. Here is a little reproduction script (NOTE: I created a blank InDesign file beforehand to open it with this script):var currentDoc = app.open(new File("path/to/file")); var objParentTextFrame = currentDoc.textFrames.add(); var objInsertionPoint = objParentTextFrame.insertionPoints[0]; var objAnchoredTextFrame = objInsertionPoint.textFrames.add(); objAnchoredTextFrame.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.ANCHORED; currentDoc.close(SaveOptions.YES, new File(jobFolder + "/path/to/saved/file")); Here the result when created by InDesign Desktop:&

Dear Adobe Support Team,I am a paid Adobe subscriber and currently using a late 2013 iMac. Unfortunately, many of the latest applications are not compatible with my system—for example, InDesign.I have spent quite some time searching on the Adobe website but have not been able to find where I can download the older versions of the software. Could you please advise me on how to access them, or provide assistance in resolving this issue?Thank you very much for your support.

I have often exported my files to HTML - but now encountered a problem with a missing chapter

Hello,In a desperate attempt to save the hair on my head, I would be very grateful for some help in solving what I hope is a simple issue. I create a calendaer each year using a script that creates a table for each month.  The table includes the month and dates - all that works well.  The table overlays an image but depending on the image, some of the calendar text is difficult to read so I want to apply a glow (or any other suitable effect) to make the text more readable. I select the text tool and can highlight the affected text but all effects options are greyed out.  I have tried selecting the table (and a specific cell) and can see an option to apply an effect to the text only but the effect is applied to the whole table.  Such a simple thing to do Photoshop but not in InDesign .. Help!! 🙂

Hi AllI created a document in InDesign Desktop version, imported xml (didn't 'tick' create link while import). When I open that document in InDesign Server it throws xml link missing..but in InDesign Desktop version I'm not getting any xml link missing..Please suggest, thank you.

I am unable to start indesign because this message pops up "Adobe InDesign is missing required system fonts or CMap files. Please reinstall InDesign". I have uninstalled, restarted and reinstalled the InDesign App to no avail. Any advice on how to fix the problem?

tengo un problema recurrente con InDesign. Creo un archivo y enlazo varias imágenes sin problema. Cuando cierro el proyecto y lo vuelvo a abrir después de un par de días, las imágenes aparecen rotas en el documento.Lo extraño es que los enlaces no parecen estar perdidos: en el panel de Enlaces no me aparece el icono de error rojo, y las imágenes siguen en la misma carpeta, sin cambios de nombre ni ubicación. Creo que podría ser un problema de caché o de visualización, porque al actualizar manualmente un enlace a veces se soluciona.El problema es que esto me ha afectado a todos mis documentos de InDesign, no solo a uno en particular, lo que está poniendo en riesgo mi trabajo.¿A alguien más le ha pasado?

For example, my current column width is 81mm.I want this image to scale proportionally while preserving the cropping state.Rather than reverting to the uncropped state and then resizing to fit the column width. Following the traditional approach:item.fit(FitOptions.PROPORTIONALLY);item.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);This appears to restore the image to its original state before scaling it to a width of 81mm. 

Hi can we please fix two things for the next update. - Export to pdf .. currently settings defaults to last previous file you were working on. So if last week i worked on a file exported page 1 of all. next week i may go to work on a diferrent file and that setting is still to export page 1 of all. - Solution is to have it default to the previous setting used of that same document.  not whatever last document.  (This has caught me out several times when I send a pdf off to someone and it only has one page in it which was puled in from as setting I may have alloctaed on a different project weeks ago). - Shift plus direct selection tool. (a) - when selecting multiple objects in this mode + holding shift.. some dissapear out of the selection.  

My mac mini M2 running MacOS Sequoia 15.5 won't voice read text I've typed into an Indesign document. All it says is "Adobe stock 2025" whether I have the cursor in the text box or have text highlighted to be voice read. How do I get my Mac mini M2 running MacOS Sequoia 15.5 to voice read the text I've typed with a True Type font in Indesign. I've  retyped in Indesign using an Open Type and the same thing happens.

Hi there,  novice here trying to get a book file out of indesign as an epub. But when validating the file I receive this message, can anyone help me get out of the weeds: Obfuscated resource must be a Font Core Media Type (was declared as "application/x-font-ttf" in "OEBPS/content.opf").Look at line 5 in this file: META-INF/encryption.xml

Hallo, ich habe noch CS6 auf meinem Rechner installiert und kein Adobe-Abo. Ich würde gern für einen kommerziellen Auftrag die Schrift Myriad Pro nutzen. Ist dies erlaubt? Meines Wissens war diese Schrift bei der Creative Suite 6 damals dabei. Oder muss ich dafür eine extra Lizenz kaufen? Vielen Dank vorab. 

Hi there,   I've been experiencing an issue for quite some time now, and with each update, I hope it gets resolved. It could be something on my end, but this problem always seems to occur unexpectedly, without any changes to my settings.   The issue mainly arises when I return to InDesign after working on something else on my laptop. When I revisit my designs, everything is greyed out, including other open files. Although I can still select individual items, that’s all I can do (I’ve attached a screenshot with everything selected). The only way to fix it is to save, close the file, and reopen it, which is quite frustrating as it disrupts my workflow.   Has anyone else encountered this? Does anyone have a solution?Thanks so much!   <Title renamed by MOD>

On any document open with v.14.0.3,when i select facing pages, one page, or a Master page andgo to Layout>Margins&Columns, if a change the number of columns,the Adjust Layout checkbox is not available andshows a warning message, it is not working?

Trouble with figures called T3Font_0 and T3Font_1 while exporting texte from indesign to pdf. All the polices are included exept these T3Font. Someone knows about that and how to figure it out ?Thanks a lot 🙂 

Hi all, i have very long document made with multipal text anchors added.is there a list shows all the text anchors i created? i don't rememer  those words applied that anchors, is there a list i can look up those  text anchors i created?Thank you.

Can anyone help me with a GREP for making dashes consistent? I want all dashes to be sixth space, Em dash, sixth space:  

I work in book publishing so changing the size of a document is rarely done, but applying a master page with a different margin is a given to almost every project.Is there a way to still perform the function of Enable Layout Adjustment or is that gone to the wayside? For example, I could apply a master to a page and the objects adjacent to the margins would automatically snap to the size of the master. Items that were not touching the margins like ornaments or other text boxes would remain in place.Using the new Layout Adjustment feature, it does too much work and adjusts every object on the page, so it seems more problematic than helpful. Moreover, applying a different master to a page no longer automatically adjusts the boxes sizes to my margins.

في برنامج الانديزاين بعد وضع التنسيق الخاص بالشعرفي الابيات المدورةالتي تأتي آخر كلمة من الشطر الأول مدمجة مع أول كلمة في الشطر الثاني .. كمثال على ذلك قول الشاعر :مَرِحَت حُرَّةٌ كَقَنطَرَةِ الرُّومِــِيِّ تَفْرِي الهَجيرَ بِالإِرقالِفي هذا البيت يتم التنسيق بشكل يدوي ،، لكن بعد اضافة (ـ)  لبداية الشطر الثاني يغلق البرنامج .. حاولت مع كذا خط ونفس النتيجة  

When the Drop Cap to a paragrah starts with the letter "A" how do i adjust the tracking so the bottom of the "A" is not touching the other word? Basicly i want more space between the Drop Cap "A" and other words. Thoughts? 

I'm an editor/publisher working on a historically significant architecture book with 240 mostly B&W images requiring art book-quality reproduction. Photo editing and pre-press for others' work isn't my usual role. I'm completing one critical project to high standards, getting a scatter proof soon (16 pages on one 900x640mm sheet) from our European offset printer, with which we can also validate our RGB soft proofing workflow using PSO Coated v3.How about an approach where once we receive the scatter proof, we adjust our monitors to match the scatter proof closely in order to use it as a baseline reference for the rest of the job's images? Why or why not? We're not concerned about other projects. This is intended as a job-specific solution/workflow. The logic: Rather than generic calibration standards, this creates a job-specific calibration based on actual printing conditions. If our soft proofing is systematically different from press output, adjusting our monitor to match could g