InDesign

how can I get a strok just on top or at one side of an image?

CC Libraries don't work in indesign. The panel is unclickable and looks like a screenshot. It's only solved by restarting indesign, but it crashes soon afterwards.

Last August I ran across an article about some caveats with the new Generative Expand option in InDesign by Mike Rankin in the Creative Pro newsletter. These included, but were not limited to file management, color management and image quality. The article suggested using Photoshop rather than InDesign for expanding images. We are getting ready to upgrade our Adobe Suite and wondering if these issues still hold true in the the lastest version so I can let my team know. Can anyone advise please? Here is a link to the articlehttps://creativepro.com/why-you-should-use-generative-expand-in-photoshop-not-indesign/ Thanks so much!

There are every apps. Photoshop, Acrobat etc. But the Illustrator, and InDesign are missing.

No matter what I do, there are fonts that every other applications can see and use, but I can't get them to show up in InDesign. Interestingly, if I open an older document that uses a font that isn't available in InDesign (but is avalable to other applications), it will be usable. If I copy the text from the old document and paste it into a new document, the font will become avaliabe.  Here's what I've done so far.• Restarted (many, many times)• Made sure my system and Adobe applications are all up to date.• Removed and reinstalled InDesign.• Deactivated and reactivated fonts in Font Book.• Activated fonts in FontBase.• Activated fonts using Adobe Fonts. I have no idea what else could resolve the issue.

Just did a completely clean macOS install. Installed Creative Cloud.And suddenly my Applications folder looks like Adobe moved in with all their cousins.I’m staring at nine (!!!) extra “apps” duplicate Creative Cloud icons, CoreSync pretending to be an app, random utility stubs… basically a whole parade of stuff I never asked for and definitely don’t want cluttering my system. Why is this still a thing in 2025?No other pro software dumps this much junk into /Applications and calls it normal.If these are background processes, then make them background processes.If they’re not meant to be opened by humans, then don’t present them as apps.It’s not complicated. Clean install → clean system.Adobe install → chaos. Please, for the love of workflows everywhere: fix this installation bloat. Nobody needs a Creative Cloud matryoshka doll of apps.

Seeking a sanity check on a production decision for a 400-page hardcover art/architecture book. The design is final—most elements hand-positioned across 400 pp.—so if the gutter needs adjusting, I need a method that won't disturb existing content.Specs210×260mm trimInside margin: 12mm130gsm coated stock (Arctic Volume White)Hollow-back construction, sewn signaturesPrinter says 12mm is fine. I'm skeptical. And as it may affect the gutter, there's a choice between squared spine (rigid) and gently rounded spine (no spine board, covers pivot independently). Both hollow-back with sewn signatures, so text block behavior should be similar. Rounded is more ergonomic for this tome in the hand, while squared feels more solid. But if squared spine is even marginally less forgiving at the gutter, I'd want to add 1-2mm of safety.QuestionsIf I need another 1-2mm: can InDesign extend pages asymmetrically—adding width to the spine edge only—while leaving all placed content at its current absolute

Hi Everyone, I’m encountering a persistent issue with InDesign 2026 on macOS Tahoe 26.1 when trying to package documents whose linked files are stored in Google Drive. Any ideas???

 Hi. I applied this tab setting to my text to create a table of contents for my magazine and it worked for a moment. But now I try to create another paragraph and it appears This dots at every blank on my paragraph and i searched for fixing this people offering to go paragraph styles and fix this by usin this window but its already off. I looked the tabs section to find any 'Leader' to find dot i wrote but i couldnt find any. I also tried reseting preferences but nothing changed. I deleted the app and reinstall it but still same. What should I do to fix that. Thank you.

Não achei uma "preferência" antiga, o salvamento automático de arquivos. Era só determinar um intervalo de tempo e as versões de arquivo eram salvas automaticamente numa pasta. Essa função acabou?

Hi there, Let's say I am designing a book. I want the chapters to start on the right-hand page. The footer of that page will be the chapter number and name. For the rest of the pages in each chapter, I want the subheadings at level 2 to appear in the footer.How I will do it:1. I create a master page for a chapter. In the footer, I will add Text Variables -  Running Headers. I will instruct InDesign to use the Paragraph style "Chapter title".2. For the body pages, I will set another master page, and in the footer, I will add Text Variable - Running Headers, and I will instruct InDesign to look for Paragraph Style named Heading 02. Am I doing right? I think so. However, I received an InDesign document in English. The document was translated into German. I was surprised to see that the footers are still in English. So, I opened the Master pages to try to see what was wrong. To my surprise, there is no Text Variable on any of the master pages. So, how did the designer d

I am running InDesign Server 2023 for a journal XML based workflow. We load customized templates, place data into placeholders like textframes. after placeing some xml elements i am refreshing the documents JSX  // after placing/moving contentapp.documents[0].recompose(); // or document.recompose() Show more lines Intermittently, InDesign Server crashes on this recompose() call. It appears related to a document refresh / reflow after moving elements, but I am not certain of the exact cause.

I managed to crash my old pc with a faulty power supply but was able to safe my ssd with all my documents for a new pc. I wanted to continue using my quite old CS 5.5 AdobeSuite, but can't since the program seems to think I have installed it onto a new computer.   I can't activate it since the number is installed on two computers already (I can just guess I never uninstalled any copy, so the second one is on an even older pc no longer in use for many years now?), and i can't reactivate the already existing license for this harddrive/pc since the activation process does not exist anymore. Is it possible to somehow proof that this is not a third installation but just the same one, on the same harddrive than last week - just in a new pc? I only use indesign occasionally for some voluntary work, so I do not rely on it, but I guess it would be much easier continuing to use indesign than starting to learn some other software instead...

The file is 789MB big, and saved to cloud only. Just yesterday, when I try to open the file from Indesign the program just crashes and closes, no error message. When opened from the CC program the same issue occurs.. Tried downloading the file to my computer but the file has no data in it, and shows the "cannot open file, no permission or already open" message - After downgrading Indesign back to the 2025 version (I just recently updated but was able to open the file once) it says that the file cannot be converted to older version since it can't be converted tto InDesign Markup Language (IDML)My computer does have a tiny storage, is that an issue? I usually have like >1GB of space left if I leave a few applications open.

Hi; this is probably a user error. When placing vector files into InDesign, the placed image now ignores the bounds of the artboard, and the artwork expands to the edges.  In the video you see how I had an icon inside a box. The extra room around the icon is the Illustrator artboard. I changed the color of the icon in Illustrator and when I place it, now the icon expands to fit the whole box. I also tried placing just the icon on the document and it also fills out to the edges ignoring the Illustrator artboard boundaries. Is this a setting in my preferences that was reset when updating? I don't recall this ever happening. Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 10.26.06 AM.pngScreenshot 2025-12-09 at 10.26.24 AM.png  

I'm looking for a "bitmap" style font to represent text on a screen, and tried LoRes 12 OT. The text will be several colors, including red.turner111_0-1765292953352.pngHowever, this is being physically printed at 12pts-ish, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a slighly bolder version of something like from Adobe that will remain fully legible when printed. It will be printed on stock that doesn't gain much.Also looking for one with the A style like this: turner111_0-1765293855429.png  I'm trying the alternates of LoRes, but any other suggestions appreciated.thanks!

how can i create a text box that when placing text it should adjust the size to include all text without having to format after...

Hello, I keep having this problem where InDesign keeps telling me that fonts are missing in my project when I have them downloaded. This is something that keeps happening with multiple fonts on multiple projects. Does someone know how to fix this? Meryam29679808kblw_0-1764880974536.png 

I am not sure what to even call this - but we have a file we are printing as a part of a large 25x11" trifold with many images throughout. We're having repeated issues with one image in particular where the shadows appear to be blending into one "blob" of color and having a hard edge to them. (Image smoothing issues maybe?) - We even tried changing the photo, but the new photo has the same issue. Looks fine on a screen and our Canon press prints the photo just fine, but our Konica has this issue when printing. We can't run the job on the Canon due to tray size limitations. Any ideas what causes this, how to fix it, or even what this issue is called? In the file: Hannah33478388eg88_0-1765301259042.png   Photos of the Print: Shadow under the hands in the foreground, the table in the right side and in between fingers in the background area as well as on Bible pages.See the shading under the hand?Three spots between fingers

Hi.. new do InDesign... what I want to do is position the bottom/left corner such that it is 0.25" up and 0.25" from the edge of the bottom/left corner of the page.  I also want the table to be exactly 2" wide.. columns evenly spaced.  I assume it would be similar to if I needed to position a page number in the bottom corner somehow? I'm sure what I need is a good reference related to positioning elements.. but thus far, stumbling around the UI is not intuitive... any tips? Thanks!

  Hi, I have a problem where there is a gap between the last line of text and the page border/margin. It happens on many pages. I have checked the following: Paragraph style Basic character formats: kerning set to metric, tracking 0, normal case, normal position, ligatures enabled. Advanced character formats: horizontal scale 100%, vertical scale 100%, vertical offset 0 pt, skew 0º. Indents and spacing: left alignment, first line indent 8 mm, rest 0 mm, space before and after 0 mm, align to baseline grid: none. Keep options: keep with previous disabled, do not separate from next 0 lines, keep lines together disabled, start/end of paragraph: 2 lines. Hyphenation: default settings. Justification: word spacing min 80%, optimal 100%, max 133%; letter spacing 0; glyph scaling 100%; auto leading 120%; single word justification: full; paragraph composer: Adobe Paragraph Composer. Other options reviewed: tabs, paragraph rules, paragraph borders (border disabled, offsets 1

Good evening everyone, I’m looking for some guidance on a specific InDesign feature (hoping it actually exists…).I’m wondering whether there are plug-ins or scripts capable of automatically handling the layout of a book. Let’s imagine we have a text file (typically a Word document) that already uses specific style sheets (title, subtitle, chapter text, etc.), and we import it into InDesign. I place it into a predefined layout template, and I would like the text to flow through the document while automatically generating and applying the appropriate master pages as needed.In other words, when InDesign is laying out the main body text of the novel, it should use Master A, but whenever it encounters the paragraph style “Chapter Title,” it should understand that it needs to insert a Master B page (a master designed for the beginning of a new chapter), and apply that page type instead.Is there any feature that works like this?I hope my explanation was clear enough.Thank you!

Hello- I have been using in design in old mac laptop with my subscription. It worked fine yeaterday and when I went to wok in my file this morning, it wouldn't let me save it. I closed in design and restarted computer and now in design won't start up at all - adore application manager just spins and spins and won't allow it to start. Computer is definitely old and can't be updated but why is this suddenly happening and is there anything I can do? desperately need access to files today.

Hi allInDesign has just started doing somethign incredibly annoying and I don't know if I have changed a setting, or if something has changed with the new update.I work with a lot of complex icon style elements that I have created. They are set up to exactly the same size and specification so that I can swop in and out differing colour versions depending on the content. e.g. I have a client who has very different RGB and CMYK colour palettes, so I have the icons in both colour sets so that when I am converting one to the other (for print lets say) all I need to do is relink the image and the jobs done. BUT, recently when I relink the image the replacement comes in at a different size by default. Before it would just replace exactly - but now I have to manually select 'media' from the options box (this is the only one that works correctly). Does anyone know how to change the default settings so that it goes back to being automatic?Many thanks