InDesign

I'm having the same issue as many others: when making any changes to text within a text box, like typing within it, cutting/pasteing, editing, etc. the text disappears. Sometimes it'll come back if I click out of the text box. Sometimes it comes back if I switch between normal and preview mode. It doesn't happen every time, but often enough to be incredibly annoying. I'm running:Mac OS 12.0.1Macbook Air M1 2020InDesign 17.0.1

I want to try out generating an image through C++. Do we have access to text to image feature through the C++ sdk?

How do you create global variables in a C++ plugin?

MacBook Pro M2 Max Chip 64GB memory, Sonoma, INDD v20.4.1Packaging files stops. The status indicator keeps circling and packaging process does not seem to finish. This began yesterday and has happened when attempting to package different files. The “Saving the Document” status bar is at ~10%. When I look at the background tasks it indicates the exporting the file is at 90 or 95% and exporting the PDF is queued. When I go to “Force Quit” applications sometimes InDesign looks fine, other times it is “not responding. Cancelling doesn’t work. I get impatient after a few minutes and end up force quitting INDD.When I look to see where I put the packaged folder. It’s there and everything is in the folder with the exception of the IDML file, sometimes the PDF isn’t there either. I've tried many times in the last 18 hours.OK – so then I try packaging without the IDML file and INDD locks up. Package Document status bar at the ~20% – status indicator (blue circle thingy) not visible in tool bar.

Hi everyone,I am currently working on a project that involves using the kCreateEndnoteCmdBoss command,Could anyone provide me with examples or detailed explanations on how to use it?

We recently installed the new 2026 update (20.0) and now on one of our computers we are unable to open any new files/documents and the window that contains suggested files sizes does not appear either. I've tried updating the Microsoft C++ but not having any luck with that fix. It is on a computer that is a little out of date (nothing crazy) but now when I reinstall 2025 it is doing the same error of not opening new files/documents. 

Hi everyone,I’m dealing with a big issue and I’ve tried everything I can think of. Whenever I try to open an InDesign file, the program freezes immediately. I can’t edit anything, and at the bottom it just says  Checking, but it never changes or progresses.I’ve already deleted the cache, removed all related InDesign folders, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and even tried installing different versions. Nothing has worked - every time I open the file, it gets stuck on Checking.Does anyone have any advice? I’m losing my mind over this.

I  have a 7 book series that all are identical in styles and have quite complicated TOC's and StylesIs a book file an option to maintain and keep consistent all the styles, better than just updating one file and loading the style to the others (I don't know how anything about Book files)I still need seperate cover pages/TOC's/page numbers etc. for all 7 seperate books, they are to be printed as completely seperate books.Thanks in advance for your time & patience

I am TRYING to create an editable PDF business card template (png attached) for users with Reader. And as seen elsewhere I cannot install Reader with Pro installed. After I can get one to work, I need to create a sheet of 10 business cards where entering the text into one card enters them in all the cards. I have assigned text fields to all text that should be editable. Multiple issues when trying to export  a pdf in various formats:1. When trying to make an interactive PDF, the text in the ID text fields disappears in the pdf2. Individual text fields become merged upon export in a regular PDF Is there a SIMPLE way to accomplish this? If only Acrobat was as intuitive as ID. I am a simple graphic designer and not a programmer. I can follow detailed instructions. Trying to do this so reminds me of Macromedia Director and Articulate 360. You follow step-by-step and it still doesn't work! 😞 Thanks  

I have an InDesign document that includes vector graphics built in Illustrator and imported as .ai files . They have been given them alternate text in the object export option.  When I export the file as a PDF, the graphics are not labeled at all. They show up as figure pathpathpath ect... and the alt tag and pdf tag is missing. Do I have to re-import all the .ai files as images? It is important that the alt tag is there for accessibility. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

What could be causing this? No matter what I've tried, this footnote will not show up at the foot of the page (see screenshot). I deleted the note and made it again. It's still wrong. Something about it being a footnote in that header. Is there a setting somewhere that makes this happen? I tested it out with other headers in my book using the same style and as soon as I add a footnote, it's placed right below the header: 

Boa tarde, Adobe!O Indesign até hoje, foi sempre um programa com um Exportar (de Excelência), Seja *.Pdf. *.Jpg, *.Png... com os ficheiros a ficarem Pequenos / Leves (Mb) ... Atualmente as mesmas dimensões / Pixeis - Os Ficheiros Estão a ficar Muito Pesados / Enormes (*.Jpg / *.Png ... Tudo para cima de 10 mb!!! Porquê????).  Grato pela Atenção.Carlos Santos.

Hi,For years I have been work with CS 5.5 - my laptop died and I tried to install but the verification servers won't let me re-install so I bought a Creative Cloud liscence. Now I can't open my old CS 5.5 InDesign Files. Is there a plugin that will allow me open them and save them as CC 2022 files?

Hi all! I'm sure there is a way to do this, but when I search, I'm not wording it right. Hopefully I can ask my question clearly. Take a look at the screenshot I'm attaching. I create pages and pages of these types of reports. It's not a table... it's text with tabs. Currently, I have Paragraph Styles to create the header, middle section and footer of each section. But... I'm wondering if there is a way to tell InDesign to automatically bold the first line and add a line above the last line. How would I go about doing this? I swear I saw it done in a tutorial years ago, but I can't figure it out. Thank you! 

Bonjour Depuis le passage à Indesign 2026, mon ordi ne reconnaît plus les .indd dans l'explorateur comme des fichiers Indesign. Je peux toujours les ouvrir depuis Indesign mais plus depuis l'explorateur où ils affichent une icône vierge. J'ai beau choisir Indesign comme appli par défaut (lors de la tentative d'ouverture ou dans les paramètres Windows) rien à faire. Ça ne veut pas ... Si je désinstalle Indesign 2026 et remet la version 2025 ça refonctionne normalement. Mais dès que je rebascule sur la version 2026, le problème réapparaît. Pour info, je n'ai pas ce problème avec les autres applis de la Creative Suite qui ont également basculé de 2025 à 2026. Pas de souci non plus avec Indeisgn ou tout autre appli sur mon ordi portable aussi connecté à ma Creative Suite. Ca donne plutôt l'impression d'une désinstallation d'Indesign 2025 mal faite sur cet ordi ...

I am planning to edit a Journal which will comprise about 40 professional articles from 40 different authors. I have seen intructions sent out which are basically MS Word focussed.But I know importing many articles from different authors into InDesign can be a nightmare.Paragraph and Character Styles will be lost, Footnotes are not in the same character style, Quoyes are not indented and so on.Therefore I plan to send them guidelines on working with MS Word. I suggest the following:I will create a MS Word template.I will remove all the styles.I will introduce custom styles like Heading, Sub Heading, Body, Quote, Author Name, Author Designation.The Authors should strictly follow these styles.Will this make sense?  

I would like to select text in several places at the same time ie:Text 1Text 2Text 3And on each of these lines I want to place the cursor to add some text at one time. Something like this exists in visual studio code. How to do it? Below is a video explaining what I mean.

Hallo zusammen,ich habe seit einiger Zeit ein wiederkehrendes Problem mit InDesign:Beim erneuten Öffnen meiner Dokumente werden diese regelmäßig nur schreibgeschützt geladen. Dadurch ist die Funktion „Speichern“ deaktiviert, und ich kann die Dateien nicht unter dem gleichen Namen sichern, sondern muss sie jedes Mal neu anlegen.Das ist besonders ärgerlich im Zusammenhang mit Review-Links, weil ich durch die ständigen neuen Dateinamen auch ständig neue Links erzeugen und verschicken muss. Eine fortlaufende Kommentarfunktion für die Kollegen ist dadurch nicht möglich.Rahmenbedingungen:Die Dateien liegen lokal auf meinem Rechner bzw. auf unserem Server.In den Dateieigenschaften ist kein Schreibschutz gesetzt.Ich bin alleinige Nutzerin und habe die Dateien nicht mehrfach geöffnet.InDesign CC – aktuellste Version (21.0 x64).Frage:Ist das Problem bereits bekannt? Gibt es eine Lösung oder ein bevorstehendes Update, das diesen Bug behebt?Danke vorab!

I have set up a masterpage for use in a long report containing hundreds of tables and diagrams. I have used fitting options to have the object ( diagram placed from a pdf) size proportionally at a click when placing the object. This workes fine, but the dotted frame (from the master) disappear. If I for some reason need to go back, I have no placeholder to reference my object. I cannot find how to make it reappear? If I try to reapply the masterpage again, the placed object disappear and I have to place it again from start (Ctrl+D). Is there an answer to this, or do I just have to adjust my "workflow" to overcome this problem? The aim is to place very many diagrams without having to manually adjust/size them all.Thanks 

Buenos días,Llevo varios días intentando averiguar a qué se debe pero no soy capaz de dar con la clave. El caso es que cuando abro cualquier archivo, incluso uno nuevo, en InDesign me aparecen todas las herramientas bloqueadas excepto Notas y Texto por lo que solo puedo realizar acciones con estas dos herramientas.He probado cambiando de espacio de trabajo y nada. No sé me ocurre qué hacer, si alguien puede darme una solución, se lo agradezco.Trabajo con InDesign CC 2017 en Windows 10 Pro.

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

Halloich möchte gerne PDF-Kommentare in InDesign importieren. Ich gehe über "Fenster - Kommentare - PDF Kommentare", dann erscheint das Feld "PDF-Kommentare importieren". Wenn ich die Datei auswähle kommt die Meldung " Die PDF-Datei wurde nicht aus InDesign erstellt. Wählen Sie eine andere PDF-Datei aus, um fortzufahren." Kann mir jemand helfen wie ich vorgehen muss, um die Kommentare in InDesign zu sehen?Danke

Buenos días,Desde que instalé la versión 21.0.1 de InDesign estoy teniendo problemas con la impresión de trazos cuando están hechos con puntos. Al hacer el PDF de impresión aparecen, pero cuando imprimo salen en blanco. ¿A alguien le ha ocurrido? ¿Sabéis cómo arreglarlo?Gracias.

Hello everyone,I'm working on a project using the InDesign SDK, and I need to programmatically get and set the alt text for hyperlinks. I found some interfaces like IHyperlinkCmdData and IHyperlinkTable, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to retrieve or modify the alt text for a specific hyperlink.Does anyone have an example snippet or guidance on how to achieve this?Here's what I've tried so far int32 hyperlinkCountint = hyperlinkTable->GetHyperlinkCount(); UID hyperlinkUID = hyperlinkTable->GetNthHyperlinkSource(n); // n = 1 TI_CHECKED_NEW_CMD(myNewCmd, kNewHyperlinkCmdBoss); // custom macro defintion below #define TI_CHECKED_NEW_CMD(theVar, theCmdBoss) \ InterfacePtr<ICommand> theVar(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(theCmdBoss));\ if (theVar == nil) {\ break;\ } TI_CHECKED_INTERFACE(IHyperlinkCmdData, myNewCmdData, myNewCmd, IID_IHYPERLINKCMDDATA); // custom macro defintion below #define TI_CHECKED_INTERFACE(theTypeSymbol, theVar, theBase, theI

My software recently updated to Adobe InDesign 2026 on Windows 11. Whenever I try opening an InDesign document now, I receive a dialog box with the error message "Adobe InDesign 2026 has encountered a problem and needs to close." The program then closes.   I've sent multiple reports. I've updated Windows 11 to the most recent version. I've tried running InDesign as an administrator. Nothing seems to work.   Has anyone else experienced this issue? What can be done here?     <Title renamed by MOD>