More proof that Basic Paragraph was a terrible feature and should be removed.   The best advice I can give anyone is to never use or edit “Basic Paragraph.” Wherever “Basic Paragraph” is applied instead apply no paragraph style. Make this the default by making sure no paragraph style is selected in the Paragraph Styles panel while no document is open. ... View more

I have found very little use for table styles. The fact you cannot control for column widths or assign cell styles by column is very limiting.   I have found that for most formatting where I might use tables I am better off using paragraph styles and some combination of tabs, paragraph rules, paragraph shading, and underlines.   Can you provide a screen capture of the table? It might be you are better off without tables. ... View more

What is the source of the text? Are you placing the text from a file, typing it, or pasting it?   This can be complicated because text has no physical size, unlike an image. Should the text frame be a column, or stretch between the margins, then, once a width is established, the height can be automatic based on the length of the text.    Perhaps what you want is an Object Style that automatically sizes a text frame. You would need to apply the style after creating the text frame. Below you can see I set the object style to use a width of 24p0 (4 inches) and to adjust the height only. The result is a text frame the width I want and the height of the text. ... View more

Unlikely.   As I said, I was able to use the font in InDesign. I did that as a test to see if the problem was restricted to Illustrator or CC wide. I did this before learning about the preferences solution and after my Pages kludge. Today I exported a PDF from InDesign and it opens in Illustrator as text. Exporting the Illustrator file also saves as text.   Opening the Pages PDF produced this alert…     Which suggests the font was embedded. ... View more

That did it. I was able to select the font Microsoft JhengHei in the Type panel. When I turned the option off the font name changes to 微軟正黑體. So the font was always available. Odd that the PDF from Pages needed the text outlined. ... View more

Update: As I was able to use the font in Pages I did then saved a PDF. Opening the PDF in Illustrator converted the text to outlines. Illustrator really doesn’t want to have anything to do with Microsoft JhengHei.   I just discovered it works in InDesign, too. ... View more

I would do the line in InDesign and make it an Object Style. That way you can update all occurences by editing the Style.   But the graphic in the image provided is not the same for each subject. It looks like each is unique. I would make them in Illustrator. I would only make one for each heading, then use Flip Horizontal in the Colton panel to reflect the duplication on the other side of the heading. I would make each one actual size so I don't ever scal in InDesign, so I can keep stroke weights consistent. ... View more

Are you sure you have the settings correct? Here I added a text frame to the parent page with the page number very large so the thumbnails show the page number. The selected page (the fifth in the document) starts a new section with numbering starting at 1. ... View more

Can you elaborate? Perhaps an image showing what you want.  ... View more

This has nothing to do with scripting but might help. If you put only the item(s) you wnt in your library in position on a page and add a guide you can add all items as a library item (Library flyout menu: Add items on page N). When you do that the guide will be included in the library item. you won't be able to drag t he item onto a page but if you select Place Item from the flyout menu the items will be in position, along with the guide. Perhaps this can be combined with scrpting to get what you want. ... View more

I'm useless for scripting but could a script be used to find text within a certain range? Or could a script be used to round text sizes to two, one, or zero decimal places? ... View more

Select the PNG image and open the Text Wrap panel. It sounds like there is a wrap applied. ... View more

Can’t count how many times I've designed a document on the parent page. Only notice when I can't go to page two. ... View more

Just one image or all images? Did a colour image turn to greyscale or did it turn into a grey blob? ... View more

Can you edit the original QuarxPress files? You could replace the non-breaking spaces there with normal spaced then do the conversion in the modified docs. If you can't, perhaps because you don't have a compatible version of QuarkXpress, perhaps someone here can do it.  ... View more

Perhaps this can be scripted but you can’t do that with GREP. You can search for an anchored object using ~a but that will fint any anchored object. There is no way using GREP to speciy a specific object.   Perhaps you can apply an object style to each instance then modify the object style. ... View more

As others have said, there’s the Select All Unused command in the Swatches panel menu. I suggest using the similar command in Object Styles, Character Styles, and Paragraph Styles first to remove unused styles. Any swatch used in a style will be considered in use, even if the style is not used. ... View more

I usually don’t bother updating the OS until it’s a full dot release (e.g. 26.1) and the Adobe Suite get a full upgrade since the OS dropped (e.g. not until InDesign 21). There's no feature I need that isn’t in Sequioa.  ... View more

Does it affect the output of the text? Compare the appearance of a PDF with and without the image. I suspect you won’t see a difference. If you do it might be because the text was outlined when the PDF was saved. Opentype fonts contain hints that affect how the path for the text aligns to the grid of pixels (on a screen) or dots (in a printer). When text is converted to outlines you are seeing the exact same paths used for the text, but since the paths are no longer text the hints that help the text look sharper have no effect. For high resolution output or large point sizes this won't matter. If your InDesign file is intended for printing on a press or other high reoluiton device then you should be fine. ... View more

I am not a fan of Word specifically. I find Microsoft programs are over encumbered with features and make doing basic tasks more difficult than they need to be. However word processors are good at things InDesign is not, just as InDesign is good at things word processors are not.   Separating the formatting from the writing and editing is usually a good idea. You can pick styles, sizes, alignment, hypenation, margins, and fonts that are easier to read on screen and edit in a continous stream without dealing with page and column breaks. Outlining features make it easy to rearrange chapters, sections, and paragraphs. Editing only text is faster since no graphics need to be displayed and no complex formatting or text wraps are applied. ... View more

Speak for yourself, Bob. I’m still calling it the mid-fifties. ... View more

Instead I suggest kerning. Type a space, place the cursor after the space and before the text then adjust kerning in the COntrol panel or Character panel or use a shortcut. On a Mac it’s Option plus left and right arrows. ... View more

Open the Object Styles panel and see if there is a default style activated. My guess is there is an object style that specifies the size of a text frame or the Basic Text Frame object style has been edited to have a fixed size. ... View more

I also suggest changing the first baseline offset to Cap Height.     ... View more

Try Aldi. ... View more

The small caps should be the same as the x-height (the height of a lower case letter, such as x or m) of the text. the screenshot below (from pg vii) looks pretty good as far as the height goes.   By @Susan Culligan   If the font does not include a small caps, make one. Set a lowercase x next to a capital X then select the capital X. Adjust horizontal and vertical scaling until it looks as close as possible to the dimensions of the lowersace x. You might try bumping the weight up too, like from Light to Normal or Normal to Semibold. Once you have a style that looks right make it a character style and use that for your small caps.   Here my body copy is Avenir Roman. THe lowercase x on the right was used to set a guide. I adjusted horizontal and vertical scaling until the capital X (selected) was the same size, then I bumped the weight up to Medium and made a character style. It’s not perfect but it’s better than the default. ... View more

No. The stroke cannot be treated as separate segments. You can use the Direct Select tool (white arrow) to select one side, copy, then paste in place or Paste in Front. This will create a new object which can have its own stroke.     ... View more