Questions

Hello, everyone.Is there a way to save for the web directly from InDesign? (Like there is in Illustrator)A plugin, a script...Thanks,Diogo

I always thought that "Package for print" only copied links that are used in the documents, but having done it a couple of times with my current book, I find that many unused illustrations are being copied. How can I get rid of unused links. When looking at the links folder, there is no way to determine which one are used in the document and which ones are obsolete, so manually deleting them is not a realistic option. Anything I can try?

I have an .indb file with multiple chapters, each of which ends on a verso (even number) and begins on a recto (odd number).Can't see to find a way to generate a pdf where the last page of one chapter sits opposite the first page of the next chapter on a single spread. Doable?? Maybe I've only done this before where the new chapter starts on a verso. (Pagination is fine, btw.)

I make technical documentation in InDesign, and very often I need to make a separate copy of an existing book to use as a template for a new project. The fact that this is very difficult makes InDesign a joke of a software. Let's be specific:I can use "Package for print". That makes a copy of the book, documents, links, and fonts, and seemingly does what I need. Except that the cross-references still point to the original documents. So I would need to update every cross-reference manually. And as far as I can tell, there is no way to automate this using a script. Then I encountered a solution that if InDesign can not access linked content, it will look around the book file and automatically relink to it. Great, that is exactly what I need. Except I need to make the original "disappear" to use this. So if I copy a template from a folder I only have read access to (so I can't change the path to the original), but need to make a copy on the same network drive (so I can't just disconnect i

Hi. Using ID 20.5 under Win11.Maybe I'm not seeing something that's directly in front of me. I need to use ID to output existing documentation as a set of HTML pages. (So I'm clear, we're not dealing with fancy stylistic high-concept web page development, here. It's a lot of text and a few graphics.). In those HTML pages, I need to embed bookmarks at specific places. Typically, a named bookmark in HTML looks like:<p id="fubar-function">Let's talk about the Fubar Function.</p> I'm able to create both a named text anchor and a named hyperlink destination in the ID source doc, but they don't seem to show up in the HTML output. For example, when I mark the very first word in some Lorum Ipsum text as both (that is, as both a bookmark and a hyperlink destination, just to be sure I have the bases covered), output that text as HTML5, and then display that text in an HTML editor, I see the first word -- the word I have marked -- of the Lorum Ipsum as: <p class="_00-x-60

I'm working on a document composed entirely of enumerated sections, paragraphs, and subparagraphs, and many cross-references (100+, I'm sure). The cross-references have a character style applied to them. I then mapped styles to tags, which caused all the cross-references to break and no longer have a destination. At that moment, I didn't make this association, so I just relinked the cross-references manually. I went on to make some further adjustments to the layout, adding a few subparagraphs and converting some that were mistakenly styled as paragraphs to subparagraphs. After autotagging, all the cross-references again lost their destinations. ALL of them (not just the ones from new paragraphs or re-styled paragraphs). Does anyone know why this is happening, or how to prevent it? 

I've really tried everything, guys. Can I speak to someone that can solve this issue? This seems to be an issue that doesn't have a scripted solution. I need help.

I'm lost again, or perhaps I've forgotten.Like this:var enObjWidth = app.documents[0].objectStyleGroups.itemByName(AA).itemByName(a1).transformAttributeOptions.transformAttrWidth; 

I have a 25 page InDesign file that I've been working on for months. I've been using Share for Review the entire time without any issues until today. While viewing the Share for Review through the Creative Cloud Web, I tried to reply to a comment; but when I clicked Submit, I received the message "We are unable to post your reply, please try again." The same thing happened when I tried to highlight and post a new comment. Thinking the issue might be the website, I tried reply to a comment through the Review window in InDesign; I received the same error message. I tried to Update Content, but received the message "There was an error updating the artifact." I've cleared my cache and restarted, but still receive the errors. I was able to edit, update, and comment in other files - just not this one. I'm on a deadline. Is there any way to fix this? Please help!

I realized that the  "NONE" object in the object style is not really none, it still has a lot of settings.I would like to create a real none object style (e.g. named "trueNone ").Then create a new AA object style based on "trueNone".How to write it?Thank you very much! 

Definitely still having issues with an Adobe sign-in required for "Anyone with a link can comment" review links.  The issue is still present after updating to 19.0.1 and recreating review links.    <Title renamed by moderator>    

Hello, I have a problem, can you help me?I want you to pay attention to this. I don't want it to look like the picture (Figure 1.1 and Figure 1.2). Could you please pay attention to the exact magenta colored part I want to make? Can I make it like the one I want (Figure 1.1 and 1.2).

This isn't a sudden thought—it's been bothering me for a long time.Sometimes calling :"myObj.clearObjectStyleOverrides();"has no effect.Pressing Alt doesn't help either.But clicking “Clear Undefined Style Properties” works.What is the code for “Clear Undefined Style Properties”?

I'm not sure if my assessment is completely accurate, but I've found that my PDFs aren't exporting colours accurately. For whatever reason, whenever I export a PDF/X-1a:2003 file, my blacks are completely crushed and it seems as if things have been exported in the wrong colour profile.  I have a CMYK image with a colour profile of Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004) (as per my printer's request).I import this image into InDesign with a working space profile of Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004) (the same as the image).I then go to export a PDF/X-1a:2003 (as per my printer's request - settings in screenshot below).For whatever reason, the colours reproduced in the PDF are quite different to the source image and to what I see in InDesign. Is there something I'm missing? As far as I can tell, everything is in the correct format. Please see the screenshots below for more info (apologies if they're a bit out of order - struggling to get them in the correct order).&nbsp

Our group recently started working on the Cloud in Box. When I place a tif or psd file and save it as a new file name, add an adjustment layer and relink to that new file it shifts placement in InDesign. I'm on CC 2019. When the file was packaged to my desk this happened again. This doesn't happen with jpegs or new files created on my desktop using the same images. No one else in my group is having the same issue. Anyone else see this happening? Thanks for any thoughts on this -Karen

I'm having two issues with Object Styles in Applescript. First, there's creating the object style... set mystyle to make new object style of mydoctell mystyleset name to "3rd Party"set fill color to "Paper"set stroke color to "Black"set stroke weight to 0.5set stroke type to "Solid"set properties of text frame preferences to {ignore wrap:true, inset spacing:{"1p0", "1p0", "1p0", "1p0"}, auto sizing type:off}end tell It does everything except the text frame preferences. I've phrased it every way I can think of but none of the text frame preference settings work. Second, I can't get it to apply the object style to a text frame.  tell myframeset applied object style to object style mystyleend tell Again, I've tried multiple phrasing options and nothing happens.  Any clues out there?

For the past couple of years (can't remember exactly what version of InDesign or Windows it started) I've had constant issues with InDesign not displaying objects properly after doing an edit or scrolling. Sections of the screen will have all the artwork offset by a pixel or two so lines don't match up, or the selection boxes of objects are slightly offset from the objects themselves. If I toggle preview off and then back on again (with W) it fixes it up, it all snaps back into place. But this happens CONSTANTLY. I'll fix it up and a few edits later it's back again. I thought it might have just been my work laptop configuration (HP Zbook Studio, Windows 11) however I worked on my home laptop (Asus ROG Zephyrus 15) and it did the same thing so I can't blame that. Happens on any file I have so it's not the file itself.  I've always had an issue with vector graphics just going "blank" until you do the ol' WW trick so maybe it's a continuation of that? I feel like the poor c

I have had an ongoing issue for over a month. When I go to convert my InDesign files to pdf, it does not do anything. It is just sitting there doing nothing. Then when I try to close the file, it tells me it can not close because of a background task, etc. I have had to continuously go to task manager to shut down InDesign. This is really a problem for me. I am using Adobe InDesign 2025

I don't know what its English name is.So I often can't find it.Perhaps it should be called TextFrameOptions. https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#ObjectStyle.htmlIn the English version ID, is what I see on the interface the same as the name in ExtendScript? Perhaps it's here? But I'm not sure which one.https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#ChangeObjectPreference.html 

Hello,I've been creating files in Adobe InDesign but when I save as a pdf, some of the text get's jumbled for others that I send the file out to but on my end, everything looks fine. Not sure if it's a coding issue or something else. I've been asking around my department but to no avail.

I need to cover up specific content in a document with a blank box, and then export the PDF without being able to see the content under the box. Right now I can open the PDF in Acrobat and delete the blank box and the content is still there underneath. This even happens when I export with the Acrobat 4 with PDF/X-1a:2001 settings.  Is there any way to do that?  I know can put the content on a layer and delete the layer before exporting, but that's a very impractical solution. I would prefer to just export what is visible in the document.  

Hii would like to run a script to highlight the text variables frame just so that when i am working in the file i can see what is a variable and share with the client on what variable text that have in the file.I know i can do it as a character style as below, (i have used orange to highlight the variable tex) but i really want to just highlight the box that the varible is within. Note not the text frame itself the actual variable frame that indesign adds pctured inside the text frame below. Please can anyone help with this  

Hola, tengo que maquetar un libro —el original en Word—que contiene muchas páginas, imágenes y notas y debido a su complejidad, es necesario dividirlo por capítulos y utilizar el formato libro de InDesign ya que en caso contrario InDesign se colapsa y se cierra constantemente. El problema es que cuando separo el contenido en varios archivos de InDesign y los traigo al libro, todas las notas (que son notas al final) se van generando en la última página de cada archivo, en vez de tenerlas todas en las páginas finales (en el último archivo) del libro. ¿hay algún modo para obtener todas las notas de un libro en un solo documento, al final?

Hello. Our marketing department is using the latest version of InDesign (20.5) and encountering an error that says "This file is already open by another use or another application." For some, this occurs as soon as the file opens, and for others, it occurs after the file has been opened for a while. The files that are encountering this issue are not ones that someone else would have open at the same time. Instead, they are files saved to a local drive and files that are opened from an INDT in CC library. So far, we have tried rolling back to ID 20.4.2 but are still encountering the issue.