Questions

Hello, I need to create an Arabic version of a brochure. My InDesign is in Italian and I don't understand how to activate RTL because after selecting the “Adobe World Ready” composition in the “Paragraph” panel, I don't see any new icons/buttons as shown on this Adobe page:https://helpx.adobe.com/it/indesign/using/arabic-hebrew.htmlObviously, I would like to continue using the Italian version of InDesign because 99.999% of my work is in Italian.Thanks

why isn’t my image turning black and white if the the blend mode is on luminosity and the box is filled in black??see below 

To the InDesign Product Team,I am writing to provide feedback on the Place and Link (Content Collector) workflow. While the ability to sync text content across a document is invaluable, the current implementation of the "Parent-Child" relationship is overly restrictive and creates significant manual rework for designers.The Problem: Currently, when a Parent object is updated, the Child object frequently reverts its font size, frame dimensions, and character treatment to match the Parent—even when "Preserve Local Overrides" is enabled. While "Style Mapping" exists as a workaround, it is an overly complex solution for a simple design need: keeping the words synced while keeping the design independent.The Proposed Solution: I request a more intuitive "Link Options" toggle that allows a Child object to permanently lock its local formatting. Specifically: Content-Only Sync: A high-level checkbox that tells the Child to only accept string (text) updates, ignoring all Parent-side attributes l

Many of my embedded images/objects are blurred. Why does InDesign suddenly do this?All display settings set to ‘high’.

I am working on a table figure in InDesign, and around a mounth ago I started having an issue with placing illustrator files into the table. For some reason, some of the elements in the illustration disapear once I place them into indesign. File in illustrator:Placed in InDesign:When I export the file (I have 6 of those illustrations) the R, L or both just disapear. I tried changing the font or making them into vectors so it won't be a font problem, but nothing works. The only solution was placing PNG file instead, but it lowers the quality, so it is not desirable. I tried also uninstaling and reinstalling. At the beginning the problem was fixed if I closed and opend InDesign, but now it does'n help as well. I don't know how to solve the problem. 

I’m following online instructions to fix the problem of hyperlinks not working after exporting to PDF. Still, only some of the hyperlinks work (the same ones as before using Layout > Table of Contents, and configuring everything according to instructions).Should I reimport the TOC text from another document and re-style it???

I was writing on my text box when suddenly the content turns blank. I tried doing ctrl+z but I had hit the limit count of undoes. Even if I try to copy the text into another text box, nothing happens except for emptiness. I might have lost my text since I was writing directly onto the file.  

Hi, I'm on the latest Indesign version (21.0) and my Save and Save as dialog windows are blank. It started last week, before that I did not have this problem. I am using a work-around as Save a copy window works. I already tried setting preferences to the old dialog window, deleting caches and force restarting Indesign. So far to no avail. Adding a screenshot of the Save dialog window. 

It started back in March and has persisted ever since. I have the latest, updated version of InDesign and Windows 11. I did not make any changes prior to the issue, and I have a newer desktop computer. I have been working with InDesign since it was the Pagemaker program, so knowledge is not an issue here. And, I have never had this problem in my 33 years of using Adobe programs. That being said, here is the issue:Randomly, when I edit an existing paragraph or character style, it can take 30 seconds to over a minute to be able to make that change. It happens when I choose a different setting, and also when I hit okay.  If I close ID and restart, it helps a bit, but not completely, and the issue continues to worsen as I make style changes.I have deactivated all fonts, and that did not help.I have installed and reinstalled ID, and that did not help.I have rebooted  SO MANY timesI have tried to delete my font cache, but I get a message that it is in use even after

Hi, After talking with customer service, I was directed hereto. I need help getting access to InDesign APIs; I cannot add them via my developer console, and for some reason, nobody can help me on how to add them to my plan, or the cost related hereto. We are exploring how to use InDesign APIs to do automated updates to .indd files in a serverless manner, such that we do not have to spin up a VM with the InDesign Server installed. Br, Katrine

HelloI renewed Windows for the latest version of Windows 11, and when I downloaded Adobe programs, I found that Indesign did not want to install its latest version and only stopped at version 19.5.5This is very bad and I want a solution to this problem

Hello,I would like to access the links in the link list in my C++ plugin. I need the path to the linked file and the page number.I came up with some code that works, but it seems a bit cumbersome to me and i am not sure if this is the right approach.static void logAllLinks(const IDocument* const doc){ IDataBase* db = ::GetDataBase(doc); LinkQuery query; InterfacePtr<ILinkManager> linkMgr(db, db->GetRootUID(), UseDefaultIID()); InterfacePtr<IPageList> pages(doc, UseDefaultIID()); UIDList uids(db); const int32 cnt = linkMgr->QueryLinks(query, kIDLinkClientID, uids); for (int32 i = 0; i < cnt; ++i) { UIDRef linkRef(db, uids[i]); InterfacePtr<ILink> link(linkRef, UseDefaultIID()); UID resUID = link->GetResource(); InterfacePtr<ILinkResource> linkResource(db, resUID, UseDefaultIID()); // get link name (path) PMString linkName = linkResource->GetLongName(false); // get modification date IDTime modtime = linkResource->GetModTime(); WideStr

Hello, is it possible to change the indesign file name position when exporting from indesign to acrobat as pdf, as it automatically puts the text below on the left side but the beginning of the file name is cut out and I wanted to know if you can say to indesign to change the position a little bit more to the right so I can see the whole file name. Thanks!

Some time ago file search within main/subfolders stopped working when placing images.InDesign versions 20.5.2. and 21.2.Windows 11 Pro.It is possible that some of the Window updates broke it.

Hello everyone, I bought a new Windows 11 laptop with 16GB RAM and RTX 4050 (6GB), but Adobe InDesign isn’t working properly. Undo stops after 1–2 steps, and text or chapters disappear while editing. Tried versions 21.2–20.4, same issue. Thank you.

An ePub I created for a client has the following error messages when she tries to upload it. I can fix the date in the metadata (oops! I always forget the order). However, I don’t know how to find the “PKG 26” “Obfuscated resource…” or what this error even is. What am I looking for in the file? Thank you!

After installing InDesign 2026 (21.2) MAC it won’t package jobs. Any jobs...Getting the error “Cannot copy necessary linked files”.Same job package well in InDesign 2025 (20.5.2) MAC.No special characters in files or folders.Working on smb drives.Not an option to copy everything to local drive.Any ideas?

I’m trying to open a cloud based document for InDesign, but the app either hangs or crashes. The app is up to date, in the log there is the error:“PagedTreePageReference: page type mismatch on load”Presumably this file is corrupt? I don’t have any other versions - how can the page reference get reinstated?

Hi there. Since updating to this version I’ve been having an accessibility issue and wondered if I should be rolling back to a prior version? It now adds unnecessary "span" tags to my PDF documents exported from InDesign, which is interfering with their accessibility and requires too much manual processing to correct.The steps I'm following are:1. Create a bullet list in inDesign using paragraph styles.2. Ensure the export tag for that paragraph style is set to "automatic".2. Export to PDF, selecting "Create a Tagged PDF".3. When opening the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro, the nesting order for bullet lists should be: List > List Item > Label and List Item Body.4. However, after the update it's now adding "span" tags under every "label" folder."Span" is an inline-level tag used for styling or formatting, it's not meant for structural elements like list labels. This is laborious to have to fix manually, even more so given I generally make a second, text only version of all my PDFs.Grate

Hi there,Looking to Find/Replace text limited to a specific range of pages, such as changing text on pages 112-116 of a 200 page document. Mindful that this is really necessary functionality, but can’t seem to find it anywhere! Can’t use any scripts/plugins either.Thanks in advance!

many other problems, too. windows 11 

Hi everyone,Today on two different computers, both running the latest InDesign, I started getting this error every time I edit a file:“InDesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged.”Then, when I try to close the file, I get another message:“Could not complete your request because of a database error. The file ‘InDesign Defaults’ is damaged (Error code: 1).”I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign, resetting preferences, testing files saved locally, in the cloud, and on a USB stick, but nothing helps. I can open and save files as long as I don’t make any changes, but once I edit anything, the error appears.Everything worked fine yesterday, and now both computers are affected. Is anyone else seeing this problem, or does anyone know how to fix it?

After a recent update, my InDesign is now showing all these stupid pop-ups the whole time. Screenshot attached.  To be absolutely clear, I am talking about the entire dialogue box, not the tool-tip illustrateed in a section of the dialogue box shown.   How do I kill them off once and for all ?  I've looked through Preferences but canot spot anything obvious.       <Title renamed by MOD>

The latest version on InDesign was not working on our Windows 11 systems: it either wouldn’t launch or when using it, text will disappear in text boxes (even though it is still there) and the Undo action only performs one or two undos. Uninstalled and went back to InDesign version 20.5.1 which appeared to work fine until today: now I am having the same undo problem. Tested in a brand new document.It should be noted that coworkers with Macs are not having this issue.I saw a previous post that said this could be fixed by unchecking the GPU option in preferences, but that is NOT checked in mine (it is greyed out because it says it does not detect a compatible device).It is almost impossible to work knowing you only have one undo, please advise how to fix this!

how can i change the paragraph stle of text i import into indesign, i want it to change to this specific stlye, but italisize and bold words should remain the same