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Hi, I have a c.60 page report and my client wants to have 'links' or 'go to' sections within the document.For example, a piece of text highlighted on page 3, needs to be clickable to 'go-to' an explanation on page say 56. And back again 🙂 There are also external 'hyperlinks' and I'm aware that I can easily make those using 'Window -> Interactive -> Hyperlinks' Are there any tutorials / is there any information I could access which would help me achieve this? Thanks for any advice.

Hey all, I have two InDesign files. The first file displays and exports to a PDF perfectly, and when i went to start a new file, the image i copied and pasted from the orginal file is displaying as washed out and faded. My tranparency blend space is set to RGB in both and the colour settings on both files appear to be identical. The output setting I use to export a PDF were also identical yet the colour discrepancy showed in the PDFs.  Are there settings somewhere else other than 'colour settings' and 'transparency blend space' that I am not aware of? Please help me understand this. 

I am on an Apple M4, Sequoia 15.1.1, using Adobe InDesign, 20.0.1 (1998-2024). I had no problems saving my original file, and exporting it to PDF. However, when I made changes, the changes never got saved. After a day of making changes over and over, and not seeing them, I kluged it by doing a Save As with a different name. Only then were my changes saved. Now I have to do that every time: Make a change, do a Save as with a different name, and export to PDF. This doesn't sound right.

Running into an interesting issue: Create Guides isn't working. I'm trying to create a 3-column grid layout for a web document (1920 x 1080), but the Create Guides feature doesn't show anything when I try altering the settings. I have checked all my view settings to make sure guides are visible... all good. Is it because I'm working in a web setting? I tried creating a new print document and the Create Guides command worked there. Odd that it wouldn't work across the board no matter color space or file specs I'm using. Any suggestions?

Schaltflächen und Formulare: Wie lässt sich die Schriftart, Größe und Auszeichnung fix einstellen? 

I am using the latest 2025 Indesign (together with Photoshop, Illustrator - (All Apps)Just recently, suddenly, I am not able to move any text box or image with the selection tool. When I drag it a red circle appearswith a line through it. I then have to use the arrow keys to move the type or image.There is nothing locked in the document. I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice and that has not fixed the problem!! This is driving me out of my mind!!KInd regardsLinda bartlett

How can I get a grep style to be applied before the tab spacing?

I'm reusing an InDesign (2015) document that had many images linked. Those images are gone forever, but the missing links are still in the Links panel. I just want to remove those linked images from the Links panel.The images or the linked images do not exist in the document structure. There must be a way to remove these useless orphaned linked images from the Links panel.Thanks!

Hello everyone!I have a text with Chapters and verses in each chapter.I'm trying to put the Chapter number at the beginning of each verse using Find and Change with GREP expression: Search: (%)(\d+)(&)(?s)\w*.*?\K( \d+)(~S)Change for: $5@$2$6Each chapter number is between a hidden symbol % and &. The problem is that sometimes Indesign puts the first chapter number instead of the closest previous one.How can I make it take the nearest chapter number (%\d+&)?Any idea? I have removed \K from the GREP expression to see the selection without making changes. And I can see how it selects from the number Chapter1 to verse15 of Chapter 3. Instead of selecting from Chapter 3. Thanks!!!

Hello! Newbie designer here. I’ve been working with InDesign for about a year, and this is the first time I’ve run into this problem. I’m using the font Charter (12 pt) and have noticed an issue with italics: depending on the software and the zoom setting, certain italicized letters lose strokes and definition on the screen. The biggest culprits are uppercase A, B, D, and lowercase S, but there are subtler losses depending on the viewing parameters. I’ve attached some screenshot examples (obvious problem spots are marked with red).  Acrobat, used to view the print quality PDF, seems unable to render the italics correctly unless zoomed in to about 1,000 percent. InDesign needs to be at about 240%. For comparison, the issue doesn’t happen at all on Preview. The issue also doesn’t happen when the document is printed (even when printed from Acrobat). Two questions: Do I need to worry about this font printing correctly when I upload the print quality PDF for print o

A "bug" where the page size in InDesign unexpectedly changes while setting up a new document, often reverting back to a previous size, causing the document to revert to a different size when you try to change it; having to set the page size multiple times until it sticks. Potential issue with the software where the selected page size isn't properly registering?

Hello,  I am working on a project where multiple files have individual QR codes. The layout of each file stems from a template I made. For some odd reason, a majority of these files' QR codes do NOT work properly. When clicked on through Adobe Acrobt, they all seem to go to a certain link. However, when scanned via your phone, it goes to the proper link. Within InDesign, the links appear correct. Can someone tell me why it keeps taking us to the improper link on Adobe Acrobat? This is how the majority of our viewers will interact with the QR Code, so we desperately need it to work properly. Is this an InDesign issue or Adobe issue? Any info is welcome. Thanks! 

I’m using InDesign 2025. When I export a file to PDF, the interactive check boxes and text fields are highlighted in light blue. How do I turn off the highlighting? Thank you.

Hi, I am writing a guidebook for climbing. I received a very detailed vector map for the area that I will use to describe approaches to different mountains.The idea is that I only use parts of that big map depending on which area/mountain I'm describing. Now I make frames, place the pdf from the map and then zoom in untill I find the desired area. What I'm wondering about is how I can scale all maps the same. So basically can you preset the "zoom" level in different frames that use the same link, but maybe have a different size? Thanks a lot!

I made seval Hyperlinks with Indesign with the setting <Jump to page>. After exporting as interactive PDF all hyperlinks are built with the setting <Use Named Designation>.An example: Go to a page in the documentDestination name: DOCUMENT_NAME.INDD:4424:29What I need instead is the setting "Use Page Number". Because the system of our customer works only with this type of hyperlinks. Not with these 4424:29 - Style ...What can I do? Another Link-Style in Indesign? A javascript in Acrobat to change the hyperlink-setting in the complete document? There are >100 links, so a manual changing is no option.

I am exporting an 8.5x11 document (130 pages) to pdf. There are no bleeds although I had made bleeds at one point and then removed them. The PDF is coming out as 9x11.5. I've never had this problem before.  I tried exporting to Postscript, but that keeps turning the page from vertical to landscape, and I can't find options to change that in the export screen (all grayed out).  Update:  I was able to create a new document and print with no problem. So, finally I exported the file to PDF with a new name and it exported correctly(!!?).  In the original exports, I specified to "replace" the old PDF file, and it seems it kept the very old settings with the bleed size.  I even deleted the old PDF file, and then exported to that same name resulting the same problem. This is a bad glitch.

Hallo Leute,seit über einem Jahr gibt es schon das Problem bei InDesign auf meinem Macbook Pro, bei der ich beim an- und abstöpseln eines großen Monitors ein schwarzes InDesign Fenster bekomme.Beispiel: Ich arbeite mit InDesign an meinem Macbook Pro an einen großen Monitor, danach nehme ich den usbc kabel raus, wenn ich kurz den Raum verlassen muss. Dann wird das inDesign Fenster auf meinem Laptop schwarz und ich sehe mein Layout nicht mehr. Beim Neustarten der InDesign App wird das Layout erst wieder sichtbar. Und umgekehrt das gleiche Problem: Wenn ich auf meinem Laptop arbeite und später den Kabel an meinem größeren Monitor anschließe, dann wird das InDesign Fenster ebenfalls schwarz.Dieses problem betrifft auch viele meiner Kollegen.Das kann nicht sein, dass es bis heute nicht behoben wurde …LG

I regularly create covers for Print on Demand Amazon books. The way this works is that a template is acquired from Ingramspark (see the attached jpg image) as a pdf document. I have been using Photoshop which works reasonably well. Having opened the pdf, I create a marquee around the coloured part - which is the actual cover template - and then trim away the white surround. But it occurs to me that the process might be more efficient with InDesign. The question therefore is: how do I achieve a cropped template in my ID desktop to start creating new layers with images and text etc? I need to save the completed cover as a png or jpg for Amazon. I am told that I can't crop out part of a page in ID but is that right? Can't understand why that isn't an option. Maybe I have to crop in PHOTOSHOP and then open in ID?Any advice gratefully received.

It is as simple as it sounds. When I attempt to option-drag to copy an object, indesign crashes. I can copy & paste, but not option-drag. I recently deleted preferences for some other buggy issue (always annoying to lose preferences), but this issue persists.  I am running InDesign 2025 on an M1 mac, Sonoma, 16 gb ram. 

Description:I am experiencing a recurring issue with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign (both 2025 editions) freezing on startup on my M3 MacBook Pro. I have never encountered this issue before. Restarting my computer temporarily resolved the issue once, but the problem has returned.Additionally, today Photoshop displayed the following error message:“Could not download ‘Party Incap-Death Status Tracker-2025.psdc’ because you are not signed in or there was a problem setting up cloud documents.”Steps Taken to Troubleshoot:• Restarted my MacBook Pro (resolved the issue once, but the problem persists).• Confirmed that I am signed into my Adobe Creative Cloud account.• Attempted to open Photoshop and InDesign separately, but both freeze upon launch.System Information:• Device: M3 MacBook Pro• OS Version: [Insert macOS version]• Adobe Photoshop Version: 2025• Adobe InDesign Version: 2025• Creative Cloud Status: Signed inRequest:Please assist in diagnosing and resolving this issue. If additional lo

Dear Community, I am experiencing an issue when updating linked Photoshop files in Adobe InDesign. After modifying a PSD file in Photoshop and saving the changes, InDesign fails to update the linked image and displays an error message.. 

Hi! Since updating to InDesign 2025 (20.1) I can no longer break text threads without the application giving me the beach ball of death and then completely crashing.  I have tried uninstalling and reverting back to 2024 versions, clearing my preferences, and creating a completely new document... however, nothing has worked.  This is super frustrating, especially when working on books of 300+ pages. Do anyone have any tips? 

I’m using Indesign 2022 17.2.1 on Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1. In the past I was able to place (command D) a Word document and/or image from Dropbox into Indesign. Now when I place (command D) a document or image from Dropbox a "import failed" error pops up. I reinstalled the Dropbox app, still doesn't work. I opened the file in Dropbox so it will download on my Mac then tried placing the file in Indesign, that worked. The problem is I work with alot of files from Dropbox and need the "place"(command D) to work.Thank you 

iMac running Ventura 13.7.3 Everytime I use the keyboard shortcut 'Option' + 'Command' to duplicate elements on the canvas, or indeed duplicating pages, Adobe InDesign crashes. I've used this keyboard action for years and years without any issue. Any ideas out there? Thanks for any help.

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