Questions

Could someone help me export an ebook created in InDesign to the reading format on the Kindle?

Today I updated indesign to version 19.4. When I use the databases for the data merge function with linked images within the database, a message tells me that the images are not reachable. The files I’m working on, including databases and images, are in the Dropbox folder. I downgraded to version 19.3 and everything worked again. Can anyone help me?   {Reanmed By MOD}

I have an Arabic document to lay out in InDesign. I've set the language to Arabic, so it should automatically typeset the content from right to left. However, when I paste the text into the document, it is laid out left to right so it doesn't make sense. Has anyone found a workaround for this bug? 

InDesign Files (pretty much all Adobe files) wont open after Seqouia OS update and Adobe updates, files are in DropBox. If someone can be of help I'd be MOST grateful.

So i use a laptop usually and things are normally fine. however for some reason now all objects on my second monitor is not moveable. i can click on the object and when i attempt to move it theres a red circle icon. if i move the indesign window to my main screen everything is moveable and the problem only happens on the 2nd monitor. ive tried reseting preferences, nothing is locked. when i use my laptop InDesign works fine, but the second I move the window onto my monitor, it dosnt allow me to move objects, and when it does it moves it to a random location as if my mouse isnt calibrated and believes my mouse is in a different spot.  Then i move it back to my laptop and its fine. I know other people have reccomened to change the scale on my laptop, or to move all the objects by clicking V, but I want to know how to fully fix this issue. Ive already reset my preferences but I dont know what to do 

I'm creating a very simple one page ID doc. (version 20.0.1). When I click on any element (text box or image), the whole page momentairly goes blank so I can't see what I'm doing. Weird! How can I fix this? 

Hi, Today the mouse movement in InDesign (20.1) is acting very strange. All the text, object is jumping to the left when I want to move it. I tried to rebote the computer and remove the preferences to default. Nothing helps. My mouse on Photoshop and Illustator is working fine. Even on the beta version of InDesign the mouse behaviour has the same strange jumps. Can someone help me fix this problem?

Hello everyone, I don’t have much experience with Adobe applications and could use your help. I need to modify an existing PDF file by widening the linework by about 3-4 pixels. Could someone guide me on how to make these changes?

I updated InDesign today, 4/06/2017. Now it crashes all the time.My system is an iMac mid 2011.

How do I make the 'Story' & 'Document' radio buttons be on one line? I tried a lot with AI and it didn't work 🙂   var dialog = app.dialogs.add({name: "Pstyle2tables"}); var column = dialog.dialogColumns.add(); var styleRow = column.dialogRows.add(); var styleDropdown = styleRow.dropdowns.add({ stringList: allParaStyles, selectedIndex: 0 }); var scopeRow = column.dialogRows.add(); var radioBtns = scopeRow.radiobuttonGroups.add(); var currentStoryRadio = radioBtns.radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel: "Story", checkedState: true}); var entireDocRadio = radioBtns.radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel: "Document", checkedState: false}); var result = dialog.show(); if (result) { var selectedStyleName = allParaStyles[styleDropdown.selectedIndex]; var selectedStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName(selectedStyleName); var workOnEntireDoc = entireDocRadio.checkedState

Is anyone else having issues copying and pasting images within a document? There was an update a few days ago and I'm wondering if there's a bug. I'm in the middle of putting together a big presentation and yesterday I suddenly couldn't copy and paste elements within a page or to a subsequent page, instead the image appears 15-20 pages later. Doesn't matter how many times I select the page I want to paste onto from the page itself, the pages panel, or both, it will not paste into that page. I've done all the usual suspects - up to date on all software, hardware and drivers. Rebooted the system and run InDesign with nothing else running. There is nothing wrong outside of InDesign. It's impossible to work with any speed or flow and it's driving me insane, yet I can't find anyone else on the internet complaining of this issue. Does anyone have any insight? Kinda desperate here!

Hi everybody,I would like to make a list in which my images appear with the sources. For example, I have the following figure caption ‘Fig. 7: Germany physical’. The source is ‘Botaurus-stellaris, CC BY-SA 3.0 Via Wikimedia Commons’. The figure number should automatically appear in the list next to the source. Should I create an Excel file where I enter the caption and the source? And then what? Any suggestion?Or will I have to complete it manually just before printing?By the way, this time also I have some good advice: my editor's graphic designer has sent me two screenshots made with ID Tasker for Indesign, must be a great tool as far as he tells me and I can understand (see pictures attached).Thanks in advance for your help!Marlene 

does anyone have a script/grep code/or asian dictionary I could import use in InDesign to ensure Asian characters dont break incorrectly within indesign? without using the CJK InDesign version?

I am creating a 1/2 fold brochure on 8.5x11 paper. I've attached a screenshot of the Properties panel. My document is a multiple of 4. 12 pages divided by 4 equals 3 sheets of paper. When I attempt to export the PostScript file, InDesign tells me that 2 blank pages have been added to create the booklet. All pages contain text and/or graphics.  I create booklets on 11x17 paper all the time and have never had this issue. What step have I missed in my document set up?

 is it possible to track  clicks on these adobe generated qr codes? if so how? if not I understand already created codes won't nessisarilty have the correct data in them.. whats the simplest way to use/ intrgrate  this into this service.. or should I look at another generator?or could the folks at Adobe look at making this an easy part of the generator.. I cant be the only person wanting to know how many folks have used a QR code --right?  

I have the feeling I've asked this before but I can't bring any answer to mind.   Is there any way to export a Unicode glyph-code directly to exported output (EPUB or HTML) without it being modified into text? I seem to recall some code, setting, override... something.   For example, if I put ࢐ in text and export it to EPUB, I get... "blah blah ࢐ blah blah" in the XHTML output. If I edit '&' to just '&' — boom, I get the left-arrow I wanted.   So is there any way to mark or flag that code for export without the modification? I feel as if I'm missing something, and that something may be "no, you can't do that." 🙂   I've discovered that if you cut and paste the actual glyph (from a symbols web page, for example) it may show a Dreaded Pink Box in InDesign, but seems to export exactly as desired. Looking for a better method, though.     ETA: I've also discovered there's a very peculiar little script in the Community

Hi Team, I am sorry for being so unspecific but I would not even know how to google it. Please see the screenshot, and the three red arrows. Showing the pages it suddenly shows these three columns (before that there was just one, I have no idea what changed. It happened while doing indesign tutorials) - and it does that now on EVERY indesign file I open. I already did a reset on all indesign presets, it did not help...Help would really be appreciated!!    Kind regards

Hello,I'm writing a text with a lot of inline math equations and references to variables. Inserting a MathML object works, where it automatically adjusts the offset from the baseline. However, if I edit the object again, the offset doesn't update according to the new elements. The same also happens if I copy an object (say a variable) to a different part of the text, the offset resets to zero. I have to go into edit MathML on the object I want to copy, copy the MathML, go to the part of the text I want, insert MathML. And it's really tedious. Is this just because the feature is in its infancy? Is it a bug? Or is there something I'm missing? Perhaps there's a hotkey to automatically adjust offset?

So.. 300 page project starts giving this error in some pages, tables still visible but no page, no photos. they are still there but I cant visualize them, when I export it just doesnt let me. I need urgent help, pls someone help me 😕😕  

Hola, en INDESIGN igual que en PHOTOSHOP necesito tener los mismos ESPACIO DE TRABJO persolalizado y ATAJO DE TECLADO en distintos equipos.Cómo puedo cansegirlo, dónde están los archivos del sistema que supuestamenbte tendría que copiar? GRACIAS

Hi Team, We are trying to fetch metadata of indd file from indesign server 2024 but we are  unable to extract font properties of text frames of some fonts version . ex : Helvetica Neue Lt COM. This font is having two versionsbeing used in indd file one is regular and another is bold. For regular version we are able to get all the properties successfully but for bold some trivial properties we are not getting like : postscriptname, specifically on windows virtual machine. The same issue is occuring for multiple fonts on VM only.For the same file we tried locally (by using indesign application) in both windows and mac and it is working fine.  Everybody Please help us !! It's critical for us. Thanks!!  

When I try to relink a missing library item I can't search for it.The top bar is greyed out.I can only search when I am not trying to relink.I have thousands of items and they are sorted alphabetical instead of in the groups I created.I tried telling the options panel to collapse groups but this never works in relinking mode, only when not relinking.

Based on a post from yet another terminally confused novice today, and too many over the years, I present trivial UI fixes for comment and possible action:   Confusing as hell to novices, not unknown to trip up more experienced users. Looks like the checkbox controls both keep options, leads to hours of rage when paragraph lines won't behave as expected:   5 minute fix that probably doesn't even require a full testing protocol, clearer if still not as perfectly clear as it could be:    10 minute fix, would likely require testing cycle but essentially eliminates the confusion by even a brand new user: (Maybe default to/limit lowest number of lines to 1 just for an added sparkle of clarity?)   Absolutely zero actual functionality/core code change required with either. All just UI layout and hooks.   Maybe a visiting Employee can pass this along, saving a tedious year of marinating in the Suggestions box.

I can't figure out why this is happening. Another user posted about it in 2016, and the post was moved to the "epub forum" and was never answered. I have known of the (theoretical) existance of this forum, but seems like something changed on the website and we can't actually search for anything in that "forum" or post anything directly to it—even if we add the epub subject tag. But trying anyway. The file is currently built in CC2018 and I have not really run into this before. The chapters are in a Book file. There is no overset text, nor extra returns or page breaks at the ends of the file. All text and objects are in a single thread in the documents. When previewing the epub in iBooks there seems to be anywhere for 5 to 16 or so added blanks. looking at the HTML in the unzipped files these are divs with a uniquely numbered image container and a class, within a Basic Text Fram class. Like so:<div class="_idGenObjectLayout-3"><div id="_idContainer287" class="Basic-Te

Good weekend, ladies and gentlemen. Always wanted to have a panel that opens up common InDesign locations.It could be like ID's own panel: hover, hide. It will be amazing.Customizable to add paths, remove paths.Including where scripts, grep, shortcuts are stored.You could even set the most recent working directory.