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Just wondering if there a way to force (even by plugin or scripting) a display performance setting by layer??  ie - Layer 1 is high quality, layer 2 is typical.   Thanks!   <Title renamed by MOD>

I have a lengthy document with different types of numbered lists that run throughout. Because of different background colors on pages I need to change character styles from black to white for specific locations without disrupting the list. I can change the character style of the list text, but not the numbering text. Is that possible? Thanks in advance.<Title renamed by moderator>

Hi everyone, I've been experiencing some issues with the software we commonly use and could really use your help. Here's the problem:Every time I click the "Create" button, the software fails to generate a new file. I've tried the following solutions, but the problem persists:- Restarting the computer- Reinstalling the software These methods haven't resolved the issue. Has anyone else encountered this problem, or does anyone have any other suggestions to fix it? Thanks in advance for your help!<Title renamed by moderator>

Lo tengo instalado en un ordenador con windows 10, los otros programas de adobe sí  funcionan pero InDesign queda como proceso en segundo plano, cargando y nunca llega a abrirse. No encuentro solución, ayuda, gracias. 

I am creating a list of all weights and styles of a font family by script.The list looks like this:Arial:  Regular | Italic | Bold | Bold Italic | For every font weight/style there is a character style with the same name.I try to apply this character style to every term in the list, but if I work withmyFrame.parentStory.lines[1].words[i].appliedCharacterStyle=myStyles[i];it is not working, because some styles have two words (like Bold Italic) and I  also want to use the | as seperator...Is there a better solution to achieve this? here is  the for each loop:for ( var i = 0; i < myStyles.length; i++ ) { myFrame.insertionPoints[-1].contents=myStyles[i]+" "; myFrame.parentStory.words[i].appliedCharacterStyle=myStyles[i]; };

I've been having problems packaging files on indesign : It exports a pdf file with 0 KB and a forth file (which is the actual pdf) without an extension I have no idea how to solve this        <Title renamed by Moderator>  

Hi I created some simple vectors in illustrator, placed them into a library. And bu simple I mean squares and circlesIn idesign I hold alt whilst dragging into document. All vectors are rasterised and cannot be edited, recolored or anything in indesign. This never used to be the case and in other older libraries no such issues. The items in the libraries have the Ai logo next to them. How can I fix this please?

Hi all, not sure if anyone has had the same issue but since the 2020 updates. My Indesign user interface is double the size and takes up much of my 14" screen. I thought it was a windows problem but my Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop are completely fine and perfect size. Does anyone know how to change this? Thanks

InDesign decided to stop letting me add photos or drag any in?Anyone else have this problem, or how do I fix it?Attached snip of what it says when I try placing an image, but i have full permission and it isn't in use.When I drag one in, nothing happens.Strange thing is that it let me put in a .png logo, but not a .jpeg image...?

This post is more in hopes to get this feature added. I understand Illustator is the only program at the moment to have a tapered line feature, but why? Why is this feature not implemented in InDesign? It's 2024, we have generative photo filling features being added to InDesign, yet there is no way to create a tapered line? Am i crazy for thinking this?I create a lot of social media templates, and i understand that indesign may not be the first choice for many when doing this, but as a solo in-house designer for a company this just makes sense on so many levels for consistency and what not. But I am now running into clients that have added tapered lines as brand elements and I now have to either completely redesign my templates in Illustrator, or create a tapered line in Illustrator and bring it over?! In situations where I have photos outlined by the shapes, i am now having to create so many more elements outside of InDesign just for this simple effect, and the fact that you can add a

Hi, I'd like to know if there is a way to add print presets permanently to InDesign Server. I wrote some functions (get, set, delete) for print presets, but every time I need to restart InDesign Server all defined print presets are lost. Any idea how to let the presets survive the restart ? Thanks, Daniel

Sempre que abro uma caixa de texto e digito uma numeração (telefone, CNPJ, documentos, etc) os números ficam fora de ordem, o mesmo acontece quando coloco "dois pontos", ele vai para o começo da frase. Alguém sabe se é configuração? Obrigada

I have attached the sample of the file, the text box I assigned i overlapping the image of the button. The text is on separate layer and on top of the button layers but I could not figure where to correct. Can someone help? tthank you

I wanted to register eventhandlers for all the page loading events whenever an IDML document is opened in the InDesign Server application. I tried registering event handlers using ExtendScript but it didnt worked out. I got only document specific events e.g. beforeNew, beforeOpen, afterNew, afterOpen etc. So, I want to achieve this using C++ PlugIns functionality in the InDesign Server application. Please let me know of any pointers which I can refer to create the plugIn for InDesign Server and register eventhandlers for page loading events. I could not find any specific sample code in the PlugIns SDK Kit relative to event handlers.  

Hi all Need help with Indesign documents exported as accessible pdf files. I've been producing accessible files for a couple of years now without too many problems (always sorted). But recently after lastest updates to Indesign and Acrobat I've found that when opening the pdf file and checking accesibility tags – the document displays No Tags available? The indesign doc I've set style sheets – added H1/H2 etc and P style for output to pdf (originally I used to leave these as default for Indesign to manage) , but nothing arrives in the pdf – I'm having to manually set all styles and tags within acrobat. Frustrating to say the least. Please don't suggest I check the Create tagged pdf in the output to pdf as I have a preset for Accessibles. Indesign 19.5Acrobat Pro V2024.002.20964Imac Ventura 13.5.2  Any suggestions welcome – life has become tiresome with accessibility lately!

I am having trouble with variable-length data merges overlapping with each other.  It appears this is not a new thing, and was addressed (and solved) in this thread.  I have made a single text box formatted the way I would like.  The problem is that the script is not working for me. The script should take the single-item merged documents and stitch them together.  When I run the script, I get the error "Error string: app is not defined."  I am a real beginner, so it's possible, I made a mistake with the script, but it was just a copy-paste thing... so I don't know.  I made a txt file with the .idjs extension with this as the text. function main(){ var doc = app.documents.everyItem().getElements(); var n = doc.length; if(!n){ alert("You need a document"); return; } doc = doc[0]; var tfs = doc.pages.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem().getElements(); n = tfs.length; while(n--){ if(n==0) break;

When I put a PNG into my InDesign file, it looks like it has a clear background, but when it is printed it does not have a clear background. Instead it has a square shaded outline around the shape, with like a shade over it, on top of whatever is underneath. e.g. My PNG is sitting in a landscape position half over a red background and half of it over an image. The image itself within the PNG is fine, but out toward the edge of the rectangle shape it is not. When printed, over the red background, the background of the PNG is a lighter shade of red. Where it sits over an image, the background is like a deeper colour saturation. How do I fix this so the background of the PNG is transparent, as it should be? Any help is appreciated very much. It's been driving me crazy     <Title renamed by moderator>

I use Adobe InDesign to design wall-mounted shadow boards for tools.The individual shadow images are created in Adobe Illustrator and placed in the InDesign file where required.The finished design incorporates a number of drill hole marks which we show as red circles. Some of the holes originate in the AI file. Some are added straight into InDesign. The finished design is exported to pdf and sent to our printer. Recently our printer told us when they open the file, the drill holes are represented as a double or triple line with a fill. As such their router tries to cut the hole twice. How do I create the drill holes (circles) as a single line entity? 

A small but very irritating novelty in a recent update: if I want to edit a photo file, I used to pick 'edit original' from right-clicking the mouse (and later made a hotkey for it) and automatically went to Photoshop. When I do that now, I'm sent to Lightroom.I never worked with Lightroom and I don't want to start with it – Photoshop worked fine with me and learning new software is in this case just a waste of valuable time. When I want to use Photoshop I now have to choose 'edit with' , but because of old habits, I automatically choose 'edit original' So I tried to change the setting for 'edit original' from Lightroom to Photoshop in 'preferences', but I can't find anything. Well, let's work around the problem and make a hotkey for 'edit with'. Not possible!Looks a bit like Adobe wants to force me to use Lightroom... Don't like that. But maybe I overlooked something simple. Anyone with a solution?

Hi there, I have an InDesign print file with an image (.jpg file) within a frame which corrupts if placed at a certain position within the frame. If I place the bottom right of the image flush with the bottom right of the frame, the image corrupts when exported, however if I move the image even a couple of cm's off from being "flush" with the frame it exports successfully. I have attached an image to illusrate the issue I'm having. The image is clearly not corrupting unless it is flush with the edge of the frame which is very odd. I've never had anything like this happen. I am on the most up to date version of InDesign. I've tried different files at the same dimensions and have got the same result. Does anyone know why it is doing this and what I could do to fix it? 

Hi all Need help with Indesign documents exported as accessible pdf files. I've been producing accessible files for a couple of years now without too many problems (always sorted). But recently after lastest updates to Indesign and Acrobat I've found that when opening the pdf file and checking accesibility tags – the document displays No Tags available? The indesign doc I've set style sheets – added H1/H2 etc and P style for output to pdf (originally I used to leave these as default for Indesign to manage) , but nothing arrives in the pdf – I'm having to manually set all styles and tags within acrobat. Frustrating to say the least. Please don't suggest I check the Create tagged pdf in the output to pdf as I have a preset for Accessibles. Any suggestions welcome – life has become tiresome with accessibility lately!

We used to be able to run multiple versions of Indesign on one computer. I can not seem to do it lately. Have Adobe stopped this?

 Here is your text with corrected grammar:Hi All,I am facing an issue while extracting page numbers from the given overset text result.Here is the result: prefresultsForOversetText = myPreflightProcess.aggregatedResults.Here is the prefresultsForOversetText returning an array: "test.indd,Preflight_profile,1,TEXT (3),,,,2,Overset text (3),,,,3,Text Frame,2,Problem: Overset text: 108 charactersFix: Resize the text frame, or edit the text to fit within the frame. Add text frames to the story thread if necessary.,Problem,Overset text: 108 characters,Fix,Resize the text frame, or edit the text to fit within the frame. Add text frames to the story thread if necessary.,3,Text Frame,4,Problem: Overset text: 108 charactersFix: Resize the text frame, or edit the text to fit within the frame. Add text frames to the story thread if necessary.,Problem,Overset text: 108 characters,Fix,Resize the text frame, or edit the text to fit within the frame. Add text frames to the story thread if ne

I have 2 master pages set up to apply page numbers over dark or light backgrounds.Neither of the master page items are:- applying at allOR- remaining stuck in the back with all my art covering themWould anyone know what the problem possibly could be?