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I have discovered a peculiar phenomenon: is there something special about the characters ∆ (U+2202) and ∂ (U+2206)? Regardless of whether the font applied to them actually contains glyphs for these code points, InDesign always manages to display them—though it is unclear which font is being used as a substitute. This behavior occurs exclusively when using the Adobe CJK Composer or the Adobe Composer; it is not present when using the Adobe World-Ready Composer. Is this an intended feature of InDesign, or is it a bug? If it is a feature, are there other characters that behave the same way? I entered these two characters into a text frame, along with the letter "a" for comparison. As shown in Figure 1, the Character panel indicates that the font in use is "Adobe Ming Std." Furthermore, when I open the Glyphs panel and select ∆ (U+2202)—as shown in Figure 2—the glyph displayed for this character corresponds to U+0046, which is incorrect.  

Indesign vindt de NVidia Ge Force RTX 2050 niet. Bericht: geen compatibele GPU gedetecteerd. Ik heb alle suggesties uit de eerdere posts hierover geprobeerd naar niets helpt:NVidia als standaard in Indesign zetten, driver updaten, .... In Photoshop werkt de GPU wel. Versies: Indesign 21.6, 

We are having an issue with a macbook pro running Mac OS 26.6 trying to save files to our file share. We are getting this very unhelpful “InDesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged.” error message any time we try. Already tried changing to using SMB as our connection protocol, but no change. What’s really weird is a file does appear, but its zero bytes and crashes Indesign if you interact with it. Notably after the change from AFP to SMB we got a similar result, but the file was 1.7MB, opening it caused Indesign to crash, and we can’t delete it due to missing permissions apparently. Some help would be appreciated. 

Hi there!!MathML for InDesign is great!!I wish I could change font color something like below...             <math mathcolor="#000000">                <mrow>                                <mi>a</mi>                                <mi>b</mi>                    <mi>c</mi>                    <mi>d</mi>                    <mi>e</mi>                    <mi>f</mi>                    <mi mathcolor="#d0111b">g</mi>  &

Hello all, I have heard that since the latest update (October 2023) it should be possible to compare texts from two files. Is this correct? Can someone explain to me where I can find the function? Thus far, I have only been able to find (old) answers from 2020 on this topic, which recommend exporting the files to PDF or using a script. However, I would like to compare the texts directly in Indesign. Many thanks in advance!

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?

I am putting together a large document and want automatically generating titles without having to reply on page numbers.

I’ve been having major issues with InDesign locking up ever since this update. It doesn’t crash so it doesn’t send a report either. At least two times every day, I need to either force quit the app or restart. It is very frustrating!

Hello everyone.I want to set two options for a script.If I just pressed Ctrl+3, execute a support.If I just pressed Ctrl+4, execute b support.Is it possible to detect which two keys were pressed to start the script?

I’ve seen this problem mentioned in the InDesign Community a few times in the past, but has anyone recently had problems with Share for Review comments unmapping from their pins? 

After five years or so, why is Copy Editor (Beta) still (Beta)? I use it all the time, it’s much better for me than Story Editor. My only ask for it would be able to change the typeface size for my old eyes. 

Hello all. I've created an index for a 90 page document. It updates and generates a new index with no problem, but when I place the index in my document, it only goes to 'S' and there is still room in that space to be filled and shows that there is overset text. When I click on the overset text box, and place it in the next column, only the next 'S' entry appears. What the heck is happening and how do I fix this? Thanks in advance! 

Hi everyone, I'm using the last version of inDesign 2020 on a Windows 10 machine and until recently I hadn't any problems, but in the last couple of weeks I'm experiencing huge lags using the Text Tool every time that more than a single document is opened. I searched the old posts and tried to delete the preferences folder with the software closed, but it doesn't solve the problem for me. Any suggestions?

For example, my story has 4 text boxes, each with 2 columns.When I select some of the text in columns 2-4, I want to use a script to select all the text in columns 2-4.The green color in the sample represents the selected text

In this example, the intention is for the newly added text attribute, `kBscTAAttrBoss`, to be saved into the IDML file. While the relevant script methods appear to have been implemented, the value corresponding to `kBscTAAttrBoss` is not actually being saved to the IDML file. Is this a bug in the sample code?Thank you. 

How can I iterate through the mathematical expressions in a text flow and retrieve their MathML in the latest InDesign C++ SDK?

I work with Bengali educational materials in InDesign and would like to use automatic numbering with Bengali letters (ক, খ, গ, ঘ...) and Bengali numerals (১, ২, ৩...). It would also be useful to support Hindi/Devanagari letters (क, ख, ग, घ...) and numerals (१, २, ३...).Currently, the available numbering formats don't seem to support these sequences. A custom numbering option for non-Latin scripts would make typesetting much easier and reduce the need for manual numbering or font-based workarounds.It would be great if InDesign could support custom, Unicode-based numbering sequences through Paragraph Styles, including multilevel lists.

I'm not completely opposed to generative AI (won't get into my opinion on it personally), but Adobe really needs to stop shoving these half-baked features in our faces. Why on earth, while editing a text document on InDesign, would I need to see a pop-up suggesting "text-to-image" AI features? It's literally blocking what I'm working on and I have to close the dialogue.

Hello. Brand new laptop (HP Zbook with touchscreen, Windows 10), just installed InDesign and open for the first time, I get this unfriendly "touch" screen (see screenshot) but cannot click (or touch) anything, or press any keyboard shortcut. I also tried what's described here without success (this is the first time I open InDesign on this computer). I'm running out of ideas, please help, thanks!   <Title renamed by moderator>

Moin zusammen,ich habe auf meinem neuen MacBook Pro (32GB, M5) ein InDesign Problem, das ich vorher so nie hatte.Folgende Situation:Bisher habe ich immer ohne Probleme mit der Anzeigeleistung "Anzeige mit hoher Qualtät" gearbeitet. Nun erhalte ich die verschiedensten Meldungen, die ich vorher noch nie auf irgendeinem Gerät hatte Ich habe es deinstalliert und nochmal probiert, das schließen musste ich mehrfach erzwingen weil nichts anklickbar ist (siehe Bild 1)Das komischte ist, wenn ich die Anzeigeleistung "Normale Anzeige" wähle, tauchen die Bilder wieder auf - zwar pixelig aber sie sind immerhin dargestellt.Sobald ich mir eine Grafik aus Illustrator rüberkopiere, hängt er sich jedes Mal kurz auf und scheint Probleme zu haben. Bei normalen JPGs oder PNGs ebenfalls, allerdings nicht immer bei allen im generellen, manche zeigt er an, manche nicht (siehe Bild 2)Ich habe selbst schon etwas in den Voreinstellungen rum probiert, hat sich bisher aber nichts getan. Kennt jemand das Problem?Da

Hello all,I downloaded the Karmina font family from Adobe Fonts months ago. As far as I can tell, it installed just fine back then, although all of this is nowadays automated and the user doesn’t have much to do, which makes it difficult to make sure everything went well. Anyway, I began using the font in InDesign without any problem, and the font was also available in Photoshop, as well as in non-Adobe programs on my PC, such as Word.Today, as I launch my book project in InDesign, I see an ominous “fonts missing” warning and all the instances where I used Karmina in my book have been changed. The font doesn’t appear in the listing any more, nor does it in Photoshop or Word. However, when I log into Adobe Fonts and look up Karmina, the option the site suggests is to “Delete” it, which seems to indicate that I still/already have it…Puzzled (that’s an understatement), I did delete the font family in Adobe Font, then downloaded it again, with no discernible change. Karmina still isn’t lis

Hello, is there someone using the plugin ID2Office 2.0 to convert a InDesign document to a PowerPoint. I have to produce often PowerPoint but I'm a graphic Designer so it is better for me to work in ID. I used to export as PDF and than convert my PDF in PowerPoint but I wonder if it is worth it, or have a better result to use this plugin.

Quite often on Indesign the top bar of the application page is hidden at the top. And i cant move it down, as the function is at top right. Its a pity there isnt a hotspot for this at the bottom or side, so you can drag the page down more centered onto the screen. Yes I do have two screens, but when it happens i have to unplug the screen then readjust and then plug back in. Much easier if there was a hotspot!

Hi all, I've been trying for days to solve an issue with publishing online links from INDD files. Every time the export reaches 100%, I'm presented with a pop-up that states 'An error occured while uploading your document. Please try again. ERROR #18' I understand that ERROR #18 refers to a failure to connect with the internet network, but I am 100% connected to the internet - it's just that Indesign fails to export the file. The file is not corrupt, and my INDD app is running smoothly otherwise. I've already tried:- changing internet networks- uninstalling INDD- installing previous versions of INDD and trying to export- uninstalling/re-installing entire Adobe CC system- Using the Adobe Clean tool to clean INDD + other CC apps- checking if the file is corrupt/saving copies of my INDD file to external hardrives- restarting my laptop I'm desperate to get this working as it's part of my job, so any help would be greatly recommended. I'm running macOS Monterey 12.1

Hi, can someone please explain to me why my png images import in my fie with white backround instead of it being transparent , i have checked the swatches panel , everything but it still wont import without a backround.I have looked everywhere no one seems to know why it does that