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I have a simple start up script which reads "afterNew" perform a .JSX script which is located in the scripts paneltell application "Adobe InDesign 2025" set myEventNames to {"afterNew"} repeat with myEventName in myEventNames make event listener with properties {event type:myEventName, handler:"Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign 2025:Scripts:Scripts Panel:daffy.jsx"} end repeat end tellbut i get an error?? the path is correct   not sure why the script isnr seeing the JSX file. has the scripting functionality changed?? i have used similar start up scripts in the past with out issue. maybe there is a better way to write the event script so that it performs the .JSX without "pointing" it to nested scripts folder??  daffy.JSX sets the "Measurement Units" to "Inches".var d = app.documents for (var i = 0; i < d.length; i++){ d[i].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.INCHES; d[i].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUn

When I set my Paragraph Style to Middle East Character Formats > Character Direction > Right to Left, the percentage displays correctly on the left side of the number, but the numbers themselves are flipped.   When I set the Character Direction to Default, the numbers display normally, but the percentage sign shifts to the right side, which is incorrect.  When I set the Character Direction to Left to Right, everything is mirrored.I’ve already set the language to Arabic and tested all possible character direction combinations, but none provide the correct result.   

Hi, recently we updated the ID and IC to higher version, and find that the indicator for overset content in text frame is now by default transparent, rather not visible. Until we select and focus on that particular text frame, the indicator turns red. But the default indicator color could cause designer miss out the error. May I know if any tips on preferences or other settings for adjusting the indicator presentation? Please find the screenshots below for references of before/after selecting the text frame and how the indicator appears. Thanks.   

I'm doing some packaging design and trying to fit ingredients list into limited space. Please help me with how to get the text to not break when there is clearly space for the text to go, if it hyphenates. I have changed the hyphenation settings which helps a little but I still get space left. (see picture, calcium is left with an empty space) Theres no right indent, the rag is off, I have turned on single line composer. Not sure what else I can do? Help!!!

I'm pretty sure I've made a rookie mistake somewhere in this project but I have a document with various sections that each have their own parent page. In order to get the page numbering correct I had to switch off 'Allow Document Pages To Shuffle' but I think it's messed up the layout because when my client tries to upload the print ready PDF to KDP, a bunch of pages at the end have their margins messed up.   When I look at the pages panel you can see all the spreads but then there is a lone page hanging just before these errors begin. I can't remember what I did there because this has been a long and complex project but it looks as though the margins are 'compensating' for that missing page and so, even though the page looks like its on the left in the pages panel it has the margins of a right page. I hope that makes sense.    Any suggestions on how to fix that?  

 I have a font installed and it doesn't appear in InDesign 2025. It appears in all other software, what should I do?

Hello and thanks for looking at this question: I am working with a book manuscript (in Word) — 30+ chapters with endnotes at the end of each chapter. Each chapter's endnote numbering begins with 1. What's the most efficient way to import and work with this? Do I need to place one chapter at a time? How do I keep each set of endnotes showing up in the right place with fresh numbering, without losing the flow of pages from one chapter to the next? The book is only going to be published in print, not an e-book. Thank you.

Hello communityI am trying to auto-number in a foreign language (Nepali), but the auto-numbering only shows परिच्छेद 1 instead of 1 I need १ as परिच्छेद १ please help  

For example:I have a function that adjusts the width of selected table to the width of the textFrame.Now I have selected a textFrame.I used a loop.I want each table to apply this once:tbs[i].tabFitToTextFrame()If you remove tbs[i] and use:tabFitToTextFrame();only the first tab will be modified. I try Like this:It doesn't seem to be working.//var sel = app.documents[0].selection; var doc = app.activeDocument; var tbs = doc.selection[0].tables; //var tbs = getTable(doc.selection); alert(tbs); //alert(sel.tables); if (tbs.length > 0) { for (var i = 0; i < tbs.length; i++) { alert(tbs[i]); tabFitToTextFrame(); } } function tabFitToTextFrame() { var doc = app.activeDocument, item = doc.selection[0]; var myTable = getTable(doc.selection); parentWidth = myTable.parent.geometricBounds[3] - myTable.parent.geometricBounds[1]; factor = parentWidth / myTable.width; for (col = 0; col < myTable.columns.length; col++) myTable.

Hi brain trusted, I’m relatively new and looking to cut down the manual steps of File ->Publish Online across many INDD files. Is there a supported way via script, plug-in, or API to open the dialog, prefill settings, publish, and capture the URL (or update an existing online doc) with fewer clicks? I can't find any relevant commend refernce from InDespign API developer.adobe.com/indesign/dom/api/ Thanks in advance!!Cheng

I know this error has been posted before but I'm at my wit's end with this and I can't seem to resolve it through the previous post's advice. This is the error:Can anybody please help me?I'm uploading an EPUB 3.0 to IngramSpark. What do you need to know to help me?Thanks so much for your time

Here's my main issue: Working on a file given to me by a client. Want to create a new text box by clicking and dragging text tool like you do. However, instead of that, I get a fixed size frame that won't let me type text in it. If I try to make an image box and click on that to convert to a text frame, it also does allow text inside. I checked for auto-sizing of text frames and that the convert to text frame option is on, everything looks as it should. What gives? Other issue: While trying to solve the above, software stops allowing copy/paste or save.Things I tried: - Closing and opening InDesign (usually solves the copy/past or save issue)- Deleting preferences folderThoughts?

i was using windows 10, indesign 2024. my computer suddenly bluescreened and now i cant open said file, no matter what i do. is it corrupted? is there any hope? 

Hi! When I export a book (indb) to fluid epub format, the direction of the pages is reversed. Moving through the book pages from right to left. Curiously, if I export one of the book files (instead of the entire book) the direction is the desired one, from left to right. Any idea or solution?thanks!!       <Title renamed by MOD>  

Hi, I wonder, is it possible to access ExtendScript globals from a c++ PlugIn.  P. 

I am sure this is a challenge we all face at some period: I have been downloading a lot of scripts lately, and my file structure is getting messy. I see that ID looks for scripts in two places: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 20.0-ME\en_IL\Scripts\as well as:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2025\Scripts\Community\Scripts Panel and maybe elsewhere? I want to organize everything in one directory and then break that up into subdirectories. So, where should everything be going? And is there a third-party tool for organizing scripts more efficiently? Thank you, and have a good day!Susan Flamingo edit: I would really also be able to add short notes to the script, see if a hotkey has successfully been assigned, and much more metadataAlso, i have some vision challenges and I would like to enlarge all the text in the script panel.

Hi, Grep styles. I would like to detect if a text range has been affected by a grep style. I can detect if the para has grep styles, I am interested in just the text range / run. I have looked at:ICompositionStylecomposeScanner->QueryAttributeAt with kTextAttrGrepStylesBoss These seem to only return paragraph level info. Thanks. P. 

Tengo un problema cuando aplico el atributo "no separar" en cualquiera de los parrafos que uso en mis artículos y es que el texto me desaparece.Anteriormente en alguna otra versión de indesign me pasaba solo cuando aplicaba este atributo mediante estilos, ya sea de parrafo o de caracter.Pero ahora me pasa de todas formas y no se como hacer para que en las columnas el texto no se me separe con el guioncito.Alguien podría ayudarme por favor?

Hi friends!I need to format, within a par style ANY TEXT STRING that has before it - colon and space, and after it a period. So this would be - Yesterday it was: very hot outside. And we stayed insideSo the words "very hot outside." (Including the period but to the colon) get formatted with their own char style. Little by little I will hopefully understand how to do this ...ThanksSF

Hi everyone, I’m working on a multi-page document in InDesign and I’d like to streamline my workflow. Is there a quick way to create a master page with consistent elements like headers, footers, and page numbers and apply it across the entire document at once, instead of manually adjusting each page?

The Control panel menu (gear), hamburger, and lightning bolt icons are unresponsive. I particularly miss the link to "no break".) I'm using version 20.5 on Windows 11 Pro. I reset preferences and rebooted but that did not help. Thanks...

Since I updated to CC2019 I can only Undo three steps.Is there anything I can tweak or is another bug from CC2019?I think I'm gonna use CC2018 till you fix this mess...

Hi all! I am trying to restore a file from an old floppy via an external floppy drive. With a lot of workarounds, i extract something with the help of HxD, Winimage, and more, but I am not sure that the file is not corrupted. Can someone who can open these kinds of files check if I am on the right track? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSXm3xXzN6Mi_SLEk5haVueiJEJ0rrHX/view?usp=sharing Thanks in advance

Hello everyone,I'm facing a persistent issue with a JavaScript I'm writing for InDesign. I'm trying to duplicate a paragraph style and apply the "Dutch: 2005 spelling reform" language to it.The issue is that I keep getting different errors, and none of the standard methods seem to work.What I'm trying to do :Duplicate an existing paragraph style called "journal_actu_item_1_FR".Rename the new style to "journal_actu_item_1_NL".Apply the "Dutch: 2005 spelling reform" language to this new style.Errors I have encountered so far :When using app.languages.itemByID(96) : "Object does not support the property or method 'languages'."When using doc.languages.itemByID(96) : "Incorrect value for the property set 'appliedLanguage'. Expected LanguageWithVendors, Language or String, but received nothing."When using a language name like "Dutch: 2005 spelling reform" or "Néerlandais réforme 2005" : The language is not applied, and the style remains in French (the default language).This is particularly t

I've spent a couple of hours trying to do something simple. I have a set of documents in an Indb file. All are set to 'Automatic Page Numbering'. I wish to have the numbering start at Page 1 in the Front Matter doc and then continue through to Chapter 1 and so on. But it starts at Page 1 in both the Front Matter and Chapter 1 docs. I want Chapter 1 to continue as a Page 7. How do I get the numbering to start at the first doc and continue through? I thought 'Automatic Page Numbering' would do this? Thanks if you can help