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I have a par style with a grep style to format the last word of the paragraph of that style (hebrew/arabic). I set teh correct char style and then used this grep code:[[:alnum:]]+[[:punct:]]?$(Don't think i know grep. I got from ChatGPT)It absoltlrly refuses to obey. I admonished Chatgpt and is gave some others but they all refuse to commit, Why is ID refusing to follow orders? Thank youSusan Flamingo

Is the numeric 11 position smaller? Yet in English mode, it remains uniformly wide overall.Sometimes Chinese text aligns properly too, but I'm unsure what factors determine this.

Regardless of the level, one can directly access the text box layer.There's no need for multiple levels of navigation like .parent.parent.parent.For example, cell.parentFrame or contents.parentFrame?

I have a completed design file packaged. I've received an order from my client to an upgrade from the original design.  I want to save the original to a new project ID but have never been able to make it work as the links remain tied to the original. Is there a way to make a completed INDD file to a new one with links tied to the new file? Thanks to those who know more than me,Joe

Hi all,Apologies if this already exists on the forum somewhere, if it does I have been unable to find anything that helps. I'll list all the facts that I have below. Hoping that someone out there knows something!My Indesign is displaying colours as faded/washed out. This is happening with whatever documents I work on. I have checked and double checked that the documents have the correct colour break-downs - when I export to PDFs (or JPG or whatever else) the colours show correctly, so I know that the problem is not with my Mac screen. Document colours also display correctly when my colleague opens and works on them on his Mac, so I deduce that it the problem lies with my Indesign.My indesign is fully up to date and the problem persists no matter what display performance I chose. Indesign is displaying faded on everything both created in indesign and assets imported in from illustrator however imported JPGs seems to be okay. So maybe the problem is with how swatches are displayed? (agai

Hi, I'm writing a climbing guidebook where the climbs are described by drawings, where the routes are drawn inn with lines on those drawings. Next to those there's some text with info and grades etc... I made the drawings in Illustrator and created different layers for the drawing, the route and the text. I then place the Illustrator file directly into Indesign and draw over the lines and text - this because I sometimes have to change the size of the immage, and otherwise the route line thickness and font sizes would differ from page to page. I then end with "shutting off" some layers in the illustrator file (from indesign). The problem I'm runnin into now is that the transparency of the .ai files is lost. My page number boxes get blocked by what should be a transparrent part of the layers in illustrator. Is there a workaround here or am I opening a can of worms that my limited experience will not be able to work with?  Attached a picture of the guide

Hey there, today I’m looking for a solution in this case. I got a book with 500+ pages with hundredsof headlines. This document contains just a paragraph style for the headlines and one forfollowing copytext of each chapter. Now I want to apply a new paragraph style "subtitle text" to every first paragraphafter the headlines. The second one is normal copytext until the next headline. I tried to:Working with "next style" in the paragraph style option, but it is necessary to mark the paragraphs to utilize the function. This doesn’t work so smart, because I have to mark it for every occurrence.Searching with GREP-styles (lookahead for example) combined with the paragraph"find-"selection But nothing worked very well. Do you have an idea?

Buonasera, ho un problema con Indesign. Quando inserisco un'immagine o sposto un testo, mi compare, nella parte inferiore delle schermo una stiscia nera tutta criptata.Qualcuno sa come risolvere?Il programma è aggiornatoGrazie

Hello, I am having a strange problem with Adobe. When I create a new document, OR resize an existing document, the new size frequently randomizes. For example, if I put in the WxH of 4x6, it might turn into a 3x12, or a 7x2, or anything else for that matter. I'm being very careful typing it in, and it will read correct until the moment I press the "OK" button, when I will see the new random size flash into those boxes for a split second as the window closes. I usually have to size it two or three times before the correct size "takes". This happens in Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Any ideas?

If someone could guide me on this (remember you are talking to a total dummy!)I have successfully created a few scripts with the help of AI that I use often.I want to add some functionality by getting input of certain parameters of the script.I would also like to be able to run them easily by clicking a button.So in Microsoft Word, I know I would create a form with buttons and text boxes for input.But how do I do this with ID?Here, ChatGPT has been hallucinating for the last few hours, wasting my time by trying to teach me development tools incorrectly. As I said, all I want to do is to create a floating panel that allows input of some power meters and buttons to run the scripts.Not too much to ask, right?Thank you!Susan Flamingo Update: I followed the instructions here: https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/plugins/getting-started/ EXACTLY And all it shows when I load the plugin is:While the instrcutions say it should look like this:&nbs

Hello all.I can find grep commands that do some of these things, but I need one that does all of them. For some wild reason, after spending hours online, I cannot find the solution. I appreciate your help. No, nested styles do not help here. I need a command in my paragraph style that does this:- applies a character style up to AND INCLUDING a colon, ONLY if there's a colon in the paragraph.- Ideally this goes up to just the first colon. If that's not possible, I need to set a word limit (let's say 10 words for example) on how far the search goes into the paragraph.Thank you.

Just created a new document and placed an image. Whenever I try to move the image it is copied instead of moved. I inserted a text box and when I try to select the text to change the format, the box moves as though I was using the Hand tool. None of the tools are doing what they normally do or are supposed to do. I reinstalled an older version. Same problem. At the moment InDesign is unusable.   <Title renamed by MOD>

The tagging of Arabic glyphs is incorrect in my pdf. (Please note that English is not my first language, I apologize for any mistakes!) What I've done so far:I installed the ME version of the application, made sure all of the paragraph styles are in Arabic + RTL and used the world ready composer. I'm using a font that is intended for Arabic script (Nassim Arabic). During pdf export I made sure that the document language is set to Arabic. When I view my document in Acrobat I can see that the language and binding are set correctly in the document properties. But if I view the tags for the paragraphs, the glyphs in these tags are all wrong. The tagged glyphs seem to be actual glyphs from an RTL writing system, just not the ones intended. When I copy-paste text from the pdf it does paste correctly, so the problem is only in the tags. What could this be?

Good morning, I've spent time going through the forum here with issues pertaining to the Indesign Data Merge feature not working properly. And, I have tried just about all the suggestions I could find. I normally save the file as Comma Separated Values. So I tried saving the file as a MacInstosh Comma Separated and MS DOS Comma Separated. I opened the Comma Separated Values file in a text editor too. No results with this. Then I started over from scratch with a new Excel report used to create direct mail imprints. Got rid of any blank columns and saved it as Comma Separated Values file. Same results. Then I created a new InDesign File with new data fields. And this didn't work either.In all these attempts, the CSV file is there, but when I go to select it and click okay, nothing happens. Please note I perform this task regularly and it's fortunately the first time I've run into this issue. I'm actually working on another project with no issues at all. < scratching my head, wond

Bonjour à tous, je souhaite faire des étiquettes pour emballer mes aquarelles et plutôt que de les modifier 1 à 1, j’aimerais :- Faire un gabarit des étiquettes vierges sur Indesign avec un champ de texte à remplir (avec le nom de la couleur et le numéro de référence)- Pouvoir éditer ce gabarit dans mon document en ayant juste à éditer une étiquette avec le bon nom qui se répète sur tous les chaps de texte de cette page (comme un modèle, sans affecter les autres pages, car chaque page sera utilisée pour une couleur différente)Est-ce possile ? Si oui, serait-il possible de m'expliquer comment ?Milles mercis aux personnes qui répondront !Cf : Le résultat final d'une page que je souhaite obtenir :

Hi,No matter what I do, I can not get multiply image to work when publishing it to web. It looks fine in indesign, I then publish and it comes out normal. I have followed instructions from another post saying to go: object - export options - rasterise, but this doesnt work either. Any suggestions? BestF

My table header usually has 1-4 rows, most of the time 1-2rows.I sometimes need to determine which table header rows already exist.Next I need to convert to body rows,  or copy the table header rows. Before I applied the style, I determined the number of table headers by manually selecting them.The table header rows are the rows I selected.How should this code be expressed? After applying table styles, if I ever have table headers.How do I determine which rows are table headers?

I cannot find where I can download and activate adobe CS6. Old download links does not work. Can anyone help??

interactive elements does not work in indesign 2025

I have a book that consists of 10 different files and many many different text boxes. I need to find out what the total word count is for the entire book. Is there a simple way to do this, or do I have to copy and paste all the text from InD into a word file to get the number? Your help is much appreciated.

Is there a way to change the shape of this radio button? I want to make this circle into a check mark shape. Is there any way to do it?

Hallo, ich habe ein Problem bei der Darstellung von Indesign auf meinem zweiten Monitor. Ich kann zwar einzelne Fenster von meinem MacBook Pro M1 auf meinen Eizo Monitor ziehen und auch demensprechend die Werkzeuge, aber das Programmfenster an sich nicht. Es nervt. Gestern ging es noch. Wo liegt der Bug? Betreibssystem und Programm sind auf dem aktuellsten Stand. Bitte um Hilfe!!!!

Hi, Dear Friends!I have a script i got a while ago, but it looks like it was converted to binary - looks like this: I want to make a  slight alteration. Can this be decompiled for editing? Thank you, and have a good day!Susan Flamingo

I want to check whether the currently selected frame contains a frame separator (~R) or a page separator (~P).But it seems like I'm not getting any results.var s = app.selection[0].texts[0].contents; alert(s); var what = "~R|~P" var res = getGrepSearch(what, app.activeDocument); alert(res); function getGrepSearch(fp, s) { app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null; app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = { includeHiddenLayers: true, includeLockedLayersForFind: true, includeLockedStoriesForFind: true, includeMasterPages: true } app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = fp; //return app.findGrep() return s.findGrep() }

I do not think this is possible but as a book designer it would be very nice if there was a script. Is there a way to set my font style where my text is on one layer and my shading or rule (essentially a colour) is on a seperate layer? This is useful if the book needs a language change.thanksDom