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I want to create a guide where the rows have fixed height, in order to align with my baseline grid. However, Layout>Create Guides only gives the option to choose how many rows there are. Is it possible to choose row height?

I've been using this script:https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/footnote_endnote_conversion_cc2018.htmlIt works well to convert endnotes to static text, but it resets my superscript Roman numeral references back to default numbering (1, 2, 3). I’d like to keep both the superscript formatting and the Roman numeral style in the converted static endnotes.Is there a way to convert endnotes to static text without losing the Roman numeral superscripts?

Text wrap is minuscule no matter what I set it to. Just updated to InD 21.2 (Mac, Tahoe). Exported as IDML, restarted, rebooted, no luck. In this screenshot the wrap is set to 2” just to demonstrate. Previous illustrations that had wraps are keeping them, but I can’t make any new ones since the update. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Originally posted this on Jan 21 and post has disappeared likely due to the migration:I have the latest update 21.1 and ever since I have been having issues converting pages to PDF from a file I am creating using InDesign. When I try to convert certain pages to PDF, it either will create the PDF but it is corrupt and when I try to create the PDF again, it says there is a background task running and that task is preventing me from doing anything else. Ultimately, I have to End Task and restart the program. It will work for a bit then I will have the same issue again. This is happening daily. I have not been able to pinpoint which background task is causing the problem. Running on PC, Windows 11 v23H2**NEW** Since my post last week, I found the issue but have no control over it. I always use File > Export within the same document when I export pages to PDF. Sometimes the Export to Interactive PDF window shows up and the export works properly. However, sometimes the Export to Adobe PDF

I apologize if this has been discussed recently, but I was unable to find any relevant threads.My new Adobe 2026 (version 21.0.2) exhibits a number of issues which make work very cumbersome:Entire paragraphs blank out (especially when I’m marking text for editing), and only reappear after scrolling the blank space out and back into the editor window, or clicking somewhere else on the page. The editor is very sluggish, regardless of GPU performance settings. Some paragraphs are not aligned on screen correctly (letters stick outside frame, etc.) - however, they become properly justified in exported PDF documents. Switching between Adobe Paragraph Composer and Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer usually fixes this issue for a given paragraph, though. The Undo history gets lost.I have reverted to the previous version (20.5.1) but now somehow exactly the same issues started appearing in this one as well. I have already tried the typical fixes (clearing the program cache, resetting the pref

Hi everyone. I have an old iMac 27-inch (late 2012) - (iMac 13.2). I have managed to upgrade my OS via OCLP to Ventura 13.7.8. Everything is working fine, except I can’t use or download InDesign while in the Creative Cloud. When I click on the three dots for InDesign there is no option for previous versions, even after allowing that in preferences. My Mac hardware is too old. Is there a link for older version? Can I use and install older versions? I can’t upgrade my OS any further as my hardware does not support this.

Hi All,hope you're having a good day.I have created a problem that I simply can't seem to resolve. The more I look at it, the less chance I seem to have of fixing it.In brief, I am moving pages from two separate files into a new file. When I do so, the pages from one file are listed under a different layout to the pages from the other file. I don't want this. I'd like them just to be one continuous layout.I can't see how to stop this happening nor can I see a way of combining them once they are in the new document. Can someone please put me out of misery?Now, the cause might well be that I am an idiot, but I'm hoping there is a way around this. Making myself smarter doesn't seem to be an option!😉Any help would be greatly appreciated.Many thanks....Chloe   

All files on my companies drive seem to be corrupt. Every time we try to open and save a file ID throws these error messages:InDesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged. InDesign is unable to perform the requested operation on the file “xxxx”. could not complete your request because of a database errorI tried installing an older version of InDesign, but since the files were saved in a newer version ID doesn't even want to open the files without ‘repairing’ the file, which btw, does nothing.Trying to create a package immediately crashes InDesign without a warning.What is going on? We have deadlines and this is unacceptable behaviour for such an expensive software package!

Hey.I've got a Problem with my Adobe InDesign CS6.When i want to open a file it says there are missing Fonts.The Fonts that are missing are: Helvetica Neue LT LT 55 RomanHelvetica Neue LT LT 75 BoldHelvetica Neue LT LT 45 LightSo i looked them up in the Adobe store to buy them, but i can only find the Helvetica Neue LT STD 55 Roman/Bold/Light.So now my question is, are these the same fonts?Or where can i buy the fonts that are missing?Thanks for your help.

Hola. Es la primera vez que publico una consulta a la comunidad. Ojalá alguien pueda ayudarme. Estoy creando un libro interactivo multimedia, un ebook, en InDesign. Pero tengo el problema que cuando exporto el ebook a .EPUB los archivos de audio e imágenes aparecen al final del ebook uno debajo del otro y no se quedan en los lugares correspondientes del libro que los dejo.  Desde ya muchas gracias. Saludos. Ariel.

My latest invention - maybe already exists out there But this script allows you to load the placeholder with the same image x amount of times I often have to place the same graphic into empty image frame placeholders, and loading the placeholder with the same image is not time consuming - but trying to learn scripting, and why do something manually when you have a computer :)As always - sharing for future improvements/enhancements - or if someone is in same situation. // Multi-Place Graphic Script(function() { var myFile = File.openDialog("Select the graphic you want to place multiple times"); if (myFile != null) { var count = prompt("How many times do you want to place this image?", "4"); if (count !== null && !isNaN(count)) { var loadArray = []; for (var i = 0; i < parseInt(count); i++) { loadArray.push(myFile); } // This loads the Place Gun with the array of the same file app.activeD

I am currently working on a artbook and the printer asked to update to a 20 mm gutter bleed and I'm not sure how that should be set up in my file. I also need help with where I should place the full art spreads with that new bleed set up.

Hello, I am writing a script to automatically perform a data merge on a template that contains a table of content that needs to be updated.I have written the following function for updating the TOC, which works fine: function updateTOCs(doc) { var TOC = doc.textFrames.itemByName("TOC"); if(TOC == "[object TextFrame]"){ TOC.select(); app.menuActions.item("$ID/UpdateTableOfContentsCmd").invoke();} else($.writeln("There is no text frame called TOC")); }However, it doesn't work when I iterate through the merged documents like so:for (var i = mergeDocs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){ var openDoc = app.documents[i]; updateTOCs(openDoc);}This gives the error “Action is not enabled”.The TOC.select() seems to work fine. The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is that the app.documents[i] is not set to be the active document, would this matter? If so, how would I go about this? Or any idea what the problem could be otherwise? Chee

Its tiresome.  This is a white vector logo, no background. Sure it comes out of libraries ok with a transparent background but in the mean time all we get is a white rectangle. How do we fix this?

Hello everyone,does anyone have a download file/package for InDesign and Photoshop from 2020/2021? Unfortunately, my PC can no longer be updated and is stuck on Windows 10 version 1909. The newer versions of InDesign are not compatible with this older operating system. Sadly, Adobe Support doesn’t have download files for the older versions anymore—only for the last three releases. They therefore advised me to ask here in the community, as someone here might be able to provide me with the download file.PS: I have an active subscription, so I really only need the download file, which I can then link again with my Creative Cloud account.I’m hoping someone might still have this old download somewhere on their PC and would be willing to share it with me.You would be my lifesaver.Best regards

Hi everyone,I’m looking for a way to save a copy of the active InDesign document using the UXP APIMy requirements are:Save a copy in the same folder as the active documentSave the copy without showing any dialog boxIs there a UXP method that supports this? 

I just finished creating an interactive pdf but the text boxes I created wont expand when the text box is full, it keeps going but wont to the next line (I dont know how to explain it). Is there a way to have an expandable interactive text box or would I need to use another app?

Olá, pessoal!Já tem algum tempo que o comando CTRL+Z não está funcionando adequadamente no InDesign.Ele deixou de ser ilimitado e agora só permite 3 ou 4 comandos de desfazer.Já desinstalei e resinstalei, já voltei a versões anteriores, e não consigo corrigir o problema.Alguém pode me ajudar?

Started out of the blue yesterday - I cannot get my selection tool back to normal. It won’t select items in file due to this little box hanging out with is - see image. How do I get my standard selection tool back?

Hallo in die Runde,hat jemand eine Idee, wie ich ein Objektformat in der Library speichern kann? Konkret geht es darum eine farbige Textbox mit bestimmten Attributen und Textformatierungen in der Library zu speichern. Ziehe ich das Objekt in die Library und dann wieder in ein Dokument, hat er mir die Attribute der Box nicht mehr (Farbe, Eckenabrundung etc.). Deshalb hatte ich die Idee das Ganze als Objektformat anzulegen, was ja prima klappt, nur kann ich das nicht in der Library zur Verfügung stellen.Lösungsvorschlag?!VG, Heidi

Hi!Maybe the community can help me with this: When exporting a InDesign-document to Adobe PDF/X-4:2010 for prepress/print, I get a warning about color separation inconsistency. When checking this out, it points to the ”cutting-marks” and to the document-info of the PDF (this is all outside the printing-area). It also warns about the system font Helvetica.  I have never seen this warning before. And even more strange: When I do a preflight of the PDF in smaller chunks of pages, everything is ok. The PDF-document have 336 pages. Translation, screenshots:Registreringfärg = Special colourÖvertryck av/på = Overprint on/off I work in:Adobe Acrobat, version 2025.001.20841 (Creative Cloud Standard)Adobe InDesign, version 21.0.1 (Creative Cloud Standard)Mac Studio Sequoia 15.6.1 /Marta 

When exporting a InDesign-document to Adobe PDF/X-4:2010 for prepress/print, I get a warning about color separation inconsistency. When checking this out, it points to the ”cutting-marks” and to the document-info of the PDF (this is all outside the printing-area). It also warns about the system font Helvetica. 

We use Google's Material Symbols fonts for icons in our documents. This works fine in InDesign 2025, but if I open a file containing Material Symbols in InDesign 2026, it immediately crashes. The same goes for assigning the font to text within a document. Immediate crash.

Hallo ihr Lieben, ich habe ein Problem, bei dem ich Eure Hilfe benötige. Ich arbeite mit InDesign und habe dort eine preisliste erstellt, mit vielen Bildern. Die setze ich als Photoshopdateien ein, weil sie Freigestellt sind. Die Preisliste hat einen hellen Blauton im Hintergrund, der mitgedruckt wird. Nun ist es so das ich einen neuen Drucker bekommen habe, einen OKI C824.  Und der druckt zwar alles super toll aus, allerdings setzt er um die die Bilder einen dunkleren Kasten in blau. Also alles was ich in Photohop auf transparent habe wird in dem Ausdruck dunkler dargestellt. Ich habe schon alles Mögliche versucht, nichts funktioniert so recht. Auch ein PDF hat mir nicht weitergeholfen.  Hat jemand von Euch einen Schimmer, welche Einstellung ich wählen muss, damit das nicht mehr passiert?

I am helping a friend to get her book published, after the people she worked with ripped her off. Long story, won't bother you with details. I used to work in an advertising company that used Quark Xpress. So I am not totally new to setting up pages with text and images. But I am a mere beginner in InDesign. I managed to set up the content pages of the book. Now I am working in a separate document to create the book cover back and front. And the program is driving me insane!Today's hot topic is: how to get the (text) objects on the book cover to NOT align to baselines?When I move the frames with the title and subtitles, they seem to stick to the baselines. How do I stop that? FYI: This is a very simple book layout. Practically no illustrations, just a bunch of stories with headlines. I figured out how to do that. But the cover is causing me headaches. Can anyone point me to a thorough InDesign tutorial for MacIntosh? One that clearly shows where everything is. I know this pro