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Hi everyone, I’m exploring ways to automate a publishing workflow using Adobe InDesign, and I’d like to confirm if the InDesign API would fit my use case.Here’s what I need to do: I’ll receive structured data from a web page (for example, text fields like title, subtitle, author, and body).This data should be automatically placed into a pre-designed InDesign template. The result should be returned as an .INDD file (or at least a file I can open and edit in InDesign afterward). Essentially, I want a web service that takes JSON/CSV input, applies it to an InDesign layout, outputs a native InDesign file (and optionally a PDF). So my questions are:1. Is InDesign API the best way to achieve this? Or would I need InDesign Server instead?2. How can I gain access to the InDesign API?3. Is there any information about pricing or usage limits for the InDesign API? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance

Hallo an die Community,ich habe eine Broschüre, die ich in Doppelseiten angelegt habe. Die Druckerei möchte die Innenseiten aber als Einzelseiten (keine doppelseitige Druckbögen). Wenn ich es im Export auf Einzelseiten umstelle fehlt mir die richtige Information in der Beschnittzugabe. D.H. Teile von der gegenüberliegenden Seite sind in der Beschnittzugabe. Siehe Bild im Anhang.Kennt wer eine elegante Lösung wie man mit wenig Aufwand die Broschüre von Doppelseitig auf Einzelseiten umstellt und dabei die Beschnittzugabe berücksicht. Aktuell erstelle ich dafür eine eigene Druckdatei in der ich jede Doppelseiten auseinander ziehe, indem ich die Einstellung "Neue Dokumentenanordnung zulassen" aktiviere. Das ist sehr mühselig, wenn das Dokument über 120 Seiten hat.Freue mich über Eure Antworten.Liebe GrüßeEnver  

Instead of 'Fit Frame to Content', Copilot is now opening.Any fixes for this greatly appreciated. M.

Hello, I'm trying to type in Sinhalese (Native Language of Sri Lanka) using inDesign or Illustrator on a MacBook 2019. I've downloaded the Sinhala Keyboard from Apple but when I try to type after selecting a sinhala font (FM font series) I get pink boxes in inDesign. When I type in Adobe Illustrator I get a different standard unicode font that doesn't display certain characters correctly. යි වි මි ම් ව්   .. all of these and more appear incorrectly. And worse is I'm unable to change the font... no matter which font I select I still get the same unicode characters.   (I've attached screenshots) Googling the answer told me go into prefrences > type and click on the enable show East Asian options. Then go into the character panel and change the languge to Sri Lankan .. ..  but doing this has no effect at all. I'm still unable to type in sinhala using a chosen FM series font....  please can someone help? I'll be happy to provide more details

Do I need a new computer to use Indesign - My Mac is only up to Catalina - I know my desktop is really old an am guessing the software can't be used on it - is there an earlier version or a fix or do I have to spend the money?!

Hello there, my graphic design teacher is curious if there is a solve to this problem. We all know the long way of importing a multi-page PDF file into InDesign using scripts.... But is there a simplier/shorter way to go about it? Especially including the newer updates to the program? 

I'm wondering if this is an issue with Indesign in general or just a issue for me.. If i have a rectangle with no fill and a black stroke (stroke at the front) and i select the eyedropper tool and while holding shift, click on another rectangle with a pink fill and no stroke, isn't that supposed to change the stroke colour of my original object to pink? It works this way in Illustrator, but when i do it in indesign it just completely gets rid of the stroke weight setting it to zero, and has the stroke colour as none. 

The system was unable to recognize ~ as a valid plugin.An error message with this content appears. After building the sample program from the downloaded SDK, placing it in the PlugIn folder,then modifying that program and reinstalling the PlugIn, this message appears. The modification was simply changing a comment—a change that seems completely harmless from a programming perspective. Could this be some kind of security measure?How should I handle this?

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I've had this work perfectly for me and also never work no matter what I try, so I must be messing something up in the set-up stage. I'm formatting a novel, and after getting the proof copy I'd like to move the text boxes out a little. Problem is that moving the text box out on the parent pages doesn't update them on the document itself, I'm assuming because the link was broken when I placed the text and unlocked the boxes from the parent pages? Sample page:  Nudged the text frames out on the parent pages but obviously doesn't update to the rest of the doc: I understand that this must be because placing the text unlocks the text boxes and unlinks them from the parent pages...but I don't understand how I'm supposed to handle this. If I need to go back and nudge out the margins after I've placed the text, I would think this is why parent pages exist, but if they just get automatically unlinked, I don't know what to

I have a text box where the space between words is too small.  I don't know how to change it.  Interestingly, I have another text box where it looks fine, but I can't find what setting controls this.    I saved these 2 boxes with separate paragraph styles, but toggling the first box to have the other box's style doesn't change anything. 

Hi, I have two documents. In the first I want to GREP search for all instances where a number (ranging from 33 to 259) occurs between round brackets i.e. it should capture (33), (34), (35) all the way to (257), (258) and finally (259). Same thing in document 2, where I want it to show me all instances between (260) and (416). I tried some of the formulas noted in some of the discussions but they heavily focus on formulas looking for digits with the caveat of brackets which won't work for me as I need it to exclusively find numbers in bracket. Thanks

For example:I want sel[j] to be positioned above sel[j-1];var doc = app.activeDocument; var item = doc.selection; sel = items; for (var i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) { }; 

Hi everyone.Could you take a look for me?This script's function:Centers and left-aligns numbers within tables. However, for some reason, it works fine when the table fits on a single page.If the table is too long and spans multiple pages, errors occur.Additionally, it runs somewhat slowly.I'm unsure where the error lies.Thank you very much.  It Prompt: var doc = app.activeDocument; var item = doc.selection[0]; app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN; (function () { var oColumns = app.selection[0].columns, i = 0, rCount = app.selection[0].rows.length, cCount = app.selection[0].columns.length, name, lastCell; for (; i < oColumns.length; i++) { name = app.selection[0].cells[i].name.split(':'); lastCell = rCount > 1 ? oColumns[i].cells.item(name[0] + ':' + (Number(name[1]) + rCount - 1)) : oColumns[i].cells[-1]; alignMe(oColumns[i].cells.itemByRange(app.selection[0].c

Hi, same problem here all day. All other apps work except PS, AI, ID.    <Title renamed by moderator>  

Rätsel: Habe einen Word-Text bekommen in denen mehrere [...] vorkommen, aber an dieser einen Stelle gehen die drei Punkte verloren. Siehe Word-Datei, PDF, Bildschirmfoto und InDesign-Datei. Auf Mac Studio auf dem neuesten Stand. InDesign 20.5

Just an FYI: FontAgent Pro 10.2.5 isn't playing nice with InDesign 20.5.MacBook Pro (Intel) running Ventura 13.7.6After I updated to this version of FontAgent Pro, InDesign crashed when I tried to open a file—any file—on my local drive.I did some troubleshooting and discovered that removing the FontAgent.InDesignPlugin from the InDesign plug-ins folder solves the problem.This plug-in enables auto-activation of fonts, which I never use anyway.  

Hello,A bug was found: When inserting Forced Line Break inside a Right to Left paragraph direction, although the text direction is defined as "Default", it becomes a "Left to Right" and change the paragraph direction to Left to Right without showing it. When selecting it, it still shows that the mark is in default direction and that the paragraph direction is Right to left although it is not. 1. In Indesign 2024, Middle Eastern Version with Hebrew definitions (Right to Left paragraph direction, Language), open a new document, draw a right to left text box and fill it with place holder text. 2. Place text curser in the middle of a paragraph the has punctuation mark at the end of it for better seeing the problem. Insert a Forced Line Break (Type>Insert Break Character>Forced Line Break. 3. Result: Paragraph becomes a Left-To-Right direction (Punctuation mark appears to left of the paragraph) but it will not show on paragraph panel. 4. Override: Select the "

Mac mini M4 (macOS Sequoia 15.3.1) with InDesign CC24, and the problem happens mainly when:Copying a file from server → Desktop → sometimes shows error, second attempt works.Copying a file from Desktop → Local drive → no error.Sometimes the file becomes corrupted or InDesign quits unexpectedly.

Once I created a document and pasted an image. Then I wanted to set a shadow effect to this image and saw this issue:So how can I fix this?

I've tried googling, but I can't find an answer that doesn't involve a time-sinking endevour with the hyperlinks panel.I have a Product Catalog InDesign file with some 200 products. Each product page is going to have a QR code for the print version, and a clickable link for the digital version. QR code was relatively easy. Created the image frame on the parent page, then dropped the corresponding qr code onto each product page.What I can't figure out is how to copy/paste a hyperlink into a text box. InDesign keeps stripping out the hyperlink and only pasting the text. (For reference, I'm copying out of an Excel spreadhseet). What is the secret to copy/pasting a hyperlink (the equivalent of Click me <a href="https://myurl.com">Click me</a>into a textbox in InDesign and have it keep both the link url & link text?(I looked into data merge, but it doesn't look like it would apply to this, since all of the text boxes are in a single document, not creating mult

Hi, i have inserted an illustrator (.AI) file in my indesign document by file-place. So good so far. Worked fine.... now i edited the illustrator file and saved it (command s)  - now indesign tells me to "modified doubleclick to update" - which is normal - BUT as i want to update it it shows me "import failed"  or "failed to open pdf file" As this didn't work, I also tried just to place the edited file (.AI) over file-place again but also this doesn't work- it says " failed to open the pdf file."  Im not sure whats im doing wrong??? Thanks alot 

Hello users,  I was working, last few days, with Font Sarabun. Overnight this font doen not appear anymore. How is this possible?  

I have an odd thing happening a couple times per day at work where when I go to save an InDesign file, I get the beach ball spinning for 4-6 minutes then the error that the file cannot be saved in the current location. I will then save the file to my desktop so I don't lose my work. The file that is left on the server in the location that I cannot save is now locked and cannot be moved, renamed or deleted. At this point I have to have one of our I.T. staff delete the file. I am working in InDesign 2025 20.5, on a Mac Mini, Apple M4 Pro chip, Sequoia 15.6.1. This does not happen with every file, only once or twice per day. Anyone experiencing this as well and have a work around/solution?

I want to change a single page view to facing pages.  When I go to document setup and choose facing pages I get single pages which are shifted but not facing (see above).  What must I do to correct this? Thanks, Ira Glunts

Hi all,there's a new issue with my InDesing. In advanced mode and only when files are open, there's a grey frame in the upper right corner of my monitor, that will not vanish. It stays exactly there when moving the position of each file.I deinstalled and installed InDesign, but it's still there. The support couldn't help, even not with their access to my computer.Has anybody an idea how to delete this frame?Thanks