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In InDesign 2026, when you go to use the new “Open PDF” option, all the images open as 72dpi and in RGB mode. Is there a way to change the preferences on the images so the PDF opens in InDesign with a higher dpi and in CMYK mode?

Is there an easier way to insert pages from one InDesign file to another InDesign file, rather than copy and paste? Is there a script for this?   <Title renamed by moderator>

I am modifying a template I purchased and trying to get the paragraph styles and baseline grid to work together nicely. At the moment, when I set the paragraph style leading equal to the baseline grid (best practice, correct?) InDesign adds extra line breaks at the head of the paragraph. Example:Two blank lines between paragraphsThis is all in one text frame. There are two blank lines between the first paragraph and the block quote, and between the block quote and following paragraph. The baseline grid is 14pt. The leading for the paragraphs is 14pt. When I reduce the paragraph leading to 13pt, it goes back to one blank line between the paragraphs, which is what I want.Paragraph styles do not include any spacing before or after paragraphs that I can see. Am I missing something? Why is the grid/line spacing behaving this way?EDIT: Apologies, never mind, I found it. There was in fact space added after the paragraph in two of the styles that I hadn’t seen yet. I didn’t realize that there

Hi,Recently when I open an inDesign file of which a linked file (in these cases .xlsx files) needs updating, it shows me the prompt at startup that Links have been modified. But it then completely freezes (file does not open). I then have to kill inDesign through Task Manager.After that the same file does open (but doesn't show the prompt) and I can update the link within the file with Update link (but no warning sign that a link is not up to date in the Linka pane, there is one on the text frame).Using version 21.2

Hello Everyone,We are excited to introduce the new "Export InDesign documents to Adobe Express" feature in InDesign.Now, you can export your InDesign documents to Adobe Express for fast and simple online editing. This feature enables Adobe Express users, including skilled communicators and non-professional designers, to modify and personalize InDesign templates. It also allows InDesign documents to open as native, editable files within Adobe Express.   Steps to export InDesign Docs to Adobe Express  Open an InDesign document.  Go to File > Export to Adobe Express. You can now easily edit the exported InDesign document in Adobe Express.  To gain better control, you can lock the elements in Adobe Express .4. To share it with others using Adobe Express, select Share, add the names, and specify the access level.   For more details, please click here.   If this was helpful, please click the Upvote icon in the

Do you guys know a way to prevent InDesign from exporting content into a <sect> tag? When exporting to a accessible PDF i have to manualy move tags out of the section tag = <sect> before deleting it, this is very time consuming process, but sometimes its necessary for the PDF to be accessible. -is there a way to stop indesign from exporting into a section tag??...maybe a script?? /Jakob

Hi! I’m hoping someone can help with a simple GREP to add double quotes to the start and end of a paragraph please so I can incorporate it into a style? (ie shift 2). Thanks!

I have a problem exporting to pdf. I can only export single pages. The document is 428 pages (41,9 MB) and mainly text. It has a lot of footnotes 6300 (!)A few weeks ago I could export to pdf with the same text, I have only done some typographic changes. I have tried suggestions like: exporting to IDML, turn off Background Tasks, delete Preferences with no luck. The only way is to create a Book, add the indesign-file and export the book to pdf.That works without any problem! But I would like to be able to export directly from the indesign-file.I have Indesign 21.2 iMac 2020 with 40 GB RAM. 

What is the best workflow to retrieve process color mixes (RGB, Hex) from a CMYK mix via an ICC profile conversion in InDesign? In other words, how do I ensure the correct ICC profile is being used for the conversion? Color Settings: North American General Purpose 2RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 Should I change the transparency blend space from CMYK to RGB, then retrieve the color mixes? (See below) Proposed Workflow 1:Transparency blend space is CMYK Assign Profiles to document: Assign current working spaces: RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1, CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2  Change transparency blend space to RGB – changing the document workspace to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile. The conversions will now be based on this sRGB color profile assigned to the document via the space change. Open up swatch options to retrieve RGB and Hex numbers Or, can I leave the transparency blend space in CMYK, and retrieve the color mixes? Will I get conversions via what I have set in the colo

Locked header on other pages has an inch of space that is not present in master. If I adjust baseline, it cuts off text. Can anyone help?

Hello. Trying to change an InDesign document- about 200 pages, to a continuous plain text document like Text Edit .rtf.Looking up procedure advice is all about scripting, which I don’t even want to get into.Please help! I’m on a deadline this morning and need to get the story in a plain text format for the publisher to create an eBook.Converting an Acrobat PDF to RTF results in one blank page! 

I am trying to open a file roughly 6MB in size. I have done this thousands of times in the past without issue. However, today, the system just shows the loading beach ball and completely stalls. If I click on another screen to complete a different task while waiting for InDesign to load and then hover over the icon in my dock, it says “not responding”. I have no idea what is causing this issue given the fact I created the original document without issue prior to today’s incident.

Problema al importar texto con ecuaciones matemáticas en indesign (MAC) de un documento word en .docx . Las fórmulas fueron creadas con el creador de ecuaciones. El texto ingresa y las ecuaciones no se ven. ¿que puedo hacer?

Hi everyone,I’ve been working on my graphic design portfolio in Adobe InDesign for about three months, and today InDesign suddenly crashed while I was working on the file. Since then, I haven’t been able to open the file properly. When I try my work opens for two seconds and then is gone. However, I’m having several issues: When I try to open the file in InDesign, the application crashes/  This only happens with this specific file — other files open normally. When I try to download the file from Creative Cloud, I get an error and the download fails. I’ve tried opening it on multiple devices, but the same problem occurs. I also attempted to access it through the Creative Cloud web interface, but I still cannot open or download the file. This portfolio is extremely important because it’s for a university assignment, and I’ve put months of work into it.

I’m running the latest version on a MacBook Pro with Tahoe 26.2.So far I've noticed:Undo is unavailable (grayed out in the menu) Extreme lag time when importing large images Cursor gets stuck in the previous mode. (For example, if I switch to the magnifying glass to  enlarge the view then go back to the regular arrow, it stays in the magnifying glass. 

Whenever I try to export a PDF, an error screen appears on some page. Even after checking each link individually, the error persists. It continues to happen even if I delete the page in question. The error appears on any other page and in any file I'm working on. Creating a pack or working offline doesn't help either. 

InDesign killer file, anyone?

How can I restore a previous version of an Indesign file? It is saved on my Creative Cloud projects, and it won't open it at all (thinking it may be corrupt) I would like to restore back to a version earlier that day? The 'timeline' button described in other forums does not exist on the Creative Cloud website....

Hello everyone,I am currently trying to evaluate converting an internally used ExtendScript plugin to UXP. The plugin uses ScriptUI to display a modal configuration dialog, which is not supported any more in UXP (I think?).I tried to use UXP to create a modal dialog, but I could not find a complete example on how to do so.Here is what I have got so far:index.htm:<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="main.js"></script> </head> <style> dialog { background-color: var(--uxp-host-background-color); color: var(--uxp-host-text-color); border-color: var(--uxp-host-border-color); font-size: var(--uxp-host-font-size); } #sampleDialog>div { display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 300px; width: 400px; align-items: center; } #sampleDialog>div>p { margin-top: 30px; } </style> <body> <dialog id="sampleDialog"> <div> <h1>Well hello!</h1&gt

I have tried numerous times to create a Table of Contents. I have defined Paragraph Styles, and selected these to populate the TOC but the only thing appearing is the title. I have made sure that there are no overrides in these styles but to no avail. Please help as I have now spent hours on this trying to figure out how to get it to work. Thank you!

I would like to propose adding table geometry search capabilities to the Find/Change panel - specifically for row heights and column widths.There's no native way to find all table rows/columns with a specific dimension (ex: 40mm width) across an entire document and resize them uniformly. This requires either manual selection (impractical for dozens of tables) or custom scripting, which fails on complex documents and isn't user-friendly for designers.Requested Feature:Extend Find/Change with a Table tab including e.g. [Find Row Width: 40 mm]  →  [Change to: 43 mm]Use Case:I have 500+ tables where all 40mm rows need to become 43mm. Manual work takes hours; scripts fail on my InDesign 2026 document structure. This would be a game-changer for table-heavy documents (catalogs, price lists, schedules).Could Adobe prioritize this? Or is there a hidden feature/beta I'm missing?

Hi everyone - I have just bought a new MacBook and everything seems to work except for the mouse in InDesign.  I have just tried working with text on a document created on the previous computer.  I need to place the curse quite a bit higher than the text that I wish to select.  I am using the trackpad on the MacBook.  Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

This is what I see in AII have a font - Barlow (and Barlow Condensed) installed according to CC. I noticed that both INDD and AI recognize the font, but either do not display the entire font family or if it recognizes it, does not allow it to be used. In INDD specifically, I cannot use it to correct a style, but I can select it from the ribbon at the top and then “reset” the style. Similarly in AI, i see the font, but then when selected for my text, turns it blank.I have installed and uninstalled several times, reset computer etc. It’s like it’s default to a font that doesn’t work even though the font is obviously there. Above is what is see in Illustrator. Below is the style and the ribbon discrepancy.   

Error updating the artificat.Seems like this problem has been persisting for years at this point, most noticabley for me (aka all the time) withing 8 months or so.Yes i’m aware that sometimes even though it says the error it still actually does. Well thats never been the case. It never updates. I have to make a new link each time. I’ve begun exploring alterantive methods for comment processes since this dont seem like the root of this problem will be resorved.We pay for this product and yet some things that have been broken for along time have no been fixed. Its 2026 whats going on?

Hi,I am testing the Google font "Noto Color Emoji" with InDesign 2020 (version 17.4.1) and having some troubles:My whole document became so slow, or even froze ever since I inserted a glyph in this font.Viewing the Glyph panel is also a matter of minutes ...Has someone stumbled upon this issue?The non-color-version (Noto Emoji) works really smooth.Does InDesign not really support svg-fonts yet?