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I'm doing the design for a series of novels. The author is handing me Word files. For the most part, he used styles in Word or did things in other ways I can detect with Find/Change (e.g. italicized text, which I can change to a character style). But every time he started a new section and needed a paragraph with no first-line indent, instead of using a different style or even overriding the paragraph settings, he put the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and hit Backspace, which in Word removes the indent (apparently there is an invisible code for the indent itself). When I bring the file into InDesign, all paragraphs are indented because it just follows the styles and overrides. I have made a paragraph style to use for those paragraphs, but I'd rather not have to look for all of them manually. They will always follow specific things I can search for, like a section heading or special divider. But I don't know how to find one paragraph but do a change action on the paragraph fo

Hi everyone,I'm facing a specific EPUB (Reflowable) export issue from InDesign and would really appreciate expert insights. My Goal:I want my exported EPUB file to have both:A visible Table of Contents (TOC) page with clickable links on Page 8 of the EPUB contentA fully working Navigation TOC (the one that appears in the Kindle/Apple Books sidebar), showing all chapter names✅ What I’ve Done:Created the TOC using Layout → Table of ContentsPlaced the TOC frame manually on Page 8All chapter titles use a consistent Paragraph Style (Chapter Heading)Created a TOC Style (epub_nav) that includes Chapter HeadingEPUB Export Settings:Navigation TOC Style: epub_navSplit Document: Based on Chapter Heading❌ The Issue:When I place the TOC at the beginning of the document, Kindle’s sidebar TOC stops working though the visible TOC appears correctly in the beginning of the doc.But when I place the TOC on Page 8 (my preferred position), the visible TOC appears in the bottom of the EPUB,

Hola a todos,Estoy desarrollando un documento largo en Word y necesito aplicar numeración multinivel con solo dos estilos (T1 y T2), manteniendo este patrón por bloques:1.1. Tema principal1.1. Tema principal1.1.1. Subtema1.1.2. Subtema 1.2. Otro tema1.2.1. Subtema 2.1. Nuevo bloque (capítulo)2.1.1. Subtema2.1.2. Subtema 3.1. Otro bloque independiente3.1.1. Subtema3.1.2. Subtema🧩 Requisitos clave:Solo quiero usar dos estilos globales: T1 (nivel 1) y T2 (nivel 2).Pero necesito que cada bloque o capítulo tenga numeración independiente, aunque comparta estilo.Es decir, cuando llegue al segundo bloque, quiero poder iniciar con 2.1. sin que afecte la numeración anterior 1.1..La numeración debe poder reiniciarse o empezar desde un valor específico, pero sin usar estilos distintos por bloque como T1_3, T2_3. ¿Qué busco?Alguna forma de configurar listas multinivel para que Word no mezcle la numeración entre bloques.Posiblemente una solución con VBA (macros) que permita:Numerar u

I'm currently working on a cook book and was wondering if anyone could help. I currently have paragraph styles set for the title, ingredients and directions section and was wondering if there was a way to tell it to keep all the section together. I've included a picture, is there a way to make the title "Viv's appetizer spread" move to the next page? 

New to indesign. Trying to work in a client file and it says unable to check out this file. It may be in use by someone else. HELP!

The Adobe Text font family is divided into two groups – 'Regular' and 'Other styles' – and this issue only occurs in InDesign.  Every time I launch InDesign, it defaults to the 'Regular' font group. As a result, any text using other styles is marked as missing.  I have tried uninstall/reinstall/restart InDesign/clean cache and everything... Is there a way to combine those two groups?Thank you.

Do you have AppleScript in your InDesign workflows? InDesign is hosting an Office Hours special tomorrow, July 23.   Original post from the InDesign Developers Prerelease* quoted here:   Developer Action Required:   Review all AppleScript-based event handlers in your workflows. Inline handlers using globals, arguments, or helper functions should be refactored to use external .applescript files.   Keep logic self‑contained within the handler script to maintain compatibility with the modern framework.   InDesign Office Hours:Date: July 23, 2025Time: 19:45 IST, 14:15 UTC, 07:15 PSTMS Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2312541723315?p=Pb37zp1F82JNj8NZTg   *The InDesign Developer prerelease is often applicable for InDesign SDK users or InDesign Server developers, but it also covers developer information more generally. (If you’ve been waiting to get in to the InDesign Developer prerelease group for some time, DM me.)

30 years ago my mother used pagemaker to recreate a copy of a childrens rhyme book that originally belonged to my father 80 years ago.  Every time she had a new grandchild, she printed a new version with one of the poems dedicated to the new grandchild.  My sweet mother passed away last year.  This year two great grandchildren will be born and I have been tasked with continuing the tradition.  I have a box with the paper, original book and two CDs with P65 files.  I cannot find a way to convert them to anything usable - Word, PDF, InDesign, etc.  I do not have a copy of Pagemaker or CS6 InDesign, which my research says are the only methods for converting to PDF or DOC.  I really do not want to recreate the entire book but don't have a problem doing editing or cleanup if it is not perfect. Thankful for any suggestsion! Files:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UuGQUkjka2s08hPpQRcHxX8eW2EzC6s8?usp=drive_link

Hello, I'd like to know how to quickly switch from one document to another (from one tab to another) in the interface of the latest version of indesign on mac, and if there is a keyboard shortcut. Thank you   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi. using ID 20.4.1 under Windows 11 (long may it wave).I have rigorously indexed a client's document (which I also laid out). The client has a tendency to use "Teutonic Capitalization in All Things and for many Important Nouns." Naturally, when I indexed their document, I indexed using these important capitals... because they were important to the client... but I also put things in lowercase when they were concepts or topics not specifically capitalized in the product by the client. The client objected to some index entries being in uppercase and some in lower... suddenly craving a consistency they did not employ in their own product. Anyway, now I have an extensive index that -- according to Chicago 17 -- needs to be rendered in lowercase except where it's a proper name, etc. (Mea culpa for not consulting Chicago beforehand and advising the client appropriately.) Is there an easy way to find each index entry and render it in lowercase (except, of course, for those proper na

Hello,So I have a big problem with displayed fonts in InDesign files in our company. All of our files are stored on a server and edited by different people. Most of them work on windows, I’m editing on a Mac. When I open said documents from the server on my Mac most of the text fields are displayed wrong. The program is recognizing the fonts correctly but is displaying them wrong. In the first screenshot you can see how the fonts are displayed wrong.   You can see that InDesign recognizes it as the font Inter Bold, but fails to display it correctly. If I would export it like this as a PDF directly, everything would look like this. To fix this I have to select every text or text field individually and press enter on the font variation selector for it to get displayed correctly like this:  I have no duplications of this font on my Mac and installed everything directly from Google Fonts (in this case 'Inter' font). I have tried using both the variable Fonts and the sta

Hi! The trouble i'm having (pictures attached) is when moving around text boxes there are breaks in the text that appear based on where I have it on the page. I have been searching through here, youtube, and reddit trying to find a fix but I keep coming up empty. I have tried to find text breaks, discretionary hyphens, and I have looked into the paragraph style and character style. I even double checked that everything on the page has text wrap turned off and that there are no floating shapes I missed. I'm lost, and when I try to find answers its never what I'm looking for. Can someone save me from this frustrating nightmare? 

Hi please can you help. I designed my Dad’s autobiography epub as per online recommendations: 11pt with 13.2 pt leading. But when downloaded to any reader including Kindle, Apple Books and Google Books, my book displays as a large amount of tightly woven text per page. No other books on Kindle that I have seen or purchased look like this. Please can you recommend the best option to fix this?  It’s not about adjusting the settings on the e-readers as I don’t need to for any of the ebooks I've bought. Two screenshots below: My book on Apple Books and a Stephen Hawking book sample page on Apple Books.  1. My book   STEPHEN HAWKING BOOK   

Bonjour, Je dois imprimer un livre en noir et blanc avec une centaine d’images en niveau de gris. Je les retouche donc sur photoshop pour les passer en niveau de gris, puis je les enregistre en TIFF ou PSD en conservant le profil ICC (Dot Gain 15%)Je les glisse ensuite sur Indesign et elles apparaissent toutes beaucoup plus sombres que sur photoshop. Comment faire pour toujours avoir le même aperçu sur indesign que sur photoshop ?Lorsque je vais dans l’aperçu de séparation d’indesign, les images redeviennent comme sur photoshop.Dans la suite de ce même problème, lorsque j’exporte mon fichier en pdf, les images sont très sombres sur Acrobat, il faut encore une fois que je fasse une manipulation : que j’aille dans l’aperçu de sortie, avec la simulation de la surimpression pour que les images redeviennent comme sur photoshop.Existe-t-il un réglage pour que les images apparaissent toujours de la bonne façon ?En vous remerciant

I’m experiencing pretty serious bugs with InDesign v19 on macOS. I've tried to troubleshoot for several hours with no luck. I would like to install InDesign 2023 or later, but it's not on the Creative Cloud. Does anyone know the best way to go about this? I tried to utilize the Adobe Support chat, but since it isn't business hours I can't get a response there right now. 

Version 4 ICC Profiles were converted to version 2 ICC Profiles during PDF Export

Recently updated to this version. If I highlight any text and go to the font dropdown palette, when I hit the slider to move down the font list, the palette closes and I can't select another font. If I don't select any text I can choose any font I want - but then I have to retype in order to use my new font. Not a prefs issue - I checked. Ugh - I have a long document ot edit and if I have to go through this for every font change, it's going to be a very long day....

Hey folks, Novice to InDesign (using it on Mac), used it a few times but just for fun. Working on a long(ish) book, about 120 pages and wanted to ask what is the best way for me to set up new chapters? Should I be using page breaks? I think it is bad practice to use a load of returns to get to a new page right? Or am I supposed to be setting it up in Paragraph Styles for the last para of each chapter or something? Not sure what to do and am starting out in the book so just want to get things right in the early setup. I've set up para and charatcer styles for the main text so it seems ok there, just wondering about how to deal with new chapters. Should I be using the Book Panel? I understand that that would make each chapter a separate file or something? Appeciate any help. Thank you.

Hello,I create a number of InDesign files that include interactive text fields and checkboxes. After exporting them, I always add the JavaScript app.runtimeHighlight = false;to the pdf file in Acrobat to make sure that the blue highlights do not appear on the buttons. I do this very often and it can become a pain to keep adding it back into the pdf after each round of edits and export. Is there a way to add this script into the InDesign file so that it will run upon opening the pdf in Acrobat every time I export it so that I don't have to do it manually each time?I know how to add a script to InDesign, but I don't know how to get it to run automatically on the opening of the pdf in Acrobat. Only if you click a button.Thank you.

Hi,I'm using the STIX Two Text font for the "greater than or equal to" symbol (Unicode 2265). However, in the generated PDF, it appears as a Symbol font instead.It seems InDesign automatically substituted the f ont because STIX Two Text does not include the U+2265 character.Since the missing glyph wasn't flagged, it's hard to identify the issue.Is there any way to detect missing glyphs in InDesign, either manually or through a script? Regards,Murali

It doesn't seem right for me to write it this way.The result in if is always false. if(table.rows[-1].cells.everyItem().appliedCellStyle.name!=="ABC"){ . . . } 

I’m working on a client project in InDesign with a tight deadline, and all of my Share for Review comments disappeared — both from the InDesign file and the online review link. The file had many client comments as recently as yesterday (7/17). I got through editing up to page 50 before they vanished. I asked the client to leave a new comment to test if the review was still connected — now only that new comment appears, and none of the previous ones are showing.I didn't delete or relink anything, and I’m logged into the correct Adobe ID. This is for a deliverable due this week, and I urgently need help recovering the original comments.Any advice or recovery options would be deeply appreciated.

When placing PDF's into a document and printing them, InDesign seems to randomly cause some items to be removed from the layout. It seems to be mostly Canva PDF's that are affected. Screenshot 1 - my client's Canva PDF is dropped into our printer (Fiery Command Workstation). Everything is correct in the preview.Screenshot 2 - I need the document 2-up on a sheet so I lay that out with InDesign and print to the Fiery. Now there is a bunch of text missing in the tan colored box. I can even make a PDF of this 2-up layout and it removes the items from the PDF. This problem started with InDesign 2023. I still have 2022 installed for this very purpose because these files print fine from 2022. I've been burnt by this problem several times now and keep hoping a new version will fix it. 2023, 2024 and 2025 do not fix it.

I am using a macbookair with OS 15.5 and InDesign 20.4.1 Typically, I write in both Japanese and English and for English input I use what is called ABC-Extended that lets me add macrons and such to the letters. This works in all apps (Word, Mail, Safari, etc) but it does not work in InDesign. InDesign does not recognize the ABC-Extended input and so I need to use the "Keyboard Viewer" to manually add special letters. How can I get InDesign to recognize ABD-Extended input?

I have a document that I set up with primary text frames from the very start of the workflow. I'm using it as a template for all the documents going into a book.    However, I've gotten almost to the end of formatting the pages for the current section in one particular file and it's suddenly decided to switch from primary text frames to normal ones, so the final page has overset text instead of continuing for the 2 or 3 more pages required.   I've checked the master pages and the primary text boxes are still set up and present. I tried to re-apply to master page to the pages in question but that just gave me new primary text frames under the ones I already have. Is there a way of fixing this that doesn't involve cutting everything and pasting it into a new document?   I don't want to jsut manually create text boxes on some new pages as that will presumably mess up any reflowing which will inevitably happen during editing and defeat the point of using the primary tex