InDesign

All my books (several hundred) are formatted using the Times New Roman TTF font. The new version of InDesign 21.0 changes that to Times New Roman OTF.Fortunately, version 20.0 is still installed. I know from experience that strange things can happen in updates.. However, the problem with the latest update has also been introduced in that version.OTF is only available with a licence, which I do not have. I would appreciate some help.Cor van Wijgerden     <Title renamed by MOD>

Any idea when the fix for the flyout boxes is going to be fixed? It has been months now and still not working.

**Product:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (Version 21.0)**OS:** macOS (en_GB locale)**Related apps affected:** Adobe Photoshop 2026---**Bug 1: Copy/paste from InDesign to Photoshop fails when document contains linked files**When attempting to copy a vector object from an InDesign document that contains linked files, the following errors occur:- InDesign displays: "Failed to Export the PDF file"- Photoshop displays: "Could not complete the Paste command because the clipboard data is empty or invalid"The Links panel reports all links as valid (no warnings or missing link indicators). Despite this, the copy operation fails. Vector objects in documents with NO linked files copy and paste into Photoshop correctly.This confirms the issue is triggered by the presence of linked files, even when those links are reported as healthy by InDesign.**Steps to reproduce:**1. Open an InDesign document containing linked files (all links reporting as OK in the Links panel)2. Select any vector object3. Copy (Cmd+C

Please someone help me. This is literally killing me, especially as I went to edit the name of this question, and it deleted all of the text I’d already written :(So, I want to change the colour of some text. I select the text frame, goto colour and adjust the sliders. Thing is that there’s a lurid green box with lots of little white boxes attached, showing that the text frame is selected, that puts me off choosing the colour I want.All I want to do is turn off this selection highlight, so I can choose my colours in peace.ID is all about layout and colour choice is going to play a large part in this, so it must be possible, but for the life of me (which ID is slowly bleeding out of me) I can’t figure out how to do this.Please, before it’s too late, someone help me … I’m begging. No literally, I am begging. It’s all too much :(

I would like to kindly follow up on support case ADB-44827608-R1Y7, which I opened earlier today.As I mentioned before, this issue is not restricted to AI-generated PNG files. The “missing link” error — showing a gray placeholder with green stripes— is also appearing on placed images in layouts I created four years ago that have never contained any artificial intelligence content.To illustrate this clearly, I am attaching the two screenshots once again:• Screenshot from InDesign 2026 showing the file “ReportajeSIP Abril 2026.indd” (page 2), where the placed image displays the gray/green missing-link placeholder.• Screenshot of the exact same section opened in Illustrator 2026, where the design renders perfectlywith no link errors at all.I have already carried out every troubleshooting step suggested by support:Full Creative Cloud repair Complete preferences reset (Cmd + Option + Shift at launch) Clean reinstallation of the application Manually re-linking all placed images Installation

Hi, I have a 200 page 6x9 doc which I want to print as a test on our own office A4 printer. I can print it okay but the over sideof the page is out of sync with the primary side. I habe tried double side flip as well as regular but can't get it to place itself in the right place on the page. Any suggestions please? Thanks

Hi there,  I have a newsletter where most pages have full page images, but they are semi-transparent images layered on top of each other. See screenshot for example. I’m trying to create a lower-res version suitable for posting online so I would love a file size under 10 mb. So far the only way I can get close to achieving this is by taking my layers of semi-transparent images, exporting each page as a png (no transparency), reinserting this flat png, to replace the live images, and then exporting the pdf. But then it sucks because I have to have two versions of the document. I would love to get a smaller pdf using my live document. My standard settings for web docs are compress the images to 150ppi. If I export with my regular settings with the live images, it's 66 MBs, but if I replace the live layers of images with flat pngs, it's 11mbs.  

I need to add a very long text document to the middle of a book. Think of it like adding a huge chapter in between chapters 5 and 6. I want to auto-flow the text, so I don’t have to just manually add the additional pages, because it will be annoying as heck to have to manually add like 200 pages. Is this possible?

I realize this is a common issue for users but I cannot publish online, get an error 18 message every time. I am absolutely connected online, i have done everything i can to address the issue based on what I’ve read in the forum, and nothing is working. Why is it that there are no human beings to talk to about this with? Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.

When I use the Tags panel in InDesign file to map Styles to Tags, all cross-references turn red with a dropdown error message: “Referenced paragraph or text anchor is missing.”I have tried to save the InDesign file as IDML and reopen - with similar result as above.The InDesign file needs to be exported as XML with error-free cross-references for translation.Please see the attached InDesign file with the cross-reference issue.Thank you in advance for your help. InDesign file with cross-references that are broken after tagging styles to tags 

We are experiencing an issue with Adobe InDesign in which it opens files with only read permissions, so when the user tries to save the file it errors and the user is forced to use Save As and use a new file name. Details:Software: Adobe InDesign 2024 (19.4.0.63)Device: macOS 13.5.2 (22G91) (Build 22G91)Storage: Files stored on Shared Drive (SMB) We have checked on the server where the files are stored, and Computer Manager confirms that the user has the file open in "Read" mode instead of "Write+Read". We have verified that the user has Full Control permissions to the file and that no other user is trying to access the same file at the same time. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Hi all! I’m learning about merging data into my InDesign files. I’ve figured out how to do it (YAY!). But I noticed that a lot of the data (text) in my Excel file isn’t formatted. I need to italicize certain magazine names. I figured I could just do a find/replace. But… it doesn’t change the merged text. I did a test, and it DOES change the text I added to test this. But it won’t change the merged text. I can go in and do it by hand, but it won’t do it all at once. What can I do to get around this? In case I didn’t make it obvious, the merged text IS actually text… and is editable. Thanks! 

Mac, OS Tahoe 26.3.1 (a)In the past I have had this problem with Illustrator and Photoshop. Now it sometimes appears with InDesign as well. If I try to drag the active window to another place on my screen, by dragging from the top of the window, it disappears behind all other apps currently open. Oddly, any free floating palettes stay on top. If I can still see a part of the window, I can click on it to bring it back to the front. If not, I have to go to the dock to bring it forward. Nothing is lost so this is an annoyance rather than a real problem, but why does it happen and why is it now happening with ID as well as the others? 

I’m learning how to merge data and images into an InDesign file. I’m new to this process. I have a bunch of charts (PDFs) that I’m importing via the merge function. They are merging, but they are all over the place in terms of size (98%, 107%, 160%). How can I “force” them to pop in at 100%? And secondly, is there a way to make sure they always merge in at the same x/y coordinate? Thanks!

Currently having an issue with my undo/history function. I seem to only be able to go back 2 or 3 commands before the entire history disappears. pls help!

So I have sets of illustration in separated artboard (same layer) in Illustrator. But when I am importing it to InDesign, some parts of the illustration is missing. It occurs on some illustration, especially reused graphic asset from Freepik. Funny enough, this isn't happening using the previous version of Indesign. Right now I am using the current latest 21.0 (not beta). What I have done for the workaround;saved into a new file, only the error artboard. not working.saved the error artboard into EPS, works. But I wish everything works in native format.  

Hallo Ihr,ich habe einen neuen Kunden, der als Font Palatino Linotype gewählt hat. Beim Platzieren von doc-files (ich bin wegen diverser Probleme auf ID-Version 18 zurückgekehrt, um Probleme durch docx zu vermeiden) wählt ID Palatino Linotype Nothing, das als solches nicht erkannt wird. Wenn ich das durch Regular ersetze, muss ich alle Abweichungen (bold, italics) manuell ändern, d.h. den Text akribisch durchgehen. Außerdem nimmt ID rote Schrift statt Schwarz und alles unterstrichen (trotz anderslautender Einstellungen). Es gibt hier offenbar ein Problem, dass die Software Absatzformate ignoriert.Habt Ihr eine Idee, wie ich das ändern kann? Ich arbeite mit Win11 und InDesign 18.5.4 x64. LG, Birgit

The graphics are of different sizes, but I want to fill the page with 3mm spacing between them. They only need to be the same height, not the same width.No code needed—just give me a suggested algorithm.For example, if the page width is 170;// Spacingvar csp=3;// Number of columnsvar cn=2w1+w2+w3+3*2=170h1=h2=h3;But since both the height and width are unknown, does this mean I have to keep trying different values?If that really doesn't work, I think allowing the last shape to be cropped might be easier to implement.Do I need to loop multiple times to scale?This feels really slow.Thank you . 

Hi,Getting an issue with indesign and not recognising the calibri system font installed. From what I can see, there’s a new version of calibri with a latest windows update. V6.26 > V6.27.   Myself and colleagues are effected, and this is spanning across a lot of our documents. Replacing the font does not fully solve the issue as any forms text fields will not update to the font box.  I’ve seen a similar post regarding this with the same issue on times new roman which is marked as resolved but it most certainly not.  FYI, installing calibri via adobe fonts does not work, we are getting a conflict likely due to it already being a system font. We also running the latest version of indesign. Any help on this?

Hi everyone, I hope this post helps others too!In Indesign I have images and text overlaying and when I PDF the page, the images I think flatten and they get a very thin white box around them. It only happens when I print to PDF, is there a way to get rid of these? 

I wanted to make two files out of one file because it was too big. (All is happening on the cloud)So i succeded in saving one half, but when i was saving the other, it just crashed. and now i cannot open my mother file, containing the whole file, neither the second half file. If i try to import the file in a new document, it says it’s already opened by someone else. What can i do ?(sry the screenshot is in french)(Also, if i ttry to open the mother file, adobe just crashes. I sent it to adobe.I tried to download but it won’t, and i duplicated the files but same results)

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a way to select all objects or text frames that reside on a specific layer across different pages simultaneously. Currently, selecting them page-by-page is too time-consuming. Is there a built-in feature, a shortcut, or perhaps a script that can achieve this? Thanks in advance!