Hi Uwe,   Thanks for following up and providing an update to the script so that it is actually useful. All I did to the original code was change the syntax of   "transparencySettings.dropShadowSettings{"    to   "transparencySettings:{dropShadowSettings:{"     in order get it to create the object style with the drop shadow rather than fail silently. I noticed the result was kind of wonky but didn't have time to investigate further. Your solution is very helpful for someone like me who is still transitioning to JavaScript after using AppleScript for many years. ... View more

Hi David,   1. What do you mean by "Black Square in the title"? Can you post a screenshot? 2. Why would you "think an Adobe user, or employee, may have taken the InDesign file"? If you're going to post such a claim, you should certainly provide some justification for your thinking. ... View more

Antivirus software, such as Webroot, is also notorious for causing issues with keyboard shortcuts. ... View more

This page has links to several Hunspell dictionaries, but as for CJK languages, only Korean. For more on Hunspell dictionaries in InDesign see the Adobe help page. A search for Chinese and Japanese dictionaries on Google came up empty. ... View more

Glad you were able to figure it out. All document pages are based on master pages, which are generally used for placing static content, such as folios and background elements, that should always appear the same on certain pages. When you place content on a master page, all pages based on the master show that content as well. However, that content can be released on the document page and edited separately from the master page. ... View more

Can you provide your InDesign version and a screenshot of the Edit Text Variable setup (Type > Text Variables > Define) for the variable that is being used?   ... View more

A script could do this, but you can also accomplish the same thing without much more effort by inserting the cursor at the beginning of the word and using a keyboard shortcut, which by default is Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + -. That requires removing your hand from the mouse, but you can always edit the keyboard shortcut to something more convenient, such as Cmd/Ctrl + 3.   Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts... . If you don't already have a custom set of keyboard shortcuts, create one, then in the new set go to Product Area: Type Menu and scroll until you find Insert Special Character: Hyphens and Dashes: Discretionary Hyphen. Click on the line and you'll see the current short cut. Type the new key combination in the New Shortcut field the same way you would type the shortcut. If it's already in use, you'll see text indicating "Currently Assigned to:" Clicking the Assign button will create the new shortcut. If it was already in use, it will be overwritten to the new shortcut.   ... View more

Try this: app.activeDocument.objectStyles.add ({name:"Shadow", strokeColor:"None", fillColor:"None", strokeWeight:0, transparencySettings:{dropShadowSettings:{mode:ShadowMode.drop, angle: .0083, xOffset: 0.08, yOffset: 0.08, size: 0.6}}}); ... View more

I would suggest using either the built-in superscript or subscript, then create another text object for the second one, position it manually and group the two together. ... View more

Hi Uwe,   Yes, the font is saved in the EPUB package file, making it available to the e-reader.   ... View more

What version of InDesign are you using?   If it was not a case of a single or multiple items that contained content set to Black being set to Non-Printing in the Attributes panel, and other documents are not being affected, it sounds as though the document may have become corrupted. What happens if you save to IDML? Also curious what happens with the Separations Preview panel open and separations turned on?   ... View more

Just confirming that, in addition to baseline grid settings in the paragraph, the text frame is not using any baseline grid?     Also, if there is any text wrap involved, make sure that Preferences > Composition > Text Wrap > Skip by Leading is checked. ... View more

If double-clicking on InDesign files continues to try opening in Acrobat, you'll want to change your default app for InDesign files.   To do so, right + click on the InDesign file and select Open with > Choose another app.     In the "How do you want to open this file?" dialog, choose InDesign, and check the box that says "Always use this app to open .indd files" and click OK. That should allow you to just double-click on InDesign files moving forward.   ... View more

Try resetting your preferences. See Restore all preferences and default settings on Adobe's Help site. ... View more

If you have plenty of space on your hard drive for all of your InDesign files and links, and you aren't collaborating with any other designers or editors, there's no reason you couldn't use your local drive as long as you routinely back those files up. However, if you routinely share files with others, I would recommend using a cloud service, but I would suggest Dropbox over Creative Cloud storage. Dropbox is very user friendly and provides file versioning, and you'll find a lot more people who use that versus Creative Cloud storage. ... View more

Can you provide a screenshot of what the page looks like in InDesign in additon to your screenshot from Acrobat? ... View more

Have you had a look at this page on Adobe's Help site? - https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/stop-responding-downloading-apps.html ... View more

You can change the width of the dialog screen by dragging the lower right corner, as you may already know, but the width of the Save As field is static. However, using keyboard shortcuts to navigate that field that can be helpful. Cmd/Ctrl + left arrow/right arrow or takes you to the beginning/end of the field. Option/Alt + left/arrow takes you to the beginning/end of a word, as defined by either a space or punctuation. ... View more

Might provide more flexibility to go with the XMP option in the event that one or more of the captions needs editing after the graphics are placed. ... View more

Obviously, this is subjective, but the best book when I was learning InDesign was Real World InDesign. Very thorough with very clear explanations and visuals. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since the first version of InDesign CC, so it would be missing several added features since then, but as far as the basics that are still relevant and for gaining an understanding of how things work in InDesign, it does a great job. I would recommend combining that with a current title. However, I'm not very familiar with recent InDesign books, as I still sometimes refer to RW InDesign then use videos and Adobe's Help pages to get up-to-speed on new features. I'm sure others can chime in on more recent titles. ... View more

The only other thing I can think of to resolve this is to uninstall/reinstall InDesign. If you have a good internet connection, it's not a terribly painful process, and you're given the opportunity to keep your preferences so you don't lose those (although not a bad idea to manually make a copy just in case). ... View more

Have you checked to confirm that the paragraph styles in your TOC style are set to the correct levels in the Edit Table of Contents Style dialog? Is there more than one H1 level paragraph style that could possibly be set to Level 3 instead of Level 2?   ... View more

Hmmm, what Bevi suggests usually works. Have you tried rotating your monitor 90 degrees in your System Preferences to see if it shows up? ... View more

Looks like some extra characters got added to the URL for the above link to the InDesign user voice page for this issue (possibly because it got truncated by whatever solution is being used by the forum). Correct link is here. ... View more