Uninstall InDesign and then reinstall the app. Restart your computer and see if this doesn't solve the crashing problem. ... Mehr anzeigen

What happens when you Shift-Option/Alt click on the name of the paragraph style? Doing so should clear all character styles. If you manually clear all character and paragraph styles, and then apply your paragrah style, does your type look like your example? Also, check for a nested GREP style that might be the offender. ... Mehr anzeigen

To get ID to automatically update an edited PS or AI file, you must use the Edit Original command in ID. Accessing a PS or AI without using Edit Original doesn't create the auto-update connection you're enjoying after saving your linked file. The make things easier going from ID to PS or AI, simply Option/Alt+double-click on the image you want to edit in PS or AI. This keyboard shortcut will automatically open the file in its respective creator app. Once you're done editing the file, Save and return to ID where you'll see the updated photo or graphic in place. ... Mehr anzeigen

In addition to other suggestions, I highly recommend you uninstall/reinstall InDesign itself. ... Mehr anzeigen

I agree with Steve Werner. I too have not had problems with CC Libraries, and highly recommend them. ... Mehr anzeigen

I'm not seeing your screenshot. ... Mehr anzeigen

Eye dropper tool is a really fast (and fun) way to quickly apply styles. Give it a try.  ... Mehr anzeigen

Lucky me, I've never had a client dictate how to design their book. At least not at the beginning of a project. Sometimes clients might ask to see an example of an alternate font or folio location after viewing a draft, but it's really rare. Most clients are smart enough to know what they don't know.  ... Mehr anzeigen

Hi georgef83199331:   I can appreciate the frustration you express in your post titled "Almost No Real Support for Novel-size books." I'll try to respond to some of your concerns.   Let me start by saying that designing a book with any software represents a prodigious task that requires many areas of understanding and knowledge. These include setting type and using styles, importing a manuscript from Word or another word processor, optimizing and placing graphics, using tables, creating footnotes, building Tables of Contents, creating Indexes, working with cross-references, understanding modern printing processes, PDF handoff, building sections, numbering paragraphs or assigning bullets, using text variables, building dictionaries, understanding spell-checking and hyphenation. Color modes, proofing, GREP expressions, Unicode and glyphs, and so forth. The list is dizzying.   Currently the best tool for this job is InDesign. But you can't expect Adobe to teach you everything there is to know. At best, they can (and do) try to teach users how to use the tools in InDesign, but what they can't do is tell users when to use these tools. The subject is just too vast.   But what Adobe lacks in support, others try to provide. Just scratching the surface you'll find books and articles about designing books (I've written a few myself). There are websites and videos across the internet that fill many of these gaps (YouTube, LinkedIn Learning, InDesign Magazine, indesignsecrets.com). There is no shortage of third-party information out there for private study and learning.   Yet all of this takes time. I've been designing books and publications for over 25 years. And oh, by the way, in addtion to knowing InDesign you'll need to know a bit about Photoshop and Illustrator, too!   So as much as I feel your pain, designing books, like most crafts, can't be learned in a few months or even a few years. Adobe, in their defense, does their best to help users of InDesign find help putting all these disparate pieces together. But, let's not forget, they're a software company. Their job is build the tools, but ultimately it's your job to figure out how best to use them. I wish it were easier. But it's not.   Scott ... Mehr anzeigen

You should never create an InDesign document using CMYK images. In fact, there's no longer really any reason to convert images to CMYK. That's old school.   David Blatner has an excellent article about this workflow on indesignsecrets.com: https://creativepro.com/rgb-workflow-from-photoshop-to-final-pdf/   Here's another excellent article by Claudia McCue: https://creativepro.com/rgb-vs-cmyk/   ... Mehr anzeigen

Another thing to check. I notice in your first para example there are no hyphens. In the second there is one "business." Are you limiting consecutive hyphens in some way? ... Mehr anzeigen

Next guess. Is there a character in that paragraph that has a leading value more than 14 pts? ... Mehr anzeigen

My first guess is that your Keep Options for the body text (paragraph style) is set to two lines and the paragraph end in one line. When this happens, InDesign forces the paragraph to break early to preserve two lines at the top of the next page. ... Mehr anzeigen

The .idml format is ostensibly for creating ID documents that can be read by earlier versions of the software. It works by stripping out native InDesign code and converting it to XML. Linked graphics are ignored and not included or embedded. The result is a very lightweight file that can be easily shared with others.    Although I don't think .idml was invented as a way to troubleshoot .indd files, somewhere, someone discovered that exporting to .idml and re-opening the file as .indd was often effective in fixing vexing problems. ... Mehr anzeigen

Even more Optional*: Break the book into separate InDesign files per chapter/section.  Use the ID Book file to link the files together.    With all due respect to David Creamer and his comments, I would strongly urge you not to break the book into separate InDesign files per chapter/section. Doing so only further complicates an already complicated process and is completely unneccesary.  ... Mehr anzeigen

I'm afraid my comments aren't so much about a lack of sections. Moreover, I'm talking about using InDesign like MS Word, using paragraph returns and the spacebar to control where things sit on the page, extra spaces, misusing the "soft" return, and building the layout as one continuous text flow. The list goes on.   Again, I marvel at your pluck for trying something so complex, and applaud you for using this project as a learning experience! Don't let my criticism blunt your efforts; you'll get there eventually. I do suggest doing some reading about how to build longer documents. I think Nigel French addresses this in one of his books. Mike Rankin created an excellent video tutorial on the subject that's available on LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com).   I'm sure there are many other good resources, including indesignsecrets.com. I wrote an article for InDesign Magazine #42 (June/July 2011) titled "Book Design Basics: A Designer’s Guide to Getting the Most from InDesign" which has a some good information, but again only scratches the surface of this tricky topic. ... Mehr anzeigen

Although I greatly admire your effort to design this book with only a few weeks of experience using InDesign, I'm afraid I don't know where to start. There are just too many things done wrong throughout the document that fixing the TOC and List of Figures will only scratch the surface of its problems.    Sorry for the bad news, but again, 'A' for Effort, but 'F' for the actual product. InDesign is just too complex for any beginner to master after only a few weeks of use.   Scott ... Mehr anzeigen

Got it. Will take a look and report back! ... Mehr anzeigen

I know I can fix this, but doing so like this is hard. Can you post some screen shots for me to see? ... Mehr anzeigen

It sounds to me like your Table of Contents title may have some character style or styles overriding it. Try this: when applying your TOC paragraph style to the Table of Contents title, hold Option/Alt + Shift at the same time. This key combo will strip out any character overrides while applying the correct style. ... Mehr anzeigen

Just a quick correction to Bob Levine's answer above. With Webflow you are not married to the platform for hosting. Webflow can export your entire project (HTML, CSS, JS, and all assets) to allow hosting on the platform of your choice. ... Mehr anzeigen

This project sounds like a perfect reason to use InDesign's animation features and Publish Online export ability. Another option would be to use the In5 plug-in from Ajar Productions. ... Mehr anzeigen

Are you simply trying to populate each page with text of a day of the week? In your screen shot you show Sunday, February 28th in green script at the top of the planner page. So you want this on each consecutive planner page? Monday, March 1st, Tuesday March 2nd, etc.   Correct? ... Mehr anzeigen

I'm afraid I'm not understanding what you're trying to do either. Please re-explain, and I should be able to give you a hand. Thanks. ... Mehr anzeigen

I'll be happy to take a look at your file if you're interested. Save As .idml and send me a link or an address where I can fetch the file.   ... Mehr anzeigen

I think you got it, Anthony! Just play around with the settings until you get what you want. That's probably the easiest way for you to learn what I did. Also, you might want to experiment with the numbering alignment. I set them Right, so the decimal points (.) are always aligned vertically. If you align Left, then the first digit of each number will align, but the decimals won't. Your choice. ... Mehr anzeigen

Barb, I think the diffence is that you're using a Bullets and Numbering paragraph style and anthony1 is using a normal text paragraph style. His numbers are not auto-generated, but added manually. ... Mehr anzeigen

And you only see one section (starting on page 1) in the entire document?  ... Mehr anzeigen