I don't think Google Drive fully supports the InDesign/InCopy workflow. I know for a fact that Dropbox does.   Make sure that for either solution, you are working locally with a synced folder (synced to the cloud and shared with each other). Don't copy anything to/from the web interface for either service.   To test on Dropbox, make sure you each have the Dropbo app running on your hard drives, that you're logged in to your Dropbox accounts, and that you have a folder inside dropbox that you've shared.    Put your InDesign file in there, and open it in InDesign. Unlink any InCopy stories that you might have, then re-export all the stories to InCopy, putting them in the same Dropbox folder as the InDesign file. I always recommend you save the  InCopy files (ICML files) to a subfolder inside your publication's folder, called something like "Content' or "Stories."   The editor using InCopy should automatically get their matching folder synced with the InDesign file and the exported InCopy stories. They should use the InCopy File menu top open the InDesign file (the INDD file). From there they can check out stories to edit them.    The other user (the InDesign user) can have the InDesign file open at the same time. They should see that you/the editor has checked out one or more stories and so cannot edit them.   Does this work? (You can try the same for Google Drive, but as I said, I'm not 100% sure Google Drive supports this. The software must not only sync the files, but also the invisible .idlk file (lock files) that checking out a story creates and that checking it back in deletes.) ... View more

Sure. Select the inline frame with the Selection tool and choose Object > Anchored Object > Options. Then in the Options dialog box, choose Custom (the other two types of Anchored Objects are Inline, as you have, and Above Line). When you choose Custom, the position of the Anchored Object may change. You could fiddle with the settings here, or it may be easier to just click "OK" and then drag the anchored frame where you want. It'll "stick" there even as you edit the text. Couple tips: 1) To see where the object is anchored in the text, turn on Type > Show Hidden Characters, It'll look like a Yen mark. And/or you can choose View > Extras > Show Text Threads. With the object selected you'll see a dashed non-printing line showing which handle of the object is anchored where in the text. 2) With a custom anchored object, you can still apply text wrap, but due to a limitation w/InDesign the line of text where the object is actually anchored will ignore the wrap. Subsequent lines/paragraphs will honor the wrap. It doesn't look like you need any text wrap at all, from your example. The "answers" all fit on one line. But just in case, the workaround is to anchor the object in the line above where you want the text wrap to begin. Since you can drag a custom anchored objects essentially anywhere on the page and it will flow as you edit the text, it doesn't make that much difference where the object is anchored. AM ... View more

There is no Crop tool in InDesign. Are you sure that's the program you're asking about? Or maybe you're thinking the name of the tool in question (whatever it is) is the Crop tool, and it's not. The Selection tool (top-most, black arrow/arrowhead tool) does all the cropping. Each tool has a shortcut key. You may have pressed a shortcut for one of the tool's alternates, which you can reveal by pressing and holding on the tool's slot in the Tools panel, as I'm doing below. You may have typed a "K" (when not editing text) which InDesign interpreted as "Choose the Measure tool." Resetting the workspace doesn't reset the default active tools, which is strange. You might try restarting InDesign. AM ... View more

As Bob said, use File > Export and choose PDF. You can make a PDF of the layout, Galley, or Story. For the latter two, you can choose which stories are included in the PDF. Or in any view, click inside a story with the Type tool, choose File > Export, and there choose RTF (Rich Text Format). That will export an editable RTF file that the editor could open in Word and edit, should that be necessary. You can replace your current story with the returned RTF file by checking out the story in InCopy, deleting the text, and Placing the RTF file in its place. AM ... View more

Regardless, it does sound like you're certain the problem is in InDesign. Barb asked if you were choosing FX options from the other locations (other than the Properties panel) in InDesign, such as the Object menu, the Control panel, or the Effects panel itself. All of these can be active the same time as the Properties panel. You told Barb, ElenaLeeMing  wrote Yes, I use those panels, but again the FX option is only available if there's an object already selected, so would it even be possible to set an effect as a document default from there? Yes, it would be possible. Unlike in the Properties panel, the FX option is always available in those other locations, even though you don't have an object selected. So choosing something there, even with nothing selected, could inadvertently set the defaults for that tool (the Frame tool, for example) if that's the active tool. The fix is: Choose Edit > Deselect All Select the Frame tool (or whichever tool you use to create an object that's coming in with an unwanted appearance) Check the state of the effects in the  fx menu in the Effects panel or from the Control panel's FX button. There should be no checkmarks next to any effects. If there is, choose that effect again to deselect it. Check the Fill/Stroke settings in Swatches and Strokes. Change if necessary (as Scott outlined). Save your document Now try again. Use the tool to create a shape. It should use the defaults you reset. FASTER: Instead of steps 3 and 4, another solution is with nothing selected but the tool active, open the Object Styles panel (Window > Styles > Object Styles) and Option/Alt-click on the default style to clear out overrides, indicated by the plus symbol. That will reset the tool to the "factory defaults". AM ... View more

No, I'm sorry but Publish Online flattens form fields. Even if they download the PDF from your Publish Online URL, the form is flattened and they wouldn't be able to fill out the form in Acrobat. I tried uploading a test PDF form to Creative Cloud or Document Cloud, then shared it from there, but all users can do is either download the PDF to fill it out (which defeats the purpose) or comment on the PDF while it's in the cloud, but not fill out the fields. Sorry! Great feature request though. Adobe InDesign: Feature Requests: Top (2196 ideas) – Adobe InDesign Feedbac AM ... View more

Bohdan, Iike Scott says, when you select text with the Type tool, the option in the Swatches panel defaults to Formatting affects Text. But when you select the text frame with the Selection tool, InDesign figures you want to apply a background color to the frame, so it defaults to Formatting Affects Container. However, if select the frame with the Selection tool and then you tap the J key, that'll toggle between Affects Text/Affects Container. That should help a bit. (Of course if you've selected text with the Type tool and then tap the J key, that'll just replace the selection with the letter 'j'. So don't do that ...heh) AM ... View more

You want to use the Essentials workspace, which is the default for new users, and has the Properties panel at the right (the single panel with a combination of settings you describe). At some point you switched ... maybe to Essential Classic. To switch workspaces, click on the Workspaces menu, which shows the name of your current workspace (here, it's Essentials Classic), and choose another one: Or, you can open the Properties panel on its own from the Window menu, which lists all the panels in alpha order. AM ... View more