Hi. Using ID 19.2 under Win 11. My question was partially answered by Peter Kahrel here (it was something of a revelation): https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-it-possible-to-convert-index-numbers-in-indesign-to-a-form-other-than-numbers/m-p/14448620#M563505 But my question goes just a little further into EPUB, and I'm hoping for advice from the community. Summary: Like the OP of the linked post, I would like to use an InDesign index in an EPUB. Peter Kahrel ably showed how to use GREP to replace the numbers in an ID index with a string (I used "Go") that maintains the link to the target location, thus allowing a non-page-specific index link to an index target location. This works (great) for PDFs, but does not appear to work in EPUBs, although I can see it work in the Calibre EPUB editor. I'm obviously missing something (mea culpa!) Detail: (This is a duplicate of my question asked 'way down on the OP posting above, hate to ask it twice but I'm not sure how soon anyone might see it.)   My question: Summary of problem: The eventual EPUB created using the GREP substitution method does not appear to link from the Index to the instance, and I'm not sure how to figure this out/debug. I am aware that EPUB is a set of zipped HTML docs. Details: I created an InDesign book with two documents; call them targets.indd and index.indd. In targets.indd, there are three pages, each containing a single item; this, that, and the other thing. I created a normal index, which showed the three items and their respective page numbers. I tested this by creating a PDF, and the ID links from the index to the target were in place and worked. I ran the Peter Kahrel's GREP, and replaced each of the page numbers with the word "Go." I tested this revision by creating a PDF, and the ID links from the index to each target still worked (this is great!). I created an EPUB version of the doc. This is where I began to have trouble. In ID, Window | Interactive | EPUB Interactivity Preview showed the target pages and the index page as expected. While the EPUB previewer gave me a finger "pointer," clicking the word Go in the index did not take me to the target (no reaction). I opened the EPUB in Calibre editor (not an Adobe product; I know). In Calibre, clicking the word Go took me to the target -- so as far as the HTML was concerned in Calibre, this arrangement works. I opened the EPUB in Kindle Previewer 3.78 (just downloaded today; not an Adobe product, I know). The Kindle Previewer displayed the three target pages and the Index as expected, but clicking Go in the index did not take me to the targets. There was no reaction to the click. Just like the Adobe EPUB previewer.   So in both the Adobe EPUB previewer and in the Kindle EPUB previewer, the index links did not work. But in both PDF and in Calibre, they did.   I am puzzled why the links appear to work sometimes but not others. I am sure this is because I am missing something that I otherwise should know. The GREP works just fine... except I don't end up with an index usable in EPUB. Any advice?   PS: It may be that Kindle cannot handle an index even though it is made up of unnumbered target links. I can live with that, but want to make sure I'm not simply doing something incorrectly or missing a simple setting. Likewise, it may be that ID's interactive EPUB window won't deal with indexes. I can live with that too, with the same proviso. But Calibre works as expected....   Thanks as always to the community. -j ... View more

Hi. Using ID 19.2 under Windows 11. Summary: This one has me puzzled. I want to put the 0-point of the Hz ruler EXACTLY in the center of a page of non-standard width. How? Detail: I'm working on a book cover. Because of spine and trim considerations, the cover (a single page, not a spread) must be 17.60674" inches wide. This includes the front and back cover and the spine width. The spine is the center of the cover, and everything is measured to the right or to the left of the centerline of the spine. A quick calculation of 17.60674/2 = 8.80337" from the center to the trim edge of the single page. But I can't seem to find a way to center the 0-point of the Hz ruler exactly on the middle of this 17.60674" distance. (Yeah, I know ID only goes to 4 decimal places and doesn't show the final number 4; the least of my concerns.) I can't seem to figure out how to do this with precision. It seems like I should just be able to click something and say "Center."   Information on-line provides several methods of setting the 0-point -- right-click the ruler, and... Ruler per page puts 0-point on the left edge of the page. (not what I need) Ruler per spread puts the 0-point on the left edge of the spread (not working with a spread; don't want the ruler on the left edge) Ruler on spine puts the 0-point on the spine (which in the case of a single page is interpreted as the left edge of the page) Other instructions say simply drag the intersection of the rulers to "any place you want." But "any place" measured by Mark 1 eyeball is not precise enough, I need to specify the center -- plus, once a ruler has been placed "more or less" at the center of the page, any attempt to adjust the ruler's 0-point shows the DIFFERENCE between the previous position and the new position, rather than an absolute position.   I've looked at the Info panel, the Properties panel, and the X-position in the ribbon, and it's not obvious to me how to place the 0-point of the Hz ruler at the center of whatever page size I'm working with. I can't believe no one has ever needed to do this but me, so I have missed the technique.   How do I place the 0-point of the Hz ruler at the center of a single page -- accurately?   Thanks as always to the community. -j     ... View more

Hi. Using ID 19.0.1 with Win 11/updated. I've used a text variable for the product name: "use a <Vapid-20> thingie to...." Why? The client likes to change the names of things mid-project. But they got me this time. They changed it to a name beginning with a vowel. Now it's the <Avapid-20>. I can instantly change the product name everywhere by editing the variable, but everywhere I said "use a Vapid-20" it now has to be "use an Avapid-20." English. Is there any way to search/find a text variable?  I suppose I could then use GREP or even scripting to change the word just before it if needed... but I have to find it first. As always, thanks to the community. -j ... View more

Hi, relative AI newbie, using AI 28.0 on Win 11 (fully updated). I'm trying to create a segmented pyramid. I have gotten this far just with squares. (Still need to play with sizing and lighting and shadows.) I rotated the square in the X axis to lay it "flat." Then I beveled "up." Here is the problem: at the top of the pyramid, I can only bevel so far. I want to bring the pyramid to a point. Perhaps I am using the wrong tool, or there is a different method I should be using instead of 3D. I imagined that the bevel would eventually reach a point... but alas, no. Advice, please, on how to bring the top segment to a point. Thanks as always to the community. -j   ... View more

Hi. Using ID 18.5 on Win 11 (updated). This is not a bug -- although I'll tag it as a bug, just in case. It's more in the nature of an observation.   My general run-of-publication paragraph uses a 12-character GREP style that calls a no-break character style. This ensures that the tail of each paragraph is at least 12 characters long. This works great with general writing.   I have a client that has changed the product name 3 times. Let's call it the Whoopeedo High-Tech Dingus Thingie 3.0, which I have enshrined as a text variable so that when the next product name change comes along, I can change it everywhere all at once without a search-and-replace. Now... I am aware that InDesign treats a text variable as though it were a single character. A text variable cannot break across lines, for example.  So when I enter <prod>, ID inserts the whole product name, which fits just fine on a column line width, even if it's by itself and it often allows some extra room at the end... say 4 characters or so. This is where the problem happens.   If I attempt to type anything in that little scoshe of room after the variable -- say, the word "product," which naturally causes a newline -- the GREP style swings into action. It won't wait for me to finish typing "product." I could have much more text to write. Instead, it won't show the word "product" and immediately inserts several new blank pages. (?)   The work-around is to (a) manually enter a newline if I recognize the approaching situation, or (b) remove the GREP style from that one offending paragraph, both of which I've done. What I'd like to have happen is for the program to give me a chance to type more characters (to create better than that 12-character paragraph tail). Alas it is too fast for me. But why it inserts two or three new blank pages is a puzzle...   -j ... View more

Hi, using Win11 with ID 18.4. I appear to have lost a dialog box that I recall seeing, and I just can't find any more. I'm stumped! Would appreciate guidance. (Or just simple menu directions to it....)   I'm working on a book, and I want all chapters to start on a recto page. This is perfectly normal. Really, I've got this working. I can manage this with a combination of Numbering & Section Options (Pages window, Layout menu) The Pages window (and parent pages/single page vs spread) and manually adding extra even-numbered pages to each file end. The book window Document Setup   However.... I vaguely remember seeing a dialog where I could specify "Begin file on right-hand page" (or left, for that matter, but I want the traditional recto), and "automatically add extra page at end of file." My problem is that I can't seem to find this dialog anywhere anymore, and when I search on line (and even in the forum) I get results that explain how to number pages or how to make a chapter start on the left-hand page or other responses that do not involve such a dialog box. I have not been able to find my way back to this remembered dialog. (Much like Shangri-La.)   I'm not referring to Smart Text Reflow at the bottom of Preferences | Type. This was a different dialog that expressly determined recto/verso starting page and adding new pages at file end to ensure that the file ended on an even page. I could be remembering this from Frame, but, frankly, I haven't used Frame in a long while, and I recall this phantom dialog from very recent use (I recall stumbling upon it, and saying "Aha!")   Am I falsely "remembering" something that is not in InDesign, or have I forgotten the magic hidden key combination, like holding CTRL while I click a menu item, or am I just missing something that's right in front of me?   Thanks as always to the community. -j ... View more