Thanks Joe I agree, this would be a simple feature similar to excel whereby the number of highlight "cells" (not rows) appears along the bottom. Im trying to paste a number of cell information into new cells, but i need to count how many i'm cutting, then count how many i'm pasting. I haven't found a successful way to do this in 15 years of using this software. Erics answer goes someway to achieve this but not ideal sean   ... View more

Hey Uwe   Still looking for a one click solution to "disble all links in book" button   Im about to print the next edition of the 600 page manual and am running into the same issue a few years later 🙂   Sean ... View more

Hi Anshul   Was there a solution to achieve above?   cheers sean   ... View more

Thanks Peter What you've written there makes no sense to me, but if it works for you, good! sean   ... View more

I understand what you're saying, and your right. I'd like to give the cross-ref a go. How does one "prefix a special maker to a topic name" i tried indexing within the index, but that auto deletes after the next "index generate" ... View more

Ok the best i could do withour spending hours trying to figure out something that SHOULD be inately simple for an index is  - The script suggested did little other than move text to next line - Using the index style AND Entry spertators was the easiest way to "force line break" and "EM space" to look midly OK   pictures attached posting picture intext here for some reason are low quality    Would be nice and professional to finish this index with these "see" entries similar to all other entries e.g.   Staging of CKD and COPD        See Classification of ......................................................455     ... View more

OK I had this same problem and all above didn't work for me BUT THIS DID   Step 1. Open your whole book click on find/change under "find what" click on the @symbol click on markers --> then index marker leave change to: blank under search, search "all documents" Then "change all"   Step 2. (can you believe it?) remove unused topics from index menu check reference and book highlight (click on) any indexed topic go to top right menu and "remove unused topics"   Tah DAH - all index markers are deleted and your old index is clean ready to rebuild Whew!! you're welcome 🙂   All this SHOULD be an ID single click menu option. WHY? For all of us who rebuild indexes for the same book/manual/document requiring all old/dead/deleted (but not deleted) special or hidden characters but require all styles and indexing setup to remain intact   ... View more

Thanks Rob None of that worked particularly step 3. Select the pages of the spread Page Panel Menu > Deactivate "Allow Selected Pages to Shuffle" Select only one page of the spread in the page panel and drag it to its side until a beam appears release   Also looked at the video  on the link provided, got single pages above one another, (again a sloppy method to do a simple task), however increasing the craphic to the bleed edge resulted in the same issue   essentially can get a ledt page and a seperate right page maybe a windows thing? every exmple and online graphic is iOS s   ... View more

Thanks Rob 550 pages Both folded and spiral bound versions of manual are printed Setting inside bleed to 0 worked a treat, but as above all page turners show a bleed "trim" colour, only the main page seems to invade the next page - very odd s   ... View more

Thanks Rob   I think this is going to be the best option. I'll have to reconfigure styles throughout manual but i don't see any other 'sinlge click' simple option   thanks so much sean   ... View more

As above Rob Bullets realign Attempts to correct bullets leads to unwanted spaces - a similar space i try to remove initially   Note while etxt shifts right, all bullets shift left   ... View more

Thanks Willi While this might be true (designers not wanting a geometric pure line), it looks sloppy Optical alignment changes all following bullet and heading alignment in the same text box So far outlining text is the only pure fix i have found, whether im using it to align text (manuipulate a letter) or for graphic design purposes. But this is also sloppy ... View more

Thanks Rob Researched all this previously and read the articles Using optical margin alignment reconfigures all bullet points and headings alignment in the same text frame  My whole 600 page manual has only 1 font with consistent formatting throughout.      ... View more

Just realised that i posted to Acrobat despite me searching the InDesign forums ... View more

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Im so glad you mentioned how difficult the forums and website is to navigate. I feel like a noob everytime i come here (twice a year) I realy would appreciate if you could move my post if that isn't a big imposition. i could be here another half hour, as i was posting the last post   thank you sean ... View more

Hi All   Is this really the best way to fix this issue? seems VERY sloppy   ... View more

Hi  Why is this the correct answer? Sure it solves the problem, but surely aligning any text should be a basic feature without having to converting it? What happens when i need to edit the text? Unconvert it, edit, reconvert? This is software failure   ... View more

Thank you all - great to get feedback so quickly. So a few things. Version control is a common feature of working and evolving files. Verson 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 then as the file evolves to predraft Version 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 then to book publishing/files publication Version 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 etc. This is THE common file evolution standard, using another standard is not recognised good practice/governance. It works for every other software platform without problem. As you can see the file ext. is still recognised as .indd with version control - the above files evolved with version control sometimes to 2.6 etc, without issue. The issue seems to have begun spontaenously (after 8 years of reviewing and updating a 700 page book without issue) - but only with certain files and only with .indd. I save a file as an .indd (in the file type section with a new version no. as per normal) and suddenly it doesn't want to recognise the file as an .indd, but rather a .1 file type. It's bizzare and uncharacteristic of InDesign (again it only happens with InDesign). Im trying to pin down the issue - it appears to only effect v1.1 but im trying to replicate with higher version control (1.2, 1.3. etc). Again thank you for the feedback - I'll get back as soon as I have more info Sean   ... View more

2 things the "correct answer" doesn't work. so not correct and why do i purchase expensive software to be told to press "ESC" and "W" to make asimple spell check work?   Fix this problem ... View more

Yes.. The INDD > IDML > new INDD also worked for me   thank you s   ... View more

YES John please - an essential simple feature which will help freezing of document occuring (ie book with # files) ... View more