Ah, I see what you are running into here. You are looking at an InDesign Find/Change Query (.xml) export and wondering why there is no scope specified like document or article?   You are correct in thinking that the scope of where a GREP query runs (document vs selection vs story vs article) is not stored in the .xml file of the Find/Change Query. That is not a bug, that is simply how InDesign’s Find/Change system works. The query stores what to find, how to find it, and replace settings, but not where to run it. I realised this with Find Forwards and Find Backwards is not stored, frustrating.    The scope is chosen at run time by you, in the Find/Change panel or by the script or UI you are using.   app.activeDocument.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING; app.activeDocument.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING; app.activeDocument.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?<=m|M)(2|3)(?!\\d)"; app.activeDocument.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles.itemByName("superscript"); app.activeDocument.changeGrep();   In this example, the scope is the whole document, defined by app.activeDocument.   I think this is correct for just selection app.selection[0].changeGrep();   You are not wrong. The XML does not and cannot define scope. The scope is defined at runtime. As far as I know there is no way to embed a scope (Document, Story, Article) into the .xml query file. ... View more

Could be a few things   Restore on Startup Setting (Mac) If you are on a Mac, the system can remember what apps were open at shutdown and reopen them. When you shut down or restart your laptop, there is usually a checkbox that says something like Reopen windows when logging back in. If that is ticked, it will reopen InDesign and the last project too. Next time, untick it before shutting down.   Startup/Login Items Check if InDesign is set as a login item. On Mac: System Settings > General > Login Items. On Windows: Task Manager > Startup tab. If InDesign is listed, remove it.   Crash Recovery If InDesign did not close properly (say it crashed or you forced shutdown), it might be trying to recover the previous session on launch. If this happens repeatedly, try:   Close InDesign properly Manually delete any recovered files or recovery data Relaunch InDesign and close it again cleanly   InDesign Preferences There could be a preference or workspace setting causing this behaviour. You could try resetting InDesign preferences (hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift when launching and confirm the reset, or use the official Adobe method).   Third Party App or Script On rare occasions, another utility or script may trigger InDesign to launch. If you use automation tools, check them.   If you tell us what version of InDesign and what system you are using (Mac or Windows), we can give you more exact steps to fix it. ... View more

Go to the Hyphenation and Justification setting - and the auto leading perecent is there (for some reason) - it's default 120%. You can adjust it to be whatever percent you want.  ... View more

Use the Page Tool from your toolbar on the left.  Grab any page and move it left or right. ... View more

Open the files from the Book Panel. If you open the files and make edits outside the Book Panel it will need to update the file.    The file in the Book Panel is the only file - but it's interconnected with the book panel. If working witht he Book feature, it's best to have the Book file open and access the files from the Book Panel.   I know I said the same thing twice in different ways. ... View more

I don't think you can use alert It blocks script execution until the user manually closes it. There is no built-in way to close an alert() after a timeout, in ExtendScript.   You have to create your own tooltip witha. palette maybe that disappears this seems to work function showAutoCloseDialog(message, duration) { var win = new Window("palette", "Notice", undefined, {closeButton: false}); win.add("statictext", undefined, message); win.layout.layout(true); // Force layout before showing win.show(); win.update(); // Force redraw before sleep $.sleep(duration); // Wait for the specified duration win.close(); // Then close the window } // Call the function showAutoCloseDialog("This will close in 2 seconds", 2000);   ... View more

@Barb Binder did a great job - but if you're finding it's not catching all then here's a slightly more robust version   (?<=\w)\d+(?:[–,]\d+)*\b   (?<=\w): makes sure it only matches numbers after a letter/word (like a surname) \d+: the starting reference number (?:[–,]\d+)*: allows any number of ,number or –number combos \b: ends at a word boundary (avoids accidental overshoot) ... View more

One other option - regarding reinstalling    Reinstalling rarely fixes everything - you can do a complete reinstall using the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html ... View more