Questions tagged [adobe-indesign]
Questions about InDesign, Adobe's page layout application for professional print and electronic design. Ask anything related to designing projects in InDesign.
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Move Auto Page Numbering from left to different corner of the page using Indesign script
I am trying to move Master Spread auto page numbering to right corner of the page using Indesign Extendscript. Unable to achieve it yet.
Is there a way we can select the text frame of content type &...
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Illustrator keeps selecting bounding box shape instead of corner radius widget
I'm trying to do a simple rectangle with rounded corners and I can see the corner radius widget displayed as those circles in the corners of teh shape, but I cannot select them. It just keep grabbing ...
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Select certain rows in a table in InDesign CC
Is there a way to multi select different rows in a table in indesign without having them all selected? E.g. made an example table and say I want to just edit row 1 and 3, but it highlights row 2 as ...
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EXPORTING PDF for Print from Indesign - 5 colour print with duotones/monotones, plus CMYK
How to export a 5 color doc to print in pdf export from indesign- . Its CMYK plus one pantone special ink. should i select 'no color conversion' or 'convert to CMYK' and expect my spot color to ...
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Updating link to changed Word document results in wrong paragraph style in InDesign
I have over three hundred word documents linked into my InDesign CS6 project. The authors of these can update them with revised texts. The documents are all in Normal Word style, and I have a mapping ...
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Fill non-transparent part of image in InDesign
I have a linked image in Adobe InDesign which is a transparent PNG. I want to fill the visible part of that image with a particular color, i.e. the transparent pieces should stay transparent but the ...
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Text with no spaces breaking line at 150 characters
Given a text with no spaces, how can we flow it without any line breaks.
It seems indesign only allows the line to be 150 characters long.
Can this be changed?
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InDesign: Anchored text frame in book layout with border styles relative to the spine?
I'm working on a book layout and I need a way to create an anchored text box that has a thicker border on the page edge, sort of like this:
I've looked at the border options and there doesn't seem to ...
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Retail Product Catalog Solution Up-to-date for 2023
I'm looking for a good solution to create a product catalog to feature many products with photos. The end result should be a professional print-ready document, but would also like to have the ...
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Adding a title before several paragraphs of a certain paragraph style
In Indesign, I need to insert a fixed title (something like - "law") before each group of paragraphs of a certain paragraph style, and another title right after it (something like - "...
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InDesign XML : styling nested elements
In InDesign, I'm making a document from an imported XML film structured like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/...
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how to build an index through multiple separate volumes in indesign
how to build an index through multiple separate volumes.
making an index in the same book is easy using indesign.
but what I am asking for is how to do a separated index volume(s) that refere to other ...
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Geometrically accurate way of creating a venn diagram
I am looking for a geometrically accurate way of creating a venn diagram.
Lacking a specific method, I improvised and the circles probably don't overlap like they should. So when I replicate one group ...
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Colour profile not matching - Adobe Illustrator, InDesign CC
I am a bit confused as to why I am getting a prompt pop up when I am copying something from adobe InDesign and pasting to Illustrator and vice versa.
I have checked colour settings in both programmes ...
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How to search / filter the linked assets list in inDesign to see a list of assets by format. eg. PSD, PNG, JPEG etc?
Is it possible to search / filter the linked assets list in inDesign to see a list of assets by format. eg. PSD, PNG, JPEG etc ?
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PSD image in Indesign colours corrupted when PDF, but JPEG ok - why?
I've noticed that if I place a photoshop PSD image into an InDesign file and then export that InDesign file as a PDF the resulting image in the PDF has its colours washed out or its contrast looks off....
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Full Bleed Design - Strategy
I'm designing a book for a collection of 2d collage/design pieces. I'd like the images to come up to the trim line. I've read a lot about designing full bleed layouts and have experimented with ...
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What is the best way to output a PDF for Fogra from InDesign?
I'm working in the US and so always am using SWOP in my color settings in InDesign. The current project I've got will be printed in the EU and the printer wants Fogra for the PDF I deliver for print.
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Does InDesign have a "bitmap copy" function to rasterize in place?
Inkscape has a function "Make a bitmap copy" that converts a selection of items in a document into a raster image, in place.
Is there an equivalent function available in Adobe InDesign?
What ...
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Why are my apostrophes replaced with ">" in InDesign?
I have InDesign 2022, v. 17.2 and it randomly started giving me this issue where my apostrophes are unretrievable, instead always displaying as ">" no matter what font I'm using. Help?
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indesign book panel - how to fix yellow warning "document modified outside of book" on all documents?
In book panel, I get a yellow warning on each document - I've tried all the fixes I heard about on this thread - such "preflight" and "update numbering"
. When I try to "...
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How to insert additional endnotes in-between pre-existing ones
I ran into a problem in which I was given a Google Doc (which I converted into a Word document and placed it into the report) and it ended up not being the final version. After creating the report in ...
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Total word count in InDesign
Is this possible? it seems I can only get a word count when specifically highlighting text.
Is it possible to get the total word count for all of the text in an ID document?
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Why is a chunk of my image appearing on the previous page and how to stop it?
I'm trying to design a book (my own book) and I want edge to edge images. I added bleed to the design and when I convert it to PDF it looks like this:
That's the corner between 4 pages (2 spreads) ...
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Tables not formatting properly in Adobe InDesign CC
I'm opening a client file that was created through a design agency in Indesign but the Tables are not formatting corectly - rather, just text boxes and nothing like the PDF the designers also sent ...
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InDesign automatically assigns an id for my images when exporting to epub that does not pass epub check. changes to the id result in image distortion
When I export my book to epub from InDesign, I choose size relative to text use existing image. It works just fine - until I put the file through epub check. Then the automatically assigned ids for my ...
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Load multiple images to be placed from one document? - InDesign CC
I am wondering if there is a function in InDesign if you have multiple pages in one document to place into the file it can have them loaded? Just like when you multi-select different files to place ...
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how do I stretch a letter S of an already existing font as smoothly as possible across a large page?
The font is called Anton and the S needs to be stretched to a large page, I already tried illustrator and indesign but can't figured it out...
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Is it possible to merge a facing pages layout with a Non-facing pages layout in a PDF?
I need to insert a facing pages PDF document into a single pages PDF document, is it possible to do this and keep the structure of both?
This means that the result should be one document in which you ...
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VSCode ExtendScript not doing anything V2 (indesign)
I haven't used ExtendScript for a while. Now I got a new laptop and just updated to the latest indesign-version CC2023. I wanted to debug an indesign-script so I had to set ExtendScript up again. I ...
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Font/Type fill-rule issue with intersecting shapes in InDesign PDFs
With some fonts in InDesign (in this case, HEX Franklin), the PDFs that are exported show weird rendering issues (see screenshot). I tried reading up on this, but couldn't find a clear answer as to ...
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exporting indesign layout with over laying image to epub
So I'm trying to convert an InDesign file to a reflowable Epub. The problem is that is has a letterhead (placed a png), some text and another image on the bottom right. The only way I found that helps ...
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Postscript VS PCL/PCLXL in printing photos and complex designs
I have the possibility to buy a PCL 6, PCL 5e , PCL XL, XPS laser printer but I discovered that it hasn't PostScript language support.
For office uses that would not be a problem, I would use only PCL....
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Efficient way to Manual tile print from InDesign?
I've been manual tiling large documents in a way that just seems so long winded to me – I'm thinking there must be a more efficient method?!
This is what I've been doing:
Work out the print area of ...
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InDesign How does optical margin alignment really work?
One thing I don't understand (which would definitely help me to use this function better) is how exactly optical margin alignment really works and what exactly is measured in pt, or when to set what. ...
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Is there a way to edit or import List Items from/to a Combo Box in InDesign?
I'm currently working on translating an interactive PDF in InDesign and I am wondering if there is a way to edit already written List Items instead of having to delete and adding new ones each time I ...
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How to create an interactive pdf outside of InDesign
I need to create a newsletter template that is easy to use (it will be used by someone with no InDesign experience) and needs to support hyperlinks within the document and to external sources.
So far ...
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Is there a better method for InDesign -> Word?
I use InDesign for layout of pieces which range from 2 to 72+ pages.
On occasion I'll get a client request to send a PDF and Word file for the latest iteration of a piece so that someone somewhere can ...
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Reflowable EPUB file using Indesign warps images and changes sizes
I've let myself get beyond furious while working on converting a novel into an epub through InDesign. I've searched similar threads across the web, but none have been particularly helpful.
I'm using ...
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Add text to paragraph in InDesign with script?
There's a particular paragraph in my document and I want to add new content programatically. Is there any function to do this? I need something like this:
app.activeDocument.stories[7].paragraphs[0]....
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InDesign GREP that matches select characters between two strings
I am trying to typeset a dictionary, and at the end of many of the word entries, there are additional references the reader can consult.
...definition here.
For further reference, apple; fruit; tree
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How to deal with PDF file containing thin lines/partitioned in boxes?
We are a publisher. Customers often send us advertisements ready for printing.
Sometimes when these advertisements are in PDF file format the whole advertisement or parts of it are partitioned in ...
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Two Pages Per Sheet
Good Morning!
I am a teacher, trying to save on paper and ink. I have a design I need to print which is perfectly fine sized at half a standard 8.5x11, I just want to print and then cut them in half. ...
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What is correct sequence when converting from RGB to CMYK in a PSD or TIFF to be embedded into a PDF/X-1a file?
I'm making a PDF/X-1a, from a CS6 indesign file, for a print magazine that will be illustrated with images of everyday objects. The images are made from scans and photographs. There is no line art and ...
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GREP Style Capital first letter
Is it possible to create a GREP function that will automatically change the first letter to capital letter in a word? For example: "moonlight" and GREP changes it to "Moonlight".
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How to reset default type layout for text frames in InDesign
When I'm creating a file with different text styles in InDesign, at some point I invariably notice that the software has adopted a 'standard' setting for type in a brand new text box I create. Not ...
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Can I use interactive buttons in InDesign to display "answer"?
Our job ticketing system at work is super inefficient for what we do, so I'm trying to make a job ticket that allows us to check a few boxes and copy/paste any relevant details. I used check boxes for ...
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InDesign: Reposition Data Merge elements based on Data
This is a long shot, but I'm at a new job, learning InDesign, and wondering if I can automate something in a set of reports I'll regularly be generating.
The organization I work for partners with ...
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InDesign: Is there a way to ask InDesign not to remove a space behind a selected text when deleting the text?
When I select a text and delete it, InDesign also automatically deletes a space behind the text as well. Is there a way to change this behaviour?
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Indesign: Can I delete images so I can send a smaller file to colleague?
My indesign file is 13 MB; too big to send by email. Images that are making it so big. Here is my idea: I send my colleague all the necessary images in a library, that we will both have access to. ...
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