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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pseudo fraction style in inDesign
I need to have text (that represents chapter and verse in a sacred text) typeset like this:
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Random Contextual Alternates in InDesign
I have made a font that uses the OpenType "rand" feature (Random Alternates). The example font has several versions of the letter "a". It works in Chrome and LibreOffice but not in ...
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Generating 'info box' sections in InDesign
I'm laying out a role-playing game book that has a large number of repeating components that would have their own 'box' style:
Is there any way to generate something like this in InDesign? I have the ...
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inDesign Scripting - Cut from "typesetting script" TextFrame and paste on empty TextFrame
I need an Adobe Script that do this:
Select TextFrame with the whole Text Script (page1, text, page2, text and so on);
Cut a paragraph (usually separated by a \r or ^p);
User selects or create a new ...
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Wrong and weird inserted page numbers and highlighted in pink color for installed fonts
Today I found out when I insert a page number under right-click < Insert Special Characters < Markers < Current Page Number. InDesign doesn't show proper signs (e.g "A" symbol for a ...
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How do I resize an entire one page, multi-image, multi-layered document in Indesign CS6
I'd like to take a 22x77" file and make it 15x52". How is that done without having to resize every image. This file contains hundreds of images.
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Making an accessible PDF from InDesign file for an admissions lookbook. Color key symbols are used in Majors section
The challenge is how to correlate these small color-coded symbols the file in a way that they are accessible without having to do separate alt-text for each and everyone.
Here's an image of the key ...
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Drawing Sketch Video Tutorial on Titanic Ship
YouTube Video URL :
https://youtu.be/aZI1LO8AxAA
This is a tutorial on Drawing Titanic Ship free hand sketch.
I would like to know using drawing tools viz Adobe Photoshop, MSPaint etc whether the ...
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Vertical Scroll Bar goes blank after I insert a page
I'm working with a large 165 page catalog with lots of photos and tables. File size is 450MB
I tried to insert a page (number 7) into the document. As soon as the page was inserted, the vertical ...
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convert specific objects to buttons after importing .eps file from illustrator to InDesign
This is my first time working with InDesign and after completeing a basic tutorial I imported an .ai file as eps to InDesign. I want to create an interactive pdf, to make the text boxes appear and ...
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How to make this strange embossed apple logo?
I was on Pinterest and saw this image. It is pretty new to me and I have no idea where to start? How would you achieve this in any program? Please help me.
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Text won't align at top of box
I have two text boxes. One is aligned directly at the top of the box, the other has a space at the top. They have the exact same settings; I cannot find any difference between them.
What is causing ...
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Instagram blurrying my designed posts
I have some graphic design stuff to post on Instagram but no matter what I try, the image comes out blurry. I'd started with a file size of 1080x1080px when making in (currently using InDesign). I ...
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Replace all fonts in In Design in all open documents
I need to perform the function of this (InDesign script to replace all fonts in a document) script across all open documents or all documents in a book. Can this be done?
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Indesign index capturing variants
I need to create a large index for a book in Indesign. I have tried the Indesign Index feature, but the problem is that I need each term to capture multiple variants under one term, such as singular ...
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Indesign how to fix inconsistent margins in book
I'm using InDesign CS5 and I am editing a book.
I know I was wanting to try out different margins, so I must have messed it up there.
My Chapter 1 styles page has different margins from a lot of the ...
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Restrict image selection but allow copying text in pdf
I'm working on writing a technical ebook on Adobe Indesign. There are many engineering drawings and smart-arts (in .png format) which I want to include in it. When I export the book as pdf, the images ...
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Automatic Spacing between multiple text objects
Hello, here is my issue:
I am trying to set up a workbook where titles (h1, h2) and basic text (p) iterate a lot and vary in length.
Hence, between those text objects, I want to insert a "spacer&...
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Indesign: can't get rid of padding on Auto Resized text boxed
I auto resized a text box to "height only", but is still has a little white space between the bottom of the text and the bottom of the box. The inset spacing is all set to zero. Any ideas as ...
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How to create a line that spans automatically right from the text til the end of the text frame
I am looking for a solution how to create a line that automatically spans to the right from the conditional text:
As you can see above I just solved it at first with a static line. As soon as we ...
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Create outlines for text in an inserted object in indesign
Is there any way to create outlines for text that is included in an inserted object?
When I "select all" and create outlines, and export the document to pdf, I can see that the text that was ...
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InDesign: Word Document placing and overset text
I'm placing a word doc into InDesign, which I've done many times before, with the template I'm currently using. With this specific document, I keep getting the error: text< overset text< text ...
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Shortcut in Adobe Indesign
How to create a keyboard shortcut like if you type a paragraph and need to insert a symbol like this â, cause our language mostly like using some symbols like that. How to create a keyboard shortcut ...
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Unicode 9.0 support in Indesign
I'm attempting to add the Power On Symbol (⏽, U+23FD) to a document I'm writing in InDesign.
It was added in Unicode 9.0 and it renders fine in most apps. However, I'm unable to work out how to add ...
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Indesign Overprint preview and guides not working
I was working on something in indesign and I think I might have accidentally pressed something on my keyboard and toggled a different view. The background on the software changed colour and when I try ...
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How can I copy guides to another page that has different orientation? (e.g. Left to Right)
This sounds really simple, but I'm so stuck I'm needing some help here to think about this.
I'm creating a book kind of document and needed guides for my Master Pages, so I started making them on a ...
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Text disappears when frame is moved to first page in document
I am working on a book someone else created. The first page in the document has what looks like an empty text frame. The text intended for that first page begins on the next page, leaving the first ...
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How to export multiple objects as individual JPGs in InDesign?
I'm hoping the community can help me. I'm having a color disparity issue with the JPGs exported from HTML.
I followed the steps outlined from this thread: How to export large amount of objects to ...
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How to properly import page range from Word index into InDesign?
I have a Word document with an index that contains both standalone entries and entries referencing bookmarks spanning several pages. The latter show as page ranges in the index, e.g. "Concept x: ...
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Indesign GREP: Negative lookbehind with variable length
I use a complex .txt for the basic findchangebylist-script that is included in inDesign to fix some common typography mistakes. F.e. it changes the hyphen to an en dash and puts a thinspace between 3-...
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Is there a way to hide metadata like the name of software/application that produced a pdf?
When exporting a pdf with InDesign or Illustrator, the file includes metadata like the name of the software that was used to generate it.
I would like to know if it is possible to hide or edit the ...
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How can I prevent InDesign from overriding my prime signs with apostrophes?
How can I prevent InDesign from overriding my prime signs (ie, "minutes" Unicode 0027) with apostrophes (Unicode 0313); and likewise the doubled forms?
Primes are required for describing ...
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InDesign: Export with SVG in spot colors
My Indesign document needs to be printed with a spot color. I have a svg-logo which is supposed to have this exact spot color.
It seems that I have no control over the color of the svg?
How can I ...
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How to import PDF to indesign while preserving interactive elements?
My company wants me to add these survey pdfs that our clients filled out in acrobat. They include checkboxes that I can't get to show up in indesign.
Here is the file when I open it in acrobat:
And ...
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increase in file size after placing pdf files in InDesign
I created a 33 Page PDF file in InDesign where I placed PDF files of AutoCAD drawings and some images. When I export it as the Smallest file size pdf, it saved 13 MB filed, which is to large. It is ...
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maintaining even stroke when trimming off bleed marks after printing
I am creating a publication that has black and white borders (strokes) that bleed out to the edge of the page. I have created a stroke that is 5.4 width around the boxes and would like to make sure ...
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Objects/elements disappear when online publishing an Adobe InDesign interactive PDF
When I 'publish online' my Adobe InDesign interactive PDF, some of the elements and objects don't show.
For example, little things such as some of the shadow effects dissapear when exported this way.
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Video clip only playing audio in Adobe InDesign interactive PDF
When I export my Adobe InDesign project as an interactive PDF, and attempt to play the imbedded video clips, all I get is the audio. And in the videos place is a one of those sound wave squiggles.
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How to remove object excess outside of object frame in Adobe InDesign
Every time I export my interactive PDF, the framed object (in this case, an imbedded video clip) spills out of the frame border as if the objects itself is layered above its own object frame.
When I ...
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Keep page numbering fixed when shuffling pages for impositioning - InDesign CS6
I am trying to imposition an InDesign booklet myself because I have to export as a PDF. I am going to print from a printer that doesn't have InDesign.
I made a copy of the document and then I am ...
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Text disappears when size is decreased Indesign
I have a 500+ page doc in Indesign. Selected all, tried to decrease the size by one pt and the first paragraph disappears. Tried cutting and pasting that bit of text after but just removes another, ...
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3 page spread in saddle stitch publication - InDesign CS6
I am printing an A5 booklet with 36 pages. I am doing a test print as a saddle stitch booklet. One of the spreads has photographs that span out over 3 pages so it is a fold out part. I have no idea ...
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choosing page size
i'm designing a book for a poem, it will consist of roughly a line per page (anywhwere from 5-20 words) as well as a few images (1-4) per page. From reading JMB's "Raster systeme" he advises ...
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How to use GREP to only style a part of the expression?
I like to use GREP in In-Design, the problem is I have a menu like so:
HAMBURGER Johnny's Favorite 3.50
I like Johnny's Favorite to be styled differently.
The first part, the dish, may contain ...
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InDesign adds two blank lines in the end of a table of contents?
When I create a table of contents in InDesign CS6, it adds two blank lines in the table of contents' end. Is this intentional or am I doing something wrong?
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InDesign, too many line breaks
When editing text in inDesign i have a file with hyphenations for the words. But sometimes when the column is narrow there are too many line breaks in a row. E.g. three or four.
Is it possible to ...
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InDesign's Glyph pane lists horizonal lines as bullets?
As I know, there is such thing as dinkus that is used to demark section breaks.
A dinkus can be one or three asterisk, a fleuron, or a horizontal line.
When I open InDesign's Glyph pane, there is a ...
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Change destination for multiple hyperlinks
I have a document with a lot of hyperlinks and some of them point to the same place. A very simple example, just to show what I mean:
Plese visit the website of our company. You can find a lot of ...
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Table of contents page numbers not aligned to titles - InDesign CS6
I have created a table of contents with the
Chapter title
Page title and its corresponding number.
The numbers dont align however with the page number and I am not sure why. 3 should be aligned with ...
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Help! I cant figure out this setup for an indesign file
I just need some extra guidance in my homework. So I need to set up a file in InDesign with a specific bleed, and I don't know what to do because InDesign won't let me set it past 6 in. Please help! ...
