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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Scale object to column width in indesign script
we have a repetitive task, distributing a logo to the top left of the margin and scaling this to the first column (X columns defined). Is there a script or perhaps point me in the direction of ...
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Indesign script to automate order list by last name
Every month I have to order a long list of names alphabetically by last name.
Is there a way to do this all in one single script?
This is what I am currently doing:
Use a GREP to place the last names ...
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Save pdf with overprint simulated
Is there anyway I can generate a version of a pdf which shows on screen, simulated overprint. I essentially want to send my client there artwork back showing the overprint simulated. I don’t want them ...
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InDesign does not properly important Word paragraphs that are 3pt, it converts them all to 10 or 12 point. Why is this?
InDesign does not properly important Word paragraphs that are 3pt, it converts them all to 10 or 12 point. Why is this?
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How to make all text lines the same height or distance
I have a problem that actually annoyed me for quite a while in text editing software, only now I have a case where it's hard to ignore it:
Maybe it's some simple general feature but I never knew how ...
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Replacing Adobe discontinued fonts with similar fonts
adobe discontinued fonts I used extensively in a brochure. how can I replace the fonts without reformatting? I need to match the fonts as closely to original as possible.
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Creating 2 text fields on 2 different pages in design
I need to create a fill out form in indesign where there are several fields on page one are the same as on page 2.
How can i create this when you
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In InDesign is there a way to find and change Auto Fit options?
Is there a way to use the find and change dialogue to change Auto Fit options applied to text boxes throughout a large document?
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can i insert different object/text in each indesign page automatically
I have to insert a different sentence for each day of the year in a diary and it is possible to do this without having to go sheet by sheet?
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Placed image sharp in Master but not on Page?
I've also asked this over on the subreddit, as it's fairly urgent (last minute change before sending to print) but I'm not sure it will get picked up there.
Hi there
Fairly basic user of indesign so ...
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Set text to white automatically on dark spreads
I'm working on an illustrated book with artwork throughout. Every so often, I have a spread that has a dark background. I've created a Master page with headers and folios set in white but I can't see ...
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Can an object style inherit width and height in InDesign?
I'm making a a bunch of object styles for specifically sized rounded rectangles. I created the first style, set the width, height, the stroke style, corners and the fill transparency.
Then created ...
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Pros and cons of threading text frames over columns in InDesign?
I've recently learnt about threading text as frames and started using it - but when would it be better than a text column or table?
I understand you'd use columns for something like newspaper ...
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How to link variable font axes to characters position?
I need to build an algorithm that will automatically interpolate a variable font in the layout based on the positions of the characters in space. It doesn't matter in which software it will be ...
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InDesign GREP code for find words between a full stop (.) and a colon (:)
What is the GREP code for finding all words between a full stop (.) and a colon (:) and then selecting those words and the colon (but not the fullstop)? For example: '. Tone:' or '. Final result:') in ...
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Help w/ script: Find two Paragraph Styles, change the second one
I'm trying to get an InDesign script that works like this: "In the currently selected text, whenever a Paragraph Style B appears after a Paragraph Style A, change that Paragraph Style B to ...
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How to make table within rounded rectangle accessible
I'm going through existing InDesign documents that have tables within a rounded rectangle to give the table rounded corners. While doing an accessibility audit, the rectangle is getting flagged as an ...
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Replacing by GREP
I want to replace a specific space (that one after single letter) and replace it with non-breaking space, but I don't know how.
I tried using \s[\l\u]\s, but I don't know what to change.
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How to use color settings together in Photoshop, InDesign, PDF export for print?
There are color settings in Photoshop, InDesign, and in PDF export within InDesign. How do they work together? I know color is complicated so I tried to keep questions below focused. I get lost in the ...
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Increasing Indesign's variable text metadata options
Is it possible to expand the image metadata available to Indesign's variable text? It's a small subset of what is available in Bridge.
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Structural Diagram
Hi, I'm new to adobe illustrator. I'm trying to create this exact diagram with the grey axis plane. I can make the T shape by making the T using two rectangle and extrude it but I cannot change the ...
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How can I print the odd page spreads than the even page spreads when printing a booklet in InDesign?
I've created a 40 page photo book in InDesign. They are 8.5X11 portrait facing pages and I'm printing the book using the Booklet printing dialog onto 11X17" paper with 2 page signatures on the ...
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Transfer files from illustrator to indesign
I have a big issue. I created a brand book on Illustrator as it was initially easier to work with vectors. It is now 120 pages as it is constantly evolving, and I now need to transfer everything to ...
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Indesign error accessing the correct page
I want to open the multi-page "AI document" or "AI PDF" document we imported into Indesign by centering only the relevant page of that document on the screen with the "Edit ...
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Running header with first three letters
I need to make a dictionary-style three letter running header on each page. How can I use only first three letters, not the whole word?
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indesign bleed after export not showing color past bleed line
I'm exporting a finished magazine. After doing the layout, I added in bleed of 0.125 in on all sides. Then I manually expanded the blocks of color I wanted to expand to the bleed. I checked to make ...
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How to get rid of unwanted InDesign style settings in paragraph style options?
I originated a design project with stylesheets years ago. The project has since been resaved by others as new docs multiple times in updated InDesign versions, and is now back with me. I want to clean ...
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InDesign: Correcting Figure Numbering
I have twelve book chapters with figures numbered this way.
For reasons known only to a few people in San Jose, InDesign numbers things like figures in the order that the frame containing the number ...
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Changing Trim Size in InDesign
Because of a careless mistake, I have a 277-page book file with 12 chapters in separate files that has a trim size of 7.25x9.5". It should be 7.5x9.25. There are 99 illustrations as anchored ...
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Where can I get Fonts for Adobe InDesign CS5 software? I do not have Creative Cloud
I have an older mac pro 1.1 and Adobe Indesign CS5 software that is about 10 years old. I would like to add some new fonts to use. Is that possible? & where would I purchase them? I do not have ...
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InDesign: how can I import specific data from csv
I now the Datamerge feature, but it is not quite what I want.
I have a CSV with multiple rows and i want data from specific rows and specific columns put into my document. Obviously, data merge cant ...
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Indesign: how do I clip a group by a polygon?
I have a group of vector objects in Indesign. Now, I want to draw a polygon and that should provide the clipping mask for the whole group. The clipping path menu-item in the object top level menu is ...
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How can I cut out text from a plane in indesign while preserving text edit?
Perhaps I'm in lack of correct search words, but here is what I need to do:
In indesign, I have a plane as background (lets say it is yellow).
I have a plane above that is blue.
Now, I want to cut out ...
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Background X on InDesign project
I am very new to in-design. While working on a template that a more experienced (and now gone) user set up for me, suddenly I have an 'X' in the background on every page. How do I remove this? See ...
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InDesign: Double Overbar
I'm trying to finish a chapter on Boolean algebra and digital logic. I've constructed overbars by displacing the underline up above the character as explained in this answer by Lucian., and that ...
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InDesign: Anchored Object at the Top of a Page?
I'm trying to lay out a textbook. There are several cases where an image should be at the top of the page, before any text, like this:
That one is not anchored, but needs to be so it'll stay put, ...
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How can I find "unresolved or outdated cross-references" in an InDesign Document?
When one exports a book file from InDesign to PDF (and maybe other formats) it is possible to get an error message, "Unresolved or out of date cross-references" followed by a list of ...
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Indesign: Keep multiple paragraphs (of different styles) sets together
Is it possible with a script or GREP styles to keep together multiple sets of paragraphs which can contain 5-6 different paragraph styles though the start and end paragraph styles are always the same –...
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Indesign bottom of page text alignment buggy
I'm currently facing problems with text alignment in my indesign. It liberally does not line up correctly at the bottom of the text.
I've looked for several solutions about this so far I didn't get an ...
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Indesign: How to get letters as chapter numbers in sub-headings
I have a book with appendices labeled A, B, C, etc. I am trying to get sub-headings like A.1, A.2, etc. with a letter in the "chapter number" position. In InDesign, I have a paragraph ...
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In InDesign Auto-size function doesn't work on linked text boxes with Data Merge
I have two auto-size text boxes that are linked. Data merge field A sits in the top box, data merge field B sits in bottom text box. They are separated by a Coloumn Break set right after field A. The ...
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Indesign - Why does the stroke imported from Photoshop (left) look fine while ID's stroke (right) looks jagged and horrible?
I tried changing my Display Performance, and also exported a PDF to make sure it rendered that way and sure enough it does.
Same font, same stroke, two Adobe apps with wildly different results. Can't ...
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How to search in paragraph style in indesign by script
i'm bad in JS, i asked one of my friend to help me in that, also, if you can give me your hand here this will be good too.
I have this code, which it's make search for the paragraph by give it the ...
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inDesign: Placed PDF hyperlinks won't work in exported Interactive PDF, Any fixes?
I have a document that made out of collage of a bunch of PDFs! These documents are contained with lits of Hyperlinked text and images, but when placed, and re-exported to Interactive PDF, they are not ...
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inDesign: Printing a photo with only two spot colors, and highlights - will it work?
I have a project in inDesign that was only budgeted for 2 colors, Pantone Orange and Black.
I've read that to print photos with only 2 spot colors, you'd need to have the photo set to a grayscale ...
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Exported PDF from InDesign 1 of 200 pages exported without contents
I have been working on a 200 page PDF for about 3 years now. Every couple weeks or so the client has an update and a new version is created for the website's download page. There are technically three ...
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Adjusting text box position after data merge
I use InDesign daily to merge addresses onto envelopes. A client wanted the addresses left justified. However, they are very particular that each envelope has the address block centered - every guest ...
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Remove the round brackets and keep the text?
I have more than 1000 titles with round brackets. All have a paragraph style. I'm trying to keep the title\text but removing the brackets. I managed to find them in the GREP, but I could not find what ...
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Trying to script a Indesign dialog to handle user input
I've been picking away at this script, the idea is to have a dialog that steps through the layers in the document and has the user pick from a dropdown to set a text box on the slug. The issue I'm ...
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How to create a box around in-line text?
I am looking for a way to create this type of boxes (like "uncommon", "evocation", "magical" in the image below) around text.
Mostly this text would be on a separate line,...
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