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Dynmaic XML imports: how to ensure a node placed in a text block remains correctly identified?

I'm setting up an InDesign workflow that relies on dynamic import (links) of XML files. Say I will have many repeated <item> tags, each containing a substructure of text and tags for styling. ...
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I'm looking to learn xtags for use with indesign

I've been searching (on mobile) for a good user guide / tutorial on using XTags, I've got the manuals provided by Em Software but I was hoping for something more up-to-date and with visuals as well. ...
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How do I use PositiveLookbehind to match multiple strings in GREP styles?

I'm trying to format a keyword(s) that comes after specific string. For example, I want to bold the words, "happy", "sad", and "angry", but only if they are preceded by &...
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InDesign. Apply updated links from one doc to others?

In InDesign: I originally have 3 documents that uses the same image references and have the same layout, but now the images are updated with different file names and locations. I have updated one of ...
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How to create Navigation tabs to parent and sub parent tabs in Indesign?

Looking to create a interactive PDF with Indesign making parent tabs and sub tabs while going to their page on the Indesign document. I have found different burger menu or navigation tab examples, but ...
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How to have repeating headers in sequence per page?

I've been re-learning InDesign (currently on MacOS Ventura 13.3.1) and created a test publication at 203 mm x 280mm using a real-life publication of that size as a guideline. I'm using InDesign 17.4. ...
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Pixelated PNG exports from InDesign

I am making display ads in InDesign. The sizes are rather small (300x600, 300x250, 336x280, 720x900. The images I placed and the text get pixelated on the PNG export. When I export at 600 DPI and then ...
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Are JPG and WEBP Appropriate Image formats for Offset Printing in 2023?

I teach an introductory graphic design course (PS, Illustrator, InDesign) for Media Arts students. I try hard to re-evaluate the material and grading criteria regularly so that I'm focusing on aspects ...
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InDesign: Remove all overrides for one paragraph style

I have a 350-page document in which the text is formatted as [Basic Paragraph] and for which the justification is overridden. I need to remove paragraph overrides for [Basic Paragraph] leaving the ...
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Shortcut to "apply italic" randomly breaking on InDesign

I've changed the hotkey for "apply italics" to selected text to F2. For some reason, on some documents, that just stops working, even if I revert the shortcut to the default Shift+Control+I. ...
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Indesign: reset preferences saved in file

I have the problem, that our indesign-templates for books which we created and improved since around 2016 have some settings in them that messes with the hyphenation (it is definitely not because of ...
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InDesign - Replace text field from file

I'm trying to make a document where on each page there is some text (e.g. name) that is updated based on a text file that contains the list of the desired text for each page. (Imagine a document with ...
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GREP to select footnote text and make it inline note

Now I am finished with my magazine for sighted people and want to get it ready to Braille for the blind. In the process, I need to change the footnotes to inline notes. Is there a way to use GREP to ...
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Automatically move title text to next page/column if it originally appears on the last line of page/column

Is it possible to have InDesign automatically move a title (with associated paragraph style) to the next page/column if it would otherwise appear on the last line of a page/column? Many of my titles ...
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Moving at least two words to the next line in paragraph

I hate it when the paragraph ends with one word on the the last line. It's just not right for it to hang there by itself like that. Is there a way to force the last line to have at least 2 words?
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InDesign - What are ‘safe’ A5 book settings for UK/US Printers and Amazon KDP?

I’m looking to write a book. It will include graphics to the edge. I am unsure on the Adobe InDesign Settings to use (page size, trim, bleed + slug, margins etc). Most sites seem to state A5 trim size ...
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Indesign PDF-export convert color and transparency blend space

I'm a bit at a loss with this. I have an indesign file that is made for print purposes, but for the pdf-ebook we export it via other joboptions/settings with RGB as it's color destination applied. But ...
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Add logo to CC Library with exclusion zones

I've been using the CC Library to speed up my work flow but one thing that stumps me is adding logo graphics with the necessary exclusion zones around it. I'd much rather be using the vectors directly ...
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Previous Page Number Script Indesign

Searched the whole www to find a script that could put an end to the issues connected to adobe's terrible naming of "previous page number" marker. For a book I'm designing, I'd really love ...
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I have problem with this InDesign script

I have Indesign document with 366 qrcdoe and news source I find this script and edit it to GROUP any qrcode with specific object style (qrcode) and any text with specific paragraph style (مصدر الخبر) ...
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How can I adjust row height/column width with either a table style or cell style? - InDesign CC

Is there a way to adjust the column width or row height within either a cell style or a table style? When I open the cell style options window there is no side tab for adjusting row/height. with the ...
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Placed PNG is grainy (display and export), no scaling applied, original PNG is fine (300 PPI, 5000 x 5000 pixels)

I'm fairly new to graphic design so there might be some basic vocab misunderstanding around resolution and pixels but I haven't been able to problem solve this: PNG created in Procreate on a 5000 x ...
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InDesign batch change interactive text field font size

I have a document with 600+ interactive text fields. Is there a way to change all text field font sizes in InDesign? I can do this in acrobat but I would prefer to not have to run a script every time ...
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InDesign: Exporting CMYK doc as RGB

If I want to export a CMYK document as RGB, is it best to go into every swatch, and every placed link, and make sure all the colours are set to RGB before exporting? Or can I just set it to sRGB under ...
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Colour conversion discrepancies between — and within — Adobe apps

I work a lot with brand colours specified as Pantones, but often printed as CMYK. Naturally, I want those conversions to be as accurate and as consistent as possible, and I keep my Adobe applications’ ...
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How do I find a specific character and apply a character style using InDesign?

How do I find all the ®'s and ™'s in a large body of text and apply a superscript character style to each find? Thanks.
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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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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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