i'm removing some pages from a large (500 page+) textbook.

instead of being built sensibly by section (there are 38 sections), it was built out by SUBSECTION, so i have about 150+ files that all need to be renumbered to account for the removed pages.

i've been doing it manually but it's killing me.

is there a way i could make a book file and update the pages from there without going into each file?

or is there some way acrobat could do that automatically?

i would appreciate any insight to save my snaity.

thanks!!!

I’m packaging an invitation suite. The package menu shows my links as illustrator files (they are) but the format for all show PDF. I had a similar issue in a logo file recently too, with the links panel showing the same— file name .ai and file type/format PDF.

They aren’t embedded, the files are intended for print, and the only workaround I found was relinking to the same files saved as .eps. Is this something I’m fundamentally misunderstanding or have I inadvertently switched a setting?

Would starting over with a fresh layout fix this? Thanks for not making me feel like an idiot- I’ve been using ID for years and not sure if it’s changed or I didn’t pay attention. I’m in 19.5, I reverted when the ai features froze my system.

I’m trying to use a custom field to import specific dimensions of an object. So when the object has a diameter it’s supposed to use that value but if it has not it has to use the length. I’m using the IF function to achieve this. But it doesn’t seem to work. Any advice on how to fix this? Or what else I can try?

Here is how I formulated it in my custom field IF(FIELDSTR(diameter), =, “, FIELDSTR(length)

Hello there,

I'm slightly losing my mind, and I suppose it's some stupid mistake I made somewhere.

As the title says, I'm making a bilingual book (English on the left, French on the right) and am following this post https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-way-to-autoflow-text-only-to-one-side-of-a-spread/td-p/11988076 which seems to be the solution to my problem.

However, I can't get it to work. When placing text on my left frames, it always auto-flows to the right ones too. There are no primary text frames (at least I don't think so, it's not in the document setup and there are no "arrows" on my text frames. In my master spread, I have never linked my left and right frames either.

Is there a simple way to do this ? What am I missing ?

EDIT : when I place text in the right master pages, it does the right thing and flows only to right pages. But the issue remains for left pages, for some reason.

As a designer that has used several Adobe apps over decades, I’m now looking at laying out an entire print/ePub book in InDesign, which I’ve only used a few times over the years.

Also, as a designer, I’m super nitpicky (of course) about the “look.” Aren’t we all?

Since I don’t have a client to worry about, I’m considering breaking convention on two fronts.

First, using a sans serif for paragraph copy. From what I’ve read, it’s non-standard, but not un-heard of. That said, I don’t want to sacrifice readability if it truly is a strain on the eyes. I don’t believe that it is, and also from what I’ve read, it actually isn’t. I just don’t want to get knee-deep into this, hundreds of pages in a realize I’ve made a terrible error.

The other is line breaks between paras with no idents, like how this post is formatted. For me, it’s easier to read. I don’t know if the lack of line breaks and use of idents is just a time-honored industry standard and cost-saving approach or has actual usability (not sure if term applies) data to support it.

Hoping to get some perspective here.

I'm looking to print out a zine i've laid out in indesign. The format is supposed to be the basic 8 page zine printed on an 11x17 sheet of paper (page is divided into to halves with 4 pages on each side). I'm unsure of how to proceed with printing, when going through booklet settings the closest I can get is the 4-up consecutive, although this would only get half of my pages done. Any suggestions?

this is the format

Hi everyone,

I'm still working on the cookbook I've asked about in previous posts. We've ended up re-ordering some of the content so that recipes that span two pages can span a spread of pages (i.e. you see the whole recipe when the book is open, rather than having to flip a page halfway through). I tried cutting and pasting the recipes to reorder, but then I realized I could simply move around the pages in the pages panel. That was a very fast way to do it, but then I realized I had a new problem...the text frames were no longer aligned with the primary text frames on some pages. If a page had been switched recto/verso then it would stay with its original text box position, even though I was hoping it would snap into the correct primary text frame. In the image you can see the primary text frame - where I want the text frame to be - is the dotted line.

https://preview.redd.it/4eyopk5ura4e1.png?width=687&format=png&auto=webp&s=30a830745447f313305a32f6faa4ef99d4454dc1

I've been manually adjusting each one, but is there a better way? And, while I've already messed things up this time, what is a better way to reorder content (especially in something like a recipe book where each recipe gets its own page) this going forward?

As a corollary question, I turned on Show Text Threads (when trying to solve this problem using internet research) and found that the text threads appear to be out of order now; they didn't reflow according to my new page order. This was stressing me out so I turned them off. Is there something to be done about this?

I would love to know a more professional way to do this next time, or if there is a shortcut to getting text frames to snap into the correct recto/verso primary text frame. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I'm laying out a normal A5 text with 12.7 mm margins (all sides equal).

But when inserting the page numbering I noticed that the footnotes are too close to the numbering (image attached).

To solve this I thought of increasing the bottom margin. But when I do this, the margin goes up but the text stays where it was (second image).

How can I adjust the content to the margin (not the margin to the content)?

Thank you very much!

https://preview.redd.it/0oywdfeod34e1.png?width=896&format=png&auto=webp&s=0262b14306d91d278df12aa3cf2143f5695d5648

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Looking for indesign specialist

I need free report remplate

My wife just bought a company (from her diseased father's estate) and I promised to help. I need to make 30 pages of classifieds (car ads, spare parts etc.) Some have an image, some don't. I have the ads in a database and can put the data in excel, including a path to an image if one exists. What type of import would you recommend? I tried data merge, but it looks really bad, fixed size cell etc. Please if you know a good tutorial, let me know. Side question, all ad images are 72dpi. But 1800 px. Can I use them or will I have to convert to 300dpi?

InDesign is frustrating because it has so many options and the basics are not clearly layer out. Please help a noobie with the above question. Thank u

Did Adobe remove the QR Code-Tool? As far as i know, it was located under Object > Generate QR Code.
Am I missing something?

Hi there,

When I package an InDesign file, under "Documents font" I only get 2/5 fonts showing. AdobeFnt24 and MinionPro-Regular show up. The three Helvetica fonts are missing while i've used them in the Indesign file.

They show as incomplete on InDesign Status... Does anyone know how to fix this, as I am hoping this will solve the issue.

https://preview.redd.it/j27e5f2kzw3e1.png?width=605&format=png&auto=webp&s=89714202e8a8b0b243ef810e8b1c9b33b5059f56

Thank you!

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I dont know much about indesign but im required to use it for university, the image movement is actually driving me insane. every time I go to move an image it'll either move the blue square and leave the brown original image not where I put it, then ill go to move the brown square to the different place and it moves the blue square further up. its driving me insane, why can't I just move it normally like in any other adobe software. I know im probably missing something simple but it's making my coursework 100x more difficult and infuriating. any help would be greatly appreciated, some smart *ss in the comments however, would not be appreciated

Hi,
I'm new to working with InDesign and need to set up writing lines for a book layout. How can I achieve this, similar to the image below?

Thank you

https://preview.redd.it/8xpmp7dkrv3e1.png?width=1890&format=png&auto=webp&s=f2b7f17759f4a64cbcc3c03d58ea369a5bb8a63d

So my unit is growing and instead of either educating the whole unit in adobe programs or hiring extra help I was figuring there could be a way of me building a say 10 page PDF template for presentations with fixed boxes for text and images. Where the team would fill the Header, text and also upload the images themselfs directly into the the PDF.

Getting the text part is a no brainer, but is there a way to create the same solution for images.

I'm open to other suggestions outside the scope of even adobe if need be.

I've done a huge book with many pages without any paragraph styles. Now the content is adding up and I just want to know is there an easy way for me to quickly collect page numbers of certain specific pages (pages that has a new chapter) without using paragraph styles. Thanks in advance :)

Hi there, I can't figure out why my pages view isn't being centred in my Pages Panel. I have tried undocking it and resizing the panel horizontally works but isn't ideal. I have tried resetting the workspace with no luck. Other documents don't have this problem. What am I missing? Thanks

https://preview.redd.it/lozfglzi9r3e1.jpg?width=296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6726aafd6f748ec6eeeedfe0fa734aca3ebac281

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Hi guys, long time designer and art director here - almost 20 years in the field, I remember when indesign wasn’t CS.

Writing this just to say my thought on the new release (cc 2025) and see if anyone is having my same issue. Going straight to the point: it is really slow in every interaction I have, every click and every movement, and this happen to me both on complex books with a lot of styles, master and heavy tiffs connected and on simple or brand new files.

It also doesn’t connect properly fonts from adobe fonts - the download stay there forever without finishing…

I’ve also been advised by two different printers and two (huge) publishing houses to not use it and to stick to indd2024.

Is anyone having the same issues?

hello everyone!!! i have a problem with indesign/export to pdf. i am paginating this zine and i have, on the left, a full page image, on the right a part of the same image. initially i set up the file in side by side pages without abundance and the first print test came up with an unprinted center blank line. I then split the pages with a script and added abundance and enlarged all the images so that, at least on indesign, the two images would match. when I go to print I find the image offset by 3 mm. basically part of the image on the right page is in the one on the left.

where am i going wrong? there is definitely something in the export that i am doing wrong; can anyone help me?

I have to publish reports for work that include tables of information and each one has an image anchored into the table. I’ve always used the publish online feature to generate a link with no problem, but ever since the update, my images are no longer aligned in the table when I publish online.

They are aligned in my InDesign file, the PDF I export, as well as the downloadable PDF from the online publish. It’s only when viewing the document online that it’s misaligned.

Image attached (sorry very zoomed in and blurry - don’t want to show the info, not sure if this actually helps since you can’t see my table set up). Left is how it’s appearing on online publish, right is everything else.

Has anyone else had any similar issues with the publish online feature since the update?

Hello,

we have the problem that some in our team cant properly use the shared CC library. For most people it works but on some people computer it has some strange behaviour we just can't explain.

For one if you open a document in InDesign and open the CC Libraries panel and want to drag & drop one of the elements into the document you get following error message:

https://preview.redd.it/thmsouuu8n3e1.png?width=528&format=png&auto=webp&s=44b45a7f272f20344bcfcd6cdb63009e6e985e06

This happens everytime even with all permissions granted.

Another problem is if you open a InDesign file where elements of the CC Library have been linked you get an error message that some links are missing and in the link panel the elements of the CC Library are flagged as missing links.

https://preview.redd.it/9zecqrbj9n3e1.png?width=268&format=png&auto=webp&s=1457763551bb34664e6688056a186a3b659aa39c

I already tried to google about this problem but nothing worked. Do anyone of you have an idea for this? I would really appericate it.

https://preview.redd.it/xk3vebhs4m3e1.png?width=561&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e668aa1d416218e999a8255349d8062f109ce26

Hi, first post here!
I'm looking for a way to fix that little overlaying of the image above the table stroke. The image is inside the cell, and it's bigger than the cell, but it looks like it's above and not inside. I'm sorry for my not so professional language. Thanks everybody.

Hi! I’m interviewing with a company that uses in design for their marketing team and I’m wondering where the place to start with familiarizing myself with the software. I’ve used canva but am fully aware they have different uses and systems. Any advice would help! Thanks!

Edit: to clarify, the company knows I don’t have experience with Indesign I’m more so looking for ways to start the process of learning. Thank you for all the advice! Much appreciated!

Hi, 

I'm working on my first book layout and there is a section where the reader can write notes. The problem is that the form lines don't align with the baseline grid (due to the varying heights). If I align it with the baseline there wont be enough space for writing. 
How can I ensure consistency across the book despite the it not being aligned to the baseline grid?

Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/0tybow25wj3e1.png?width=2394&format=png&auto=webp&s=345f5f9a01afd89efb493dcb02961b74f59b7bd6

whenever i type it adds things to other sides, i’ve already checked spacing so it’s not that. please help i have an assignment due.