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  1. InDesign User Guide
  2. Get to know InDesign
    1. Introduction to InDesign
      1. What's New in InDesign
      2. System requirements
      3. Common questions
      4. Use Creative Cloud libraries
    2. Workspace
      1. Workspace basics
      2. Contextual task bar
      3. Customize your workspace in InDesign
      4. Toolbox
      5. Set preferences
      6. Properties panel
      7. Touch workspace
      8. Default keyboard shortcuts
      9. Undo edits and manage History panel
      10. Document recovery and undo
    3. Generative AI (Not available in mainland China)
      1. Text to Image
      2. Generative Expand
      3. Generate Effect in InDesign (Beta)
      4. Generative AI FAQ
  3. Create and layout documents
    1. Documents and pages
      1. Create documents
      2. Work with parent pages
      3. Work with document pages
      4. Set page size, margins, and bleed
      5. Work with files and templates
      6. Convert PDFs to InDesign files in InDesign (Beta)
      7. Create book files
      8. Add basic page numbering
      9. Number pages, chapters, and sections
      10. Convert QuarkXPress and PageMaker documents
      11. Share content
      12. Understand a basic managed-file workflow
      13. Save documents
    2. Grids
      1. Grids
      2. Format grids
    3. Layout aids
      1. Rulers
      2. Align and distribute objects using rulers
      3. Measure objects using the Measure tool
  4. Add content
    1. Text
      1. Add text to frames
      2. Threading text
      3. South-East Asian Scripts
      4. Arabic and Hebrew features in InDesign
      5. Create type on a path
      6. Bullets and numbering
      7. Insert MathML to create math expressions
      8. Glyphs and special characters
      9. Text composition
      10. Text variables
      11. Generate QR codes
      12. Edit text
      13. Align text
      14. Wrap text around objects
      15. Anchored objects
      16. Linked content
      17. Format paragraphs
      18. Format characters
    2. Typography
      1. Using fonts in InDesign
      2. Kerning and tracking
      3. Scale and skew type
      4. Apply color effects to type
    3. Format text
      1. Format text
      2. Auto Style text
      3. Work with Style Packs
      4. Tabs and indents
    4. Review text
      1. Track and review changes
      2. Add editorial notes in InDesign
      3. Import PDF comments
    5. Spell check and language dictionaries
      1. Check spelling, autocorrect, and dynamic spelling
      2. Create, add, and manage dictionaries and words
      3. Change dictionary preferences
      4. Duden dictionary
    6. Add references
      1. Create a table of contents
      2. Footnotes
      3. Create an index
      4. Endnotes
      5. Captions
    7. Styles
      1. Paragraph and character styles
      2. Map, export, and manage styles
      3. Object styles
      4. Drop caps and nested styles
      5. Work with styles
      6. Leading
    8. Tables
      1. Format tables
      2. Create tables
      3. Table and Cell styles
      4. Select and edit tables
      5. Table strokes and fills
    9. Interactivity
      1. Hyperlinks
      2. Dynamic PDF documents
      3. Bookmarks
      4. Buttons
      5. Forms
      6. Animation
      7. Cross-references
      8. Structure PDFs
      9. Page transitions
      10. Movies and sounds
    10. Graphics
      1. Understand paths and shapes
      2. Draw with the Pencil tool
      3. Draw with the Pen tool
      4. Apply line (stroke) settings 
      5. Compound paths and shapes
      6. Edit paths
      7. Clipping paths
      8. Change corner appearance
      9. Frames and objects
      10. Align and distribute objects
      11. Linked and embedded graphics
      12. Integrate AEM assets
    11. Color and transparency
      1. Apply color
      2. Use colors from imported graphics
      3. Work with swatches
      4. Mix inks
      5. Tints
      6. Understand spot and process colors
      7. Blend colors
      8. Gradients
      9. Flatten transparent artwork
      10. Add transparency effects
  5. Find and replace
    1. Find and replace text
    2. Find and replace fonts
    3. Find and replace glyphs
    4. Find and replace using GREP expressions and queries
    5. Find and replace objects
    6. Find and replace colors
    7. Search options to find and replace
  6. Share
    1. Save and access cloud documents
    2. Organize, manage, and share cloud documents
    3. View and manage versions in cloud documents
    4. Common questions about InDesign cloud documents
    5. InCopy on the web (Beta)
    6. Share and collaborate        
    7. Share for Review
    8. Review a shared InDesign document
    9. Manage feedback
    10. Invite to edit
  7. Export, import, and publish
    1. Place, export, and publish
      1. Publish online
      2. Publish online dashboard
      3. Copy, insert graphics
      4. Export to Adobe Express
      5. Export content for EPUB
      6. Adobe PDF options
      7. Export to HTML5
      8. Export content to HTML (Legacy)
      9. Export to Adobe PDF
      10. Export to JPEG or PNG format
      11. Import SVG files
      12. Supported File Formats
      13. Export and import User Settings
    2. Printing
      1. Print booklets
      2. Printer's marks and bleeds
      3. Print documents
      4. Inks, separation, and screen frequency
      5. Overprinting
      6. Create PostScript and EPS files
      7. Preflight files before handoff
      8. Print thumbnails and oversized documents
      9. Prepare PDFs for service providers
      10. Prepare to print separations
  8. Extend InDesign
    1. Automation
      1. Data merge
      2. Plug-ins
      3. Capture extension in InDesign
      4. Scripting
  9. Troubleshooting
    1. Fixed issues
    2. Known issues
    3. Crash on launch
    4. Preference folder read-only issue
    5. Troubleshoot file issues
    6. Unable to export InDesign file to PDF
    7. InDesign document recovery

Learn to organize, manage, and share InDesign Cloud documents.

Organize cloud documents

From the InDesign application

  1. Select the Your files   icon from the home screen.

  2. From the InDesign application: Select the New folder   icon to create and organize your cloud documents in a new folder.

    Tip:

    Select the checkbox for each cloud document to select multiple Cloud documents.

  3. Select the List view   icon or Thumbnail view   icon to toggle between the views.

    You can also select the Sort   icon to sort the cloud documents by Date modified, Name, or Reverse order.

From the creative cloud website

  1. Go to   Files >   Files.

  2. From the Creative Cloud website: Select the New button and then select the New folder   icon to create and organize your cloud documents in a new folder.

    Tip:

    Select the checkbox for each cloud document to select multiple Cloud documents.

  3. Select the List view   icon or Thumbnail view   icon to toggle between the views.

    You can also select the Sort   icon to sort the cloud documents by Date modified, Name, or Reverse order.

Manage cloud documents

From the InDesign application

  1. Select the Your files   icon from the home screen.

  2. Right-click or select the checkbox for any InDesign cloud document.

  3. Right-click or select the checkbox for any InDesign cloud document and then select any of the following:

    • Rename: Type the new name to rename.
    • Duplicate: Creates a cloud copy in the Your files section.
    • Move: Select a new location for your InDesign and then select Move again.
    • Delete: The deleted documents are archived and stored in the Deleted section.
    • Download: Downloads the Cloud document to your system.
    • Make available offline always: Keeps the latest version of the Cloud document available for offline editing.

From the creative cloud desktop application

  1. Launch the app and select   Files >   Your files.

  2. Right-click any InDesign cloud document and select any of the following:

    • Download: Downloads the Cloud document to your system.
    • Rename: Type the new name to rename.
    • Duplicate: Creates a cloud copy in the Your files section.
    • Make available offline always: Keeps the latest version of the Cloud document available for offline editing.
    • Move: Select a new location for your InDesign and then select Move again.
    • Delete: The deleted documents are archived and stored in the Deleted section.

From the creative cloud website

  1. Go to   Files >   Files.

  2. Select the checkbox for any InDesign cloud document and then select any of the following:

    • Rename: Type the new name to rename.
    • Duplicate: Creates a cloud copy in the Your files section.
    • Move: Select a new location for your InDesign and then select Move again.
    • Delete: The deleted documents are archived and stored in the Deleted section.
    • Download: Downloads the Cloud document to your system.
    • Make available offline always: Keeps the latest version of the Cloud document available for offline editing.

Delete cloud documents permanently

  1. Open InDesign, the Creative Cloud website, or the Creative Cloud desktop application, and select Deleted.

  2. Select the file you want to delete from any of the following surfaces:

    • InDesign application: Select any InDesign cloud document and then select the Delete Permanently   icon.
    • Creative cloud application: Right-click any InDesign cloud document and select Delete Permanently.
    • Creative cloud website: Select the checkbox for any InDesign cloud document and select Delete Permanently.
    Tip:

    To learn more about storage quota, see File storage and quota.

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