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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 how to create, install, and manage plugins.

The InDesign plugin modules are software programs developed by Adobe and other software developers working with Adobe to add additional features. Many importing, exporting, automation, and special-effects plugins come with your program and are automatically installed in the Plugins folder. Most of the features you view in InDesign are provided by plugins.

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Follow along with any project to create, install, and manage plugins.

Open InDesign

Install plugins

Once installed, plugin modules appear as options on menus, dialogs, or panels.

  1. If an installer is provided, use it to install the plugin module. Otherwise, drag a copy of the module into the Plugins folder inside the InDesign application folder.

  2. Follow any installation instructions that come with the plugin.

Note:

You can use any commercial plugin designed for use with InDesign. Adobe Technical Support can help you isolate problems related to plugins. However, if it has been determined that the problem is directly related to a plug‑in created by another company, you'll need to contact that company for further support.

Create InDesign plugins with UXP

Plugins in InDesign are now powered with the Unified Extensibility Platform (UXP) so that you can use modern JavaScript (ES5 and most of the ES6 features). Find out more information about UXP Plugins.

UXP Enhancements

  • The Flyout menu   in InDesign lets you access additional operations without cluttering the panel. Here are some things you can do with flyout menus in InDesign:
    • Run scripts: You can run scripts from a flyout menu.
    • Add sub-menus: Items in a flyout menu can have sub-menus, which can be nested into multiple levels.
    • Add emojis: You can use emojis in the items of a flyout menu.
    • Set enabled properties: You can set an item to be grayed out and unreachable.
    • Programmatically change properties: You can programmatically change the properties of items in a flyout menu, such as the toggle, checked, and enabled properties.
  • Persistent storage allows plugins to save data that remains available across sessions or version upgrades. This ensures that user preferences and states are retained even after the application is closed.

Globally Unique Identifier Support (GUID Support)

InDesign is providing GUID support for UXP 3P plugin developers to identify users of their plugins and to facilitate a smooth personalized user experience.

  • GUID support is provided for 3P plugins.
  • Developers can access it from the UXP Developer Tool (UDT) and CCD Marketplace. 

For more information, see UXP for InDesign.

Integration with Creative Cloud Add-ons via the Browse Add-ons menu 

You can search and install plugins, extensions, and more for Adobe InDesign and other products from the Adobe Exchange website.

  • To add-on InDesign with the additional plugins, select Window > Browse Add-ons. These add-ons can be free or paid. All the installed or acquired plugins from the Creative Cloud app for InDesign get synced to InDesign from this workflow. It takes you to the browse add-ons webpage.
  • These add-ons are later visible in Window > Extensions, downloads, or location mentioned in the where to find the add-on description. To view the add-ons you've downloaded, go to the browse add-ons webpage, and in the left side pane of the webpage, there is an option to View my add-ons. It also lists for which products and respective versions these add-ons are supported.

When file-syncing is ON, the browse add-ons sync to the Creative Cloud account.

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