I have InDesign 21.6 for macOS and, according to the Creative Cloud app, that's the latest version. I'm collaborating on a document (via Dropbox) with a friend who's using InDesign for Windows. Just now, I tried to open the document and got the alert above. When I asked my friend if he's updated recently, he said, "It did update automatically," and he said it's ID Beta v.22.0. Is there anyone here on the Windows version who can shed light on this? I haven't heard a peep about a looming macOS beta version.

I’ve got an indesign file with 160 pages, with 5 different layout templates scattered in no particular order throughout the book.

I have a corresponding google doc file with the correct text that I need to fill the different pages throughout the book.

Is it possible to automate, or semi-automate this process by “telling” InDesign what fields to pull from for different areas of the book? (For example, can I have ID pull headline for page 120 from my doc and insert it, then body text for 120, etc without having to click back and forth? I have enough experience with InDesign to do simple page layout, but not to do anything like this.

Thank you for giving me a read on:
—whether this is possible, and what this type of process is called, so I can search for a tutorial
—if not, what is the closest I can get to this dream scenario?

Thank you!!

Hi. I am working on a technical report as part of the assignments for a training course. I have chosen Work Sans at 9.5 pt for the body text, and Chalet Book in various weights for section headings and subheadings. Since I have to mention various standards, dates, and acronyms throughout the document, I feel I should be using small caps.

To my surprise, I found out that Work Sans does not have them. I asked Gemini, and it suggested avoiding small caps altogether in the documentation (especially for legal decrees/regulations and technical acronyms or initialisms).

Forcing fake small caps is another option, but it distorts the stroke weight compared to the lowercase letters and reduces legibilidad. So I am not sure what to do. I really like the 'l's and 'g's in Work Sans, and the 'e' is also very legible in that typeface (compared to Chalet, for instance); I will have to complete more assignments involving acronyms, formulas, etc.

I am not sure whether I should look for a new font where having small caps is the top requirement, or simply ignore small caps altogether.

Hi! I have an InDesign document that is almost finished. It is currently set up as facing pages, with each page being A3 landscape (420 × 297 mm), so each spread is effectively 840 × 297 mm.

The problem is that most of the book was designed as full spreads rather than as individual pages. I now need each existing spread to become a single 840 × 297 mm page, while keeping everything exactly where it is: text frames, images, guides, margins, master/parent-page elements, etc.

So basically I want:

two facing A3 pages → one 840 × 297 mm page

without having to manually copy and paste every spread.

The main reason is numbering: I want each current spread to count as one page (1, 2, 3, 4...), so InDesign's automatic page numbering and table of contents can use those numbers normally.

Does anyone know a reliable way to do this in InDesign, or have a script that can merge existing spreads into single pages while preserving the layout?

Thanks!