Correct: a text frame and all that's inside it is on a separate layer. That includes anchored objects (as these are anchored inside the text).

An alternative could be to put the graphics on a layer of their own, using Text Wrap to have the text, erm, wrapped around them. It might well be worth the trouble of re-doing what you have now; it's how I did a brochure in English, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish … and a dozen more languages.

What you describe can be achieved with Conditional Text (CS4 and, presumably, newer versions), as this can effectively remove and show any text immediately. But it's more meant for tiny changes from one text to another, not the entire contents of a frame. I have no doubt it would work, but using layers is so much more indicated here …

Heh heh. Alphabetically, eh? Adobe added a special trick to the menus, which is always a bit confusing to me as I “grew up” with the menu order as it is.

Hold down Apple+Alt+Shift and select any menu (sorry, behind my Mac now; it must be fairly same-like for Windows). Presto! Instant Alphabetically Sorted Menus!

Perhaps they could make this a Preferences setting.

Edit -> Menus .. (at the very bottom) allows to hide or highlight individual menu items. But no, customizing to the extent you want is not easily possible.

I would not say “totally impossible” because it can be done. InDesign's Scripting languages allow you to add scripts as new menu items on any position you want; so you could create a new menu item called “Rules” that for all intents and purposes does what “Paragraph Rules” does. Not for the faint hearted, though, so only try if it really bugs you.

That said, well, perhaps there is a general want for more menu customization. I would love to be able to create my own context sensitive popup menu, showing only those items I always use. Feel free to let Adobe know your thoughts using their Feature Request Form: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Neither.

A placed PDF is treated as an image by InDesign — all of its hyperlinks and booksmarks etc. are discarded (not to mention page transitions — what should happen with these?).

Since a PDF is an image, you cannot search for text inside of it.

(Good news is, if you Export your ID doc to a new PDF, that one is fully searchable — in Acrobat, that is.)

Yes, you are correct: if the numbering continues from one box to another, and you can put your text cursor in one box and move it to another just by keeping going down, the boxes are linked (“threaded”, as Adobe calls it).

Try View menu -> Show Text Threads.

Yes, you are correct: if the numbering continues from one box to another, and you can put your text cursor in one box and move it to another just by keeping going down, the boxes are linked (“threaded”, as Adobe calls it).

Try View menu -> Show Text Threads.

Select “Show Text Threads” from the View menu, and examine the direction in which the boxes are linked …

I just remembered — Markzware, producer of very well-thought out InDesign add-ons, released PageZephyr. Specifically designed to do what you want: search inside InDesign files (and lots of other types) for text without opening the file in InDesign first.

https://www.markzware.com/blogs…..009/12/01/