Hi Masood, I think perhaps what you are asking for is bigger than you expect. I’m sure you do not expect anyone to write the script for you for free, unless it would take only maybe 10 minutes. Yes, this forum is for people helping each other, but everyone is busy and their time is valuable. For a larger project that takes someone a significant amount of time, I think it is very reasonable to expect people to ask for a consulting fee.

You mentioned in your post that you would like to learn how to script. That is awesome! I would suggest Keith Gilbert’s video title: InDesign Scripting Made Easy
https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Welcome/408237/452552-4.html

I like Vinny’s IndyFont idea. Another option is to use a script that swaps images for text, such as: https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/2014/06/24/peoples-choice-indesign-script-pepcon-2014-replace-words-images-vice-versa/

But the easiest method may be just to use find/change:
https://creativepro.com/find-text-change-to-graphic.php

Unfortunately, that list is created automatically by InDesign based on the fonts you have installed. So if you have a font that has a “Heavy” style, then “Heavy” will appear in the list.

I recommend using a font management utility such as Extensis Fusion or Linotype FontAgent Pro to turn off the fonts you are not currently needing to use.

Hi John, thanks for the very kind words! I see your point about Edit PDF. I rarely used that feature, so I didn’t realize that was a problem. It’s rather ironic, because Adobe has made a big deal about Acrobat DC being so much better at editing text. Hm. That is a bummer! (That said, when I upgraded to DC, I heard from a number of friends that it was not all going to be better. Sandee Cohen, on Twitter, told me: “Acrobat DC is like coming home from a family dinner and finding that interior decorators broke into the house and rearranged furniture, re-painted rooms, and hidden your important papers. You’ll spend hours trying to find things you know have to be there.”

On the font problem: I have no doubt that you’re running into some kind of bug. I’m just saying that it sounds mysterious and may be difficult to pin down.

As for the guides: Oh, the ruler along the side of the page gets grayed out?! That is weird. That would be frustrating. Maybe need to rebuild your preferences? Strange problem.

Quoin! Yes, I was inquiring about that. No, nothing really came of it. I agree that QX and ID should be able to do much better at creating auto-spaced tables.

Yes, there is no doubt that Adobe does not (and can not) fix every bug and shortfall in their software. They try, but there are definitely bugs from many years ago that are still unfixed. Don’t take it personally; it happens with all software companies, as far as I can tell.

John: I just this week switched from Acrobat XI to DC, and it does show me font family information, both in the Properties dialog box and in the Output Preview (object inspector).

Your fonts problem sounds to me like it may either be your fonts or the InDesign template you’re using… or perhaps even Word. This is an excellent example of a “bug” that is extremely difficult for Adobe to “fix,” because: a) it doesn’t happen to most users, and b) it’s unclear what is causing it. As for the vertical guide problem: It sounds like when you drag out a guide, somehow the guide is becoming deselected after you let go of the mouse button. Perhaps you’re accidentally clicking again somewhere? Here, again, it sounds like its intermittent. I’ve seen it happen, but it’s rare for me.

Robert: If ID says there’s overset text, then something might be wrong with the document. I suggest exporting as IDML and opening the IDML file to clean up any file corruption. Also, check the Preflight Panel for details of overset text and other issues.

Are you talking about the solution shown by Vinny? Wow, that is CRAZY. That would be horrible to do in a real project (like a book or magazine), but it is interesting that it works!

So you have a script that places anchored lines? And then it can replace them if the text changes (by re-running the script)?

It seems like it should be pretty easy, doesn’t it? But unfortunately, this is a difficult problem. See the discussion here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1678844

Maybe it would be easier if all the images are the same size, so you don’t have to worry about scaling? Not sure.