I did not look at your files, but I wonder if these were perhaps originally created with the Chinese, Japanese, or Korean versions of InDesign? That would perhaps give you vertical grids.

I think something must be wrong there. Strange. I do recommend quitting and relaunching InDesign once every day or two.

That said, ID does seem to use a lot sometimes. Check out this blog post over at planet quark:

https://www.planetquark.com/201…..-indesign/

That is very strange. I think the trial should print okay:

https://www.adobe.com/products/…..trial/faq/

Can you use File > Export to make a PDF file? Perhaps the document became corrupted somehow. Or you may have to rebuild your application preferences.

I'm not sure what you mean by “index by grep” but I think you can do this with indexmatic: Use Find/Change to apply a character style (a “blank” one that does nothing to the text) using GREP, then use indexmatic to create the index based on that character style.

For example, if you want to index all the words that begin with “a” you could use find/change to apply a character style called “index me” to 

@Johan: No, that is NOT the way it is supposed to work. Something is wrong. Indexing takes a long time because there are so many little steps, but adding an index entry should only take 1 second! If it is taking so long, perhaps the file is corrupted, or you need to restart, or something like that. 

@Hopsa: Virginia System's indexpro is more of a “make a concordance” plug-in. It's not the same thing. I have not had very good luck with that. However, if you know what you want to index, search our site for “indexmatic” or “indexbrutal” free scripts.

There is virtually no reason to use EPS from Photoshop. See this great post and the followup comments for more:

https://creativepro.com/my-…..llenge.php

There are some reasons to use vector graphic EPS files, but in most cases I'd recommend PDF instead. Here are my main reasons to use vector eps files:

• The graphic was created by a program (not a human), such as a barcode or a pattern created by Teacup Software's plug-ins. Those create EPS files algorithmically, and it is much better to use them as EPS files for technical reasons. Similarly, some database or technical programs export EPS files and cannot make PDF files, so your'e stuck with EPS. No big deal.
• If you already have a vector graphic EPS format, there is very little reason to change it to something else. I might change if it were a logo that I was going to be using a bazillion times, but I just leave more eps artwork alone.
• If it's a graphic that you may need to use in QuarkXPress 4 or 5 or something, then leave it as EPS, which works best in those old programs.

This is probably better handled via excel import or XML. Data Merge isn't really made for this.

This is probably better handled via excel import or XML. Data Merge isn't really made for this.