Reinstalling rarely fixes everything - you can do a complete reinstall using the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html ... View more

You'd have to supply the files.    But can you try exporting the files as IDML - then open these in indesign and save as a new file name.  See if the issue persists.    If it does, you can attach the IDML documents here for testing. ... View more

One thing that frustrates me is that it's not automatic - you have to select the Based on and pick the Parent Page     With both pages selected in the Parent Pages go to the Parent Pages Options and ensure it's enabled for Based on Parent.   ... View more

I think you need to do that in Acrobat, I'm not aware of a way for InDesign to do it - but I'm a bit out of the loop on interactive forms from Indesign. ... View more

Well they did ask if it could be done without open type fraction fonts.    So the answer I gave is something done in the ancient past of typesetting, if the font didn't have the glyph, you had to make it yourself.  It's made easier with grep style automation, before GREP Styles it was done character by character, line by line, etc.    So, it can be done without open type fraction fonts, which what was asked.    Remember before as well where not having certain circumflexes or accents you'd you have baseline shift letters and symbols to get them to the langauge required.    ~n or ~N the ~ would be baseline shifted and kerned over the N   And it was a manual thankless task 😛 ... View more

Your frame is already threaded. You can see the arrow in the inport on the left, and the arrow on the outport on the right.    So there's already a promise to another text frame to allow text to flow from that frame into that frame.    You'd have to break the relationship with the prior threaded text frame, with only the text frame selected and nothing loaded in the placeholder cursor.    Double click the inport and outports to remove the threading.    Then you can flow the text into that frame.    If you have multiple frames to unthread, there's scripts in the scripting folder User section that can Break the text frames (there's 2 of them, not sure which one is right for this instance).      ... View more

You can  Set up a character style for superscript - or have it a slightly smaller font, and offset the baseline shift   Do the same for the character on the otherside and have it subscript, or smaller font with slight baseline shift.   Setup a test fraction and apply your character styles and adjust them until you get the look you want    Then in a GREP style have    <Char style name> Digit left fraction \d+/(?=\d)   and the opposite <Char style name> Digit right fraction \d+/\K\d+   Then you just need to play with the Look of it - using the character style you have to adjust how the fractions look        Here - they don't look great.  But you can adjust them  It won't look as good as a font that supports proper fractions.  But it gets you there.  ... View more

Font syncing issues are usually just a broken connection between InDesign - CC Dekstop App - and online   Log out online of the Adobe Fonts Log out od CC Desktop Log out of InDesign (with it open go to Help> and log out) Quit and restart the computer Log back in to everything.      ... View more

Try resetting your preferences: InDesign 19.3 and newer go to Preferences > General > and click on "Reset Preferences on Quit" and then quit and restart. Or Windows: Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files. macOS: While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files. A dialog will appear asking to delete the InDesign Preferences, select 'Yes' on this dialog. More in-depth cleanse of preferences https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html   ---- Reinstalling rarely fixes everything - you can do a complete reinstall using the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html     ... View more

You just did! No problem. Glad it helped and worked.  ... View more

You never know, maybe you reset the wifi on the coffee machine and that fixed everything 😛 ... View more

I use anchored objects all the time.  Granted,  tricky to get used to.    But if you find done tutorials it is worth putting the effort into learning.  ... View more

Could be underline - as it's encompassing the tab Could be a Paragraph Rule - Above/Below Could be Paragraph Shading Could be Paragraph Broder Could be as Strikesthrough Could be a floating frame Could be an anchored frame Need more info, even a sample file. ... View more

You could setup a Character Style and only turn on the 'No Break'  Then in your paragraph style go the Grep Style and put in So it's looking for 5 characters or more at the end of a paragraph and applying a no break.  Change the 5 if you want to match shorter or longer strings.   \w{5,}([.!?]["']?)?$ ... View more

Thanks for the follow up - it looks great, well done. ... View more

If it's related to the netork/internet   Flush DNS Cache Open Terminal. Run this command: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder It will ask for your Mac password. Type it and press Return. No success message is shown, but the cache is now flushed.   Clear System Internet Caches In Terminal: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache (Note: On Sequoia, discoveryutil may not exist, in which case you’ll see “command not found”  ignore it.)   Clear Adobe Licensing Cookies in Browser Remember, Creative Cloud uses your default browser to authenticate, and stale cookies can cause this mess: Clear all cookies and cached files for Adobe domains: In Chrome: Go to chrome://settings/siteData Search for adobe.com Remove all shown entries In Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data Search adobe.com Remove All   Quit and Relaunch Creative Cloud Completely quit Creative Cloud (click the icon > Quit). Reopen it. Sign out and sign in again if prompted.   Try Launching Again Like This: Disconnect from Wi-Fi. Launch InDesign. Wait until it fully opens. Reconnect Wi-Fi. Observe if it stalls or stays stable.   ... View more

Someone else is having same issue here Can you follow the help in this thread and let us know how you get on? https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-won-t-start-tried-everything/td-p/15402985   ... View more

Before lauching Indesign - quit out of InDesign - Quit out of CC Desktop - and Make sure you're signed out of CC online.  Clear your Chrome Cache - and completely reinstall Chrome Restart   Then Disable Adobe Fonts and Sync Do this FIRST before you launch InDesign again. Open Creative Cloud Desktop Top-right profile icon > Sign Out Quit Creative Cloud Reopen Creative Cloud Log back in Go to Preferences > Services Disable Adobe Fonts Also disable file syncing if you don’t need it This alone has resolved similar cases.   Purge All Adobe Licensing and OOBE Data This is beyond “normal cache clearing.” Quit all Adobe apps In Finder, do Go > Go to Folder… and enter: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE Delete everything inside OOBE.   Then do the same here: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE Also delete these (if present):   ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLStore /Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLStore   and   ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLCache /Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLCache These hold license tokens and can corrupt in ways that survive reinstalls.   Rename CEP and UXP Folders Just as Abhishek suggested, but confirm you’ve done both locations: Rename /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP to CEP.old Rename /Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP to UXP.old Rename ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP to UXP.old This disables all panels/extensions and resets their state.   Use a Clean Admin User Account If possible, create a brand new Mac user account with Admin rights. Log in there, install Creative Cloud, disable Adobe Fonts before launching InDesign.   This prevents conflicts from user-level caches and preferences. Test Without Internet Once you’ve purged all the above: Disconnect Wi-Fi/internet completely. Reboot.   Launch InDesign and see if it starts and stays open. If it works, you can safely bet the problem is licensing handshake or Adobe Fonts.   Apps Can Cause This In addition to Webroot and Magnet, here’s a definitive list of processes that have directly been confirmed to block or interfere with vact/ping:   Little Snitch or LuLu firewall TripMode  AdGuard or Pi-hole CleanMyMac  Dropbox Smart Sync / Google Drive File Stream Carbon Black or SentinelOne  Cisco Umbrella   If you have any of these, quit them fully before testing (or anything similar).   ... View more

Seems to be pointing to hang during network operations, likely related to licensing or font synchronisation (Adobe Fonts).   Probably Firewall or proxy settings blocking InDesign's communication with Adobe servers.   Could be Corrupted font caches can sometimes cause issues with Adobe applications. You can try clearing your system's font caches.   Manage Adobe Fonts Try signing out and then back into your Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application, sign out on the desktop and online.    Try Pause and then resume font syncing in the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application.   If possible, disable Adobe Fonts and see if InDesign launches correctly (you can re-enable them later).   Another thing try to update InDesign and macOS Ensure both Adobe InDesign and your macOS are updated to their latest versions. ... View more

Hello - sounds crazy never heard of this one or experienced it.    Firstly disable any VPN, anti-virus, or other 3rd party apps/plugins you have running.  WebRoot, Magnet etc. have been know to cause issues.  Some antivirus can aggresively block licensing daemons.    Then display utlitilites, like Magnet, Duet etc can confuse InDesign. Any Cloud services running? Are they stored in folders that are Syncing?    Here's a few things to try Can you go to the Library folder and manually delete these folders ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe ~/Library/Caches/Adobe ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe /Library/Application Support/Adobe /Library/Preferences/Adobe /Library/Caches/Adobe   See if any old plugins are lurking - try deleting everything out of these folders - but keep the folders /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC     Disable GPU Performance You can't diasble it if you can't open the app. But you might be able to force software rendering. Open Terminal and run: defaults write com.adobe.InDesign GPUPerformanceEnabled -bool NO Then Reboot your Mac     Open the Console app and filter for InDesign. You’ll often see repeating errors. For example: Post or screenshot those here if you want help decoding. Failed to load framework... Could not locate font... Segmentation fault... etc   Try Offline Startup Disconnect your Mac from the internet before launching InDesign. Sometimes Adobe licensing services stall the load. You could disconnect and reboot.   Also try it in Safe Mode disconnected from the internet.    Try removing any periphereals too - anything plugged into the Mac, monitors and everything - just let your laptop be standalone.              ... View more

Sometimes 3rd party apps can hijack keyboard shortcuts. Try disabling 3rd party apps, like anti-virus, VPNs, etc. and see if the problem persists.    Webroot Magnet and others are notorious.  Especially on a Macs (no idea why Mac OS allows this)   Quick way to check is to boot your Mac in Safe Mode and only launch indesign and see if the problem persists.    If it is ok then it's definitely a 3rd party app.   So you'll have to systematically go through background apps and exit them to see what's causing the issue.  ... View more

Any windows scaling applied?   ... View more

You’re absolutely correct, InDesign’s GREP engine does not treat the OR operator with anchors the same way standard regex does. The anchors are effectively ‘pulled out’ to cover the entire expression. A workaround is to use lookahead and lookbehind assertions to manually enforce anchoring, for example:   (^a)|(?<=.)bc or (^a)|bc   It is a known quirk. Adobe has never documented this fully, and most advanced InDesign GREP users learn it the hard way.   It’s not a bug as such, more of a design limitation in their simplified regex engine. ... View more

Ah the good old 'did you try turn off and on again' ... should be the first step of any troubleshooting 🙂   If it starts happening again, or you face any other strange oddities hopefully the list helps you troubleshoot things in the future. ... View more

Indeed, apologies for not tagging you. I usually do. But got some bad news today and wasn't thinking straight.  ... View more

It's not pulsing for me so I'm going to jot down all the steps I'd go through (even though you've already tried some - I'm just going to consolidate ideas here) This feels very much like a redraw or compositing bug. Essentially, InDesign is re-rendering the images every time it refreshes the text caret. That would explain why it stops if you deselect the text frame: no caret blinking, no refresh cycle.   GPU Performance / Display Settings Go to Preferences > GPU Performance. Try disabling GPU Performance and restart InDesign. On some Macs, the GPU redraw has been glitchy when transparency, high-res RGB images, and blinking insertion points mix.   Screen Mode Try switching to Preview Mode (W). Sometimes the normal mode forces more redraw cycles. Or switch between Typical Display and High-Quality Display in View > Display Performance.   Transparency Blend Space (you did this) You confirmed changing RGB/CMYK doesn’t help. Worth trying again with GPU off.   Flattening Preview Choose Window > Output > Flattener Preview. Toggle some transparency options to see if it forces a stable redraw.   Rebuild Preferences Hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Shift+Control+Option+Command (Mac) when launching InDesign to reset prefs. This can flush out old corrupted settings.   Update InDesign Double-check if you are truly on the latest patch, or if Adobe has quietly sneaked out a fix since your post. Go to Creative Cloud > Updates.    Try Another Mac User Profile Create a new macOS user account and see if it happens there. Sometimes it’s a system-level cache or user-specific setting.   External Display If you use an external display, unplug it and see if it happens on the built-in screen alone. External displays can trigger weird GPU compositing issues.     One other option - if you toggle the preferences   ... View more

I suspect there’s some mild corruption in the images, or they were saved with a JPEG encoding that InDesign doesn’t fully support. Try opening one of the JPGs and simply resaving it. See if it still glitches afterward — it’s a good way to test whether the file itself is the issue. If the problem disappears, it likely means the images in your library are the culprit. I’d recommend resaving them in another format, as others have already suggested. Over the years, I’ve seen this sort of image corruption crop up in InDesign, and almost every time it’s been a JPEG edited with some third-party software. Those tools can encode JPEGs in a way that InDesign doesn’t handle properly. It’s possible the file came from a photographer, a mobile device, or a website that adds extra encoding layers. If you’re linking directly from a library server, there could even be hidden data in the file from the server itself (though that part is hard to pin down).   ... View more

Well that's 100% not it - the files are completely cross-platform compatible.  ... View more