InDesign

This is how my mac is showing images… I change to normal view rather than HQ performance and it returns to normal. Problem is I need to copy and paste some images out of it, and when I do, it gives me the image with the lines. Any ideas?Mac M1 MaxUpdated latest version. Mac OS 15.6.1 Sequoia  

A litle help here; today suddenly, I've placed several logos and icons created in Illustrator, and they are showing a white background instead of being transparent. I thought it was a redraw issue so I quit everything and sitll the issue. Then I restarted and I still see it. Have placed other logos and same issue. Worst, the PDF is exporting with this white background!!! • Display is set to high Quality Display• Fill for placed logo is set to none, both on bounding box and object• Other logos placed before today don't have the issue.• Made a new file, placed a different vector, same issue. What gives??? Any clues?   InDesign 19.3 (yes I know there's a new version but it was giving me the issue of not bveing able to save)Mac OSX Sonoma 14.5Appli M1 Max 32GB  

In the latest update of InDesign when I have multiple shapes and frames on the page selected, if my cursor is above something like a rectangle with content/picture inside it, I only move the picture that is below it at the time. Rather than the whole selection of objects as it used to. I tested before and after the update and it was something that only broke with 21.4. If I cursor over a solid shape object while still selecting the entire group (including the photo frame) that then moves the entire section but only if cursor above a placed fill object does it break. What could possibly be happening?

Unable to move the textual task bar over to my other screen.CheersNate

Hi i have files that i have to copy from excel to indesign but im having a problem, when i copy the text to indesign the alignment is mess up. Is there other way i can fix this without losing the alignment? Because i have to do it manually and align it using tab each.i dont want to import the excel file because i have t squeeze the text from small space. Thank you

Mac Indesign 21.4.1 Undo/Redo does not work. Plus stability issues. Never had stability and lagging issues with Indesign until last couple updates. Very frustrating and complicates my workflow. Need to force quite often as well. Bad update. I am thinking about reinstalling earlier versions.

Reflowable EPUB exported from InDesign displays incorrectly in Kindle Previewer. A 74-page book becomes about 238 reading screens with short paragraphs isolated by large blank spaces. What InDesign EPUB setting could cause this?

Since the update, InDesign 21.4.1has been crashing frequently while I’m working. Gradients often do not work, especially when I copy and paste elements from another file—something that worked perfectly before the update.The cursor frequently indicates that something is loading, but nothing happens. InDesign then becomes unresponsive and cannot be closed normally, so every time I have to force-close it through Task Manager and restart it, sometimes several times.I’m very disappointed with this update. I’m not working on particularly large or complex files, yet InDesign still crashes repeatedly in the middle of my projects.

Hi everyone~The 'none' in cell style and object style seems to indicate:noneCellSty = app.documents[0].cellStyles.itemByName('[None]');noneCellSty.duplicate();I tried to copy the None style directly, but it is failed. Perhaps I have to create a new 'trueOne' style based on [None] to control it.another question:how to represent 'basic paragraph style' and 'no paragraph style'?Like this:noneBasePar = app.documents[0].paragraphStyles.itemByName('[None]');And ,How to express the 'basic paragraph'?Thank you. 

hi, how can i use InDesign Beta’s AI assistant to create a layout for a magazine? i want the assistant’s help in organizing text & images in the layout i’ve created. has anyone been able to do this? i’m very new to graphic design/InDesign, so i don’t know much yet. thank you :)

Ever since I updated to Indesign 2026, anytime I place an illustrator file, there is a fairly high chance that one or more of the layers refuses to display or the file will be in a rolled back state. Its not just a visual glitch, when I export to PDF, the placed file will still not show what its supposed to. It seems to happen more frequently when the illustrator file is larger, but I’ve also had it happen on tiny files. The ONLY fix I’ve found so far is to save the illustrator file as a PDF and import that.  

I’ve been having issues in InDesign for the past couple of days. When I open a file (I’ve tried with a couple of different ones), I can work normally for a couple of minutes but then I won’t be able to move, click inside, resize, etc. any text or object boxes with my mouse. The arrow keys on the keyboard still work, but that’s slow and annoying. Nothing is locked. I’ve restarted the computer, deleted the InDesign cache and preferences. I even used the cleaner to uninstall and reinstall the whole program and it’s still happening. Any other ideas? It’s almost impossible to work like this!  Thanks in advance for any assistance!

After updating to InDesign 21.4 (including the latest 21.4.x update), our existing TIFF files with transparency are no longer imported correctly.These are production files from our publishing workflow that have been used successfully for months.Expected behaviorWhen placing a legacy TIFF with transparency into InDesign, the transparent background should be preserved.Actual behaviorThe TIFF is imported with a white background instead of transparency.Steps to reproduce Open the attached legacy TIFF in Photoshop. Photoshop correctly displays the transparent background. Place the TIFF in InDesign 21.4 using File > Place (with or without "Show Import Options"). The transparency is not recognized. The import dialog only offers: Alpha Channel: None The image is placed with a white background. Comparison with previous versionsThe exact same TIFF file works correctly in the previous InDesign version.When using Show Import Options, the previous version offers: Alpha Channel: Trans

The new versions of InDesign (21.3–21.4.1) cannot export files if a linked image is large (more than 1 GB tiff). When exporting to PDF, only a gray square appears, and the JPG export is empty. The last working version is 21.2.

InDesign 2026 (21.2) x64 Changes resolution when opening a file from within the application. This resizes the window so that it is completely impossible to grab any of the corners or header bar. I have to quit the application and restart. Happens around 30% of the time when opening a document while InDesign is already open. Screenshot attached. Windows 11 laptop running multiple monitors. I should add, this started happening a few updates ago.  

When I try to overwrite/update an existing document with Publish Online, I eventually get the following error: "An error occurred while uploading the document. Please try again. Error #33". Normally, I first see a progress bar regarding the preparation of the document, followed by a progress bar regarding the uploading of the document. The only thing being shown is the second progress bar: the uploading of the document. This happens faster than normal, after which you receive this error message: "An error occurred while uploading the document. Please try again. Error #33". Can anyone help me with this?

Why is there an issue syncing indesign files to Creative Cloud? has worked perfectly for a year and now has issues. Is it a permissions thing also? 

Hi All,   I’m working on C++ plug-in on indesign server 2026. I have to read all paragraph style and find out which has the nested character style in it. But I'm not able find nested style name in paragraph style. Has anyone tried this or can anyone suggest me the Interface or boss class to get the nested style information?   Thanks in advance. Siddhesh 

I’m trying to use the gradient tool in InDesign. Simple. I made a box. I want to color it on one side and have it fade to transparent on the other. The color side will be a swatch from my list. I cannot seem to get the color palette to open while I have the gradient tool open to drag a color swatch over the gradient squares. Nor can I click with any success on the small color squares on the gradient bar that used to - with a click - just let me pick a color for each bit of a gradient.

Every month once Indesign is updated, our whole company is unable to open adobe. They get the error "indesign.exe - application error. The application was unable to start correctly (0x0000142). Click OK to close the application." This has been an on going issue for a few months now. The temp fix is to run a repair on the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable which fixes it until the next update comes out. This is for windows 11. Is there a more permanent fix for this?   

ID 21.4.1, MacI built a file in InDesign without issues.We just started experiencing an issue in which when someone else opens the file, the fonts (Barlow) appear to be missing, and show up like this: I was able to get the fonts working by disabling them, and letting ID re-enable them.However, when I opened a different copy of the same file, Medium and Medium appeared to be missing again, though I found I could also “fix” them by using Type > Find/Replace.  I assume that if I open up a copy someone else was working on, I may experience the same issue.Any ideas what may cause this? It’s concerning, and we haven’t seen this before.Thanks 

Bonjour à toutes et tous, Il y a quelques mois j’ai eu un soucis sur un fichier avec un message “Error: Adobe inDesign va s’arrêter. Une erreur grave s’est produite. Redémarrez InDesign pour récupérer votre travail dans les documents...” Après, chaque tentative d’ouverture de ce fichier entraînait systématiquement le même soucis.InDesign propose également une récupération automatique du document, mais celle-ci échoue à chaque fois.J’avais essayé les manipulations suivantes :Redémarrer InDesign plusieurs fois. Réinitialiser les préférences d’InDesign. Désinstaller puis réinstaller InDesign. Supprimer tous les fichiers de récupération (dossiers InDesign Recovery). Dupliquer le fichier et le renommer. Ouvrir le fichier en le faisant glisser directement dans InDesign. Ignorer la récupération automatique en cliquant sur « Non » lorsqu’elle est proposée.Aucune de ces solutions n’a résolu le problème. J’ai donc recommencé un nouveau fichier en partant d’une base qui était enregistrée avant ce

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InDesign won't let me undo or save. I exported the IDML file to save my file. but I don't know how to fix this

I just upgraded to IND 21.0.2 and Mac OS Tahoe (26.2) and since then my color mixer isn't available. When I click on an object and want to change the color, the mixer is simply grayed out. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there a solution?