InDesign

Recently i was working on project. Saved with no errors. Now I cannot open that file, however I can open other files with no problem. Why my file is not OK anymore?

I have a document where a bunch of tabs have a leading . character. This is not set up in the paragraph (which has no defined tab stops) or the style or its parent style. I can find no explanation for it.Anybody?Update: There was a tab stop buried under the right-margin marker. This UI is a clinic on design failure. Look at this thing. 

Indesign often records screen and audio for a few seconds even if it doesn't have active permission. How is this possible? And for what reason? The screenshot is to show that no app has permission to record.   <Title renamed by MOD>

The latest version on InDesign was not working on our Windows 11 systems: it either wouldn’t launch or when using it, text will disappear in text boxes (even though it is still there) and the Undo action only performs one or two undos. Uninstalled and went back to InDesign version 20.5.1 which appeared to work fine until today: now I am having the same undo problem. Tested in a brand new document.It should be noted that coworkers with Macs are not having this issue.I saw a previous post that said this could be fixed by unchecking the GPU option in preferences, but that is NOT checked in mine (it is greyed out because it says it does not detect a compatible device).It is almost impossible to work knowing you only have one undo, please advise how to fix this!

I can’t believe this is happening again. We really should get some sort of discount or refund for all the time we’re wasting lately with this issue.After being solved, this problem shows up again with the last update. I suddenly lose all UNDO steps, past the last four or five, just like what happened a few months ago.If the problem is related with the History panel, JUST DISABLE THE HISTORY PANEL. We didn’t have this issue before the panel, so I guess it has something to do with it. 

I am able to hold shift and use the free transform tool to change my frame and object at the same time, but I need to be able to type in a specific width - it’s exhausting to try to hit the exact size by dragging, and In Design isn’t letting me get exactly there either. I need the two to be linked, because I used the frame to do some pretty heavy cropping, and I need that to be maintained.

Indesign Server 2026 Premium (21.3.0.60)First instance runs successfully, 2nd instance stops immediately with: failed. date must not be nullCreated new installer package and reinstalled IndesingUpdated Visual C++ runtimechecked system for errors.No effect, One one Indesign instance will run. all others stop immediately.

Been experiencing this weird glitch/lag ever since I installed the new indesign update. Everything works fine and smoothly its just annoying this keeps happening. I just zoom in and out to make the page go back to normal before it happens again. Anyone know how to fix this?

Ich benutze Illustrator 2023 da ich auf meinem alten Mac OS 10.15.8 keine höhere Version installieren kann. Leider kann ich seit heute Indesign nicht mehr öffnen muss aber noch zwei Wochen ein Projekt fertig machen ehe ich mich um den kauf eines neuen Mac kümmern kann. Wie bringe ich Indesign wieder zum laufen, damit sich dies nochmal mit Adobe verbindet und mein Abo bestätigt wird ?

After importing from Word, I often find myself with an unneeded style that InDesign thinks is in use somewhere. I try deleting it, and it asks what style to replace it with. But since I don't know where it's applied, I don't know what to replace it with. So I have to fire up Find/Change, select the styles menu, scan through my ~100 styles and select the one to search for. Why can't we have a right-click option to "Find this style" right from the Paragraph Styles pane? We can do that for colors, why not p-styles? Is there any way to use scripting to accomplish this task faster than manually searching the F/C dialog every time? Maybe a script to add to the right click menu, or another way to search that would be faster. I'm curious if anyone else has a better idea for how I can accomplish this. Thanks! 

This is not a question, more something I keep wondering about.Has it ever struck you that the Layers panel has not really changed in years?It sits in the corner. To move an object one layer down you open it, find thelayer and drag a small square. On a leaflet with fifteen layers that is most of my day.At some point I stopped complaining and built what I wanted instead.Smart Layers:- one shortcut opens it right at your cursor, no hunting for a panel- click a layer name and the selected objects move there- Shift + mouse wheel moves them one layer up or down- object counts per layer, on the page and in the whole document- sort objects into layers by type, object style or what a group contains- layer templates and visibility sets, similar to Layer Comps in PhotoshopTwo versions: an AutoHotkey palette for Windows, and a UXP plugin that also runs on macOS.Short demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUggYIyQyvgDownload and manual: https://zaleskyworkflow.comBut I am still curious about the or

Después de la actualización 21.5.1 cuando abro un archivo en Indesign e importo texto, o si por ejemplo tengo combinación de datos,  si el texto tiene acentos o símbolos como el del euro, se cambian por otros símbolos…. Le ha pasado a más gente? Soluciones? Gracias. 

I was working on a project using Adobe InDesign (on a Mac), saving copies of the file as I went along, as well as saving copies to my desktop. I have finished the project, and no longer need the 20 copies I have saved. I deleted the copies from my desktop, but they still appear in InDesign. When I try to click on the copies, it says: Either the file does not exist, you do not have permission, or the file may be in use by another application. The thing is, I am the owner of the files, and my laptop is now losing 20% battery/hour while it is logged off because the program is using so much energy. How do I fix this problem?

I am creating an interactive pdf with fillable text fields. How do I turn off the spell check for the text which appears as a red "underline" when I type in the box in the pdf? Thanks!

When I create a table in InDesign 21.5.1 for an accessible PDF, IDs are not automatically generated. In Acrobat, the ID fields remain empty. In tutorials, however, I see that these are automatically filled in. Am I overlooking something?

win10, indesign，after v21.2, When layers of different types are grouped, copied to a new document, and then ungrouped, layer‑remembering functionality will fail.

At some point of the work, InDesign randomly stucks at a “checking” state. It doesn’t effect the work, the app works fine, only the cursor is “loading” which is really annoying. ALSO when I finally lose my patiente, and try to close the app, it won’t close. I have to use task manager, to close it. 

InDesign 21.4.1 on Mac Studio M1 Ultra Tahoe 26.5.1. Pretty simple and annoying bug. I am unable to stack/group panels on my workspace. This only pertains to the bottom 1-2 for some reason. You are able to place more panels below  I would confidently assume this is a reproducible bug. This has been present for the past few versions but I am just now reporting it. The workspace panel is one of the most important features for InDesign workflow and this is the second (albeit, not as annoying) bug I found that I didn’t even need to try to find…   From the gif you can see it seems like the bottom 2 groups cannot be stacked. It doesn’t seem like it matters what panel you grab.

Hello, I’d love to have the separator line align to the grid but when I apply the first line to the grid it creates this random spaces between footnotes like between footnote 5 and 6. is there a way to align the separator to the grid but always have the footnotes with no space between them as 7 & 8?

Hello all,Today I am facing a completely new issue, at least for me: my boo document is open, I work on it, add some body text and photos, but when I try to save, Ctrl-S doesn’t work, and when I open the File menu, all Save options are grayed out.InDesign knows that my document has been modified, as you can see from the little asterisk in the attached screen captureA.When I try to close the document, InDesign asks logically if I want to save it, but when I click Yes, it tells me that it “cannot save the document”, without any explanation (see captureB attached).I am quite puzzled and would love to hear your ideas and suggestions.Many thanks in advance.Dominique

Ho cambiato il computer e scaricato Creative Cloud per scaricare il pacchetto dei programmi disponibili e a me utili. Avrei bisogno per il mio lavoro (impaginazione con diverse case editrici) della versione 18.0 (18.5) meglio ancora, di Indesign che su Creative Cloud non è più presente. Qualcuno mi può aiutare a scaricarla?

I just tried to start CS6 - Indesign, but I'm told, that my license is used on more than two Computers. When I login to my Adobe-Account, the Licensenumer is not shown and when I try to register it, it is already registered. When I try to add the same licensenumer while startig the software, the numer is not valid. What can I do?

Hi Community, It would be really helpful if Adobe would integrate an automatic starting 'timer function' to every design i'm working on in InDesign/Illustrator etc. This way, I can easily track my hours and share them with my client.  My feature request: An automatic timer that starts automatically every time the document is opened - with an easy export function that exports date/hours/minutes to a .txt file - Actual working time (based on cursor movement)- Idle time (file open but no movement from cursor) BR Dennis

Hi,I’m currently creating a poster for a client but now the linked images don’t display correctly in ‘High quality display’ mode. See attached images showing the difference between ‘High Quality’ and ‘Typical’ modes.The GPU setting is on and this happens on my home Mac and work Mac, and not just when using this particular file.I’m wondering if it’s a Mac OS issue as it’s a relatively new problem.Any help would be really appreciated.CheersSteve