InDesign

Con las últimas actualizaciones del programa, si o si y constantemente, cuando coloco, inserto una imagen en mis documentos, el cursor empieza a dar vueltas como si estuviera realizando algún proceso. No cambia, no se arregla, puedo seguir manipulando objetos y textos, pero estos no aparecen, ej, copio y pego un texto y pareciera que se realiza la acción, pero no se despliega nada.Cierro el documento y el programa se queda congelado, no se puede cerrar normalmente y tengo que resetearlo desde el administrador de tareas. Solo así se vuelve a resetear y funciona bien hasta que tengo la necesidad de colocar otra imagen y pasa lo mismo y lo mismo y lo mismo.😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

I was wondering if we are the only ones in the world experiencing this.6 workstations, each with different settings/customizations, yet all 6 have the same problem.InDesign starts showing the loading circle, as if it is doing something, and we are unable to select any object. Some parts of the application are still somewhat usable.We find ourselves restarting the app 10 times or more per day, and, of course, restarting the application is not as simple as pressing the "X" button in the top-right corner because it doesn't do anything. We need to open the Task Manager and force-close InDesign every time. We restart, and here we are: after a whopping 10 minutes of work, we need to restart the s***t application again.We've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, deleting all preferences and scripts, and installing it under another user account.

Since version 21.4.1 it doesn’t take long and an InDesign session won’t work without problems anymore. I drag an image in a window or change text in a textfield and the cursor turns into the “busy” symbol (revolving circle). It doesn’t turn back into a normal cursor anymore and all functions seem to be restricted. The program seems to be busy with something.I also cannot close the app the normal way. There is a warning window opening up when trying to do it via menu. But this window closes itself after a second and I cannot read what it says.The only way to shut down the app is by opening up the task-manager and close it with “end task”.I am working on a windows 11 x64 system.

This is happening all the time i’m running the most up to date version and most up to date version of windows. I acces files on drop box could this be causing the issue?

InDesign is doing this semi freeze thing when I place or replace images. Random images and random formats. The background task hoop turns on and I can do somethings sometimes but not always. If I close everything then close the program there is a message but it's up for a half a second, disappears and then a new start window opens then refuses to do anything else. I have to "End Task" to get it to close. I've deleted tempfiles, uninstalled and reinstalled, turned off GPU, and did that Ctrl + Alt + Shift thing.

Hey gang,I’ve been meaning to ask this question for 26+ years: In Preferences > Advanced Type > Character Settings… why are Superscript and Subscript size settings set to 58.3% ? Is that size arbitrary? Is there any typesetting history behind that oddly-specific size choice?

Affects: Indesign 19.5 and 20.0.1 (across iMac and Macbook Pro)Steps I tried to resolve issue:Reinstalling latest Indesign (20.0.1), restarting my iMac, reverted to a previous version of ID (19.5), copied the file to my desktop to open from there, started a fresh document and tried to create new Styles (doesn't let me), opened another document which has styles that worked (they also don't work any more), deleted preferences, and finally I have updated my iMac and that hasn't fixed it either.Expected result:Font Styles panel should work as it should be (and as it did 3 days ago before the weekend. Have no idea what has changed!) in that you click on a Style and it applies it instantly. I should not have to Right Click/Apply Style. Actual Result:Cannot select or apply styles from the Style panel. Clicking on the style in the panel makes the selected item flicker, but nothing gets selected or applied and it stays the same default font. I can only change the style if I right click on

According to the stars, Master pages as a name is unacceptable. Who in their right mind cares about it?

I want to create new paragraph styles named “a1” and ‘a2’ under the “AA” group.When creating them:I’ll first check if “a1” and ‘a2’ already exist; if so, I won’t create them again, but I’ll move them into the “AA” group.If a1 and a2 do not exist, create them. 

All quotes in my text are made with right doble quotation marks on either side of the quote. How can I change them into 66 99?See image attached :) BIG thanx in advance to all you clever and kind people!

I couldn't find the code name for 'proportional spacing' in the InDesign ExtendeScript API.https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#CharacterStyle.htmlSo I installed an English version of InDesign and suddenly realized that the interface between the Chinese and English versions is different.The English version does not even have the option of "proportional spacing".  

I was using english phonetic to type in pagemaker akruti. Now how to type odia using phonetic in indesign 

No puedo abrir los documentos libros (.indb) en la versión de Indesig 2026. No abre ni los archivos recién creados con esa misma versión ni archivos anteriores que antes pude hacer y ver. Manda un mensaje que el documento x.indb no se puede abrir como archivo de libro.

InDesign. I'm rearranging chapters, and I'm moving pages rather than text because I've already set all the text box sizes to avoid widows & orphans. But instead of moving smoothly forward and backward from one page to the next in the text, at the ends of chapters it now jumps to a completely different page (presumably the one it used to be next to). This is maddening! What can I do about it?

The image on the left has 2 panels of gradient with a multiply effect in InDesign the image on the right is how it exports to PDF.I’ve had this issue constantly for weeks, along with other issues that Adobe just won’t fix it’s getting to be a nightmare to use this crappy software.I’ve tried every different PDF export option and compatibility setting there is it doesn’t help. With the exception that sometimes but not always, interactive PDF rarely fixes the issue.I’ve changed the colour profiles too but doesn’t help.It’s to the point where I can’t work using CC so will need to change my whole company over to Affinity if they don’t start fixing some of these bugs.I’m still having this issue here that Adobe can’t fix, not sure it they are related.  

What a joke of a title I just wrote. Was this feature ever tested?  I just had to find out that there has been an Alt-Text on an image published on my companies website that literally describes a black gradient as “a black & white image of a n**e* figure.” I cannot fathom how a feature like this ever made it to production. There is literally no way I believe this was tested beforehand, at least by (cogniscant) humans. Infuriatingly shameful. I do not care that the alt-text has been improved because I am still finding it from when I was affected. I’ve had it disabled since the moment I’ve been able to turn if off and it has still caused nightmares for me. It is even more frustrating that it basically hides in plain sight and I cannot even find the tags. I had been working on this document for hours before I noticed, all because I accidentally moved the box. To keep me sane and also keep my job, I would love to see Alt-Text tags unaffected by objects in-front of them. I can only imag

Already posted in the Acrobat forum but I think it belongs here.Machine is a Zenbook Duo (Windows 11). When exporting a relatively small (five page) document to PDF, InDesign hangs and never recovers.Workaround is to tick the “Create separate PDF files” checkbox and combine the pages afterwards.Is this a known bug or am I doing something wrong? I’ve used InDesign for years and have never before seen this behavior.

How do I obtain the PrefixNumber for an InDesign C++ SDK plug-in?

Dear Team,I am facing a recurring and serious performance issue with Adobe InDesign. After working continuously for approximately 4–5 minutes, the application starts becoming unresponsive. The cursor begins showing the spinning/loading icon, and subsequently, around 80–90% of the InDesign commands and functions stop working.Some of the functions that become unavailable or stop responding include: Colour/Swatches and related panels Undo/Redo commands Alignment functions Constrain Proportions for height and width Object and formatting-related commands Various other tools, panels, and standard InDesign functions Once the issue occurs, I am also unable to close InDesign normally. The application does not respond to the Close command, and I have to terminate it manually through Windows Task Manager.After reopening InDesign, everything initially works normally. However, after another 4–5 minutes of working, the same issue occurs again. This has been happening repeatedly and is sign

InDesign blank document presets – i work in Australia where we don’t use the US page sizes, and several times a day, I create new InDesign files, and start with an A4, A3, A5 most times. Every time, I need to click ‘View all presets’ and scroll past the US sizes, down to these sizes. I would LOVE to be able to either delete or move Letter, Legal, Tabloid, Letter-Half, Legal-Half, US business card, Compact Disc (which I will never use), so I have my A3, A4, A5 at the top. I know this is only a minor thing, but it’s just something I would think is a no brainer to be able to do. I think most countries outside of the US would find this useful. Is there a way i haven’t found online, that anyone knows of?

Hi everyone. I recently worked on a publishing project as a designer using InDesign, alongside an editor using InCopy, with Google Drive serving as the cloud storage for the files. Everything was under control until the day before printing, when one of the InCopy assignments was overwritten by a version from two weeks prior. Since I don't handle the text content, I never touched that assignment; the editor had made last-minute corrections but certainly hadn't reverted it to such an old state. Does anyone have any idea what might have happened? After a thorough check, the editor is certain the issue was limited to that specific assignment, and my InDesign file remained unaffected. Do you think it’s possible that Google Drive (which backs up various versions of every file) might have automatically restored an old backup? Ciao a tutti. Ho recentemente lavorato a un progetto editoriale come designer utilizzando indesign, assieme a un redattore che ha usato incopy, e usando Google Drive com

During my free trial period i had a document that i've amended and saved several times.  the free period has ceased and i tried to open the document and an window appears stating the file is damaged (error code 4).  this happens with every document that i open.  i've paid today to have indesign for the year and the documents still will not open and still gives the error code 4 window.   Help.

Hello everyone.I always select 2 objects.One of the objects must be a text box.The other object is a non text box object.(Note: Another object is also an image, but when the image is pasted inside the frame, I cannot access it.)Originally, a function of m1b could be specifically used to obtain image frames. But it is invalid for the exceptions mentioned above.So I came up with two solutions: non text objects and text boxes.Now I don't know how to modify the code below to obtain non text boxes.There are attachments. notTextFrames = getThingsWithFilter(items, function (item) { return item.hasOwnProperty('texts') && item.texts.length == 0 }, true);The current issue is that I don't know how to modify the code for notTextFrames.How to express the antonym of “hasOwnProperty”?Complete code:var doc = app.activeDocument, items = doc.selection,//graphicFrames = getThingsWithFilter(items, function (item) { return item.hasOwnProperty('graphics') && item.graphics.length > 0 },

Hi everyone,I'm trying to create a booklet from InDesign using the following workflow:InDesign, Print Booklet, PostScript file, Adobe Acrobat Distiller, PDFThe problem is that when I select PostScript File as the printer, the PPD is set to Device Independent. Because of this, the paper size and orientation options are grayed out, so I can't specify the correct size for my imposed booklet.As a result, when I distill the PostScript file, the resulting PDF doesn't have the correct page size.I understand that using ADPDF9.PPD would solve this issue,However, I would like to know if there is any way to create a correctly sized PostScript file and then distill it to PDF without installing a PPD, printer driver, or any other additional software.Is there a way to specify the correct page size while using the device independent PPD, or is installing ADPDF9.PPD required for this workflow?Thanks!

Hello, Why can’t I read ONLINE a text in a PDF file, that comes from a placed pdf? I have a document that contains many PDF visuals (designed separately and placed on to the final combined InDesign document).I export them with InDesign file into a PDF (print), with digital settings format.When this PDF is opened in a browser (Google Chrome), the text from those visuals cannot be find (cmd+f). When opened in Adobe Acrobat, the find function works just fine for all the text in the visuals mentioned above.Any idea how to fix the online search (I need to send a link to users, that they can open online and do their search).Thank you in advance for any ideas to solve this! M.