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PC, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (3.70 GHz), 96 Ghz RAM, Nvdia 5080 Windows 11/64 up to dateI have worked with InDesign since version 2 but have not in that time worked with a document with footnotes so for anything about footnotes, I am a complete beginner. I am working on a 44-page historic quarterly that has one story with extensive footnotes as a Word document. I have extracted that story and attached it as a pdf'When I placed it the footnotes attempted to format but not with any consistency. I found a YouTube tutorial on footnotes and attempted to follow it, but still could not completely control the location of the rule or the spacing between indidvidual footnotes.I set up a footnote pargraph style w/ .02 between notes, but I am getting what appears to be double spacing, so I reset it to 0.00 and got the same thing with, for the most part unpredictable locations for the rules. Also set up a footnote character styleCan anyone steer me in the right direction?Thanks to those who know mor

I have recently had to reinstall the full CC suite, which included the usage of the Adobe CC cleaner. Now, in InDesign, I see that my TOC Styles are missing. I was sure that they would have been there when exporting user settings and then importing them back but, apparently, they are not. Where could I find them? I have plenty of Time Machine backups, CCC clones, and documents where those styles existed so I hope you will be able to tell me how to recover them. I was hoping for a “Load TOC Styles” button but no, there is not.Thanks! 

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.  

For the past month or two, any time I try to Place a file or update a Placed file, InDesign usually freezes. The cursor turns into the spinning circle. I can close and save the files after this, but cannot close the InDesign app. I try various ways to place the files. File > Place or Ctrl D or copy and paste the placed file from another InDesign file. The files I use are typically on my Google Drive and I’ve installed the Drive app on my machine.This is REALLY getting annoying. Adobe used to be so good with bugs. Any ideas? I’ve read a few posts that say they thought version 21.3 fixed this issue but I’ve still got it.I’ve reset preferences, cleared old versions of InDesign, reinstalled InDesign. InDesign 21.3Core i9 processorWindows 11 home64 GB RAM500+ GB hard drive space Thanks in advance for any tips.

I’ve been having major issues with InDesign locking up ever since this update. It doesn’t crash so it doesn’t send a report either. At least two times every day, I need to either force quit the app or restart. It is very frustrating!

This happens to me every now and then: InDesign completely messes up the preview on my screen. If I zoom in or out, it usually disappears.At first, I blamed it on my old computer, where the graphics card was probably failing, but the same problem persists on my new Mac Mini.It doesn't seem to happen at all; it's completely random. This issue is still not fixed with the latest update (21.0.1), and it's even worse.If I move an object with a drop shadow, InDesign "moves" the entire shadow. Zooming in and out doesn't help; I have to completely close and reopen the document for it to work as it should.

When open InDesign 2026 on a screen with very high resolution, some icons get double size in docke panel: This is only seen on a Mac with arm-processor. When open InDesign on the build-in (retina) screen, everything looks fine.I found the post “InDesign 2023: Big icon in docked panel”. But the solution described there, did not solve the problem.Any ideas how to solve this?

Hello, why can't I upload files to Indd when it worked fine for years. Most graphic designers and studios work with NAS devices. I can't save anything, I have to make copies and restore files. Can something be done about it? Thank you very much rh     <Title renamed by MOD>

The new feature auto generates pornographic alt text in pictures it cannot seem to identify. It does seems to work ok on real photos but all complex icons have nude people and body parts described. It seems to me instead of giving a warning that it can’t identify a content it correlaties it to pornographic content. I don’t know if there was no introduction/pop-up to this new feature or if I simply missed it, but auto generating nsfw text is not okay. Why is there no filter that stops it from doing so?   

This new udpate gives me a contstant spinning wheel almost after each action I try to make. Select an item, move an item, open a panel, open a menu, anything really—each interactions causes the wheel to appear for 1-2sec. My productivity has been completely obliterated. Anyone else having this issue?   MacBook Pro 2023 M2 Max 32 GB  Sequoia 15.0.1     <Title renamed by MOD>

I remember asking about an issue where the buttons in a dialog box would become inactive after I changed the English word “Cancel” to the Chinese “取消.”I’ve forgotten how I resolved it, so I wanted to search my posts. I tried using: dublve Cancel OK But there are so many posts that I can’t find it…example: win.g150.bu1 = win.g150.add('button', undefined, "Process"); win.g150.bu1.preferredSize = [200, 20]; win.g150.bu2 = win.g150.add('button', undefined, "Cancel"); win.g150.bu2.preferredSize = [200, 20];Adobe’s site search has never been all that great. 

When I place an image (of .tif format) with an opaque background on top of a background in InDesign, the opaque pixels of the image get some color, not showing the InDesign background. I am using InDesign CS6.Below are pictures of the Image, of the InDesign background, cand of InDesign with the image.

Hello everyoneIn a spread, I want to use the center line as a boundary to distinguish between the following two cases:A. If the object’s left edge (sb[1]) is on the left side, regardless of sb[3], the object is considered to be on the left page.B. If the object’s left edge (sb[1]) is on the right side, regardless of sb[3], the object is considered to be on the right page.My ultimate goal is to decide whether they should move to the left or to the right.Thank you.var d = app.activeDocument;var s = d.selection[0]; p = s.parentPage;var sb = s.geometricBounds;var pb = p.bounds;lm = p.marginPreferences.left;rm = p.marginPreferences.right; 

I installed Adobe 2026 on my imac. Now undo doesn’t work. It’s permanently grayed out. ID 21.2 on a Retina 5K running Ventura 13.7.8. If you look at screen shot, I can’t undo the neon effect I made or undo the letter ‘M’ I deleted. I’m opening 2025 ID to see if that helps. 

I would like to formally follow up on case ADB-44827608-R1Y7 opened earlier today.As I already explained, the problem is not limited to AI-generated PNG files. The “missing link” error (gray placeholder with green stripes) also appears in designs I created four years ago that have never used any artificial intelligence images. I am attaching the two screenshots again to make this perfectly clear:Screenshot taken in InDesign 2026 of the file “ReportajeSIP Abril 2026.indd” → shows the gray/green placeholder on the placed image (page 2).   The exact same section opened in Illustrator 2026 → the design appears perfect, with no link error whatsoever.   I have already performed all the recommended troubleshooting steps:Complete Creative Cloud repair Preferences reset (Cmd + Option + Shift while launching) Clean reinstallation of the program Manually re-placing the images I even installed and fully tested the latest InDesign 2026 Beta, but the problem persists exactly the same.The error only

I'm designing a report that has a fair number of footnotes. Occasionally there is boxed text that needs to be designed so it appears in a shaded panel style. I've tried various ways of creating this, either as a seperate text frame with a threaded text link, or as a seperate formated text frame that I then anchor into the main flow of body text. But when this boxed content also includes some footnotes, the problem then arises that the inserted footnotes appear at the bottom of the boxed text frame, whereas I want all footnotes to appear together across the span of the page at the botom of the full page (i.e. footnotes from the main text and the boxed text to appeart at the bottom of page together). I have tried manullay adding the footnotes from the boxed text - but then any subsequent footnotes added to the mian text is wrongly numbered (it just carries on from the previous main text numbeing). If I try and manulaly override the numbers, it disappears at the bottom of t

Hello, I'm using indesign cc and when I open the app it says "EPF NOT FOUND" and thats it. I cant use it.I tried uninstall it, and shut down my computer but nothing work.Please help me, Best, Zoé

Hi, I am struggling to set up my table and cell styles. I am trying to remove the vertical borders and preserve the top and bottom borders. I have tried every combination of cell styles, table styles, and table border setup imaginable and I can’t get the right result. I would appreciate any help. Thanks 

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?   

My team produces a monthly publication using branded colors (The brand colors were chosen by others and cannot be changed or updated). The colors are defined in several profiles: Pantone Coated, Pantone Uncoated, CMYK, and RGB. When I took this job I created a indt template file that has all the CMYK colors added as swatches and have all objects and text colors set using Object and Paragraph styles from those CMYK based swatches. We recently changed the paper that our printer uses for the publication but the CMYK colors are not reproduced accurately on this paper. Is there a way to export two versions, one for each CMYK and Pantone Spot color without having to have two versions with the Styles changed? Is there a way to automate this process?

When using inDesign my artboard goes blank (gray) when disconnecting from my Apple display and often when I open my disconnected laptop to resume work in an open InDesign document. This has been happening for years on a different combination of displays and laptops so it is an Adobe issue, not a me issue. It seems lots of users have been frustrated by the same defect and it boggles my mind that Adobe has failed to fix this bug. Yes, I know I can switch to CPU Preview.. it reminds me of that old Rodney Dangerfield joke “I went to the Doctor and said - Doc, it hurts when I do this. The doctor says - don’t do that.”

I have not been able to save files from my computer to the Adobe account. Can someone help me trouble shoot please

Hi everyone,The Problem: In InDesign, I can see the icons for files shared with me, but clicking them does nothing. Occasionally, the loading cursor appears briefly, but the file never opens. Local files work perfectly.In Illustrator, I have the same issue, but it triggers an error banner: "You don't have access to this file," even though I am logged in with the exact email address used for the sharing invitation.What I've tried: Updated both apps to the latest version. Ensured no one else is currently working in the files. Verified my Adobe ID matches the invited email. Has anyone encountered this sync/permission glitch? Any advice on how to fix it?

Hi, when I prepare an InDesign file using "Share for Review" feature, the images are exported out rather low resolution / blurry as seen here:https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:913908ef-996f-4b5f-b99d-f730a011bda9?view=publishedThese images are quite hi-res in the original document and look fine in InDesign, but they are overly compressed when viewed in the review pane. The original source images are in PNG format.

Why is it 2026 and there is still no RTF export (all text boxes) for Indesign without third party plugins or scripts? And don’t even think about mentioning indd > PDF > Word to RTF I feel like I’m taking krazy pills here.