InDesign

I am having issues with InDesign 2025 constantly crashing. I even installed older versions in an effort to solve the problem. When I open the application, it freezes, and I have to force quit to close it. It is completely unusable. I have a new desktop computer running Windows 11, enough RAM and a high-speed internet connection. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Furthermore, I cannot download or open my creative cloud files. It simply says: "Download failed". Any ideas?

Is it possible to script the saving of all open InDesign documents, including those that require 'Converting' from one InDesign version to another, directly over their former versions.I often need to do this with large numbers of documents, and it seems that going from one document to the next when I have 20 open documents, clicking save, being offered the ability to save the document directly over itself because InDesign helpfully opens the save point of the source doc, clicking SAVE then clicking OK, then closing the document, and moving on to the next, one, well this looks like a clear case for automation.Given that I have my own version control and excellent backups, I don’t have to worry about overseeing every step in an operation like this (that’s to say, given that it’s a reliable script).

So I have sets of illustration in separated artboard (same layer) in Illustrator. But when I am importing it to InDesign, some parts of the illustration is missing. It occurs on some illustration, especially reused graphic asset from Freepik. Funny enough, this isn't happening using the previous version of Indesign. Right now I am using the current latest 21.0 (not beta). What I have done for the workaround;saved into a new file, only the error artboard. not working.saved the error artboard into EPS, works. But I wish everything works in native format.  

I recently updated my InDesign 26 version to interim version 21.2 and this preference doesn’t seem to be working anymore. I have the “Default Relink Folder” in the File Handling preference set to “Most Recent Relink Folder”.Previously when I had say 10 InDesign documents in a folder, I would open the first and relink to my Links folder that is not in the same folder as the InDesign documents. Then every subsequent InDesign file in that folder that I would open would look to that Links folder I just linked to and update appropriately. Since this interim update, that preference doesn’t seem to work and I have to browse to the links folder again for each InDesign document.Hoping I am missing something or that this can get fixed.Thanks,Don 

Share for review hasn’t been working for several days now. I’ve signed out and still doesn’t work after logging back in. I’ve also restarted my computer. Attaching a screenshot of “Error getting invited people” - I don’t even use the invite, only the link. Spins and spins, never loads share options.Running version 21.2, Windows 11

All my books (several hundred) are formatted using the Times New Roman TTF font. The new version of InDesign 21.0 changes that to Times New Roman OTF.Fortunately, version 20.0 is still installed. I know from experience that strange things can happen in updates.. However, the problem with the latest update has also been introduced in that version.OTF is only available with a licence, which I do not have. I would appreciate some help.Cor van Wijgerden     <Title renamed by MOD>

In a somewhat-related thread (https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/text-disappears-when-typing-in-text-box/m-p/15598533#M642384), respected InDesign guru Eugene Tyson wrote:If you're experiencing a current issue, please start a new post with:A clear description of the problem: For many months/maybe a year or two, I will be typing into a text box; not the main text box on a page, but a subsidiary sidebar text box, and some of the text will disappear and at least part of the text box looks like it is blank. The example below is on a big file, currently 18.2 MB. It is publically available for anyone to download from http://www.conovers.org/ftp/AppSAR-Source-Files/, it is Chapter 9. Before I start typing I see: After I start typing I see:           I have to go to InDesign > Edit > Preferences > GPU performance > [uncheck] to prevent it from happening. If I have GPU performance checked, and the problem occurs, I can ex

I opened files that i was working on in December 2025 - tweaked something - and could not save. FILE IS DAMAGED!  no matter what I do - anything I touch cannot be saved as an indesign file. 

Hi, I’ve installed Adobe InDesign for the first time on Windows 11, but it’s not launching. The application gets stuck on “Starting up service registry” during startup and does not open, even after waiting for more than 5 minutes.I have already tried reinstalling InDesign, signing out and signing back into Creative Cloud, and restarting my system, but none of these steps worked.This is a fresh installation and I’m facing this issue from the first launch itself. Please let me know how to resolve this problem.  

For quite some time now my InDesign has been taking a long time to open. I think it started doing this a couple updates ago. I have been dealing with it, but now it has become annoying.When I open InDesign, it takes over 30 seconds to open.In the past it opened in less than 10 seconds.What has changed is causing this issue.I am running Windows 11 Pro.I have an I9 processor with 24 cores.With 64 GB of memory.The hard drive is 2 TB and I am using about ¼ of that, so there is plenty of space.What can I do to get this to open quickly, like it used to? Rick

Does anyone know of how you would export an interactive PDF as CMYK? Using Indesign 2022. It always wants to change the colour profile to RGB when I export?

When I try to place multiple images at once using the Gritify tool, my InDesign seems to break. It stops letting me undo, I can’t make any new files, it's constantly loading and it wont let me close the program anymore. Any way to stop or circumvent this?

InDesign 2026 - character and paragraph styles - InDesign changes font color.

I see this problem is 10 years old. I tried deleting preferences CTL+SHIFT+ALT.There is a suggestion that “click the word Touch” - click with what my mouse? Oh you have to go through the Touch Gesture tutorial before you can get access to this menu!Ok i’m going to leave this question here

I’m resurrecting an old QuarkXPress v. 3.31 document using InDesign 20.5.2 (2015 MacBook Pro Retina 15” under Monterey).The original QXP had master pages (INDD calls them Parent pages I see).There are various oddities in the import (e.g., all items on the document pages are shifted 2.75” to the right! weird.). Another issue is fonts. I have replaced several missing fonts using modern Adobe equivalents. This change affects, e.g., headers on the Parent pages. When I go to update the document pages assigned to those Parents, InDesign is inserting an empty text frame onto the doc page and “pushing” the existing text frame to the next page in the document.I assume this is due to my misunderstanding of text flow on Parent pages. The Parents for the body of the doc indeed have a blank text frame laid out within the specified margins. (I see the option, on Parent pages’ text frames to “Click to make this story the parent’s primary text flow.” Which means very little to me.)Should I just elimin

We're using ZXPSignCMD tool for signing an Adobe InDesign CEP extension. We have a mandate to update all the company’s signings to D-KMS (Key Management System), a HSM (Hardware Security Module) backed service (see New private key storage requirement for Code Signing certificates 1).In the documentation of the tool CEP-Resources/ZXPSignCMD/SigningTechNote_CC.pdf at master · Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources · GitHub we don’t see any reference on HSM support.Are any plans on updating the tool to support this?

Jag har i snart en veckas tid nu haft ett problem med Indesign som jag inte har upplevt tidigare. Jag har arbetat i ett flertal olika dokument och samma fel uppstår varje gång, så det är inte en specifikt fil som är problemet.När jag jobbar i ett projekt och klickar på Spara får jag upp något av de felmeddelanden som syns i bilden (att filen är skadad). Och så låser sig programmet och jag måste tvinga avsluta. När jag öppnar filen igen sen så är de senaste ändringarna oftast med ändå, men jag kan fortfarande inte spara filen. Jag blir tvungen att köra Spara som och skapa nya kopior av filen varje gång jag vill ändra något.Jag har testat att arbeta både mot Onedrive och lokal hårddisk - det gör ingen skillnad. Jag har inga uppdateringar som väntar.Någon som har någon lösning?

Hello,I have set up a table to have a 0.25 pt border around the table and all strokes (rows and columns).Unfortunately the row stroke does not stop at the edge of the table border.I have tried a fresh document (with new table) and I am still getting the same results.I am using the “Best joins” settings but it doesn’t appear to be working?Also… when I zoom in on the pdf the table border looks fine. The stroke only appears to go beyond the border when viewed as a pdf at 100%. It also prints normally.Any ideas why this is happening and a fix please?    

Hi everyone,Today on two different computers, both running the latest InDesign, I started getting this error every time I edit a file:“InDesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged.”Then, when I try to close the file, I get another message:“Could not complete your request because of a database error. The file ‘InDesign Defaults’ is damaged (Error code: 1).”I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign, resetting preferences, testing files saved locally, in the cloud, and on a USB stick, but nothing helps. I can open and save files as long as I don’t make any changes, but once I edit anything, the error appears.Everything worked fine yesterday, and now both computers are affected. Is anyone else seeing this problem, or does anyone know how to fix it?

Text editor shows the text, but it’s always overset in the InDesign file, no matter how big I make the textbox or adjust the size/leading of the type. It’s an InDesign file that I didn’t create, so I deleted any existing paragraph styles and stripped out any formatting that was on it  but can’t figure out what is making any text I try to import or create automatically overset. What am I missing?

I was forced to update to InDesign 2026. (Mac Mini, Ventura OS) It’s being extremely buggy. I’m now having issues where I’ll open a doc from the Book panel and the doc opens but a modal box stays up saying “Open 1 documents” and typically hangs showing the name of a placed image. Of course, as with everything CC, the “Cancel” button never actually cancels. I can’t do anything but Force Quit and then the fun of having InDesign say files may be damaged.I’m in the middle of a colossal project and basically have to be prepared for a hard crash every moment and don’t dare leave any files open. The Book features is super buggy, but these inherited files were set up this way (due to somebody not understanding text variables for RH, so every chapter is a new volume with 6 master pages, thanks).Has anyone experienced this and figured it out? I now do keep updating InDesign, hoping this is addressed.I’m syncing on DropBox, I’ve selected “Make Available Offline” to hundreds of GB of files so they

After a recent system update, the cursor in InDesign (2023 on Windows 10) is suddenly huge. It reverts to normal size when I drag it over the tools or other menus. I notice this only occurs on my extended monitors. Any assistance would be appreciated! Thanks,SM

Hello, can anyone please tell me how to install  InDesign 2024 version 19.3 .My creative cloud app is not offering the option to install older versions like how they show in tutorials when i searched a solution for this issue.

Does nothing to fix the massive issue me and my org are having with being unable to save files because they are apparently ‘corrupt’.Not only that only that attempting to add pages to files is causing indesign to freeze. Not only that my preferences have been reset with no warning before the install I have a document due back to a client imminently and to be perfectly frank we are not actively looking for alternatives to this programme.  Get rid of the AI crap and get back to the basics. Call it feedback if you will. 

After updating to macOS Tahoe 26.3, I can no longer launch InDesign CC2026 and CC2025.  InDesign CC2023 and CC2024, on the other hand, start normally.Repairing the permissions via the terminal does not help:sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/dtp/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ InDesignsudo chmod -R 755 /Users/dtp/Library/Caches/Adobe\ InDesignsudo chmod -R 755 /Users/dtp/Library/Application\ SupportTemporarily renaming the Adobe InDesign Preferences folder creates new folders when starting CC2025 and CC2026, but when creating subfolders, InDesign does not go beyond the CompositeFont folder. The SF-Symbols.app has also been updated.Could this be related? Do others share this problem?Does anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this? All bestMartin