InDesign

Hello,I am experiencing a recurring issue with the File > Place dialog in both InDesign and Illustrator. It has been happening since I started using this Mac.My setup: MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023) Apple M2 Max, 96 GB RAM macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 Adobe 2026 applications, including InDesign 21.6 Files stored locally on the internal drive Full Disk Access already enabled for both InDesign and Illustrator Steps to reproduce: Modify an existing .ai file in Illustrator and save it with Cmd+S. Immediately go to File > Place in InDesign or Illustrator. The newly saved .ai file appears greyed out and cannot be selected. What I have tested: Waiting 10 seconds with the Place dialog open does not help. Navigating to another folder and returning does not help. Closing the Place dialog completely and reopening it makes the same file selectable immediately. Dragging the same file directly from Finder into InDesign works on the first attempt. Other users have reported similar behavio

I’m experiencing two ongoing issues with InDesign’s Review feature that have been consistently reproducible for the past three months. Issue 1: Review links fail to update on larger documents When uploading a publication for review, I can no longer update the existing review link. A persistent error appears stating: “There was a problem updating the artefact.” This workflow functioned reliably until approximately three months ago. To rule out local issues, I tested the same document and process on a second machine, with identical results. Through testing, I’ve found that if I halve the document size (testing both the first 30 pages and the last 30 pages independently to rule out a problematic element), the review link does update successfully. This suggests the issue is related to document scale rather than specific assets. The publications I work on are graphically intensive magazines, typically around 2.5GB in total size. Images are linked, not embedded, with many PSD files used thro

Hi -- I rarely work in Adobe InDesign, but I had to modify an existing INDD file today and I cannot access some of the text boxes in my spread.  For reference, I am using Adobe InDesign 21.6 | 64-bit. I’ve looked at previous posts, and they mentioned to try the following steps:Get your Black Arrow/Selection tool. Place your cursor directly above the text you can see, but not modify. Click the mouse button. Most likely, you'll see a larger element is selected than your mystery line of type. Hold down the Cmd key (Mac) or Ctrl key (Windows), then click again. This lets you select elements beneath the top one in the stacking order. If that doesn't get you there, select the Object>Unlock All on Spread menu command to release any and all locked elements, then try it again.None of the above options worked for me.  Here is a screenshot of what I’m working on. The text I need to modify is highlighted in orange: Thank you!

Although the reference number (2) is correct, the footnote (1) does not number consecutively. This is in the same story -- bizarre!

Hi everyone,I’m having a recurring issue with InDesign and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced the same problem.Whenever I place an image in an InDesign document and then try to scale or fit the image to the frame, InDesign sometimes completely freezes.For example, I right-click on the image and choose an option such as fitting or scaling the image to the frame. At that point, the right-click menu stays open on screen, my mouse cursor changes to the loading circle, and InDesign stops responding.The strange part is that the freeze seems to affect more than just InDesign. I can no longer type, close InDesign, or properly switch to other applications, including non-Adobe applications.Even Task Manager becomes difficult to open. I can only access it by pressing the Windows key and navigating from there. Once InDesign freezes, I can no longer simply type in the Windows search bar either.This is happening even in a completely new InDesign document and with very small image files, so it d

Hi! In InDesign version 21.5.1, the OAM files generated in Animate don't work when I preview the spread in EPUB, nor when I export the document in Publish Online. I had to revert InDesign to version 21.4.1 for it to work as it used to. Any ideas on how to use the latest version and get the OAM files working?Thanks!

So when I click on sidebars it works, the rectangle tool for instance, but when I try and create nothing happens unless I use the Apple Pencil. Is there a way to click into things like that with a mouse? I’m trying to type in text boxes and things like that but am struggling with selecting where in the text box I want to type and actually being able to type in the box with a Bluetooth keyboard because latterly nothing happens when I click with the mouse. using the mouse would be much preferable rather than trying to use the scribble feature on the Apple Pencil. If there is a way to make this work it would be much appreciated! Thank You! 

When I try to create a text box in my A-Parent page, and I insert a Current Page Number, I get a red check box and an error that says there is overset text.

Ich gestalte monatlich eine Werbung bei der das Design gleich bleibt, die Artikel sich jeweils ändern.Vom Kunden erhalten ich eine Excel-Tabelle von der ich die Information jedes Produkts(Artnr., Name, Namenzusatz, Namenzusatz 2, Beschreibung, Einheit, Einheitzusatz, Preis  und  Preiszusatz) übertragen muss.Aktuelle mache ich das händisch mit copy + paste.Gibt es eine Möglichkeit das zu automatisieren, vergleichbar wie z.B. bei einem Serienbrief in Word?Hoffe sehr auf Anregungen und Tipps Liebe Grüße IB

How can I make this banner disappear for good?I'm tired of having to click the “X” after every PDF export.Thank you  

My InDesign document got many hyperlinks, which are generated through automation when it is exported accessibilty pdf the link tag is selecting previous link. For the whole document it is happening like this, why it is happening & how to fix this.  The  Link-OBJR under one link tag is selecting another link as shown in the images below     

I would like to be able to select two objects (usually a text frame and a shape) and align by BOTH vertical and horizontal centers with one click and/or keyboard shortcut. I letter comics which involves centering text over a speech balloon/text box repeatedly. Having to align twice each time a change is made to either one is really inefficient. This user seemed to be looking for the same exact solution as me, and posted a solution, but InDesign doesn’t recognize the script when I save the text as a JSX file. It is from several years ago so I don’t know if my attempt to use the script is incorrect, or if it’s outdated somehow. If someone knows a script that can do this, or can help me troubleshoot using the one above, that would be amazing!

After a very, VERY long list of new bugs that appear in the Adobe suite like copy and paste not working, constant crashing and instability, indesign is coming to a new low. Since the last 2 updates I can't even seem to close Indesign without using force close in the Windows task manager?! How can I get this program to close without having to resort to bashing it with the Windows banhammer every single time.Running the latest version of CC and indesign, no background tasks active and  everything works except every single native option to close the program!And with a 14th gen i7, 16GB CPU and 64GB DDR5 it's not a performance issue.Strangly when using the free Affinity tools there are none of the horrible and inexcusable bugs that a billion dollar company can't seem to fix.

Hello, recently I bought brand new Asus ProArt laptop and when I tried to use Indesign app it was unusable. the scrolling speed with trackpad is EXTREAMELY FAST both horizontally and vertically. in the same amount of movementwith trackpad on other Adobe apps i move so slightly, while on indesign i skip FULL PAGES.Even when I tried to use external mouse it was too sensitive compared to sensitivity on Illustrator, both on 100% view ; not in the same insane speed while using the trackpad, but still brutally fastIn the Now, before you suggest me for a solution let me tell you what I already did:- I tried closing the app and reopen it- I tried restarting my computer- I checked for updates for my Indesign app; I have the last version- I checked for updates for my Windows version and mouse drivers- I tried reinstalling Indesign- I tried to downgrade all the available versions of Indesign on creative cloud app In the attached video I demonstrate the problem, and compare the scro

I have created a small magazine in InDesign and am ready to export it to a PDF for the printer. When I export it using the Adobe PDF Presets High Quality Print a random sentence comes out underlined. I have checked the text in InDesign multiple times and there’s no extra formatting on it so I’m not sure why this is happening.This is the text inside InDesignThis is from the PDFI have played around with all types of different settings and it always exports the same. Anyone ever have an issue like this?

I am working on a large book and the author would like the text to be in one column and the footnotes in 2 columns. I have done a few volumes of this book in the past and I have used a script to detach the footnotes from the text so that they can be set up in a separate 2 column text box. I was just wondering if there is any new feature in Indesign that allows this to be done without the script?

Bonjour, comment supprimer les tâche en arrière plan d'activation des polices ? Depuis plusieurs jours ça mouline sans résultats et je veux déactiver cette fonction. Comment faire car je suis bloqué et ne peux générer mes PDF qui restent bloqués derriere l'activation des polices. Merci.

cmd+z indesign not working. it will work when i first open the doc but switch off at some point. have to restart the software to resolve it. edit>undo also appeared greyed out and unclickablei'm running on macOS tahoe 26.6, and indesign 21.4.1. I have also disabled generative AI features in my indesign preferences. i have uninstalled and reinstalled the software and that didn't work, restarted my machine, reset my program preferences and nothing i’ve been trying seems to solve it. I have been dealing with this issue on and off for the past 8 months - it seems to happen randomly, but possibly more often on gigantic files. 

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Hi,Our CC libraries does not work properly in InDesign. It will work on initial opening of software, but then freezes. We are running the most recent updated versions of all software. Could anyone advise? This issue has persisted for at least a year.  Thanks, 

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I installed the latest update to version 21, and InDesign won't launch. It doesn't give any errors, but it won't start. It doesn't do anything at all. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but that didn't work. Version 20 works perfectly, even the beta version 20.6. I tried reinstalling it by deleting the preferences, but that didn't work. I tried reinstalling the Creative app and reinstalling InDesign, but that didn't work.Bridge does the same thing, but it gives me error OXC0000142. InDesign, on the other hand, doesn't have any errors. Old Bridge works, but the beta version doesn't I have windows 11 last updatedWhat can I do?Thanks a lotNicola

I have a Mac Studio at work and an iMac at home. When I open indesign documents at home that I have created at work, all the image previews are distorted, see image. Anyone with the same issue and hopefully a solution? I have talked to Dropbox support at length, they are pointing towards Adobe.

I have a saved my workspace and it still keeps showing panels I did not ask for: style pack, tags, data merge, cross reference, buttons and forms. I closed these and created a new workspace again, and again, and again, no luck.What is going on?

Hoi, Ik heb een probleem met het plaatsen van Arabische tekst in een indesign document.Sommige tekst en tekens moeten ertussen geplaatst worden (ze worden gekopieerd vanaf een PDF), maar het teken komt steeds rechts van de tekst ookal heb ik al op rechts uitlijnen geklikt. Ook zet indesign teveel spatie tussen de O17 (O   17) die ik niet wegkrijg door alleen op backspace te drukken. Weet iemand hier een snelle oplossing voor?