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Hi, one of our customers is facing this error since a few days, when they try to start adobe indesign 2026.See the attachment for the error Adobe indesign 2026 won't start on Windows. Things we did to possible fix this: Re-install of windows visual C++ latest versionRun SFC scan and DISMRe-install of Adobe indesign 2026checkdisk Adobe indesign 2025 is still running on the system without errors Configuration of the laptopHP ZBook 17 G6CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz32GB memoryWindows 11 build 24H2 

I use InDesign to create our church bulletins each week, and we include several images and QR codes (not generated by InDesign, but imported as images). After I complete and edit everything, I created a “print booklet” and email it to our office administrator. But beginning in January, we have had trouble with a single QR code. It shows up on my computer, but when I email it to her all of a sudden the file shows a white circle where the QR code used to be. All of the other images appear to be fine. I have tried re-placing the QR code, generating a new QR code and placing the new image, embedding the image. None of it seems to work. What’s going on and how do I fix it?

Does anyone have any practical observations about working with Projects in InDesign 2026?Can I File > Package files and load them into a Projects folder for sharing?Is it limited to only files that are already cloud-based?I can find no clear information in the helpx so far.

Hi there,I was part of the discussion about the undo problem on In Design, but for some reason when i click the link that comes to my email (Re: InDesign Undo history clears itself without user action) i am redirected to this page (https://community.adobe.com/community#M648723), what is the problem?

Error updating the artificat.Seems like this problem has been persisting for years at this point, most noticabley for me (aka all the time) withing 8 months or so.Yes i’m aware that sometimes even though it says the error it still actually does. Well thats never been the case. It never updates. I have to make a new link each time. I’ve begun exploring alterantive methods for comment processes since this dont seem like the root of this problem will be resorved.We pay for this product and yet some things that have been broken for along time have no been fixed. Its 2026 whats going on?

I have an indesign project that is about 13-16MB.  I'm gone through and decreased the size of all the jpegs so they are all under 500mb in the file.  I have a few pdf's in the file that are 500-1,000 MB. When I export, I have it set to downsize to 72 PPI but I have the quality set at maximum.  If I decrease that too much, than the quality just isn't as good.  When I do all of that my PDF is still about 7MB.  From there I've optimized the PDF and I've also tried to reduce the PDF size and that only gets it down to about 6MB.  Is there something else that I'm missing.  I've looked at some settings and it shows that my content streams are about 50% which is the same as my images.  Is there something I can do to decrease that.  I basically have text, some arrows, lines, and a table in my document and then the rest is jpegs and a few pdfs.  Are the arrows/lines causing that high content stream or would it be the PDF's inside the document.

Windows 11, updated / Intel Ultimate 9 @ 3.7 / 96 Gig RAM / Nvidia RTX 5080 Indesign CC2026 l(latest version) goes through the starting sequence to the screen reached when the app startup is complete – with hourglass on and the app is non-responsive. I had to leave the computer for an hour and when I came back, the stall was still in effect.• I deleted preferences and restarted, and got the same results• I uninstalled, reinstalled and got the same results• I uninstalled and reinstalled one version back, and got the same results.• Everything was working fine yesterday.I am bumping a deadline and appreciate any and all help.Thanks to those who know more than me,Joe

Bei der neuesten Indesign Version 21.2 (Stand 10. Feb 2026) wird die “Weiche Verlaufskante” (Effekt) bei einem Vektor nicht mit skaliert (CTRL+Shift+Skalieren). Sie bleibt bei der Ursprungsgröße. Ursprungsgrafik etwas höher skaliert (CTRL+Shift+Skalieren)Weiche Verlaufskante (Effekte)Ursprüngliche Skalierung der GrafikIn vorherigen Versionen hat es stets problemlos funktioniert!

Hi,I’m running into an issue using the Extendscript Debugger plugin in VsCode. When debugging a script and using breakpoints, I’m able to jump to the next breakpoint, but a spinning beach ball prevents me from accessing the GUI from VsCode, preventing me from adding watch variables or adding breakpoints. How do I fix this?I’m using the latest version of the plugin from the GitHub Repo, on Os X 26.2, using Indesign 2025/2026, VsCode 1.103.2, on an Apple M3.Thank you. 

We recently installed the new 2026 update (20.0) and now on one of our computers we are unable to open any new files/documents and the window that contains suggested files sizes does not appear either. I've tried updating the Microsoft C++ but not having any luck with that fix. It is on a computer that is a little out of date (nothing crazy) but now when I reinstall 2025 it is doing the same error of not opening new files/documents. 

I make business cards from Publisher. It has the ability to make multiple copies per sheet: The file is 3.5x2 inches with one business card. When printing, I select “multiple copies per sheet” and “10 copies.” It looks like this: I have tried in Acrobat, InDesign and Illustrator to find a way to make 10 copies on a sheet from one 3.5x2 inch file. I keep hearing that the only way to do it is to start with an 8.5x11 document, make one 3.5x2 inch business card and duplicate it 9 more times. We need an easy way to do it, like Publisher. Any suggestions?

My InDesign file suddenly started listing missing images to a page that doesn’t exist. I am the only person who has ever worked on this file. These images weren’t listed in the links panel yesterday when I closed the file but they appeared this morning when I opened it. 

Hi,As I searched in this forum, I did not find an answer to my question. I hope someone can help me.I want to move a single vertical line in a table to make the left text fit better. When I drag it, the whole table drags along with it, which is not preferable.See highlighted line in the picture. Is it even possible? Thank you in advance! Cheers, Maarten

Acrobat, Illustrator, and all other apps print without any issues.The HP M806 printer driver sends jobs correctly to the local IP address, the printer app is installed, and all required settings are available. However, when printing from InDesign, the pages come out completely blank—no toner on the paper—while all other applications work normally.Workaround:Select “HP Universal Printing PS” as the printer in InDesign. This reroutes the job and does produce correct output. It is slower than printing normally, but still faster than exporting to PDF and printing from Acrobat.

The printer changed their preferred profile, so now I have to convert 7 indd files and the indb in which they are gathered. I don’t have the time to to start over, changing all 7 indd file color settings and then creating a new indb. If I change the current indb color settings and let ID match the individual files, I get “corrupted file” error messages and ID shuts down. What should I do?With appreciation for the help of community members more experienced than I.

When I open an InDesign document in InCopy, I get a warning that says, “The Document uses fonts that are either currently unavailable on your computer or no longer supported by InDesign. Closing the dialog box will substitute the missing fonts with the default font until the original fonts become available. Adobe fonts couldn’t find any matching fonts.”I go into the “Replace Fonts” and when I try to replace the fonts I have an error box show up that says, “The selected font is applied to hidden conditional text, or applied to text in a locked story, or is part of a composite font. Some instances of the font may not be found, or may not be changed.” In Creative Cloud added fonts, the font that has an error says, “Font Conflict. A font with the same name is already installed...” I’ve tried following the troubleshoot guide, readding, uploading, restarting Creative Clound and signing in and out. I’ve looked for the font in C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CoreSync\plugins\livety

I have been having a really big problem with my installation across multiple projects. After working on a file and saving, I get an error that the file can’t be saved because of a database error. The program becomes unresponsive until it quits automatically or I terminate the process.  In the best case, I am able to open the recovery file and save-as. So I am now working on projects with “Version 15” etc appended to the name, to give an idea of the frequency of this issue. Does anybody have any suggestions?Thanks.

I use Adobe inDesign in pallet mode, so not 'Application Frame' mode, with toolbars at the top and left docked and pallets docked to the right. Click the the expand traffic light button in the top left used to just expand the window so that it still showed the dock at the bottom and the pallets to the right, if they inadvertently went behind the pallets or dock. Now it just goes full screen mode which I don't use and is useless for a pallet rich application like InDesign, and is impossible to get out of, unless you move & undock the toolbars out of the way so that when you move your mouse to the top, the window buttons reappear. This is so broken it's unbelivable you've shipped it like this. The only fix for this is to go into Application Frame mode which doesn't work for me because I need to see the Finder desktop when there's no documents open. It's a bug because holding down the option key and hovering over the expand button, changes it into a + sign but

Hi, Dear Friends! I need to change the font size of a certain letter, but also its vowels (in Hebrew). If i just search for the desired leter it doesnt help for the vowels, which are usually 1 diacritic AFTER the letter itself, but could be up to 4 diacritics. I guess the way to do this would be to search for CHAR + anything after it until, but not including the next char.But alas, I could not write grep expressions even if my life depended on it…Can anyone help?TIA to all! Thank you, and have a good day!Susan Flamingo

Hi all! It seems like no matter what I do, when I place anything from my CC Library into InDesign it immediately corrupts the file and I’m unable to save. Then, when I close and reopen the app I’m prompted to recover the file, but doing so only makes it crash and send a report to Adobe. This is my first time using the CC Library, so is there something I’m fundamentally missing? I’ve found it’s the only way I can get the graphics I made in Illustrator over to InDesign without losing quality. Help! (Both apps are fully up to date)

Hi, Dear Friends!I see ID puts all endnotes from all stories in the same text frame at the end of the doc. I am Ok with that but I would like each EN to show “where it is coming from”So if the EN was inserted in text fram “foo1” it should insert and endnote witht refernce number folowed by the text “foo1” and look like this:[foo1] here i write the endnote. [foo5] here i write another end noteI asked ChatGPT and Grok for help and the totally failed.All help is appreciated!Thank you, and have a good day!Susan Flamingo

Vor ca. 4 Wochen ging bei mir beim Starten von InDesign zum ersten Mal ein Fenster auf, dass mich darauf hinwies, dass mein Account von mehr als einer Person benutzt wird. Ich habe ein Ein-Personen-Abo, darf es aber auf zwei PCs gleichzeitig nutzen. In dem Fenster stand, dass ich mein Passwort ändern soll, andernfalls würde es von Adobe geändert.Der Chat mit einem Mitarbeiter ergab, dass ich tatsächlich ein Abo für zwei PCs gleichzeitig habe (schön, wenn man es auch noch bestätigt bekommt) und dass ich das Passwort ändern sollte, sowie einen ggf. 3. PC aus der Liste der erlaubten Geräte entfernen soll. Es gab keinen 3. PC, ich sollte dennoch alle Geräte aus der Liste entfernen. Das habe ich auch getan und das Passwort geändert – doch nun taucht die Meldung wieder auf.Früher konnte man in einem Fenster, wenn dort 3 PCs angezeigt wurden (meine Chefin nutzte manchmal noch die Programme, macht sie aber nicht mehr), einfach ein Gerät deaktivieren. Nun scheint das nicht mehr zu gehen bzw. wi

I have just updated to the 2023 InDesign, and now suddently my documents are read-only and I cannot save the file, but have to make a save as version and give the document a new name everytime I have to save my work.Do you know why this is happening? And how to avoid this?

Windows 11 Pro with 48 GB of RAMInDesign 20.4.1InDesign is giving me fits. Yesterday it would not recognize certain fonts. So I downgraded from version 20.5 to 20.4.1. That fixed the font problem.However, now I have a new problem. I can only Undo ONE TIME, or at the most (occasionally 2).Troubleshooting so far: I have restarted InDesign.Restarted the computer.Rebuilt preferences and cache using this guide:https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/Does anyone know what else I can try to get my unlimited Undos back?I work at a very busy print shop and this nonsense is just killing me. Any help very much appreciated. UPDATE: it also doesn't seem to want to remember settings, like "Show Import Options" when placing a file. Every time I place a new file I have to check that box--it used to remember my last choice on that.

Hallo,wie bekomm ich die Schnellzuweisung z.B. für Listen etc wieder da rechts oben rein?Früher war das immer da mit so einem Blitz als Icon.