InDesign

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. 

I do a monthly newsletter, very similar format and procedure every month. Using “High Quality Print” preset, my documents have always produced a PDF between 3.7 and 3.9MB in size. Suddenly, using same # of pages, roughly same # of photos, “saved as” layout reused month after month, the document is creating a 17-25MB PDF. Even more interesting, when I open old InDesign newsletters that originally created a 3.7MB PDF, and without changing anything turn them into a new PDF, they are now 5X bigger. (See screenshots - I made absolutely no changes to this layout, just opened it a few months later and saved it to a new PDF that turns out to be 5x bigger) Did something happen with InDesign 26 (which I did not voluntarily switch to?)  

Our team recently upgraded to macOS Tahoe and Adobe CC 2026. Everyone was working fine until the OS updated on a couple computers. Users running Tahoe 26.1 thru 26.5.2 can save to the server fine. Users on Tahoe 26.6 and higher cannot. They receive this error when saving: “InDesign is unable to save this file. We tried, but it appears to be damaged.” This requires them to save the files to their desktops first and then pull them to the server which is really not efficient for our workflow.Doesn’t matter if they are resaving an existing file or creating a new file to save to the server. All users are connecting to the same server and same location on the server for testing purposes. All computers have Full Disk access set for InDesign and we’ve tried resetting preferences, setting up new user accounts, and clearing InDesign cache files. We updated to InDesign 21.5.1 and that didn’t help.  We tested and we could break working computers by installing the updated OS. We are connecting to o

I’m exporting an InDesign document to EPUB (reflowable), but the paragraph formatting (like spacing, alignment, and indents) isn’t showing correctly in the final file. I’ve applied paragraph styles consistently. Is there a setting I’m missing or a better way to preserve formatting during EPUB export?

21.5.1로 업데이트 된 인디자인에서 이미지 드랍 및 ctrl+s, ctrl+z 와 같은 기본 기능들이 제대로 작동하지 않아3일 전 21.4 버전으로 다운그레이드 이후 작업을 진행했습니다.그리고 어제 작업한 파일을 다시 열려고 하니 인디자인이 실행 자체가 되지 않습니다.포토샵, 일러스트, 인디자인, creative cloud 모두 삭제 후 다시 설치해봐도인디자인만 실행되지 않습니다.adobe delete tool을 사용해서 인디자인 삭제 후 재설치를 하여도 인디자인 실행 후 맨 위의 회색 상태바만 뜨고아무런 작동도 하지 않습니다.기존의 저장해둔 문서를 열어도 미리보기만 가능할 뿐, 다른 어떠한 기능도 작동하지 않습니다.인디자인의 여러가지 버전을 다운받아서 시도해봤는데도, 인디자인이 안됩니다.이상한 AI와 같은 기능들을 넣으면서 프로그램 자체의 오류는 그만 만들고오류 수정해서 빠르게 올바른 프로그램을 배포하십시오.이용자들이 스스로 오류를 해결하기 위해 이렇게 커뮤니티 찾아보고, 별 짓을 다 해보는게 맞는 상황입니까?

Hello!I am having an issue where I have set a paragraph style font to Gibson Book. However, when I apply that style, the text is converted to Arno Pro Regular and it reads as this in the font panel. When I go into the Paragraph Style panel, the basic character tab still says it is Gibson Book. I have tried making the paragraph style from scratch, and I have also tried highlighting text already formatted how I want and creating the paragraph style from that. Either way it keeps changing it back to Arno Pro.The only other thing is that this is a file someone else set up and worked in, so maybe there is some setting they put in here, but I dont know what that would be. 

I have placed a PDF into the file and cropped it. When I export my file to PDF, the way the PDF is displayed changes.

A coworker and I are collaborating on the same document. When I open the doc after she's saved it, Gotham Book appears as bold to me but it looks like normal (regular) text on her computer. We've confirmed we are both using the same version of INDD (we've run all updates). I've made sure to install all the same fonts she's using. This only happens with Gotham Book. Any ideas why this is happening? Also, when I open the document, it tells me I’m missing fonts even though I have replaced them multiple times now and downloaded the fonts. Gotham TT is one that it repeatedly says is missing, which I cannot find an exact match for. Could the license have been pulled for it?

I need an installer for InDesign 2022 (v 17.4.2) to run some old third party plugins. CC app no longer supports this version so I reached out to Adobe support who came back with “To assist you further with obtaining the version links for InDesign 2022 (v17.4.2), please visit the Adobe Community at https://adobe.com/community/ . Once there, select your product, and you can post your questions. The Adobe community members and experts will be able to help you with the download links you need.”So here I am and I can’t find any links, could anyone help please

Modifier keys suddenly stop working in InDesign. Shift, space, control, option, command lose their functionality. For example, option-dragging an element moves it instead of copying it, despite the double arrow cursor being displayed.This issue appears exclusively in InDesign. All other programs (including Adope apps) are unaffected. Only a reboot temporarily fixes it. After a while, the issue reappears. I have no software that changes keyboard behaviour. No Webroot installed either. Downgrading to an older InDesign version does not solve it. The issue appears irrespective of what files are open.MacOS 26.7 InDesign 21.5.1Having to reboot multiple times a day just to keep InDesign working is incredibly frustrating. Is there a fix to this issue?

After I place photo in the file, I can’t save the file. This problem occurs regardless of the file format or path. 

HelloIn InDesign I am having issues with the cursor and tools menu not working.  I have updated to the latest version, I have tried restarting and clearing preferences and turned of ai generative options.With the cursor, it gets stuck on one thing.  ie if I was using the Direct Selection arrow, no matter what I select (ie if I changed to eyedropper tool) it remains as Direct Selection.  With the tool menu, where you have ones with more options such as the T for Type icon - usually I click and hold and the addition options appear.  Now clicking and holding and nothing happens.Are these known issues?!Thanks!

Windows 11 - My screen is going completely black from the bottom whenever I drag an object. I can still see my object, but from the object bottom to the taskbar at the bottom it turns completely black. The black adjusts according to where i drag the object. The laptop is a 17” HP Envy.

I'm working on a document with a very long table that flows through text boxes from one page to the next. I can clearly see that there's space at the bottom of the page, but I can't seem to increase the size of the cells or row any more. When I try to drag down with the arrow, nothing happens. When I try to adjust manually, I'm met with a window that says "The value must be between 0.0417 in and 8.3333 in." Can anyone help me increase the length of the cells so that there's not overset text, and the space at the bottom of the page is filled? Thanks!

Every time I open InDesign, I find the context bar in the center of the screen. Even when I use the 'unpin' command, I move the context bar where I want it, and "pin" it. However, the bar keeps returning to the center, and the 'pin context bar' command doesn't seem to work.Screenshot attached.

Okay, I don't know if anyone else has this problem; however, I keep having it, and it's really annoying and frustrating because for some reason the Contextual Task Bar in Illustrator or InDesign keeps acting up by only moving in one place up and down not all over the screen like it should be and I've tried to save all my stuff, exit out, and reopen as well as turning it off in the Window section of both applications and nothing and I have no idea how to fix this so if anyone knows a permant solution to this please tell me cause I'm lost and I would really appericate it so much! Thanks so much in advance!-vevegirl13

When having a file open in InDesign 2024 on my Macbook Pro (Sonoma 14.2.1 OS), close the lid, plug into my LG UltraFine external monitor and wake the computer up, the InDesign window is still open and all the tool bars are visible and working, but the area where the artwork is becomes black/blank and I can't see the work. I can see the bounding boxes if I select all, but no image or text. The window is entirely blank. The same thing happens if I'm working on my LG monitor, unplug the display and then open the Macbook to work. I always have my Macbook closed when plugged into the LG display and use both an external keyboard and trackpad. The solution is to always save, quit InDesign and reopen. If I go through that it works again. Is it a bug with Apple? Is it a bug with Adobe? My LG firmware, OS and Adobe InDesign are all updated to the latest versions.

Hello, I’ve already taken all tried the steps laid out on Adobe’s site to troubleshoot. Additionally I’ve tried the following:Swapped from ethernet to Wifi, then back againLogged out of Creative cloud then logged back inre-started creative cloudTried uploading from the same Adobe login using 2 different computers, and 2 different indesign files.Tried to update existing link, does not work. Tried to publish new link, also does not work. No i do not have proxies or vpn getting in the way. I ebven tried turning my VPN on to see if that would somehow do anything, nothing. Just keep getting error 18 or 33 across 2 macs, multiple indesign files. Two comepletly separate networks as well. The one consistent thing is my Adobe account, any advice?

Hi everyone, Can anyone help me? I'm trying to create an InDesign snippet that contains a table, but every time I place it on the page, it messes up the layout. Has anyone experienced this before or knows how to fix it? Apologies for my english, please see the photo for reference before and after of my snippet 

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!

Just a bout forever I have been have to use the option  (or shift and option if I want to duplicate horizontally or vertically)  to duplicate an element and drag it to where I want it to be. It is not working anymore. When I click on an object the double arrow does appear, but as soon as I drag, it disappears...I use this all the time, what is the fix?

After the most recent update I had to create a document using assets from older indesign files that previously never gave any issues. Now the dropshadows from multiple (different objects) move all over the place (away from the object as if theres a fixed lightsource) when I move these objects. When I turn off the dropshadow of the object, move the object and then turn the shadow back on it will have the shadow in it's correct position. When I move the object around multiple times it will start glitching the entire page until I move my cursor over it again. When I change the path of the object the displaced shadow will snap back into it's correct position, making me think this is a graphical display issue.  In the example below you can see how the dropshadows moved. (left one moved up when moving the object down and to the left. Right one stayed closer to it's original position but offset, middle is the original position before copying and moving).  i'm working on a

Ever since the last updated, drop shadows aren't displaying properly when exporting PNGs from Indesign. There are a couple of threads, but no solutions, It's becoming annoying, as the workaround is to close the app completely and reopen the file. Totally messes the workflow.

I have a suggestion regarding InDesign (version 20.5.3.x64).Currently, the feature for overset text displays the character count and percentage. However, it would be much more helpful to also have a word count option. Many vernacular languages, including Kannada (which I use for a newspaper publication), rely primarily on word count rather than character count.Would it be possible to add a word count indicator for overset text in a future update?Thank you for your time and consideration.Best regards,SIDDALINGAYYA B. KANAKALMATHChief Graphic Artist Prajavani, Bengaluru

InDesign decided to stop letting me add photos or drag any in?Anyone else have this problem, or how do I fix it?Attached snip of what it says when I try placing an image, but i have full permission and it isn't in use.When I drag one in, nothing happens.Strange thing is that it let me put in a .png logo, but not a .jpeg image...?