InDesign

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 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

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

Adobe InDesign: Beim bearbeiten eines Dokuments kommt immer die Meldung "Diese Änderung kann nicht mit dem Befehl -Bearbeiten- Rückgängig widerrufen werden. Möchten Sie trotzdem fortfahren"

If I have an .indd project file inside a OneDrive folder on my desktop (I like to work on the cloud to avoid any loss of data), after a few saves the .indd file gets corrupted. What is this mess? why won’t Adobe update such a simple feature and make it work with Cloud apps? This is 2026 ladies and gentlemen.

Hallo Community,ich habe ein Problem mit einem größeren Projekt.Es handelt sich um ein Buch mit etwa 1000 Seiten.Es ist aufgeteilt in 4 einzelne indd-Dateien, die über eine Buchdatei "zusammenhängen".Am Ende des Buches soll ein Index aller Indexeinträge angehängt werden.Ich habe den Index erstellt und dann festgestellt, das nicht alle Einträge angezeigt werden.Im Indexfenster habe ich die Verweisliste, in der ich die einzelnen Indexeinträge einsehen kann.Da erscheint dann z.B. ein Eintragswort "Absolutes", welches ich dann "aufklappen" kann und dann werden darunter diese Seitenicons angezeigt -- für jedem Eintrag eins.Mein Problem ist folgendes. Neben einem Seitenicon stehen ja normalerweise die Seitenzahl --, das ist auch bei mir so, ABER nicht hinter jedem Seitenicon.Der fertig generierte Index scheint mir aber nur die Einträge wirklich mit Seitenzahl anzuzeigen, wo im Verweisfenster auch Zahlen daneben stehen.Wenn ich auf ein Seitenicon klicke, das keine Zahl daneben hat und es so m

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)

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.

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

I’m following up on an email I sent about a week ago regarding ongoing InDesign crashes.I’m having difficulty accessing the existing support threads you referenced previously. When I click any of the links in your emails, I’m redirected to a generic home page rather than the relevant discussion, which makes it impossible to review or continue the troubleshooting steps.Unfortunately, the core issue remains unresolved. InDesign is still crashing while editing text, even when using the latest pre-release versions. At this point the problem has caused me to miss a publishing deadline, which is extremely frustrating and has had a real impact on my work.I need this issue properly addressed as a matter of urgency. Could you please:Provide direct, working links to the relevant support threads, orEscalate this case so we can move toward a definitive fix rather than further testing cyclesI’m happy to provide logs, files, or any additional information required, but I do need a clear path forward.

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

Hi everyone,I hope you can help me. InDesign keeps crashing on my laptop. It has always worked fine, but for the past two months I’ve been having constant problems.This is what happens:I work with both existing and new documents. As soon as I try to save them, I either get error code (2) or a message saying that InDesign cannot complete the request. After that, the program stops responding (I have to close it via Task Manager) or it crashes completely.I work on a Windows laptop and save files via OneDrive (this is required for work). I have already tried the following: Saving to a different location so the file path is not too long Using short file names Setting the recovery files to a different location Reinstalling the program Creating new files to check whether the issue is related to the original design Using only fonts that come with InDesign and no custom installed fonts Reinstalling my own fonts Creating a recovery file Saving as IDML and then editing/saving that

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.

I work with a colleague. We use the same InDesign files. I have recently encountered a problem. It only happens to me; my colleague does not have this problem, even though he uses the same files. Text sometimes “jumps” down a bit when I enlarge the text box, change the font size, or simply duplicate a page. I have already researched this, but have not yet found an explanation for it and nothing has helped. We both use the font via Adobe Fonts.

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.

Hello, after the last post with at last count about 46k views, this is a major issue with a thread that is now missing? Some have said it has resolved but I haven’t been able to get it resolved because Windows Update KB5078127 isn’t available for me after checking for updates (in AUS running 25H2).The problem is that for files saved on OneDrive, InDesign crashes upon open or when trying to save.What another helpful user has said:Discovered a workaround on this, thanks to the help of our support company Air IT Group. On opening the file, make a change in the document (e.g add a cyan square to pasteboard), rather than 'save', click 'save as' and save as over the existing file name > then close the file > reopen the file again and 'save' function should now work without falling over, erroring or crashing out. Each time you open it for the first time, you'll need to do the 'save as' each time over existing file name for it to work. It's a frustrating workaround but at least you'll be

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.  

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. 

Hello! So I have designed a 71 page, 36 spread that contains all pdf images linked downloaded from Photoshop at 300 dpi. This is a portfolio so it contains mostly photos but I am having problems exporting this file at 20 mg currently the smallest I can go without ruining the quality is adobe print pdf at 150 compression( kept it at high) for both color and grey scale and the file is about 41 mg. I played around with the settings in adobe acrobat specifically the pdf compressor and got it down to 20.1 but the quality of the photos were rly blurry. I compressed the pdf and optimised scan pages which got to the range of 20. However the standard of quality is not where it needs to be. This portfolio is to view both digital and printed but I save another version for printing so I will use  that one bc have high resolution photos etc. But how do I get my digital portfolio down to 20 mg. I thought about changing all my photos to tiff or psd bc I read make it smaller but honestly I am rly conf