InDesign

 I understand what they're there for, but Its really distracting when Im trying to layout a page. I know I can hide them when I hide my guides - but I need my guides to work with. Thank you.

I'm experiencing a reproducible issue with Adobe InDesign 21.4.1 on Windows 11.Environment:- Windows 11- Adobe InDesign 21.4.1- Single monitorIssue:If InDesign is closed while the Pages panel is the active panel, opening any .indd file by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer causes InDesign to freeze during startup.The loading cursor continues indefinitely and the document never opens.However, if I launch InDesign first and then use File > Open, the same document opens normally.What I tested:- The issue also occurs with a brand new test.indd file.- It is not related to a specific document.- Resetting InDesign preferences temporarily fixes the issue.- Other panels (Layers, Links, Transform, etc.) can be moved or docked without causing the problem.- If I close InDesign with the Properties panel active instead of the Pages panel, double-click opening works normally.- Simply displaying the Pages panel before closing InDesign causes the issue to return, even without saving the workspac

My computer is quite old and I am unable to install the current version.My computer has:Windows 10 Home, 64-bit Intel Celeron N4000 processor @ 1.10 GHz 4 GB of RAMWhen I open Creative Cloud, InDesign appears as version 21.5.1, but it says that the application is not compatible with my computer.I have already enabled the option to show older applications in Creative Cloud, but when I click the three dots next to InDesign, I only see “Manage add-ons”. The “Other versions” option does not appear.I also checked Adobe’s page listing available application versions, but InDesign does not appear there.I found information indicating that older versions, such as InDesign CC 2019 (14.x), had lower system requirements and could work with Windows 10 64-bit and 4 GB of RAM. However, I have not been able to find a safe and official way to download it.Is there any official way to install an older version of InDesign that would be compatible with my computer? If so, which version would you recommend a

Hi there   I had to replace my old laptop, which had InDesign 19.5 on it as that's the version my client is using.But I'm struggling to download that version  on my new laptop - a Dell Latitude 7420, running Windows 11 Pro, with 16 GB RAM. On the Adobe desktop app, the oldest INDD version I can access is 20.0. Any idea how I can download 19.5?Thanks!

My InDesign has been acting up for the past six months or so when I try pasting in a separate file into the InDesign document. Whenever I paste in a file, whether it's a pdf or a picture, InDesign freezes up and I have to force quit out and restart. Sometimes that helps the issue for awhile and other times it just keeps freezing up over and over again. 

(InDesign 21.5.1, Windows 11 Pro)There have been (are) several problems with InDesign’s Undo feature, to which a new one (as far as I know) can be added: when you Save As a document, the undo stack is no longer removed. This is a problem because over time, a document’s size can increase enormously. Reported here:https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/51605780--save-as-doesn-t-clear-the-undo-stack

I am teaching an introduction to Design in journalism for my undergraduate students. What are some good tutorials they can watch?

For the past month or two, any time I try to Place a file or update a Placed file, InDesign usually freezes. The cursor turns into the spinning circle. I can close and save the files after this, but cannot close the InDesign app. I try various ways to place the files. File > Place or Ctrl D or copy and paste the placed file from another InDesign file. The files I use are typically on my Google Drive and I’ve installed the Drive app on my machine.This is REALLY getting annoying. Adobe used to be so good with bugs. Any ideas? I’ve read a few posts that say they thought version 21.3 fixed this issue but I’ve still got it.I’ve reset preferences, cleared old versions of InDesign, reinstalled InDesign. InDesign 21.3Core i9 processorWindows 11 home64 GB RAM500+ GB hard drive space Thanks in advance for any tips.

I’m using data merge for a set of labels. The labels have different colours. I use a path ‘@image from Excel for solid block colours (JPGs) to achieve the different colours in the data merge. I’ve been trying to apply the colours to a white shape (mono TIF) in Indesign with the overlay effect but can’t get it to just colour the white shape  and then not effect the photo in the background. I’ve tried isolation and knockout options but can’t achieve the effect I want. I originally tried setting an object style but couldn't get it to work that way. Is what I’m trying even possible? 

Dear friends,Indesign won't start on my Windows 10 machine with no error messages popping up.I tried installing versions 14 and 13 and tested them in Windows 8,7 and Vista compatibility modes. The result is the same: the program loading process initiates, checks modules etc, then it ends abruptly with no error message.What can I do? Many thanks.Here is the log from the Event Viewer:Faulting application name: InDesign.exe, version: 12.1.0.56, time stamp: 0x58c988ecFaulting module name: PlugPlugOwl.dll, version: 7.0.0.95, time stamp: 0x58b6f48bException code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0x0000000000019d63Faulting process id: 0x5364Faulting application start time: 0x01d4820975d398a0Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2017\InDesign.exeFaulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2017\PlugPlugOwl.dllReport Id: 6d358c6a-ff4a-4b01-b103-9cf3e77fe681Faulting package full name:Faulting package-relative application ID:

I am attempting to depict flashing railway signal lights on paper and in a PDF. I’m using a multi-pointed star that I created in Illustrator, copy-pasted into InDesign and it looks great on screen. But when I export to PDF and then print that PDF on paper, anything on a black background just doesn’t show up.This is how it looks in InDesign at 200% magnification. Same 200% from Acrobat and appears the same on paper:If I zoom in to 800% on the PDF it’s marginally better but I need it to look correct at 100%, not 800%+.I’ve widened the spikes so they’re more rounded to get more area but it’s absolutely not the effect I want.Any suggestions? This has been vexing me for weeks now.

hi there all, I am struggling with a basic problem. a few years ago i suffered a massive stroke, now I am back to work I have noticed most of my Adobe CS skills are missing. I am trying to create a 50 page template for an InDesign brochure/report. Each page needs to have a fade from the top to the bottom of \\\\\\\\\#00E5FF to #ff2dAA at the bottom. I know this is quite easy, can anyone help me out please? I could not even get Firefly to understand what I need. Honestly, I used to do all the brochure design etc for my business as well as for our clients. This is embarrassing and annoying. Best regardsSanj.

PC - Win11 - 32GBRAM, 8Gb GPU, Intel i9 12th genI’m working on a 32-page document with text and images.I clicked or typed something (I don’t know what) and now the page previews do not appear in Pages panel and the cursor is a blue spinning ring, indicating the system is processing something. It works, when I click on things but I need the arrow back.This happens whether Preflight is on or off.Any ideas, anyone?Johnny

____________________________________________________________________1. InDesign Loses Hyperlinks from Placed InCopy TextHyperlinks created in InCopy are randomly dropping from InDesign documents. I can find no repeatable pattern or reason.Documents that had placed InCopy text with Hyperlinks drop the link altogether from the Hyperlinks panel in InDesign.Video of the process: Problem and WorkaroundI found this workaround, and it was fine last month, but the InCopy Hyperlinks are now dropping again!If I create a New document and place the InCopy text with a hyperlink, everything works fine. If I OPEN a previously created InDesign document with InCopy text, the hyperlinks drop intermittently.  My InDesign Hyperlinks panel is sorting alphabetically, so the Securing the ServiceNow AI Platform link should appear in the Hyperlinks panel after the InCopy text is updated. The hyperlink does not appear.To make it work: Copy the InCopy text frame from the previously created InDesign document. Pas

I would like to understand why the new Generative AI options for inDesign that cost credits, were on by default?Briefly, I have ended up with an annual medical report full of hundreds of unwanted, incorrect alt texts that I have had to remove.To add insult to injury, these unrequested alt texts cost credits! There is no simple way to strip these out (tip: please add this feature) I have had to resort to a python script to clean this document This could have been avoided if my inDesign update had offered me this feature via an opt-in dialog.

Hi,I'm having issues with InDesign. At random times, I'm all of a sudden unable to save my document. I can't save, save as or undo anything. All these options are "grey" in the menu, and all I can do is close the document and hope for the best. First I thought it was because I had an old iMac, but recently I bought a brand nye iMac with the latest version of InDesign,  but the issue is still happening, with several different documents pretty often.   Working with a lot of books and deadlines, this is very stressful and extremly annoying. I always use the shortcut for saving, but then I realize nothing has been saved for a long time, and I have to start all over again.  Is there a way to fix this?  

I want to develop a plugin similar to Word's Track Changes feature. Looking for clear guidance on where to start.It should include the following functionalities: Building a Plugin Panel: The panel interface should roughly look like this: a. dropdownlists to view changes from version XXX to version YYY. b. An "Add" button to create a new version. c. An "Accept All Changes" button. d. A toggle to enable/disable Track Changes. e. A "Deletion Show State" toggle: Toggles the display of deleted text between a small red dot and strikethrough text. Deletion Tracking: When text is deleted in real-time, a small red dot marker should be generated. Clicking the "Deletion Show State" button on the panel should toggle the visibility of the deleted text, displaying it with a strikethrough effect. (Note: This should be a custom visual effect, not InDesign's built-in strikethrough formatting.) Insertion Tracking: Newly added text should be displayed with an underline. (Note: Just like the deletions

I'm placing 300dpi cmyk jpgs. They look fine when placed.The problem happens when I re-open the file. Nothing has changed, but the images are striping.What's happening?Would a re-install of inDesign fix this issue? 

Ever since the update in November last year we have not been able to successfully export any files that contain placed InDesign files to PDF. I placed a post in the community forums last year where multiple other people experienced the same issue but now that post is gone without being addressed so I am posting it here again.Last year the exported PDFs resulted in low resolution images regardless of what export settings were used. Now we aren’t even able to generate a PDF with constant errors.The reason we used placed InDesign files is so that if any changes are made to the original we’ll know because the file will show as modified. I do not want to copy and paste the InDesign file or place a separate file like a PDF or JPG as that doubles our work and doesn’t guarantee us that we will make sure all files are up-to-date. We’re using InDesign 21.2 on a 24 inch M1 Mac - everything was working fine until the latest update and we can’t afford to revert back to the previous versions now.I n

When open InDesign 2026 on a screen with very high resolution, some icons get double size in docke panel: This is only seen on a Mac with arm-processor. When open InDesign on the build-in (retina) screen, everything looks fine.I found the post “InDesign 2023: Big icon in docked panel”. But the solution described there, did not solve the problem.Any ideas how to solve this?

Just clean installed on a new Mac. I used to be able to use my Microsoft bluetooth numpad keyboard to bind shortcuts to paragraph/character styles, but InDesign doesn't want that anymore. The field will stay blank, but the shortcut still works…