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I’ve been having major issues with InDesign locking up ever since this update. It doesn’t crash so it doesn’t send a report either. At least two times every day, I need to either force quit the app or restart. It is very frustrating!

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

Currently having an issue with my undo/history function. I seem to only be able to go back 2 or 3 commands before the entire history disappears. pls help!

我的版本是21.5.1 已關掉「生成式 AI」選項，但置入圖片仍然出現游標旋轉/凍結這二日都一樣 請問可以降版回到之前的嗎...正在趕案子 實在感到困擾... 

When I create a table in InDesign 21.5.1 for an accessible PDF, IDs are not automatically generated. In Acrobat, the ID fields remain empty. In tutorials, however, I see that these are automatically filled in. Am I overlooking something?

こちらの投稿とほぼ同じ内容のことが起きているのですが、・IDMLで書き出したものを開き保存し直す・バックグラウンド保存をオフにする・PDF 書き出しプリセットを変えてみる・PDF 書き出しプリセット名を半角英数字にする・下記リンクの通りダウンサンプルまわりを調整するhttps://helpx.adobe.com/jp/indesign/desktop/troubleshoot/file-and-output-issues/pdf-export-fails.htmlをやってみたのですが解決せず、・エラーの原因だと示されたページを除いて書き出すをやってみても、今度は別のページが原因とされてエラーが出てしまい、どうしてもpdfを書き出せません…。 エラー元だと示されるページに関しても、重い画像は使用しておらず、メモリの問題ではないように思います。Illustratorのデータをリンクファイルとしてマスターに配置しておりますが、こちらについても重いデータではありません。 もし何かお知恵がございましたらご教授いただけますと幸いです。何卒よろしくお願いいたします。 環境につきましてindesign：バージョン20.5.5MacBook pro ：チップ Apple M5 pro：メモリ24GBOS ：Tahoe バージョン26.4 ＊データの保存先はクラウドではなくローカルのデスクトップです。＊indesignのアンインストールはまだ試しておりません。やってみるべきでしょうか…＊indesign20.5.5は現在インストールできるバージョンの中で一番安定しているものだと思うので、極力アップデートはしない方法があれば…と思っています。＊今までindesign2023を使用しておりましたが、転職に伴いindesign2025を使用し始めて1週間程度です。今回初めてpdf書き出しをしようとしたところ、書き出せず…という流れです。

Hi Community, It would be really helpful if Adobe would integrate an automatic starting 'timer function' to every design i'm working on in InDesign/Illustrator etc. This way, I can easily track my hours and share them with my client.  My feature request: An automatic timer that starts automatically every time the document is opened - with an easy export function that exports date/hours/minutes to a .txt file - Actual working time (based on cursor movement)- Idle time (file open but no movement from cursor) BR Dennis

Hola. Un archivo .indd fue dañado debido a que no se pudo guardar adecuadamente dentro de un servido de mi empresa. Ahora  me sale esta ventana diciendo esto:Podeis ver como solucionarlo y reparar el archivo? es muy importante.  Muchas gracias 

Hi,I’m currently creating a poster for a client but now the linked images don’t display correctly in ‘High quality display’ mode. See attached images showing the difference between ‘High Quality’ and ‘Typical’ modes.The GPU setting is on and this happens on my home Mac and work Mac, and not just when using this particular file.I’m wondering if it’s a Mac OS issue as it’s a relatively new problem.Any help would be really appreciated.CheersSteve

This is not a question, more something I keep wondering about.Has it ever struck you that the Layers panel has not really changed in years?It sits in the corner. To move an object one layer down you open it, find thelayer and drag a small square. On a leaflet with fifteen layers that is most of my day.At some point I stopped complaining and built what I wanted instead.Smart Layers:- one shortcut opens it right at your cursor, no hunting for a panel- click a layer name and the selected objects move there- Shift + mouse wheel moves them one layer up or down- object counts per layer, on the page and in the whole document- sort objects into layers by type, object style or what a group contains- layer templates and visibility sets, similar to Layer Comps in PhotoshopTwo versions: an AutoHotkey palette for Windows, and a UXP plugin that also runs on macOS.Short demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUggYIyQyvgDownload and manual: https://zaleskyworkflow.comBut I am still curious about the or

I just closed my mac without turning it off, and when i opened it the next day, i could not do anything on my document. I can open new documents, but all menus are gray, like there is an opened window that does not exist. Also, i cannot quit indeisng, nor click on "about indesign".... I triesd to delete preferences, caches, et reinstall it, nothing has worked... 

This new udpate gives me a contstant spinning wheel almost after each action I try to make. Select an item, move an item, open a panel, open a menu, anything really—each interactions causes the wheel to appear for 1-2sec. My productivity has been completely obliterated. Anyone else having this issue?   MacBook Pro 2023 M2 Max 32 GB  Sequoia 15.0.1     <Title renamed by MOD>

When scaling or repositioning objects contained within a group, the object should snap to other objects within that group (when smart guides are enabled). This includes images within frames. EG, if you want to resize an image within a frame to the edge of the frame, this won’t work if the frame is part of a group. This was originally posted on UserVoice in July 2019 and commented on by Ravi Kiran from the Adobe InDesign team in July 2019. This issue remains in 2026.

I am using InDesign 21.3, working on a simple 2 page file, I go to place a logo and the blue thinking wheel pops up and doesn’t go away. I can click and move things around but none of it is being “saved”. I close the file and click to close the program and it just sits there still open. I then have to force quit the program. When I relaunch the file opens with the software and everything I did while the wheel was spinning was not saved.It’s done this several times since the update and there is no pattern to why. I’m finding it randomly acting up. It’s really frustrating, especially when I’m not working on anything complicated.

I have used the tabs panel on indesign to set regular sized tabs to create a middle aligned table. However, no matter what I do the first column is always aligned to the left even when the text box is set to be middle aligned. As soon as I press tab the first column always wants to be next to the text box. Does anyone know how to make the first column middle aligned?

So I have sets of illustration in separated artboard (same layer) in Illustrator. But when I am importing it to InDesign, some parts of the illustration is missing. It occurs on some illustration, especially reused graphic asset from Freepik. Funny enough, this isn't happening using the previous version of Indesign. Right now I am using the current latest 21.0 (not beta). What I have done for the workaround;saved into a new file, only the error artboard. not working.saved the error artboard into EPS, works. But I wish everything works in native format.  

Hello, why can't I upload files to Indd when it worked fine for years. Most graphic designers and studios work with NAS devices. I can't save anything, I have to make copies and restore files. Can something be done about it? Thank you very much rh     <Title renamed by MOD>

Hello, even though I completely uninstalled InDesign (including all old versions) and then reinstalled it, I’m still experiencing the same bug: when I open another InDesign document, suddenly the Command-Z shortcut stops working. I'm using the latest version of InDesign and macOS Sequoia — though this issue has been happening for years across different versions of InDesign and macOS. Can anyone help? It’s incredibly frustrating and such a waste of time.

Admittedly, it has been some time since I have used data merge, many years ago for a particuarl client, lately not so much. To get up to speed again, searched online for a few answers... most notably answers coming from people struggling to get it to work properly. And finding answers on non-Adobe pages with tips on how things break and what to do. Frustrating. I have a book prohect that has lists at the back of items that are formatted in a table format with about a dozen cells. The cells are not just columns, that would have been easy, can't do it that way. I have two wider cells that are split horizontally to place content - see attached. I got the data merge set up to work - placing the tags from the .csv headers is the easy part. Where things exploded is when I actually merge the document. If I have one table set up and merge the .csv file, even with "multiple records per page" selected as the option to import, I get 495 pages with just one table per page.&nbsp

I’m running the latest version on a MacBook Pro with Tahoe 26.2.So far I've noticed:Undo is unavailable (grayed out in the menu) Extreme lag time when importing large images Cursor gets stuck in the previous mode. (For example, if I switch to the magnifying glass to  enlarge the view then go back to the regular arrow, it stays in the magnifying glass. 

Hi all,Apologies if this already exists on the forum somewhere, if it does I have been unable to find anything that helps. I'll list all the facts that I have below. Hoping that someone out there knows something!My Indesign is displaying colours as faded/washed out. This is happening with whatever documents I work on. I have checked and double checked that the documents have the correct colour break-downs - when I export to PDFs (or JPG or whatever else) the colours show correctly, so I know that the problem is not with my Mac screen. Document colours also display correctly when my colleague opens and works on them on his Mac, so I deduce that it the problem lies with my Indesign.My indesign is fully up to date and the problem persists no matter what display performance I chose. Indesign is displaying faded on everything both created in indesign and assets imported in from illustrator however imported JPGs seems to be okay. So maybe the problem is with how swatches are displayed? (agai

This is quite a frequent bug I have lately. Whenever I am switching to other app while InDesign is idle (can still be seen on screen; not minimized), and when going back to Indesign, some weird bug happen in one combo. The cursor icon will stuck showing Move tool or Hand tool, regardless I am actually using Pen Tool, Type Tool or other tools. Actual tool is functioning normally, but showing a wrong tool icon is frustrating.In the same time, I cannot do any Undo. The history list stop recording any new changes or actions, even clicking on the previous History records do not change anything, stuck as well. Cannot do undo is a nightmare. When this occur, Indesign cannot be closed in normal way.. must be terminated through Activity Monitor. I am using Macbook Pro M1 Pro 32GB RAM. Latest current InDesign (21.5.1). Hopefuly any solution to this. 

 We use data merge frequently, using the same Excel files and InDesign templates over and over. Over the past week or so, our merges have stopped working, and we get this attached error message. We have removed any placeholders in both InDesign and Excel that are not being used. We have tried creating various .csv files from Excel. What could we be doing wrong, our workflow has not changed. Thank you! 

We generate in-store A3 landscape signs automatically from our ERP: a JSON job feeds an ExtendScript that drives InDesign 2026 and exports the PDF, with no manual step. Each sign holds 2 or 3 uppercase lines (the product name) whose length varies a lot from product to product. Design goal: the largest possible cap height (these are read from the street), the text block filling the sheet, and no distorted type. What the script does today: it sets the point size from the height each line gets, then raises horizontalScale until the line reaches the frame width. That lands at 115-130%, which is visibly distorted, so this is clearly the wrong tool. Questions: 1. Is there a scripting equivalent of Illustrator's Type > Fit Headline in InDesign, or is adjusting tracking the accepted way to make a short line fill the measure? 2. For a line that is too long, is switching to the condensed cut of the same family the recommended automated fallback, rather than reducing the point size? 3. Is Line

For more than a week, InDesign has been stuck on startup, either on “Calling Late Initializers” or, at other times, “Starting Panels.” I have to force quit every time. I'm on the latest version, 20.4.1, running on a MacBook M3 Pro with macOS Sequoia 15.5.I’ve tried everything I could find online:Resetting preferences at startupResetting all fonts, removing fonts, removing any Adobe fontClean installs, older installs, reinstalling Creative Cloud, even using Adobe Cleaner to remove everythingStarting up in root user, starting up in another Mac user account, startup in safe modeEmptying every cache I could think ofRunning First Aid via Disk UtilityTried talking to adobe support 'We look forward to helping you during our open hours.'How is it possible that software essential to so many graphic designers simply stops working?I run a graphic design business, this has a huge impact on client work. I have print and magazine files that I can’t even open, let alone edit or render out. At the ver