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crystal_7868
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March 21, 2025
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InDesign Freeze when Changing things in Paragraph Style

  • March 21, 2025
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For the past week or so, InDesign has been freezing for 1-2 minutes when I make a change to a paragraph style (try to change the font or color or something). It will eventually get going (i.e., not crashing ID), but it's making my workflow VERY slow. 

InDesign version 20.2

Windows 11, version 24H2

I saw some earlier posts about a similar issue. 

    Correct answer crystal_7868

    Another update. I came in this morning and decided to just do a fresh boot before starting everything. I have not had time to test any of the things (I'm currently doing two people's jobs, so things like uninstalling my hundred+ fonts and installing one at a time to test just isn't in the cards for a bit. 

     

    However....  it's working fine this morning. Same document I was working on yesterday afternoon with problems. Now, no problems. So strange. 

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    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    March 22, 2025

    @crystal_7868

     

    How long is the document - and do you have PREVIEW enabled - bottom left corner of the dialog? 

     

    How many styles do you have? 

     

    Are you editing a main / base style - that all other styles are BasedOn? 

     

    Do you have a lot of GREP Styles in this style - and all other BasedOn this one? 

     

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    crystal_7868Author
    Participant
    March 26, 2025

    In all documents.. The one I'm currently working in is about 12 pages. The specific issues seem to be changing the color or changing the font. Sometimes I'm getting an error message about stock profiles being read only, but I don't have any of those set up, so I'm not sure what that's about. Preview is on, but it will also do it without preview on. No main/base. We do have quite a few styles set up (paragraph and character). No GREP. 

    Files are stored on a shared drive. No plug ins. 

    I feel like this may have started in the week or so following the last Windows 11 update. I don't think it was immediate. Running ID 20.2.

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    March 26, 2025

    @crystal_7868

     

    Yes, people are reporting problems on Windows 11 for the last few months... 

     

    Can you share your document for a deeper investigation?

     

    Please click my nickname if you prefer to send it privately. 

     

    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 21, 2025

    Hi @crystal_7868,  

     

    Could you check if this happens with all documents or only specific ones? Also, does the lag occur only when changing certain settings in the Paragraph Styles panel, or does it affect all styles? Are the affected files stored locally on your drive, or are they saved on an external drive, remote location, or cloud storage?  

    If you haven’t already, try testing the issue in Safe Mode to see if any third-party plugins or fonts might be causing the slowdown. If possible, please share a short screen recording so I can check with the team. For me, changing styles works without lag, so I haven't been able to reproduce the issue. Looking forward to your update!  

     

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    Abhishek

    madeleineg1641924
    madeleineg1641924
    Participant
    September 17, 2025

    Hi Abhishek,

     

    For me, this seems to happen specifically on Paragraph Rules & Paragraph Border. The files are stored locally. I'm currently on version 20.5 using Windows 11 Business, 24H2. 

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