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November 19, 2025
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InDesign is messing up the preview

  • November 19, 2025
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This happens to me every now and then: InDesign completely messes up the preview on my screen. If I zoom in or out, it usually disappears.

At first, I blamed it on my old computer, where the graphics card was probably failing, but the same problem persists on my new Mac Mini.

It doesn't seem to happen at all; it's completely random.

 

This issue is still not fixed with the latest update (21.0.1), and it's even worse.

If I move an object with a drop shadow, InDesign "moves" the entire shadow. Zooming in and out doesn't help; I have to completely close and reopen the document for it to work as it should.

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BobLevine
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Community Expert
November 19, 2025

Disable GPU Performance in your InDesign preferences.

Community Manager
November 19, 2025

Hello @holgerv265338,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Could you please share a link to a sample file, along with a screen recording of your workflow and the issue that occurs after uploading it to a file-sharing service, so we can review it with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

Participant
November 19, 2025