Indesign version 22

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I am having a lot of problems with the new editions of indesign and now have a file I created in pre release version 22 that  I can no longer open or convert.  I run a mac mini 2024 and use Adobe Creative Cloud as a professional typesetter. Somehow I ended up with both 21.6 and 22 pre release on my desktop. The 21.6 prerelease is really buggy and I cannot uninstall it, it automatically relaunches whenever I quit and now I cannot seem to reinstall 22 to get my document open (An entire book) so I can save an idml. I wanted to go back as the generative ai stuff is terrifying when typesetting long book documents... no I do not want my book rewriting thank you. How can I get my version 22 book open or re install version 22 which I am told it now can't be installed because it's clashing with 21.6 which won't quit? Help, I actually now can’t find version 22??

MiniMouncey · Accepted Answer

Thank you it seems it was my Creative Cloud app that needed reinstalling to work, I’ve now successfully uninstall the previous versions and am reinstalling 22 so I can open my document. As someone whose business depends on accuracy of the text supplied that I work with I do find the ai prompts regarding writing infuriating, the very last thing I want is anything changing so to have all the suggestions is awful, I couldn’t easily figure how to turn them off which is why I was trying to go backwards.

MiniMouncey · Answer

Yes I think I will now. Pre-release versions have been really helpful previously with things like epub export, and if I’m sharing a file I’d usually send an IDML file as well in a package so it’s not generally an issue. I was just really shocked by how difficult the generative ai. writing tools in 22 were, actively makingjob difficult, slowing everything down - I think I’ve got them turned off now. If try and open the ai assistant in a long document of text it just went into a spinning wheel. I will be avoiding it from now on. Thanks for your help though

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