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Estoy trabajando con Indesign y al querer grabar el archivo aparece, de forma  consecutiva, diferentes mensajes de error, pero en concreto todos dicen que el archivo está dañado y no puede acceder a la base de datos, o la base de datos está dañada. Ej: “No se pudo concluir la operación debido a un error de base de datos. El archivo “DBTmp222801908943437” está dañado (código de error: 2)”. Tampoco me deja guardar como .idml, lo intenta, pero luego se cierra abruptamente el programa.   Incluso eliminé el Indesing y volvi a instalarlo  y ocurre el mismo problema. 

I am creating some design savvy technical spec sheets for lighting products. With a large number of these to make, I’m looking into automating as much as possible using data merge and importing tables. Each spec sheet has a performance table that is annoying to manually edit. I think a mixture of styles, and tables within tables will solve my problem. But not sure how to set that up in Excel. I’ll attach an example of the spec sheet and table. For further reference, I have old spec sheets that I’m using ai to pull the data out, then reinserting into the new. So been doing copy/paste but going to setup data merge and extract all the data into tables and then insert that way.  I think this is the most efficient way of doing this. I’m a photoshop guy, this is my first time using InDesign. 

Hello, how do I get rid of this message? It has been appearing since 21.2.“Adobe InDesign 2026” wants to access data from other apps.Thank you for your help and feedback.

Hello, in short, what it says on the title: InDesign 2025/2026 freezes (ends up as “not responding” in the Task manager) when interacting with the Paragraph Panel or with other, simple interactions; there are also multiple CEP HTML Engine instances that are generated, and there might be a possible file corruption, though I couldn’t verify that. More information below:SOFTWAREInDesign 2026 (21.2).Windows 10.HARDWARECPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor 3.70 GHz.GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB).RAM: 64 GB.Storage:(I installed Adobe apps on my D Drive),233 GB SSD KINGSTON SA2000M8250G (C Drive, 70 GB of free space),466 GB SSD KINGSTON SA2000M8500G (D Drive 155 GB of free space).PROBLEMSince late 2025 (I cannot pinpoint exactly from which version this started to happen) until now, the problem that I have been having is triple:1. Merely invoking (trough the Window > Type & Tables > Paragraph), opening or selecting the Paragraph panel freezes the program (in the Task Manager

I feel like the method I’m using now isn’t quite right.Is the approach different for single-column layouts versus layouts with two or more columns?Assuming the column widths are equal.Also, how to know what is the number of columns?var doc = app.activeDocument;var item = doc.selection[0];var items = doc.selection;var pp = item.parentPage;var cp = pp.marginPreferences.columnsPositions;var csp,law,cw;    //Calculate column spacing    if (cp.length == 2) {        csp = 0;    }    else if (cp.length > 2) {        var csp = cp[2] - cp[1];    }//typearea(?Layout)var law=cp[cp.length-1]-cp[0]//Column widthcw=cp[1]-cp[0] 

Nach dem Update auf macOS 26 (Tahoe) tritt beim Verpacken von InDesign-Dokumenten (Version 20.5) ein reproduzierbarer Fehler auf, wenn die verknüpften Dateien auf einem Synology NAS (DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 9)liegen und über SMB eingebunden sind.Die Fehlermeldung lautet:„InDesign konnte das Dokument nicht verpacken. Notwendige verknüpfte Dateien können nicht kopiert werden.“Das Problem besteht nicht, wenn das gleiche Dokument samt aller verknüpften Dateien lokal auf der internen Festplatte gespeichert ist. Dort lässt sich das Verpacken problemlos durchführen.Tests mit unterschiedlichen Dokumenten, Schriftarten und Dateiformaten bestätigen, dass die Ursache offenbar in der Kombination aus macOS 26 + SMB-Zugriff auf die NAS zu liegen scheint – nicht an beschädigten Dateien oder ungültigen Pfaden.Wir bitten um Prüfung, ob es sich hier um ein Problem im Zusammenspiel von macOS 26 (SMB-Handling), Adobe InDesign oder DSM 7.1 handelt – und ob ein Fix oder Workaround geplant ist.Vielen Dank vor

InDesign 21.3 reintroduces the document window position bug on Mac: document windows now expand below the tools panel. Clicking the green button while in this state doesn’t do anything. If clicking the green button after repositioning the window to its desired state, the window expands under the tools panel again. Reverting to InDesign 21.2 restores the normal behavior. macOS 26.2. Just posting it here for the record.  

Indsign 21.2Mac OS 15.7.4 Hangs randomly on open and save of .inddl files. Happened with 3 separate files so far.Open for 2 files would simply freeze with spinning beach ball.Save just started- file will open, then the last text change made by contributor populates on my screen and the asterix comes up showing I have unsaved changes, so I cannot close the file unless I save. Sometimes get a save progress bar that does not move. Sometimes not.Restarted, reset prefs and cache. Logged out of CC. No difference.Only workaround is to open file in cc app and duplicate it. This creates a new file that has to be shared again for editing and review, which is to say a pain resharing and updating links to our editors.

Since upgrading to Tahoe I can no longer package a file when images are located on a Synology NAS. If I move the images to local it works but when the document contains multiple images this isn’t an easy solution. Is there a solution?

I’m experiencing two ongoing issues with InDesign’s Review feature that have been consistently reproducible for the past three months. Issue 1: Review links fail to update on larger documents When uploading a publication for review, I can no longer update the existing review link. A persistent error appears stating: “There was a problem updating the artefact.” This workflow functioned reliably until approximately three months ago. To rule out local issues, I tested the same document and process on a second machine, with identical results. Through testing, I’ve found that if I halve the document size (testing both the first 30 pages and the last 30 pages independently to rule out a problematic element), the review link does update successfully. This suggests the issue is related to document scale rather than specific assets. The publications I work on are graphically intensive magazines, typically around 2.5GB in total size. Images are linked, not embedded, with many PSD files used thro

InDesign 2026 (21.2) x64 Changes resolution when opening a file from within the application. This resizes the window so that it is completely impossible to grab any of the corners or header bar. I have to quit the application and restart. Happens around 30% of the time when opening a document while InDesign is already open. Screenshot attached. Windows 11 laptop running multiple monitors. I should add, this started happening a few updates ago.  

I have a PDF file that I cannot import into InDesign. No matter if I use "Place" or Drag and Drop, I get the same error message:   "<<Filename>> doesn't contain a "CROP" crop type:  Please try again by selecting a different crop type or open the PDF in Acrobat and perform a "Save As..." command."    Not sure about the first suggestion but "Save As" does not help.   Any ideas?     <Title renamed by MOD>

I'm trying to display the values of A and B at the bottom of the panel as a hint.AValue and BValue are the variables being read.This is how it currently looks; how can I modify it to display the variable values?Thanks. with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) { staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "[A B]:" }); } with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) { staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: 'AValue BValue' }); } 

About ten years ago, I wrote a script that basically relinks missing links to images whose names are a little different. The new name is found using regExes. A couple of days ago, my client wrote me that running the script causes InDesign memory usage to bloat and finally run out of system memory.  I made a few tests in different versions: 2024/5/6In InDesign 2024 (version 19.5), it works without any problems: both on Mac and Windows.On my Mac (iMac, 3,3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5, 8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4), it took 3 minutes, 22 seconds to relink 254 links. 1,26 secs. per link. On my old Windows notebook (Intel Core i5-3230M CPU @2.60GHz, 8 GB RAM), it took about 22 minutes to relink 107 links. Approx. 9 secs. per link.In InDesign 2025 (version 20.3.1) and 2026 (version 21.2) on my Mac, it gets stuck on the 27th link, and InDesign hangs, gobbling all the memory in the Activity Monitor, so the only option is to force quit it.I tried:Reducing the undo steps via the doScript command Initiating g

Hey gang,Help me get this straight, please, as I experiment with newer things:An INDD file is operated within the InDesign application on desktop. OK, I know that.An INDDC file is an InDesign file converted to be stored in the Adobe Cloud. Is that the same as what you put into a Project folder? For sharing?But what about Share for Text Editing? Is there now a 3rd InDesign filetype? What is an INDDL file? Only for collaboration with the awkwardly-named “InCopy on the web (beta)? Are there 2 cloud-based versions of the InDesign document?How does anyone accomplish any version control with this arrangement?

InCopy on the web (Beta) - Unable to open INDDL file in desktop app.I have saved and shared an Indesign file to CC for text editing. The INDDL file is saved in my files folder (not in the Projects folder!). I can open the file in the Incopy web environment but not in the desktop app. I have tried moving the file to another folder within Files but this does not help.Any help would be much appreciated.Ben  

I frequently create brochures, and at some point in the project without fail the share for review link stops allowing me to update content. The review links are an integral part of our workflow, and for my non-brochure work they are fine (although I have to update those less frequently), but with my brochure documents it will allow me to create a new link, but after that I can no longer publish any changes. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign, turned off and on countless times, ensured the document I’m updating is the only one open, packaged then opened the idml and re-saved the document to indd. It just doesn’t work, and it’s really frustrating to explain to our clients that their comments have gone because we had to make a new link (or they get confused, comment on an old link and we don’t make the updates). Any ideas?

I installed the latest update to version 21, and InDesign won't launch. It doesn't give any errors, but it won't start. It doesn't do anything at all. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but that didn't work. Version 20 works perfectly, even the beta version 20.6. I tried reinstalling it by deleting the preferences, but that didn't work. I tried reinstalling the Creative app and reinstalling InDesign, but that didn't work.Bridge does the same thing, but it gives me error OXC0000142. InDesign, on the other hand, doesn't have any errors. Old Bridge works, but the beta version doesn't I have windows 11 last updatedWhat can I do?Thanks a lotNicola

Mac, OS Tahoe 26.3.1 (a)In the past I have had this problem with Illustrator and Photoshop. Now it sometimes appears with InDesign as well. If I try to drag the active window to another place on my screen, by dragging from the top of the window, it disappears behind all other apps currently open. Oddly, any free floating palettes stay on top. If I can still see a part of the window, I can click on it to bring it back to the front. If not, I have to go to the dock to bring it forward. Nothing is lost so this is an annoyance rather than a real problem, but why does it happen and why is it now happening with ID as well as the others? 

I can’t believe this is happening again. We really should get some sort of discount or refund for all the time we’re wasting lately with this issue.After being solved, this problem shows up again with the last update. I suddenly lose all UNDO steps, past the last four or five, just like what happened a few months ago.If the problem is related with the History panel, JUST DISABLE THE HISTORY PANEL. We didn’t have this issue before the panel, so I guess it has something to do with it. 

Hello, I’m having a very frustrating issue opening files in InDesign version 21.2 that were created in earlier versions. The files are not automatically converting, and as a result, the text appears against a pink background and cannot be edited. I’ve had to create entirely new files instead of reusing the old ones as all the attributes for my new project are the same. I’m now working on a similar project where I’d rather reuse my old files instead of reinventing this wheel again. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Thank you for your help!

Hi, all. I am hoping you can help me fix this dieline size discrepency. The .dxf dielines that I use are created in Inventor by an Engineer (not myself). When I open that .dxf dieline in Adobe Illustrator, it measures 300 mm width x 600 mm height and has a corner radius of 3mm. The dieline has a stroke of .709pt. The stroke is aligned to the center. But, when I copy and paste that same dieline and/or place it into my Indesign file, the dimensions change. The dimensions in InDesign are larger—the dieline measures 300.25 mm width x 600.25 mm height with a corner radius of 4.233 mm. If I align the stroke to the inside, the dimensions change back to 300 mm x 600 mm (which is correct), but the corner radius stays the same, 4.233 mm. I need the corners to be 3 mm. How do I fix this? I am hoping to create a workflow that is uncomplicated, and doesn’t require many steps. I have thousands of graphics that have this issue. The dimensions of my Indesign file should match the .dxf dieline. I’ve at

Hallo,ich bin neu in InDesign und habe ein Problem. Auch nach langem nachlesen komme ich damit nicht weiter.Ich habe in meinem Projekt die Kapitelüberschrift über ein Absatzformat definiert. Dieses Absatzformat heißt "Ebene 1". In diesem Absatzformat erhält die Überschrift gleich eine Nummerierung über Aufzählungszeichen und Nummerierung in den Einstellungen des Absatzformates. Dafür habe ich eine Liste "Ebene 1" definiert und dafür genutzt.Bilder, welche in das Dokument kommen, sollen eine Bilduntschrift erhalten. Die spätere Darstellung soll so aussehen:Abbildung Kapitelnummer . Nummer der Abbildung: ... (Beschreibungstext)Ich hätte gern, dass die Nummerierung der Kapitelüberschrift als erste Zahl kommt. Nach dem Punkt soll dann aufsteigend die Abbildung in jedem Kapitel hochgezählt werden. Wenn ein neues Kapitel beginnt, soll die Zählung der Abbildung wieder bei Eins beginnnen.Für die Abbildungsbeschriftung habe ich auch schon ein Absatzformat angelegt, genannt "Abbildungsbeschriftu

Sometimes my table doesn’t quite fill the text box, so I have to manually adjust the row height, which takes several attempts and is quite a hassle.Is there a way to use a script to adjust the row height of the table body so that the text box is quickly aligned at the bottom? 

Hello, I’m trying out the new tool that allows sharing a link and editing text. It works great, but I want to restrict the size of text boxes to prevent editors from overwriting. Is this possible?Thanks