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Sergio Venturini
Sergio Venturini
Inspiring
September 27, 2025
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My whole hypenation disappeared

  • September 27, 2025
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Hi! Once I've closed Indesign and reopened my project, my new text addition had no hypenation, and then when I tried to set it up again, the whole thing never came back. 

 

I'm using Spanish dictionary and Hypenation is set to 'on' in my paragraph (applied on the text) style. 

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 27, 2025

I'm using Spanish dictionary and Hypenation is set to 'on' in my paragraph (applied on the text) style.

 

Hi @Sergio Venturini , When you select all of the text and check Language in the Character panel is it set to Spanish? Language is a character level setting (a document with translations could have multiple languages applied to the texts).

 

 

If I set the Language for this spanish translation to English:

    Sergio Venturini
    Sergio VenturiniAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 28, 2025

    Yes, it was. Also, everytime I reopen the document, my general settings sort of reset to English: USA. Maybe is that. I just restarted and my document reinterpreted my document with hypens... insane. 

     

    Also, and perhaps is this what causes the problem, I think, my document sort of increased insanely of file size up to 3,7 gb. The document consists of text and four images in black and white and a book cover. I've failed to reduce its size following what the web says (save as, idml wont open saying are not compatible). It's frustrating how InDesign is full of this issues....

     

     

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2025

    File>Export and choose IDML

    IDML should open on most versions of InDesign - saying it's not compatible is an error somewhere. 

     

    Try moving your pages to a new document if the IDML doesn't work

     

    I've saved the steps to do so 

     

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    alternative to check if this works - could be something built up in the background of the file. 


    Open the document that contains the pages you want to move.

    Check the Page Setup of the Source:
    With the source document open:

    Go to File > Document Setup to see the page size, orientation, and number of pages.

    Go to Layout > Margins and Columns to check the margin settings.

    Make a note of these details — you’ll need them for the new document.



    Create a New Document (Destination):
    Go to File > New > Document.

    Enter the same page size, orientation, and margins as the source document.

    Go to File > Save As, give it a name, and save it somewhere you can find easily.


    If it’s not open already, go to Window > Pages.


    Switch back to the source document. In the Pages panel, select the page thumbnails you want to move.

    To select a range: click the first, hold Shift, then click the last.


    With the pages selected, click the menu icon (three lines) at the top right of the Pages panel and choose Move Pages…


    Set the Destination:
    In the Move Pages dialog box:

    Move Pages: This will list your selected pages.

    Destination: Choose your new document from the dropdown list.

    Location: Choose where the pages should go beginning, end, before or after a certain page.



    Click OK and the pages will move into the new document



    Save this and see if it works for you now. 

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