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June 23, 2025
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New Document defaults changing for unknown reason

  • June 23, 2025
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Mac OS Sequoia, InDesign 2024 19.5.4

 

Every week or so, I find that when I go to create a new document, my default settings have changed. I am and have always been a US user, but regularly and without warning, new documents will be created as A4 with rulers set to millimeters, the dictionary set to UK: English, and paragraph composer set to World Ready Paragraph Composer. 

 

I've trashed preferences using the keyboard shortcut.

I've trashed the entire /Users/[me]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign.

 

The problem still comes back.

 

I've found that trashing only the /Users/[me]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 19.0/en_US/InDesign Defaults is enough to return to the correct US defaults. 

 

The problem still comes back.

 

Anybody ever seen anything like this? Any idea what might be changing my defaults?

 

I'm on a company-managed computer, so it may be some management thing they're running. But then again, none of my coworkers have had the same problem, so that seems unlikely.

 

I'm stumped.

1 reply

davecourtemanche
Inspiring
June 23, 2025

Similar - I have a bunch of New Document Presets. Every time I "Command N" to create a new doc it's picks a different preset as my choice. Never had it pick anything not from there, nor change the units tho.

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 23, 2025

Hello @Donald32516386092f, @davecourtemanche,

Could you try running InDesign under a different administrator account (Windows / macOS) and checking if it helps? If the problem persists, kindly share more details, like if this starts happening after the first launch, or after a specific workflow, including a screen recording of replicable steps (if possible), so I can check this with the team.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

davecourtemanche
Inspiring
June 23, 2025

I have it happen on my home machine & work machine, both spec'd quite different but running the latest mac OS. I'll see if I can capture a screen recording.