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January 10, 2024
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Pages turn grey in Indesign and content on pages dissapear

  • January 10, 2024
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We are working with an Indesign file where the pages suddenly turns grey, and the content on the pages dissapears.

 

- We have tried saving the document as an idml file, but cannot open it.
- We are using Indesign version 19.1 and have tried to open it in an older version, but that didn't solve the problem.

- We have also tried to turn of the CPU to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions to solve the problem? That would really be a great help - else it will be MANY hours wasted...

    최고의 답변: Rishabh_Tiwari

    Thank you for your reply.

    Unfortunately turning them off has no effect...


    Hi,

     

    Sorry to hear about the trouble. Please update macOS to 14.3 and let us know if that solves the issue or if you need further assistance.

    Thanks

    Rishabh

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    o77o
    o77o
    Participating Frequently
    July 30, 2025

    Having the same issue. All apps and operating system are updated to the most recent. It started about 3 weeks ago.

    leo.r
    Community Expert
    leo.rCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 30, 2025
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    Having the same issue. All apps and operating system are updated to the most recent. It started about 3 weeks ago.


    By @o77o

     

    What's your operating system version and how much RAM do you have? Also, did you try toggling GPU Performance on or off as suggested above?

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    ngarf
    Participant
    March 18, 2025

    Same, and it's totally effecting my productivity. Happening more frequently now too!!! Ugh

     

      utkesen
      utkesen
      Participating Frequently
      March 18, 2025

      Same for me aswell, only workaround seems to be quit and restart. Very frustrating

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        kristina_2878
        Participant
        October 25, 2024

        Same here. I have to quit Indesign when it happens, several times per day my layout/pages turn grey.

        Very irritating. So force to quit and re-open. But really hard too know if I should save or not save befor quit, because I dont see the layout and the recent changes, tests, schetches I might have done.

         

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          Eric22301895t80g
          Participant
          November 8, 2024

          Myself and fellow colleagues have also been having this issue more quite a while now. If my computer goes to sleep mode of if I disconnect from a external monitor, this greyed out artwork issue will ALWAYS happen. It's been a real nuisance and pain to always save, close and reopen the files. I wasn't sure if it was connected to us working from files off a onedrive server, but this seems like an issue that will never go away. Adobe needs to fix this issue or let users know a solution.

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            Admirable_Buttercup01AC
            Participating Frequently
            December 20, 2024

            Same issue and has happened for a while. I am now on Sequoia 15.1.1 and InDesign CS 20.0.1.

            The "solved" answer above all were applied to Sonoma, so I am wondering what is going on. It is very frustrating.

            I have reset my preferences multiple times.

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              graysonc7507806
              Participant
              October 23, 2024

              I am also having this issue and nothing is making it go away.

               

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                xian0118518552
                Participant
                April 13, 2024

                I'm have the same issue whenever I plug/unplug my laptop from my desktop monitor. In order to see my layouts I have to force quit and reopen. I've updated software and now on macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 so that didn't help as I've read in other forums.

                  Sasga
                  Sasga
                  Participant
                  June 14, 2024

                  Fighting with same issues, been for more than a year. Always updated OS and CC to the latest versions. Newest InDesign 19.4 and Sonoma 14.5 make the documents turn gray as well.  - nothing is respondind or selectible. Restart is the only help and annoying many times a day.

                   

                    BobLevine
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                    BobLevineCommunity Expert
                    Community Expert
                    January 10, 2024

                    What operating system? This sounds like the Sonoma bug that causes display issues. If that's the case try turning off the rulers in InDesign.

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                      Ink Stain Studio작성자
                      Participant
                      January 11, 2024

                      Thank you very much for your reply!

                      We use mac with Sonoma 14.1.2.
                      We have tried deleting all the rulers in the document. It didn't recover the grey pages - but sofar no more pages have turned grey.
                      Do you know if there is somewhere we can get more information regarding this problem?

                      Bill Silbert
                      Community Expert
                      Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
                      Community Expert
                      January 11, 2024

                      At the present time only InDesign CC 2024 (Version 19.x) is even partially supported for Sonoma. So make sure that your InDesign is up to date (19.1 is the latest version). For more info about Sonoma compatibility with Creative Cloud apps see: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/macos-sonoma-compatibility-common-issues.html.

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