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April 16, 2022
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Trouble with presentation mode

  • April 16, 2022
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Hello friends,
since the last update for InDesign I have problems with the presentation mode. Every time I use it, the surface/window is changed to the maximum size.
(Example: InDesign window = half screen -> CMD + W -> Indeisgn covers the whole screen).

 

Before the update this was not an issue,

now it is really annoying, because I have to adjust the window again after every "CMD+W"!

 

Can anyone confirm that they also have this problem?

    Correct answer EmeryPayne

    I ran into this in my hopes of figuring this annoyance as well... But I found the solution and wanted to share (hopefully it works for everyone else as well). 

    1. Open your document (Make sure to just have one Indd file open right now). 

    2. Hit Shift W to go into preview mode then again to go back, just to check that it does indeed shift or re-size after going back to working view

    3. Align your page to exactly where you want it positioned

    4. Close (but not quit) that document. There should be no files open, just that "Welcome to InDesign" screen

    5. Now quit InDesign

    6. Reopen and test it out.

     

    Hopefully this helps/works for you too!

    13 replies

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    mateb64722629
    Participant
    February 14, 2025

    Having same issues, unfortunately none of the solutions worked and it's also driving me nuts! Any new solutions/updates to this issue? 

    simonn67730035
    simonn67730035
    Participant
    February 15, 2025

    Mine still does it too every time I open inDesign. But since I check the box to scale it to fit the camera it only happens one time when I'm opening it. Then if I click the top bar to scale the window so it appears above the dock this won't happen again after exiting presentation mode. Maybe it work for you too? 

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    mateb64722629
    Participant
    February 18, 2025

    Unfortunately not, thanks for the suggestion though!

    simonn67730035
    simonn67730035
    Participant
    February 4, 2025

    Hi! 

    This happend to me two weeks ago. Been frustrating as ****. I'm using a mac m1 and what solved it for me was to: 
    Open Finder > Applications > Adobe InDesign.
    Right-click the InDesign app > Get Info.
    check the box to scale it to fit the camera

    Hope this can help someone else!


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    Emmanuel30205877om8m
    Participant
    August 13, 2024

    FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME:

    NOTE: This issue only occured when using an external monitor, and whenever I left presentation mode my ID window became small and tracked off the screen.

    1) In system settings, display settings, set external monitor as "Main display"

    2) Close InDesign. 

    3) Open InDesign. 

     

    Done!

    casual_Flower98C6
    casual_Flower98C6
    Participating Frequently
    March 20, 2024

    I found a fix you could try (the other solutions didn't work for me): in the InDesign preferences, I changed the “UI sizing” option.

     

    1. Open the preferences
    2. Go to “User Interface Scaling”
    3. Change the “UI scaling” option (a step up or down?)
    4. Save the pereferences and restart InDesign as suggested
    5. Open a document, go in and out of presentation made and see that the window stayed where it was
    6. Change the “UI scaling” option in the preferences back to its orginal value
    7. Restart InDesign again
    8. See that it still works—at least for me!

     

    I'm so happy.

      EmeryPayne
      EmeryPayne
      Participant
      March 20, 2024

      So the post I made above worked... but eventually it would go back to it's annying antics of shifting again. This though seems to work (so far so good!)

      Thanks @casual_Flower98C6 

        casual_Flower98C6
        casual_Flower98C6
        Participating Frequently
        March 20, 2024

        Well I was able to “break” it again by dragging the InDesign window onto a different display. But better to have a temporary workaround than nothing, I guess.

        EmeryPayne
        EmeryPayneCorrect answer
        Participant
        October 26, 2023

        I ran into this in my hopes of figuring this annoyance as well... But I found the solution and wanted to share (hopefully it works for everyone else as well). 

        1. Open your document (Make sure to just have one Indd file open right now). 

        2. Hit Shift W to go into preview mode then again to go back, just to check that it does indeed shift or re-size after going back to working view

        3. Align your page to exactly where you want it positioned

        4. Close (but not quit) that document. There should be no files open, just that "Welcome to InDesign" screen

        5. Now quit InDesign

        6. Reopen and test it out.

         

        Hopefully this helps/works for you too!

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          dirtydev
          Participant
          October 26, 2023
          That actually seems to be a good temporary work around. It worked correctly
          as you explained.
          casual_Flower98C6
          casual_Flower98C6
          Participating Frequently
          October 23, 2023

          Same problem here. This is horrible. How much time have I spent resizing the window? I look at my work in presentation mode quite often.

          K
          Kiky32224975o8k1
          Participant
          October 4, 2023

          this has been happening to me except when i exit presentation mode, half of the window is outside the screen! adobe please fix 😠

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          Community Expert
          LaubenderCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          May 17, 2022

          Hi together,

          could be a MacOS only issue…

           

          Could it be that the enhanced options for UI Scaling are a problem?

          I would set UI Scaling to "Small" in the InDesign preferences and test again.

           

          ( No problem with that functionality on my Windows 10 machine; just tested this. )

           

          Regards,
          Uwe Laubender
          ( Adobe Community Professional )

          Steve Werner
          Community Expert
          Steve WernerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          May 17, 2022

          Still no problems on my MacBook Pro with InDesign 7.2.1 (UI scaling small). I just used it quite a bit yesterday.

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            CARLA_STNAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            May 17, 2022

            I still have the problems!

            Another think i noticed is that indesign reacts slow when i push on random buttons as tools or fonts dropdown. @LindaFazili can you confirm that as well?

            LindaFazili
            LindaFazili
            Inspiring
            May 18, 2022

            No, InDesign is not slow. I only have issues after presentation mode (preview). Resizing is back to normal is not working.

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            CARLA_STNAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            April 27, 2022

            So far I have cleared the preferences/cache as @Steve Werner  said. Since that did nothing, I even deleted InDesign completely and reinstalled it.

            You are not quite right @James Gifford—NitroPress  😉
            If you look at the images uploaded by me I mean the following:
            1) Image 1 = How I need the InDesign window all the time (size/shape of the window)
            2) Press SHIFT+W (presentation mode)
            3) Image 2 = The InDesignwindow enlarges itself to fullscreen (AFTER I am out of the presentation mode again!)

             

            But I want the window to stay as big as in picture 1, even if I use presentation mode and go out again.

            davecourtemanche
            davecourtemanche
            Inspiring
            April 28, 2022

            It looks like you're using application frame (turned on) with a resized window. Going into presentation mode and then back is resizing your window. Odd behavior - I can not replicate. When I resize my Application frame, go into presentation mode then escape out my window is the original size - no resizing. Are you using a custom workspace? Does the same thing happen using a standard workspace? Is the workspace the same before and after presentation mode?

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            CARLA_STNAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            May 1, 2022

            Thanks for your message! As mentioned before i tried a lot of thinks and at this point i´m pretty frustrated 😞

            Your mentioned procedure I have not yet tried and must unfortunately report that it has also brought no success!

             

            The window is still "resizing" (the word discribes very well - thanks for that!). Annoying!

            Another think i noticed: As you can see in picture 2 is that the window is more than 100% size of my iMac. The bottom bar with percentage, page count and preflight panel has completely disappeared! You wouldn't even be able to do that by hand (because you can't drag the window further than the edge of the screen - logical).

             

            It's really stupid that it only seems to do this to me. I can not explain it to me in any case + do not know what I should do.

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