InDesign CS6 - performance issues/ message box

Question

When opening a file I received to proofread/edit, I see the message box: “This command would create a large number of page items and would severly degrade performance. Data will be placed as embedded EPS.” I don't know which command this is supposed to be or what to do about it.

This already happened with several files (idml files I receive per mail). Sometimes, InDesign's performance just gets incredibly slow (I've already tried disabling preflight and reducing the display quality, to no avail), but, today, it won't even allow me to edit the file. Whatever I click or do, this same message box appears.

This has been happening since I installed InDesign CS6 on a new computer (Windows10) - my third and and last installation of the software. I've seen that box on my Windows 7 notebook before, but it never affected the program's performance or hindered my work.

It would be nice if someone could help me out 🙂

Thank you!

johnathanFrakes · Accepted Answer

It seems like the file contains a data source for a merge. Check menu > view > Helper apps > data merge panel if there is a source file loaded. Unload it, save the document and the message should disappear

BobLevine · Answer

CS6 is almost eight years old and is not supported under Windows 10. To keep things in perspective, there have been as many major versions of InDesign released after CS6 as there were before CS6.

IDML is hardly 100% reliable. Without seeing the original INDD file, which I'm assuming was created in a later version of InDesign it's going to be very difficult to help you.

If you are using InDesign professionally, you should be moving to a Creative Cloud subscription.

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