InDesign Text Effects NOT Working (Windows 11)

I don't have any fancy profiles. I double-checked on this and my set up is generally purist. I run in sRGB on stock settings, especially since this trouble shooting expedition :))) No HDR. I also tried all default settings vs boosted options in NVIDIA Control Panel or Windows etc. etc. but thanks for mentioning this. As I mentioned I'll run a test without my discrete GPU installed later today / over the weekend. Maybe I'll manage to organize a different GPU to run a comparison. I'll report back as soon as. 

I'll know more tomorrow when I remove it ... but yes, ideally I would need to test with a different GPU. That would really clear things up if the issues would disappear then. 

Edit:  Notably, I haven't had any other GPU related issues at all across a whole list of programs so a faulty module doesn't seem too likely or else it would have kicked up something during really demanding tasks which it hasn't (so far). Octane bench scores are also at the top of the model range.

I'd think very unlikely, unless it's any of the default Windows 11 fonts. I tested the behaviour on vanilla Windows and in Safe Mode and it's even worse in Safe Mode where v17.0, which is so far the 'best behaved' version, acts as badly as the latest version and those below. I've gone through the uservoice.com community posts and found quite a lot of reports of similar or near equal complaints but unfortunately most don't go into more detail or haven't been followed up by anyone.

A last thing I'll try tomorrow is to remove my GPU and switch to the integrated iGPU (currently disabled in the BIOS).

I strongly suspect the issue is semi-hardware related as in that it's probably some driver combination for processor / motherboard / chipset and GPU that just doesn't work well with InDesign/Adobe CC, i.e. could be that this is an issue exclusive to e.g. my z690 ASUS Prime motherboard paired with my RTX 3070ti Gigabyte OC GPU type/SKU.

Also, the official Adobe guide clearly says that users should not use the latest versions of particular programs for most stable performance >> https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/windows-11.html#known-issues

So there are at least some known unknowns here 🙂 I may know more tomorrow when I'll perform the GPU extraction :)))

I should have mentioned that aspect as well! Yes, my friend at a studio does not have any trouble. I'm in home office at the moment but my friend checked on mac and pc and no trouble there. He's still on windows 10 on his pc though.

In any document. Old, new, fresh set up ... all the same 😞

Hi James - thanks for your reply! 

I work on a fresh system i.e. I've reset most components and did a brand new clean install of Windows - just to be sure. I also ran the latest Nvidia Studio driver update today. I'm on Windows 11 latest update and followed the compatibility notes from https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/windows-11.html

I use a 12th gen Intel processor, 64GB RAM and a RTX 3070ti, paired with nvme m.2 pcie 4.0 drives, all on a pcie 5.0 ready motherboard. Generally my system is rock solid and I have no issues in video editing or 3D production. It's just terrible in InDesign when I use effects on text or other objects.  

In regards of the issues I listed earlier,  the horizontal lines are the most forgiving part as these only affect the displaying of the pages but not the e.g. png exports. The issue that arises when switching screen modes on the other hand is absolutely awful to work with. That is really my main concern;

* * * 2) but much worse: applied text effects will only show in active screen mode but never translate into any alternative screen mode selected e.g.  when typically switching from NORMAL to PREVIEW the effects show incorrectly as if offset and with added thickness -> please see attached images. This also happens the other way around: when working in preview mode, applying effects and then switching to normal mode.

Further, v17.0 is the most stable in that regard. With later versions applying text effects is sometimes not possible and the whole process is randomly unpredictable. * * *

Any ideas or suggestions are much appreciated - this is driving me crazy 🙂