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ChristianGSp
ChristianGSp
Participant
October 18, 2024
Question

InDesign V.20 Issues: Trouble Selecting Items and Pasting Content

  • October 18, 2024
  • 4 replies
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I can't:

select multiple items with my cursor - I have to selet each individually 
select text certain text
copy and paste things (they paste on random other pages).

 

Any ideas? It's pretty disastrous for my current project.

 

It's become unusable, I'm considering ways to export the whole thing. Shame as I'd just set up a document and the update to Hide Pages is actually a great help. If only the rest worked. 

 

 

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    4 replies

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    Sophie_Cooper3993
    Participant
    November 13, 2024

    I have had this EXACT problem since downloading the latest version! Any help would be appreciated! 

    I have resorted to creating a new page at the end of the document then draggin it up in place, not ideal! 

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      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 13, 2024

      Did you try any of the suggested solutions? 

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      Sophie_Cooper3993
      Participant
      November 13, 2024

      Hey, Yes I did unfortunatley they didn't work

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      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 19, 2024

      If a document is not behaving well then try 

      File>Export 

      Choose IDML

      Open the IDML in InDesign
      Save the file as a new InDesign file with a new name
      See if the issue persists.

       

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      Try resetting your preferences:

      Windows: Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.
      macOS: While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.
      A dialog will appear asking to delete the InDesign Preferences, select 'Yes' on this dialog.
      Further info and instructions here if needed:
      https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html

       

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      Reinstalling rarely fixes everything - you can do a complete reinstall using the
      Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

       

       

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      martinbovin
      Participant
      December 10, 2024

      I tried to Export the file to IDML and resave it. Works perfect. It seems the problem appears in the file when changing betweeen versions. Thanks! 

        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 19, 2024

        InDesign has NEVER allowed you to multiple-select characters or words. It's just not possible.

        ChristianGSp
        ChristianGSpAuthor
        Participant
        October 19, 2024

        I NEVER said I wanted to

        Abhishek Rao
        Community Manager
        Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        October 18, 2024

        Hi @ChristianGSp,

         

        I'm sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing after the update to InDesign V.20. To better assist you, could you please share the version of your operating system? 

        I recommend trying to reset your preferences, as this can often resolve unexpected behavior in InDesign. You can find the steps to do this in the following link: [Resetting Preferences](https://adobe.ly/4f6QB3E).

         

        Additionally, if you could provide a screen recording demonstrating the issues, it would help us understand the problem more clearly.

        Thank you for your patience, and I look forward to helping you resolve this!

         

        Best,  
        Abhishek

        ChristianGSp
        ChristianGSpAuthor
        Participant
        October 19, 2024

        Hi @Abhishek Rao , that's for your reply. It started when Indesign updated itself to 20.0. I'm on OS 14.6.1 on an M1 Macbook Pro. I'll reset preferences again asap and if need be do a Loom. It may just be this file that I was working on half way through the upgrade. I mainly wanted to know if it was happening to others. 

         

        Thank,

        Christian

        Peter Spier
        Community Expert
        Peter SpierCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 19, 2024

         

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        It may just be this file that I was working on half way through the upgrade.


        By @ChristianGSp


        Updating in mid-project is seldom a good idea. but what's done is done. Try an export to .idml if the problem is just this file.

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