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ksell414
ksell414
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July 18, 2024
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InDesign Workspace Resets Itself After Force Quit

  • July 18, 2024
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Within the last few weeks whenever InDesign has force quit itself, my custom workspace resets (I lose default swatches I set, lose my preset font, hyphenate turns back on, lose my balance ragged lines, overprint is checked on) & end up with InDesign's defaults. Even if i click "Reset Workspace" it just makes sure I have all of my tools in the same order. I'm super annoyed, have tried restarting & reinstalling with no luck but to manually go through all of them again. Anybody else having this issue?

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Correct answer Mike Witherell

A lot of people don't know that after you set up a zillion preferences and tweaks, you need to re-start InDesign in order to have it write them down and really keep them. Without a restart, if you crash, most things will be lost. 

I wrote a "Adobe InDesign 2024 tour of 30 presets, styles, automations" that discusses all this in much detail. Available on my website.

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Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 22, 2024

A lot of people don't know that after you set up a zillion preferences and tweaks, you need to re-start InDesign in order to have it write them down and really keep them. Without a restart, if you crash, most things will be lost. 

I wrote a "Adobe InDesign 2024 tour of 30 presets, styles, automations" that discusses all this in much detail. Available on my website.

Mike Witherell
    ksell414
    ksell414Author
    Participant
    July 29, 2024

    I have done/known this and it still resets itself.

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    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2024

    Hi @ksell414 ,

    I would recommend you to save your settings.

    With InDesign 19.4 or 19.5 you can do it in two ways, with versions below 19 the first option is available:

     

    [1] Save all your preferences and caches for a main version like 19 ( InDesign 2024 ) .

     

    User > [YOUR USERNAME] > Library > Preferences > Adobe InDesign > Version 19.0

    User > [YOUR USERNAME] > Library > Caches > Adobe InDesign > Version 19.0

    Backup both Version 19.0 folders. You may have done this anyway with perhaps TimeMachine.

     

    [2] Use a relative new feature to export your user settings from the File menu of InDesign.

    File > User Settings > Export User Settings

    File > User Settings > Import User Settings

    All details here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/export-import-user-settings-indesign.html

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
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      July 18, 2024

      Unfortunately, we are not mind readers - what platform, OS and ID version?

       

      Then we can try to help you.

       

        ksell414
        ksell414Author
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        July 18, 2024

        Sorry, this is my first time posting in one of these forums, I didn't know I had to provide that info. Adobe InDesign CC 2024 v 19.4 on Mac

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
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        July 18, 2024
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        Sorry, this is my first time posting in one of these forums, I didn't know I had to provide that info. Adobe InDesign CC 2024 v 19.4 on Mac


        By @ksell414

         

        Of course, no problem. 

         

        We are just users - like you - and we don't have direct access to your machine nor Adobe account. 

         

        There is InDesign 19.5 so you might want to upgrade. 

         

        But what is the version of Mac OS? You might need to update it as well. 

         

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