InDesign2023 18.5 - Workflow really slow

[DiegoCayuelas]

Hey there! I´m currently working in my portfolio, it´s a 40pages file with photos, but it takes loads of time to open, move pages and modify the design... I´ve uninstalled and installed the program several times but the result doesn´t change, an extremely slow working programme. Does anyone know a solution to it? Thanks in advance

[Eugene Tyson]

There's some tips here for slow InDesign - but I've included 2 other options to try first

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/kb/slow-performance-indesign.html

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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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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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[BobLevine]

Eugene's given you some good tips but you haven't provided system details, either. RAM, harddrive type, processor, operating system.

[DiegoCayuelas]

Here they are.

I´m using it at a Macbook Pro 15´, 2018 with macOS Monterey 12.5 16gb RAM 

2,2 GHz Intel Core i7 6 core

Using Adobe InDesign 2023 18.5

[Laubender]

Hi @DiegoCayuelas ,

where are your placed and linked images stored?

On the harddisk of your Mac? On an external drive? On a network volume? On a volume of a server where you are connected via e.g. VPN?

I'm asking because I noticed a considerable slowdown of InDesign when I'm working with documents where the links of placed images point to a volume that is not connected to my machine and I'm online connected to the Internet. I'm on a MacBook Pro from 2021 with the M1 processor with 16 GB of RAM, plenty of local space on my harddisk.

Note: I can hardly work with InDesign 2023 version 18.5.0 when an alias file of a folder is stored in the User directory of my Scripts panel that points to an unconnected server volume and contains some scripts that come along with a specific project and are made available for all the team members. (Unnecessary to say, that I will abandon this workflow.)

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )