Save/Save as are greyed out, as well as undo and redo. Key commands don't work either.

Report · Jan 26, 2022

I'm running InDesign 2022 17.01 on a Macbook Pro 2019 OS Monterey V 12.1.

I use indesign on this computer every single day with no issues, but today, I am unable to save my projects or use undo/redo. I restarted indesign earlier to address the undo/redo problem and it worked for a while, but eventually was disabled again. At the time, I was able to save my files so I felt comfortable restarting the program. But now, both save and undo/redo are disabled. I was however able to succesfully export, which requires saving. Very strange.

other things that may or may not be related:

- Text boxes in one of my projects are creating duplicate edges and I have to double click them for the text to readjust inside the new parameters. Usually the text adjusts while I drag the box. This is only happening on one of my projects open, while the other is normal.

- Zooming with my fingers on my trackpad is randomly disabling and I have to relaunch the program to fix it. Zoom on trackpad works in other windows on my computer and in other Adobe Programs while this is happening.

As I was typing this, the program went unresponsive after I attempted to package my file as a work around to not being able to save. I got a pop up that said "InDesign is shutting down. A serious error has been detected."

Report · Jul 08, 2025

Same. It keeps hapenning, with different files, too. There doesn't seem to be any specific thing I'm doing except all of a sudden, I notice I can't undo anything, or when I try to save, nothing happens. It's really really annoying. Some other little glitches ... images rendering super-pixelated, selecting fonts taking FOREVER. I thought it was my computer but it's just started, and it's only InDesign acting up.

Report · Jul 09, 2025

Same. It keeps hapenning, with different files, too.

By @jamie7607

What are your InDesign and operating system versions?