InDesign

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 tr

InDesign 21.4.1 on macOS 26.5.2 EnvironmentAdobe InDesign 21.4.1 macOS 26.5.2 (Tahoe) Apple Silicon Mac GPU Performance disabledProblemAfter updating macOS to version 26.5.2, some existing InDesign documents no longer display placed images in Preview Mode (Shift+W).The issue started immediately after the macOS update. Before the update, the same documents displayed correctly. Expected ResultPlaced images should be displayed identically in both Normal Display and Preview Mode (Shift+W). Actual ResultIn some existing documents:placed PSD/JPG images disappear in Preview Mode (Shift+W) the same images are visible in Normal Display page thumbnails display the images correctly the Links panel reports all links as valid (no missing or modified links) Additional observationsThe linked PSD files open normally in Photoshop. The linked files are stored locally on the internal SSD. Newly created InDesign documents work correctly. The same PSD and JPG files, when placed into a new document, are dis

I am facing frequent hanging issues with the latest update of Adobe InDesign software. Please fix this problem as soon as possible so that I can work smoothly.

Since this post seems to be marked as resolved after the Adobe Community update and it isn’t resolved, I’m creating a new post and linking to the old one. All the relevant information can be found here (at least all of the information that survived the Adobe Community update -- there are several missing posts). Long story short -- when you install Windows Security updates, some system fonts -- Times New Roman for me -- throw a missing font error in InDesign. This error only goes away if you uninstall the Windows Security update. More detailed info can be found in the linked post.This issue has been going on for literally months, since last November, and we’ve got bupkis to show for it -- less than bupkis now that some of the original posts have been nerfed with the Adobe Community update and the original thread appears dead. Adobe. Please. Help. This is beyond frustrating now... 

Any idea when the fix for the flyout boxes is going to be fixed? It has been months now and still not working.

Hi everyone,After updating my MacBook M3 Pro to macOS Tahoe, Adobe InDesign has become completely unusable.I’ve tried both the newest InDesign update and an older version, but the issue persists with both.Documents open extremely slowly, most times if it’s a bigger file it doesn’t open at all, but once opened the file lags so much that I can’t work at all, typing, selecting objects, or moving anything is delayed or frozen. The whole program feels unresponsive.Before updating to macOS Tahoe, everything worked perfectly fine on the same machine.Has anyone else experienced this after updating to Tahoe? Is this a compatibility issue, or is there a known fix?I rely on InDesign for work, so this is quite urgent. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thank you!

Working in Indesign 2026 v 21.4. The drop shadow exported incorrectly from the settings for it. Onscreen it looked as it should, but once exported it shifted it dramatically. I tried adding in and changing the distance in the drop shadow settings but it always showed up the same, incorrectly. Anybody else experiencing something like that?This image is the onscreen, correct view, it is only supposed to add a slight shadow so it is set to 0 distance.This image is of the exported png file with the clearly incorrect rendering of the drop shadow where it is clearly offset and at a distance

Hello community,I'm planning to re-brand the graphics across my party rental business “Hafla Rental”. The layout and structure will stay mostly the same, but I want to redesign the visual assets, including hero banners, icons, promotional graphics, category images, and other supporting visuals to create a more modern and consistent look.I'd also appreciate any advice on keeping everything consistent throughout the project. If there are any Illustrator features, libraries, or techniques that have made this process more efficient, I'd love to hear about.Thanks in advance!

HiEach time I import an image into Indesign, the image loads okay, but I get the blue swirling ‘loading’ icon that never stops. I can save my document, and the menus still work but I can’t work on the actual page, and the only way I can clear it it to Force quit Indesign using Task Manager. This started about 2 weeks ago, and was fine before and I haven’t made any changes to my PC. I thought maybe it started after an update of Indesign, so I tried reverting to an older version, but still had the same problem.I have tried re-installing Indesign. (version21.3)  I use Windows 11.I really hope you can help please?Thanks Chris

Pretty simple and unusual bug. I haven’t noticed a pattern yet, but I have set a custom workspace at least 5+ times in the past 2 weeks and CC Libraries and Style Packs keep getting added. I have never added those and manually removed them multiple times (and then saved that workspace.)I have deleted the workspace and made a new one, overridden it, seemingly tried everything. This is such a small thing that is driving me crazy. InDesign 21.3 on Mac Tahoe 26.2. Before telling me to update to 21.4, I will not because of the bugs breaking simple layout and selection things :)

when I try to link this PDF, the program freezes at “importing.” I was wondering if anybody could try on their machine and confirm the problem. Thanks! 

I am having issues exporting from InDesign to PNG when my type layer has a drop shadow applied. I do not believe it's just. a screen redraw issue, because exporting as JPG works fine, but exporting as PNG moves my dropshadow down and away from its proper location.  For confidentiality reasons, I may not be able to post samples of my graphic. (I am at a new job where they build their files in InDesign and have set requirements for export formats, so I can't just go with a different format. I may push for using llustrator vs. InDesign for issues like this, but for now as it's my second day, we are sticking with InDesign as I'm not ready to rock the boat. Yet.)

InDesign 2026 (21.2) x64 Changes resolution when opening a file from within the application. This resizes the window so that it is completely impossible to grab any of the corners or header bar. I have to quit the application and restart. Happens around 30% of the time when opening a document while InDesign is already open. Screenshot attached. Windows 11 laptop running multiple monitors. I should add, this started happening a few updates ago.  

I have a book with some dozen files. The files are all open, synchronised, page numbers updates and fully preflighted. I Have Generate Index.,Include Book Documents.Enable Replace Existing Index.Yet, the index fails to pick up numerous entries.See image, there are many many entries for ‘Kevin’ but only one picked up. Grateful for any help 

Hi all. My Brother printer is giving me a drum warning. I have no idea on the process for replacing the drum unit, and dont want to do something silly.Are there any hints or tricks I should know?Donald Olsen

I’m saving 175 inside pages in InDesign of a novel to be uplaoded to Amazon KDP, as a HD pdf using the default ID settings. After multiple errors uploading, they said the issue was that hey don’t support a LaTeX/pdfTeX formatted pdf. I’ve never heard of that, but would like to know if I can adjusst that in the settings before saving the pdf. They said they prefer PDF/X-1a formatted pdf.

I work on a 27” iMac but like my documents to not cover the whole screen so I am able to access things on my desktop easily. Have been using InD since about 2002 and it worked fine, whatever size I set my window to and created a new document, it would stay the same size but the 2026 (21.1) every time I create a new doc, it opens it to full screen! Having to have to resize a doc each time was getting too time consuming so I now use 20.5 (2025) version 95% of the time. I have called tech support repeatedly over this & no solution ever was given. Can I really be the only person who doesn’t want it to cover my whole screen? I have found over the years not everything they say on tech support is true. Does anyone know a workaround to keep the windows open to the size of my choosing? Thanks so much! this first pic is of the desktop with the document in the size I like - 2nd pic is what the 2026 version does when I go to make a new document - boom opens to whole screen this is how I like t

When placering photos or others assets in InDesign - the software “dies”. I can still save the document, but the cursor changes into the “waiting” icon and InDesign is almost unsuable.And I have to hard reset the application (wont shut down) in Task Manager.Searching the internet and using AI I found these solutions:01 Disable Microsoft Defender (installed BitDefender instead) /bad AI advice02 Disable GPU use in InDesign /bad AI advice03 Delete the APP/USER/ROAMING and LOCAL folders for InDesign /bad AI advice04 Placing the files on desktop to avoid network and cloud systems. /bad AI advice04 Disable Adobe Fonts /bad AI advice05 Disable Ransomeware detect /bad AI adviceNothing works… and the “funny” part is - its on two different computers! My work-pc and my home-pc.Issue has been going for months now… and it is almost impossible to work with.Have to hard reset InDesign and relaunch again - place a few assets… crash - hard reset and so on.HELP REALLY NEEDED! 

When working in InDesign, entire objects (text fields, color areas, linked images) disappear and are no longer displayed. Not even their frames. The layers cannot be selected by clicking on the location where the elements are located. Zooming into the document or changing the view mode doesnt change anything in the visability of the objects.  However, the objects are still there in the layers window. Similarly, when exporting a PDF, the invisible objects become visible again. I can make the objects visible again by copying and pasting them onto a new page or by saving an IDML and opening it. However, the objects keep disappearing when working in the file.Tested with GPU turned on and off.

When I open an InDesign document, the window fills my monitor from corner to corner so it's difficult to grab any edge to resize it, and it covers everything on my desktop so I'm resizing constantly. I seem to remember a feature in earlier versions, something like "remember window size." Has this been eliminated or is there a new preference for this useful feature? I'm running InDesign CC on an iMac with OS 10.15.7 Catalina. TIA.