InDesign 2021 gridify not working

[Kim-WB]

I'm trying to make a contact sheet for proofing purposes. So I'm trying to place multiple pages from a PDF file on one page of my InDesign document. I used to start drawing my box to place the first page, and use the up and right arrow keys to have it place multiple pages in a grid format equally spaced. This is not working for me anymore since the last update. I'm using InDesign 2021 (16.0.1) on a MacBook Pro running Big Sur. Is it something with Big Sur? Is a bug in the last InDesign update? Or was this functionality removed?

[Simonca Tania]

Hey! 

I have the same problem now and I'm using InDesign 2021 on a laptop, Windows 10. I guess is an issue with InDesign. 

[jmlevy]

I don't think that the gridify function works with a multipage file, but only with multiple files.

[Kim-WB]

It used to work with multi-page PDFs.

[Derek Cross]

Just tested on my MacBook Pro (InDesign 16.1, OS 10.15.7) and found no problems.

[Kim-WB]

Gridify does not work in my Macbook Pro (InDesign 16.1, OS 11.2.3) or my Windows 10 PC with muli-page PDFs. Works with multiple individual files though.

[Frans van der Geest ACP]

Did you select All pages as range in the import options when placing the PDF?

[Kim-WB]

Yes, I did select All Pages.

[Eugene Tyson]

From what I recall, didn't you used to have to select another file, like a JPG tocome along for the ride?

So you'd select 2 files.

[Kim-WB]

I don't know about adding in a jpg, but the work around I found was to turn on "Create Static Captions". But then you either have to stop after placing everything up to the pages, or delete all the captions. Kinda dumb.