share for review blank comment box bug - macOS Catalina - URGENT FIX NEEDED

[wmodist]

Hey. I started up a new publication and set up a workflow for all participants. The new tool 'share for review' was perfect for that. The deadline is this week. This morning I found the comment boxes were blank. What can I do to fix this? Should I revert to sending pdf's? *help*

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi,

hm. I cannot tell what's going wrong.

One suggestion:

Sign out from the CC Desktop App.

Restart your machine.

Sign in again in the CC Desktop App.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[wmodist]

So, restarting the CC destop app didn't work. Neither did restarting. Signing out and -in worked. I hope it's solved by this. I have to say the latest version on indd is rather glitchy.

[wmodist]

ok, so this is the second time today I have to do this trick…

[Luke Myers]

Just adding a +1 to this, I've found the sign-out and in again for the CC app works to bring the review panel back to functional status, no need to reboot the computer.

[BradSnyder]

Sorry, what do you mean "a+1" ?? Same issue here, no reviews possible (worked one time, then it was gone ...)

[James5C0B]

+1 just means they are also having the same issue.

[wmodist]

thanks!

[Laubender]

Hi wmodist,

then I suspect that something could be wrong at Adobe's backend…

Sorry, I have no idea why it happens to you that often.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Fotoni]

Hello,

I had the same problem. Log-out and log-in solved the problem, but I think also of a bug.

Have a nice day,

Sandro

[jellyfunk]

yeah, i'm having the same issue...as well as other indesign issues since the update. it's very buggy and crashes with severe problems. hopefully an update will fix.

[gregoryj51431738]

Whenever I try and load two indesign documents at once on a (32gig ram, upgraded video card, i7 processor machine, power is not a problem) the box opens up and it stalls out the load and crashes both documents.  Prior to the recent "updates" I could have multiple documents open at once with no issue.

This is all about the "updates" and they are bringing a formely great product down. Hopefully the next batch of updates wil allow us to turn all of the new stuff off so we can just do our jobs.

[gregoryj51431738]

Solution to this was to just bring all of my software back to pre-updates and turn off auto updating. 

[Laubender]

Hi Gregory,

the next bug fix version of InDesign should be already out or would be available very soon.

Update 15.1.2. is delivered in phases worldwide. See what bugs are fixed with it:

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html#InDesign2020version1512

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Laubender]

Hi Gregory,

what was the exact version of InDesign before you reverted back?

What exact version of InDesign are you using now?

To get the version hold the Ctrl key and go to About InDesign.

Or the Cmd key when on Mac OS X.

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[guénolél20157715]

Hi,

Indesign crash often when i share for review. Log-out and log-in solved the problem for one shared document.

So i need to restart indesign many times in a day.

Guénolé

[cbesett]

This solved this for me too.  Very annoying but it worked.

[sRdj]

Hi all,

I had the same problem, log in/log out seems to "fix" the problem.

[Kelsey Niehaus]

I'm having the exact same issue! Was there, working one second, and gone the next! 

[BradSnyder]

It seems to work for me now, logout Creative Cloud and login again

[Kelsey Niehaus]

Finally got it working. Tried the above fix on Friday already, and didn't work. Tried now again and it's finally come back - for now.

[Sven Venstre]

Bump!

Same here and the rather idiotic 'sign-out/in again' solution worked. Having now tried-out the 'share for review' function I find the whole usability of it rather buggy and clunky. Shame as I was thinking this would be a great asset when liaising with clients on big projects. But no.

[sclough]

Not sure if this will work for anyone else, but the issue for me appeared to be the fact that my file/linked files were stored in a cloud drive that was syncing to my computer. I downloaded all of the files locally, and the issue appears to have been resolved.

[Anon Y. Mouse]

Same issue here - needed to sign out of Adobe Creative Cloud and bac in again.  Timewasting.

I hope Adobe will fix this soon and are not deterred because it says "solved" (a workaround is not a proper solution).

[Anon Y. Mouse]

Oh, and signing out and back in also deactivated all my fonts.  That's another long delay while it reactivates them all.