For future issues 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   ... View more

Your crash log shows it’s dying in the graphics/UI stack. The ‘Meta Virtual Monitor’ driver is a big red flag here. Try disabling that in Device Manager and also turn off GPU Performance in InDesign. If that helps, update (or roll back) your NVIDIA drivers, preferably to the latest Studio version. Also force InDesign to use just one GPU, not switch between Intel and NVIDIA. That combo usually stops the EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION errors.   ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Check GPU performance in InDesign Go to Edit > Preferences > GPU Performance and turn it off. Restart InDesign. If it stabilises, then it’s a GPU conflict. (not sure if this is enabled in 2025 yet on Windows?)    2. Meta Virtual Monitor conflict The crash report shows a Meta Virtual Monitor (from Oculus/Meta software). That driver is notorious for tripping up apps. Temporarily disable or uninstall the Meta display adapter in Device Manager. Test InDesign again.   3. Update or roll back GPU drivers RTX 4090 Laptop GPU driver is 32.0.15.6081 (30 July 2024). Sometimes Adobe apps prefer Studio drivers instead of Game Ready drivers. Try installing the latest NVIDIA Studio Driver. If it started after a Windows Update, consider rolling back one version.   4. Force InDesign to use only one GPU Since the laptop has both Intel UHD and NVIDIA RTX, InDesign might be switching between them. In NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D settings > Program Settings > pick InDesign.exe and set it to use the High-performance NVIDIA GPU. Alternatively, set it to Integrated graphics to test stability.   5. Windows compatibility checks Run InDesign as Administrator. Try disabling Windows’ hardware acceleration for graphics (Settings > Display > Graphics > Advanced). Check for pending Windows 11 updates sometimes the OS graphics stack is the culprit.   6. Narrow down plug-in conflicts Temporarily move third-party plug-ins out of the Plug-Ins folder. Restart InDesign clean. ... View more

You don't need separate text frames.   The middle parts could be a table with cells or just indented text.    Keep everything in a single text frame if possible.      ... View more

Looking at the screenshot, it seems like the JPEG preview may be corrupted, which can cause InDesign to have trouble interpreting the file.   Can I ask how the image was originally created or saved? Sometimes files exported from certain apps or devices don’t play nicely with InDesign.   As a test, try opening the image in Photoshop (or another editor) and resaving it as a new JPEG, then relink to that version in InDesign. If the problem goes away, that would confirm it was an issue with how the original file was saved.     ... View more

As I said - unless you have a HDIP display there's little point of having it on.  I've never really seen a reason to keep it on - no real advantage. If it works when it's on then great - but no big deal if you turn it off - you're not missing out on anything.  ... View more

It's only for Retina/HDPI screens/monitors - it's not needed if you don't have this.    It literally does very little except supposedly support higher resolution screens.  I have a Mac M3 and a HDPI display and I always turn off the GPU performance thing - I would never really have it on.    It does nothing for performance of the software.  ... View more

As I said there's others things to try besides the IDML.   And it would really help to get the answers to everything I already asked. Without knowing specifics then it's impossible to know how to help.  ... View more

Your issues aren't common - I've used InDesign for a long time and never have these issues and if it was widespread I'd definitely heard of it by now - that being said - new things and updates can cause issues that are unforeseen.    Can you start by telling us your OS and your Version of InDesign?  And if you are working remotely via VPN or server or through a cloud service like Dropbox or other.    And if you can please specify steps to reproduce the problem .    For now the best I can recommends is some of the usual steps to fix   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.   ----------- Try resetting your preferences: InDesign 19.3 and newer go to Preferences > General > and click on "Reset Preferences on Quit" and then quit and restart. Or Windows: Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files. macOS: While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files. A dialog will appear asking to delete the InDesign Preferences, select 'Yes' on this dialog. More in-depth cleanse of preferences https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html     ------------- 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     ... View more

Well I get what you're getting at - some sort of AI layout so you import it and it designs the layout - that's the dream for a lot of us.    But a lot of what you are doing might be possible with Object Styles, Paragraph Styles and Character Styles    From what I hear you have a Headline, and the copy and an image. It shouldn't take long to insert this.    An object style can invoke a Paragraph Style at the start of the text frame. And once the Headline style is applied, it can then Apply Next Style which would be your Body Text.    The image, if anchored properly could also possibly be formatted into the right position. Although it would still be manual to place it as it has to be on your computer/server.    Even scripts like Preptext which was talked about a few days ago can save time - it applies the Character styles of Bold, Italic etc throughout the the text in a story and then you can apply the Body Text Style - then you should only have headers left to style.    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-a-faster-way-to-clean-up-styles-when-importing-word-docs/td-p/15465645   The way I see it - there's a lot of use in AI - but I don't think it's there yet to implement design and layout, maybe it is now, I don't really keep up with it.    It would be superhandy to have a button that says 'Replace this content with this Word Doc' and it just does it.    There are scripts out there that can help speed things up.    If you tell us even more about the problems you face and why it takes so long we could perhaps help refine your workflow and make it easier for you to complete your work.    If you have a solid idea for AI implementation it would be completely worth posting detailed explanation here https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests     ... View more

As I mentioned earlier, Illustrator does retain the PDF settings, but InDesign doesn’t.   It’s possible you might be remembering it differently, or I could be mistaken myself. There are a few threads about this already, and the Adobe help docs also point in that direction.   If I’m wrong, I’m happy to hold my hands up, but in my 25 years of using InDesign I’ve never seen the PDF settings stored with the file. In fact, it’s something that’s even been raised in the official feature request forum.   I’m not trying to say one of us is right and the other is wrong. I just think the evidence, along with my own experience and what others have shared, supports the idea that this is how InDesign has always worked.   It might be different in 2024 and 2025 i can test tomorrow.    Again if I'm wrong that's fine. I'd like to know too. ... View more

Well nothing else I can say to convince you - there's another person saying the exact same thing. I can't force you to believe me. There's no way to force InDesign to use the same PDF settings per file. It always has the last used PDF setting as the one selected in the options.    Nothing you or I or anyone else can do about it.    P.s. I'd be surprised if there is a case where it is remembering the PDf settings per file.    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/document-doesn-t-retain-pdf-export-settings/m-p/8978728?utm_source=chatgpt.com   It's in the help files https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/exporting-publishing-pdf.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com   It says it's solved here https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20396314-the-option-to-remember-pdf-export-settings-on-a-do?utm_source=chatgpt.com   But I am not using 2025 version I'm still using 2023 - so I might not have come across the 'feature' yet.  ... View more

You're mistaken unfortunately - it's the way it always has been.     ... View more

Typically I bring in the Word doc  Then delete all the paragraph styles it brings in (the little icon shows for them) Same with character styles   Convert all Bullets and Numbering to text Then I run the PREP TEXT script https://github.com/firedevelop/id0000013-Adobe-InDesign-Scripts-Examples/blob/master/id0000088-Find-and-Replace-OLD-paragraph-text-with-the-NEW-Text/preptext.jsx   After this I apply the Body Text style and clear all overrides   Once this is done, I do find and replace for headings  something like Grep find ^.+?$   Find style  Bold Apply style Heading  Then the same for other styles   Then it's just eyeballing vs the Word doc. ... View more

I think as @Joel Cherney pointed out that the font itself is not loaded - so it's shown in pink highlight - that's why I suggested it. ... View more

You can also use Find/Replace Font from the Type menu (sorry don't remember the exact phrasing it's different across the apps).    But you should be able to see the missing font, and choose a font to replace it, and there is a tick box to update the style also.    If you need that exact font - and there's no italic version of it - is to change the Character Style to the roman version of the font and add a Skew of about 12 degrees to make a fake italic. But probably best to use a Font with the italic font available.   @Joel Cherney  has shown a cool way to get around the issue and allows you to review each change on a find by find basis, which is actually probably safer in my eyes. It's only 150 pages shouldn't take long  to review and change each.   If you're comfortable with a blanket change across the document then Find/Replace Font is the the way I'd consider.  ... View more

My experience with book files is to create a new book file with 20.5 - that is in 20.5 go to File>New Book.    For all your documents here's what I would do. Open the files and export them as IDML.  Open the IDML file in 20.5 and resave them as a new indesign file. Then add them back into the 20.5 new book file you just created.      ... View more

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 ... View more

There are already scripts and keyboard shortcuts to zoom  https://creativepro.com/custom-zoommagnification-settings-in-indesign/     ... View more

File>Export and choose PDF.  Then in Acrobat use the Print Booklet feature. ... View more

I have indesign files close to 500mb with embedded images - vector and raster - not a problem for me.    And by embedded I mean they are linked first to the file, then embedded via the links panel.  Not copy and pasted from Illustrator/Photoshop. ... View more

Exactly what would ChatGPT bring to the table here?    What is the process you have for bringing in new stories? Maybe there's a better way to improve your process.  ... View more

Maybe I'm just resigned to that's the way it's always been. As I said you can raise a feature request.    Nothing we can do about it here except say how it works.  ... View more

Can you tell us a bit more about your system, the OS and version number, and if you're using any plugins, extensions etc.?    If you create a new user account does the same issue persist? Any specfic tasks you're doing while it's crashing? ... View more

This kind of thing was one of the selling points for the whole rental scheme. Having to manually re-create your workspaces and other settings every time you switch computers is absurd. By @Thomas_Calvin   Just 2 points. It’s not a rental, it’s a time-limited subscription licence you’re paying for the legal right to use the software while your subscription is active.   An recreating my workspace takes about a minute. I know how I want it to look and what I need. Once I do it once I save it. Then I back up the XML file for it.    It doesn't take long.  Of course, a simpler way would be appreciated. But then Adobe couldn't show you new panels or features, or maybe a panel/feature is removed or renamed and then your Workspace XML file won't make sense.    Anyway, it's not how it works at the moment, you can always make a feature request.    For now, you have to do what we all do, find the files and manually move them, or some script might be able to do it, but that's a lot of work to do to write a script to do something that takes a couple of minutes.      ... View more

Typically move the Find/Change queries, workspaces etc. to new installs.  I also back up the xml files from those locations to another folder.    It doesn't really bother me, never really thought of it before. I guess having them synced to your profile could be useful.    I guess one situation I had a while ago was that I used a Windows PC for specific work in InDesign, and then I did other type of work on a Mac - and I used two different workspaces so in that case syncing wouldn't be useful.    But I guess loading them to the Workspaces would be handy.  ... View more