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  1. Crashes on "Object Layer Options" for an AI file in a table

    I'm using v18.4 (x64) on Windows 11 Pro, v22H2.

    I have a two-layer vector graphic created in Illustrator (current version) placed in a table cell. If I select the graphic and then select "Object layer options," the correct dialog appears. But when I click on the visibility "eyeball" on either of the layers, InDesign immediately vanishes, having crashed.

    This is repeatable.

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  2. InDesign crashes before it opens since lastupdate.

    InDesign crashes before it opens since updating last week. Can only open it by holding down Shift Control Option Command and deleting the preferences.

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  3. Indesign v 18.0 will not open on 16" Macbook pro

    Every time I try to open Adobe InDesign it blows out and won't open.

    If I delete all preferences it will open. ONCE. I tried launching it in safe mode and that didn't work either. This is a brand new install of an Ventura 16" Macbook Pro M1 Pro Max chip.

    I uninstalled and then reinstalled the software. Did not help.

    I deleted all the preferences. Opened once. Quit the software, wouldn't open again.

    Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Bridge all work fine. InDesign does not.

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  4. Properties panel to another screen is lagging

    Hi, I'm using Adobe CC Desktop v. 5.11.0.522.1 and InDesign v. 18.5 x64

    I have 2 bugs with the Properties panel, that I've moved on my laptop screen:

    1 - In the first video, when I select a text box and tried to change the font weight from the properties panel, the text field flashes and when I hold and click-hold on the font-weight field, my cursor is not well aligned with the hover selection

    2 - The Porperties panel, on my second screen, for me is my laptop, is not well adjust on the others panel and it have…

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  5. Searching for GREP in long documents (hundreds of pages) = crash of ID

    Searching for GREP symbols like ~M or ~P in Find/Change GREP window, in long documents, makes continuous crash of ID (18.3, Win).

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    There are many internal as well as external factors that can cause the InDesign application to crash/freeze/hang.

    A few workarounds are listed at https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/crash-on-launch.html.

    We would recommend you to upgrade to latest version as it is more robust.

    If you still face this issue even after updating, please submit the crash report to us. (Guidelines to submit crash are available at https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/submit-crash-reports.html)

  7. Can't save

    This is so frustrating. Why cant i save? 3rd time its happpened, try to save my file when i need to quit and come back to the file later and cant save. Force quit is the only option. Never had this problem when using InDesign Creative Suite (non-cloud version). What the ****, Adobe?

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  8. Indesign CC 2023 Freezes/Crashes on Noto Sans (Google Fonts)

    Even in the 2023 version of InDesign, using the following complex characters, Noto Sans Font, and Adobe World-Ready paragraph composer can cause the Indesign to crash or freeze. The list might be few more. Nothing wrong found in the fonts, only Indesign crashes. If use other fonts these characters are ok in Indesign.

    Word file attached. Place this in Indesign and see the results.

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  9. fermeture du logiciel lors de la réédition de lien

    le logiciel ferme lorsque j'actualise un lien

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  10. 18.4 crashes on splash screen. Have to rebuild preferences

    Updated to 18.4 and now have to rebuild my preferences file each time I want to start InDesign. If I don't it crashes within milliseconds of the splash screen appearing. The splash screen appears momentarily, goes away and the programme doesn't load. I don't get a crash report as the programme never loads.

    Seems to work OK once I've rebuilt the preferences but I have to do it EVERY time I launch InDesign. It is annoying.

    I'm using InDesign 18.4 and iMac running Ventura 13.1.

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  11. Greyed out screen when I open InDesign

    Help! I am desperate to figure out why this was happening. I recently cleaned out my computer library/cache to free up storage, then updated to InDesign 2023. For the past couple hours I keep getting this screen. Everything is updated, but I have no idea how to fix this.

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  12. Crash on pdf export

    We do a lot of sometimes large presentations in Indesign that have other external Indesign documents in them, that pdf fine, yet when I add pages to them it crashes when I export and there's nothing I can do to fix it other than removing the pages I've added.

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  13. Indesign CC 2018 crashes while selecting the type tool or font option from type menu

    I am running Adobe InDesign CC 2018 13.0 x64. Whenever I open a new document and select the type tool, InDesign crashes. Same thing happens while clicking font option from type menu. Also, any premade INDD/INDT files aren't opening, it crashes every time. I have reinstalled several times, trashed preferences but of no use. I am running a Windows 10 version 1909 64 bit with OS built 18363.1801.

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  14. INDD 2023 continuous crashes

    It's happening very often that, while I'm working on some files (it happened with many different ones, not just the same one), INDD suddenly crashes with no explanation. I'm pretty bored about this thing so I hope you can say me something in order to solve it. I've a very powerful computer so I'm sure it's not something related to "GPU fatigue". Wish you a good day

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  15. InDesign crashes/freezes on Quit

    When quitting from MacOS Dock (right-mouse click on the icon), Indesign crashes like most of the time.

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  16. can't select objects

    ID version 18.3
    I have a massive page with a lot of objects, and now I can't select any of them. It is as if every object is locked; effectively the page now behaves like a pdf. I have tried to unlock all objects, over and over, and although "Unlock all on spread" is not greyed out, it does not respond. I have tried quitting and restarting, to no avail. Is it because my system just can't cope with the size? This is months of work down the pan...

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  17. Relinking a .webp image with an embedded ICC profile freezes InDesign 2023

    When you try to relink a new image to an existing one, and the new image is in .webp format with an embedded ICC profile, InDesign 2023 hangs. This is reproducible. Relinking works as expected if the .webp image does not have an embedded ICC profile.

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  18. Sudden Crash

    Just had a first - highlighting text in a table to edit it and without any warning the app shut down - Automatic Recovery worked but it has happened three times now. First time I was in View Bleed mode (never been a problem before) and then twice in normal view mode

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  19. Shuts down without any error message

    Adobe Indesign v 18.2.1 on Windows 11

    The app just decides to close by its own at somepoint during the work, without any error message.

    If you open the same file again, it closes again when you repeat your last action.

    I tried saving it with another name, close the app, restart the notebook, and it keeps heappening.

    I tried starting a new file, it keeps heappening. At some point it just closes without any error message.

    I tried opening the same files at another computer (also v. 18.2.1 on win 11), with another adobe account, it keeps heappening

    I…

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  20. Indesign always crashes during batch processing (after 55 files)

    There is a great script for batch processing
    creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html

    But on the last few versions of indesign, an error is generated after processing 55 files. It does not matter what documents and in what format to convert. For example, I created an empty document, copied it 60 times, and ran the script. Also on file 56, indesign crashed with an error.

    However, this is not an error of the script itself, the author could not reproduce it no matter how hard he tried. On previous versions of indesign (a year ago) everything worked without errors.

    I also deleted the settings,…

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