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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. fermeture du logiciel lors de la réédition de lien

    le logiciel ferme lorsque j'actualise un lien

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Indesign deletes text after crash

    InDesign would occasionally crash and delete all text I have in linked text boxes. what is the root of this problem. I can't undo it and have to keep redesigning those text boxes. why is this happening

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  11. When trying to export to epub, xml, or html Indesign crashes

    Tried to revert back to another version and no solution.

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  12. Indesign crashing issues

    Version of Adobe InDesign: 18.2.1, 18.1
    Yesterday and also today I am facing multiple crashes. I had 3 files open, when I opened 3rd file & wanting to copy & paste photos into the other file problem started. Indesign started to load something, it got stucked for a few minutes & then crashed. Pictures which I wanted to copy had about 150MB. Attached I am sending also details about my OS & report I got afterwards.

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  13. split layout view, copy, paste, undo, paste without formatting, crash

    Reproducable crash in InDesign when working in split layout view.

    1) move to split layout view
    2) copy text from right window
    3) Ctrl V in left window
    4) Ctrl Z to undo
    5) Ctrl-Shift V to paste without formatting
    6) crash (the expected result here obviously being InDesign not crashing but pasting the text without formatting).

    Filed multiple reports from these crashes.

    Currently working on PC with Win10 and InDesign 18.2 x64, but this has happened on both Mac and PCs, with 2 different employers as well as privately (and thus 3 different server/hard drive configurations), clean installs as…

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  14. Page Tool 'Use Spacing' does not affect pages, then crashes

    As you can see from the screenshot, the use spacing option does not affect pages at all. I've got about 39mm of space between each page, tried typing 5mm and they don't move, even though it displays as 5mm.

    No matter how many pages are selected with the Page Tool option, nothing changes.

    Previously had a problem with the page align tool, but managed to fix it by resetting Indesign Preferences.

    This didn't fix the 'Use Spacing' option though, and after a few times of typing various numbers into the box, it crashes.

    Any patches to help with this?

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  15. InDesign 18.1 x64 crashes depending on AppliedLanguage

    InDesign 18.1 x64 will open the de.idml file from the archive attached below* but crashes when trying to open cs.idml. The only difference between these two files is a single AppliedLanguage attribute set in Styles.xml.

    Please look into why this happens with only one of them (or if both files are considered incorrect, let us know why).

    *What I have attached is a .zip archive renamed to .txt. Please rename it back and extract the two files I've mentioned. Your form did not allow me to upload neither .idml nor .zip files.

    Thanks for any help! Arnold

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  16. versions 18 and 17, when using the hyperlinks (adding new, editing old) the program crashes and closes. Makes Inde sign very hard to use.

    versions 18 and 17, when using the hyperlinks (adding new, editing old) the program crashes and closes. Makes Inde sign very hard to use.

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  17. [BUG] Export file to remote server cause Indesign & Finder crash

    Indesign 18.1 on Ventura 13.0
    If I export a file (PDF, JPG, ...) on remote location and then click on it in finder, InDesign and Finder crashes and I must restart computer.
    But if I export to local location, everything works fine.

    So now I must export local and then copy exported file to our remote share server. :(

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  18. Indesign crashes when pressing the hot keys for copy

    Indesign 18.0 (Apple Silicon/Intel)
    Mac OS Monterey Version 12.6
    Macbook Pro (16 Inch, 2021)
    Chip Apple M1 Max

    Brand new Macbook Pro, brand new installation of Indesign. It crashes every time I press hotkeys for copy. When it re-opens it crashes again. Everything is delayed and slow when I reopen, so I save, close Indesign and re-open. I get a good 5-10 minute run and it crashes again. Crashed 10 times today.

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  19. InDesign crashes when deleting pages from multiple files

    This doesn't happen on every single file, but it happens probably once a week or so. I will need to delete anywhere from a couple pages to a couple hundred pages in an InDesign file, and when I try to delete those pages, InDesign will freeze and crash.

    The option in Preferences to add pages to the end of the Story Editor is not checked on, so that isn't causing it.

    The issue will persist even if I save the file as an idml and open in older CC versions. Thank heavens I still have my old CS6, because the…

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  20. delete text crash

    Opened and made a copy (Save As) of an existing doc in ID 17.4, moved to ID 18 when it became available. Replaced about 2/3 of the existing material with new text or images. Found one specific text box that crashed when I tried to delete it. Tried deleting the text in the box, another crash. Tried deleting text in chunks, and got down to just one letter that was causing the crash.

    Fix not required. This is a result of regularly importing Word docs from other people. (The proof is the document recovery notice: the recovery called for links…

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