Comments on: Troubleshooting InDesign problems

By: Theo

Theo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:33:09 +0000

Hello.

Have any of you ever experienced the following phenomenon?

When I open docs from designers in CS5 and CS5.5 I sometimes get unwanted spaces between text, and sometimes on vectors strokes are added where there was originally none.

These two occurrences are really hard to spot when working with hundreds of pages across different magazines, and needless to say, the suits are having a field day with this.

I need to make it not happen. What am I missing here?

By: James Ballor

James Ballor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:09:27 +0000

I’m using InDesign 2 with Snow leopard, and I suddenly can’t save new documents or “save as.” Any work I do on old documents will save.

By: Laurens

Laurens — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:03:56 +0000

Not sure if any of these help:
- Do a SAVE AS. Restart InDesign, open the saved file and try changing the dimensions again.
- Try changing the dimensions on another machine
- Try the export to IDML procedure

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:43:56 +0000

I created a 416-page document in InDesign, only to discover that the preset dimensions were wrong. I need to change the height from 10 3/4 to 10 7/8. Oy! How do I change the document setup at this point?

When I try just changing the size in document setup, it gets stuck or crashes.

Thanks!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:57:17 +0000

Thanks for the advice. Exporting as an .idml file worked for me. Your helpful info is now in my “get out of problems quickly” Word file!

By: kamal kishor

kamal kishor — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:22:15 +0000

indd file may be damage or could not open

in indesign cs5 original

please…………help………….

By: Colette

Colette — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:03:18 +0000

When I open a file in InDesign CS3 it crashes with the following error: InDesign.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. Happens every time. I’ve deleted preferences, canceled document recovery, now what should I try? Please help!

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:47:48 +0000

Save or export your indesign cs2 document as a pdf. Open the pdf in acrobat or acrobat reader and print from there.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:46:20 +0000

Save as pdf, then open the pdf in acrobat and print.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:19:22 +0000

When I print to a PDF in InDesign CS5 it looks like it prints but doesn’t. I’m on a Mac in OS x10.5.8. I have another Mac with the same specs in the office that has no problems. Any thoughts?