No, no vector artwork, just one little photoshop file and some picture files and text. It happened in all the documents I tried it on afterwards. Phooey. Found my InDesign installer discs. Yay. : ) This has never happened before. : ( Kathy On Oct 1, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Deborah Shaw wrote: > Do you have vector artwork in your InDesign document (either Illustrator .ai native files or .eps files)? I know it sounds crazy, but vector artwork files can become weird/corrupted/twitchy. I've had it happen occasionally that similar things happen. Once I re-save the Illustrator files and then re-import them, everything is then fine. > > Good luck from me too, > > Deb > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Linda Feltner wrote: > >> Yeah, but this sounds like software not hardware.... >> When you google, try typing in first "InDesignCS5:xxx xxxxx xxxxx" In other words, try "Adobe InDesign+version+colon+your question" or just "InDesign+version+colon+your question"., then try various versions of ": text crash" or ": crash while typing" . I had an Adobe tech tell me that's the fastest way to narrow down the search, and often takes you directly to the forums with similar questions. >> >> Good luck, >> Linda >> >> >> _____________________ >> Linda M. Feltner Artist, LLC >> P.O. Box 325 >> Hereford, AZ 85615 >> (520) 803-0538 >> www.lindafeltner.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Kathleen Garness wrote: >> >>> Did all that : /. Looked at the Adobe help desk, googled 'InDesign crash' but immediately was out of my depth with the responses. >>> May have to call in the 'the kid' ; ) (whose standard line is 'I hate Macs. When they work they work great but when they don't.... they're doorstops and cost $400 to repair') >>> >>> K >>> >>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Linda Feltner wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Kathy: >>>> I'd re-start, re-boot computer, everything. Then I'd only open the software that I absolutely need. >>>> Does it crash if you type in your text in another document, like TextEdit, and cut/paste it in? (tedious, I know), but those would be what I'd try first. >>>> could be a conflict, or overload. How much space do you have on your computer for operating? Pleanty of buffer? >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts, >>>> Linda >>>> _____________________ >>>> Linda M. Feltner Artist, LLC >>>> P.O. Box 325 >>>> Hereford, AZ 85615 >>>> (520) 803-0538 >>>> www.lindafeltner.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Kathleen Garness wrote: >>>> >>>>> Of course, it's the first of October, there's chaos all around, I have a newsletter due and InDesign CS5 decides to crash. : ( Every time I try to enter text, BOING! >>>>> >>>>> I got the newsletter done with some workarounds but, seriously, no fun. Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions for a solution? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Kathy G >>>>> ________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at >>>>> http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at >>>> http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv >>> >>> Kathleen Garness >>> >>> home: 708-366-7584 >>> cel: 708-698-6159 (weekends) >>> http://asba-art.org/member-gallery/kathleen-marie-garness >>> http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/guideimages.asp?ID=541 >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> >>> Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at >>> http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv >> >> ________________________________________________ >> >> Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at >> http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv Kathleen Garness home: 708-366-7584 cel: 708-698-6159 (weekends) http://asba-art.org/member-gallery/kathleen-marie-garness http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/guideimages.asp?ID=541 Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv